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McPherson comments, "I like Martin products and I have used them for years. We use them in all of our shows actually. Martin panels are robust and built well, so for the guys who have to load them in and out, they hold up well."

The Eclipse is the third new vessel in this line of ships, following the Solstice and the Equinox. POET is designing and producing the next three shows on the new cruise ship, the Celebrity Silhouette, which is set to launch in 2011. McPherson says, "I'll use them on the next ship too because they worked out so well."

Martin's LC Series is a semi-transparent, modular system of LED panels, suita

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Renovation of the 97-year-old Beaux Arts-inspired building was part of a multi-phase, $107m project that included the modernisation of the electrical system to support multimedia presentations and events, improve climate control and enhance exhibition lighting in an energy-efficient manner. Modernising of the lighting system involved a retrofit from incandescent light fixtures with custom-manufactured LED systems without compromising the historical integrity of the original fixtures, notably in the Rotunda.

LEDtronics provided 90 5-watt PAR38-180 Series bulbs and 160 1-watt DEC-G2

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Led by choir director Karen Gibson, and musical director Jason Thompson, the 180- strong choir was joined by prominent UK gospel singer Beverley Trotman of X-Factor fame and the Kingdom Choir as well as other surprise guests. The highly regarded seven- piece JT Band provided musical accompaniment for an audience of 1400.

Brighton-based video services company As Described handled the three-hour show's visual requirements, providing a live mix of six cameras and pre-recorded video material, relaying the mix to projection screens

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Hurst selected a mixture of conventional and LED washes - detailing 68 of the impression zooms, mounted both on the main V truss and custom made floor towers (at stage left and right), for the chase and movement elements.

"Over the last couple of years I've done a lot of dance shows with the likes of The Prodigy and the advantage of LED is the speed of it," says Hurst. "If you're doing fast shutter chases through lamps, with LED there's no stutter as there

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The exhibition's six experiments in art and technology, including a commissioned work by the Flemish collective Workspace Unlimited titled Realtime Unreal, utilise 10 RLM-W6 projectors in a variety of installations, two of which are stereoscopic. These installations employ video game engines, motion- and position-tracking, and sophisticated image processing to create simulated worlds that extend, augment, or disrupt the physica

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"Unusual had a 21 year unbroken relationship with the Royal Tournament until its last production in 1999," says Unusual's managing director Alan Jacobi, "and so we were delighted to be able to continue to support its modern day revival. The British Army is dedicated to keeping us safe, and we're proud to be able to support them in return."

Unusual supplied all the rigging equipment, motors and truss, and also fabricated many of the scenic pieces at the company's facility in Bugbrooke, near Northampton. They also took responsibility for automation of all the scenic pieces.

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But that same stunning architecture had created some unforeseen challenges. As Christopher Bragg, senior systems engineer at Covington, GA-based Messenger Media Systems, explains, the room's acoustic signature did not lend itself to getting the message across to the congregation.

"It's a very wide room, and very reflective," says Bragg. "As a traditional Church of Christ, their service is very much centred around the spoken word. And while those brick walls look great, they can create problems with intelligibility, making it difficult to clearly discern what's being said."

The reflective nature of the space called fo

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"We put up a full production rig at the park's Ross Bandstand for a 10-minute programmed light and music show," says Black Light's events manager, Stephen Reid, who explains that the whole system had previously been set up in Black Light's warehouse to do a full 'plot' of all lighting cues and to ensure a perfect show.

Reid also explains that, in order to turn

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"The band sound is a lot more dirty live," said Mikkelsen. "I double channel each of the two guitars, slightly delaying each to opposite sides of the PA to get that big guitar and bass sound and the J-Series delivers exactly what I am aiming for. That's one of the reasons I chose to use the J-Series."

Mikkelsen has a full d&b audiotechnik J-Series loudspeaker system supplied for the tour by DPA Soundco A/S in Denmark. "For me the J-Series is just the best for a great rock guitar sound. I am a very big fan of loud, clear and massive rock music and the J

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Special Projects was formed in 2007 by directors Tim Roffey and David Green. Prior to forming the company, Roffey, one of the country's top experts in entertainment rigging and installation, spent 10 years at Unusual Rigging where he managed the worldwide tour of Mamma Mia! and engineering projects such as Old Trafford's Quadrant

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The Wybron Mobile Light Lab is a 48ft pop-out-equipped trailer that features all of Wybron's leading products. Wybron president Keny Whitright had it custom-built after proving the popularity of the company's Mobile Showroom, which travelled the country in a rental trailer from 2009 through 2010.

Whitright chose a larger vehicle and tailored it to the feedback collected from visitors to the Mobile Showroom. He also decided to allow visitors to take the helm of their Mobile Light Lab experience.

Upon arriving at a host dealer, visitors will enter the Mobile Light Lab's reception area. There they'll be able to view the day's schedule, which will include ed

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The education session schedule for this year's Hands-On Training (H.O.T) Zone offers "the broadest educational experience for professionals in the recording, live sound, DJ, house of worship, commercial systems integrators, and stage and lighting industries in the history of the show".

The H.O.T. Zone will offer attendees free one-hour classes on more than 75 educational topics over four days, including topi

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In Riyadh, Samir El-Wesemy's company, EvenTech, staged a major outdoor event at the Regime Palace District, sponsored by the Supreme Authority for Riyadh Development and attended (and officially opened) by HRH Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz. The event on all three days featured traditional shows from Saudi teams that represented all the cities in the Kingdom - and included children's shows with puppets.

EvenTech conceived the initial designs and developed the technical infrastructure, installing and providing all the event equipment such as projectors, screens, moving head lighting, trusses, staging, decoration and cinematography.

They fielded three Christie HD12K 1080HD 12,000 ANSI lumens DLP three-chip projectors from their inventor

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The Mobile Light Lab's debut event will occur at Barbizon Light of the Rockies in Denver, Colo., on 7 February. It will then set up shop at PRG Denver on 8 February before heading west to Salt Lake City, Utah, for an 11 February event at Oasis Stage Werks.

Next, it's off to visit PRG Las Vegas, 4Wall Entertainment and Advanced Entertainment in Las Vegas, for events on 14, 15 and 16 February respectively. The Mobile Light Lab will then venture farther south to Arizona for events at AV Concepts in Tempe on 17 February and Clearwing Phoenix on 18 February.

The Wybron Mobile Light Lab will host events at dealers in Washington, Oregon and Northern California in March.

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Le Mark's peel clean Studio Vinyl has been used throughout the series, offering a 'bang tidy', gloss black set floor.

"The set looks superb, StudioTak is made to be the first choice for set designers working on a tight budget yet demanding visually impressive sets. The ability to lay the floor almost instantly and remove it without leaving residue is so important in today's fast changing studios" says Stuart Gibbons.

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Produced by Brand Events, Top Gear Live is the live arena show for the award-winning TV programme Top Gear. Featuring stunts, special effects and blockbusting driving sequences, the show packs in pyro, noise and spectacle.

This touring show features its most complex stage set to date, using 3D projection mapping to generate exotic backdrops on a 36m wide screen. Content created by Bruce Ferguson from The Darkroom has been programmed by Bluman As

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Artec's plan called for multiple motorised acoustic canopies and acoustic curtains that can be adjusted to change the room's response. Acoustic canopies are usually made of wood, but the Palladium required an unusual material for such an application: large panels of clear glass. The glass keeps the canopy from masking the Palladium's intricately decorated domed ceiling. The glass panels vary in size and thickness, measuring an inch at their thickest points.

To accommodate the canopies, the J. R. Clancy team designed and built massive hoists with capacities of 23,000lbs. Each of the f

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"I started using Martin consoles in 2004 with Sting and have been using them ever since," Robinson commented. "I have programmed nearly every modern lighting console available and there are things I love and hate about all of them. I have found over the years that the Martin consoles consistently match my programming style. Naturally, I went with the M1 because I am familiar with it and because it is a terrific desk for television."

This year's Farm Aid took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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The Production Exchange will be a third party application that integrates seamlessly with HireTrack Eclipse software's current version. As a result of this partnership, current authorised users of HireTrack Eclipse will be able to subscribe to Lite Exchange, Video Exchange or Audio Exchange individually or as a bundled solution.

David Rose, of Navigator Systems comments, "We see this technology agreement with Production Exchange as another layer of value to each of our software users. The integrated tools created by both HireTrack Eclipse and Production Exchange could

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With the technology already established in the entertainment sector, the new start-up, led by the highly experienced Peter Ed, has optimised its new low- and medium-resolution RGB tile system, known as Art, for the wider commercial markets, including museums, casinos, retail and cruise ships.

Ed, and former G-LEC colleague Sergej Mironov, who spearheads Light Emissions' R&D programme, will also display the new system at ISE 2011 in Amsterdam in early February.

Justifying the decision for targeting "best of breed" large LED display technology at top end fixed installation markets, Peter Ed states: "Our strengths lie in having worked

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"Few firms match the experience, dedication, and knowledge of Pioneer Music Company," says Cameron Smith, Intelix sales and marketing manager. "Their commitment to quality product and excellent service has made them a leader in the Midwestern residential audio-visual and 12 volt markets."

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The purchases include 300 of the latest Robe moving lights, including the first 60 LED Wash 600s off the production line in the Czech Republic; 100 Robe 600 spots and 100 Robe 600 washes, plus an additional 40 Robin Beam 300 and Beam 700 units; 12 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K Arena followspots, supplied by Robert Juliat's distributor in the UK, White Light, and 60 Liteware Chrome high output LED up lighters supplied by GDS.

Adding to an existing stock of Colourweb 250, 200 pieces of the ChromaQ Colourweb 125 LED surface have been bought from AC Lighting.

Over $1m has been invested in acquiring Vari*Lites this year, giving HSL a large stock of VL3500 and VL3000 Spots, VL3500 Washes, VL1000 Arc ERSs and VL1000 Tungsten

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The Show will focus its marketing campaign online and again offer a simple and free pre-registration facility through its enhanced website. This will also boast easy to use facilities for exhibitors and visitors alike allowing fast upload and download features.

The ABTT Theatre Show is already well over 50% sold out for 2011 with exhibitors including XL Video, ETC, Stage Technologies, Martin Professional, Yamaha and Philips Entertainment booked to appear from 15-16 June, at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Vincent Square, London.

The Show will feature a two-day programme of seminars and meetings, which will reflect the achievements of the ABTT as it reaches its 50th birthday and look forward to the challe