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Described by the judges as "creative in a very theatrical way, this was a beautifully documented and reasoned entry, with well presented sketches and photographs," the design won Spindler the £500 Bursary.

Presenting the award on 11 September at PLASA 07, Rick Fisher, chairman of the ALD, said: "There was definitely no 'favouritism' because this year, for the first time, the judges were not told the names of the entrants, so to us all the entries were anonymous."

The judges - ALD members Rick Fisher, Sam Gibbons, Mark Jonathan, Mary Pope, Paul Pyant, Mike Robertson and Mark White, also representing ETC - were unanimou

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The Gateway Upgrade Project is the largest bridge and road construction project in Queensland's history, totalling more than $1.87Billion. The project includes the construction of a second Gateway Bridge and the upgrade of more than 20km of roads, plus the addition of a Customer Information Centre.

Key to helping community understand, interact and accept the new construction is the Customer Information Centre and of course its interactive presentations. Technically speaking the centre is controlled by a Pharos LPC1 (LSC is the official Australian Distributor of the Pharos brand) and an LSC EKO Dimmer. The user interface is also provided by LSC in the ePlate wall controllers, each with e

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The site includes a 20,000-seater stadium, the O2 Arena (which is being used for large-scale live concerts such as this Autumn's run of Prince dates, and will also be hosting Olympic sports in a few years), an 11-screen multiplex Vue cinema, a smaller live music venue/nightclub known as IndigO2 and an extensive district of restaurants, shops and piazzas connected by indoor streets, called the Waterfront.

In all of these areas, Harman equipment has formed the basis for the audio systems used, and in many areas the engineers at Harman Pro UK have been instrumental in desig

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Commenting on the deal, Fleetwood's director of finance and corporate affairs Ian Cooper said: "Fleetwood is looking for ways to strengthen its position as Europe's leading independent live audio business, and as such the BBC opportunity would fit with our strategic objectives."

Coming at the end of a busy summer where Fleetwood has recorded major festivals throughout Europe as well as working with the BBC on major live broadcast events including the Diana concert and Live Earth, Fleetwood joins a list of potential bidders for the BBC's trucks.

Fleetwood's operations director Tim Summerhayes adds: "After another successful summer we are looking for ways to grow the bus

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"Each location has a full staff and a worship team that is very contemporary, like a rock band," says Phil Rapp, central technical director at LifeChurch.tv. "The teaching is very relevant to every day life and is fed over satellite to each location. Putting it simply, we will do anything short of sin to see people come to know life in Christ."

Currently, LifeChurch.tv owns over 250 intelligent lighting fixtures from five different manufacturers. "With the vision of

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Satis&Fy entrusted responsibility for stage and system equipment to Rüdiger Nürnberg and Tobi Hoff, a team who work together with consistently outstanding results. Equipped with EV's X-Line they were able to provide an optimal balance of power and flexibility. "We took a total of 24 tops and 20 subs with us on tour," reports Nürnberg, "driven by six amp racks charged with EV TG-7 amplifiers, though the exact configuration for each show was determined by the demands of the venue."

In Wiesbaden's Bowling Green, where Lionel Richie delighted an audience of 9,500, nine Xvls and three Xvlt enclosures were deployed on each side of the stage, with eight Xsubs per

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The set centred on a mega-video (consisting of 11 13.5m high columns) and three 38m catwalks flanked by 200m of Coemar LineaLeds, and reaching out into the audience. "A very bold design, with a number of problems that were not easy to solve," was the satisfied comment of Francesco De Cave, lighting designer, set designer, producer and Catalyst contribution planner.

"For example, focusing the audience's attention on the centre of the visual field despite the fact that the catwalks, thanks to the LineaLeds, created a stage effect of aircraft runways. Around 50 iWash 575s provided striking colour backlighting. On the video front, the surrounding

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The hugely popular 'boutique' style music festival produced by Loudsound Events is now in its fourth year on the Isle of Wight and has expanded to a capacity of 30,000. The site surface area at its Robin Hill Country Park location has also increased. Main stage headline acts for 2007 were the Chemical Brothers (Friday), The Beastie Boys (Saturday) and Primal Scream (Sunday).

HSL has been involved with Bestival since its inception in 2004, and once again worked closely with event production manager Lee Charteris and Loudsound's Jim King and Jo MacKay in co-ordinating all the site's technical production and infrastructu

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Initially the shop will sell consumable items, but as it develops, A.C. Lighting will be introducing more and more items from its extensive range of lighting, audio and rigging products. Consumables currently available through the shop include batteries, effects fluid, filter sheets, gobos, gobo accessories, lamps and tape.

With the shop being available to customers worldwide and many items available in stock for immediate despatch, the new service provides customers with a fast, efficient way to order urgent items for speedy delivery, says the company.

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The church, one of the Caribbean island's largest houses of worship - hosts eight to 10 services a week in its main hall, where the new system has been installed, while a second smaller hall caters for 1,200 people and further breakout halls serve community events, children's groups and special events.

A very high, curved ceiling characterises the wide, 180° fan-shaped main hall, where system integrator AMR, based in Barataria, Trinidad, began a series of upgrades of the room's house system in 2005. The original system consisted mainly of ceiling loudspeakers, which while providing some sound reinforcement gave neither 'pre

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Adlib Lighting has spent a further £250,000 on improving its stock level of moving heads purchasing 48 Martin Professional MAC 700 fixtures plus 16 MAC 250s along with two Avolites Pearl Experts, one High End Systems WholeHog 3 and a High End Road Hog.

Another £250,000 has been sunk into redesigning and developing totally new office spaces and warehousing within their current premises in Speke.

On the personnel front, Tony Szabo has joined the company as tour sound co-ordinator, while four young technical apprentices have joined the team to continue Adlib's ethic of investing in its future.

Says, Adlib's Andy Dockerty: "This all reflects the generally increased levels of business over the last two years and Adlib's commitm

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In just five years since launching as an 'own brand', Robe has enjoyed enormous success worldwide, and the company says its new identity takes it forward into "a new level of operation".

Robe's presence can be found in all sectors of the professional entertainment and leisure market - from clubs and live music venues to casinos and cruise ships to buildings and architectural applications.

The new logo was introduced at the PLASA 07 exhibition, which also included a completely new booth with a strong contemporary design.

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"We are completely committed to providing a service for our clients that is second to none and winning this award is a reflection of the sheer hard work and professionalism that the entire Stage One team brings to bear on each and every project with which we are involved," said Simon Wood, sales director, stage and marketing.

Stage One won this award for their work on three high profile projects: the Asian Games, Eurovision Song Contest and Mercedes-Benz World.

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The Festival is now in its tenth year, and for the past seven of those, Suffolk-based Pyramid Audio has been nominated main contractor for the sound stages. For the first time this year they committed themselves to using a single loudspeaker brand - and filled all six stages with DragonSpirit systems.

Fleece, the owner of Pyramid Audio, starting using DragonSpirit speakers almost two years ago and has subsequently featured them at various events around the

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"I started out as Joan's monitor engineer, but when the show became an acoustic trio, I started doing front-of-house and running monitors from there," Raboin reports from the Baez tour in Spain. "In order to make this work we bought a small digital desk, which provided fantastic routing options, but the audio quality left much to be desired. When half of the show is just voice and acoustic guitar, you really need

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Robo-Jock was built to demonstrate a host of case design features available from 5 Star, including specialist wood machining, access flaps, vision panels, electrical facilities etc. It also illustrated 5 Star's design skills gained from many years experience in the field of case manufacture.

Robo-Jock was conceived and built by 5 Star. ABB, a world leader in Industrial Robotics, supplied the IRB140, six axis high resolution robot complete with custom made DVD suction device and 'operating finger'. ABB also supplied the controller and teach pendant, and also programmed all the robot movements to a brief from the 5 Star technical team.

Pioneer supplied a set of twin DVJ-1000s, seen for the first t

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The energetic San Diego based metalcore five-piece are currently undertaking an extensive European tour promoting their just released An Ocean Between Us album. It's their first visit to the UK and Europe with their own production.

When Wynn-Edwards, who has an array of heavy, metal and punk bands on his CV, was recommended for the job of LD, he was informed that there was an expedient budget for 'specials' and other than that, he'd have to rely on house rigs at each venue.

"I really needed a fixture that was mega-bright and spectacular that would flash, strobe and change colour very quickly to match the energy and intensity of the music," says Wynn-Edwards. "I also wanted to add a few elements of finess

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Users will find the flags of each language's originating country in the upper left corner of every single page, allowing users to switch languages from anywhere within the site without losing their place. Because most users access the website to obtain information about particular products, Symetrix has ensured that all menus, all product pages, all product brochures, and all product data sheets are available in all three languages.

"Although Symetrix is headquartered in the US, our scope is truly global," commented Paul Roberts, director of sales for Symetrix. "We're excited to be able to extend the reach of our website to a

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After several years of importing sound services from an out-of-country contractor, the production team selected Madema, a local company, for the 2007 production. In preparation for the event, Madema's technical manager Beppe Andolina worked closely with Moreno Zampieri and Alessandro Gianelli of JBL's Italian distributor, Audio Equipment, along with JBL Professional's tour

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Ralph Heinz, senior vice president of Renkus-Heinz, will moderate the discussion. Panelists include Dave Shadoan of Sound Image, Steve McCale of Digidesign, Mike Reeves of Dolby/Lake and Bill Evans, editor of FOH magazine. Rik Kirby, vice president of operations for Renkus-Heinz, and Joe Barnes of Whirlwind will also be on hand.

"We're proud to present the insights and experience of this diverse group of panelists to AES attendees," said Ralph Heinz. "From power users like Dave Shadoan to product experts like Mike Reeves and our own Rik Kirby, the panel offers a broad spectrum of viewpoints. We expect this seminar to be as informative and educational as the event we held at InfoComm earlier this year."

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"We have been in operation for 20 years and have always used Soundcraft desks - we haven't looked at anything else," he states.

AGC Ehitiki specialises in providing concert support - scaling up from small gigs to major arenas - and committed to the purchase once they knew what was on offer. "We liked the simple, user-friendliness of the desk, with its intuitive interface, and of course the sound," said Demetriades. "Add to that the optical MADI card and the Lexicon FX card and it's a great package."

The system was supplied by Soundcraft's territorial distributor, ALA Equipment Company, whose manag

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Albert O'Neil, manager of conservatory support at Mount Royal oversaw the rigging renovation that included the installation of eight variable speed PowerLifts and a SceneControl 500 console at the school, which always needs to balance creating a strong teaching environment and budget concerns.

"Staying on top of technology is critical for technical theatre students," explains O'Neil, "Broadening the scope of available, viewable technologies ensures that students are not brought up only in the past and are open to developing technologies and trends. Yet, we are mindful that we must teach students equipment that they will find in the field and not every thea

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The sold out event, entitled Mom & Company, was held in Montréal's 2,200-capacity premiere performance venue, Theatre St-Denis 1. The variety show was themed as a celebration of parenthood, featuring 2 MC's and three live acts, including Bédar, and multi-media comedy duo, Chick & Swell.

An iLive system - comprising an iDR10 stage rack and iLive-144 control surface - managed FOH sound. The demanding show utilised a total of 56 mic inputs, 16 digital inputs, and eight digital outputs. In addition to the 54 mics, digital inputs included two CD players, three additional effects processors and three VTRs.

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The show is based on the 1999 Emmy award winning, six part series Walking with Dinosaurs that originally aired on the BBC. Tomcat reports that it joined creative forces with Upstaging and Fader Higher (Jake Berry) to create some custom lighting pods for the tour.

Each of these pods is secured to a cross of truss on top of a tower. The cross consists of a 'spine' truss (9' 6"/2.9m in length) plus two smaller trusses that attach to the spine's centre. Each of these crosses are supported by a vertical truss that is attached to the underside of the spine truss resulting in a total assembly that is 81.5" (2.07m) tall. The ac