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UK - At De Vere's Wokefield Park Hotel, Golf Club and Conference Centre, an all-Electro-Voice sound reinforcement system is helping to define different spaces and events in the newly-built Executive Centre.

Set in the rural Berkshire countryside, Wokefield Park offers a variety of meeting options for business and social events in its spacious, ultra-modern, purpose-built Executive Centre. For conferences, Christmas parties and gala dinners, the main function room can accommodate up to 550 seated, but has designed in extra flexibility using room dividers and a switchable PA system.

AV contractor Show State and its supplier Concept Audio have equipped the Executive Suite with eight EV ZX1-i/90 full-range loudspeaker cabinets in white, wall-mounted at intervals down either side of the large space. Supplemented by 2x EVID 12.1 subs, the system is powered by EV CPS amplifiers, runn

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USA - All eyes turned to the stage as the familiar Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey heralded The King. Elvis was indeed in the building - but on video.

For two days in February, Elvis Presley came alive. Pete's Big TVs/Performance Video (PBTV/PV) supplied the video projection and production to the Stig Edgren event to make it happen.

Elvis Presley in Concert reunited Elvis on video with some of his former bandmates including original musical director & conductor Joe Guercio and a 16-piece orchestra, The Sweet Inspirations female backing vocals group and a band lineup featuring James Burton (Presley's lead guitarist 1969-1977), Glen Hardin (pianist 1970-1976), Paul Leim (drums) and Nathan East (bass).

This year's shows at the Mohegan Sun Arena and at Radio City Music Hall were similar to past shows, featuring a 15x20ft high screen - portrait style - on which Elv

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USA - One hundred miles from the start of the historic Natchez Trace, the city of Ridgeland, MS is steeped in the rich tradition of southern hospitality, with a small town charm and big city amenities. Ridgeland is the birthplace of country music artist Faith Hill and home to St. Columb's Episcopal Church.

The congregation of St. Columb's recently moved into their new facility. The sanctuary itself is traditional in appearance, with high ceilings and large, ornate stained glass windows, but with a few contemporary touches. Along with the new building came a new sound system, installed by Josh Sanders from Players Audio Video of Jackson, MS.

Being traditional in design, the room has a fairly live acoustical signature, which can spell trouble for amplified sound. So right from the start, Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24R Digitally Steerable Arrays were specified as the main loudspeaker

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Australia - Equitana is probably the most anticipated annual equine event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere attracting over 50,000 visitors per event. It is three days of everything equine featuring horses, Olympic gold medalists, educators, Aussie cowboys, an elite equine competition programme and over 350 exhibitors making up the largest equine shopping spree in Australia.

Equitana 2010 was held in November at Melbourne Showgrounds with Audio Visual Dynamics contracting Deluxe Audio to supply the sound system for the Grand Pavilion, one of the largest tensile fabric membrane structures in the region.

With many very expensive and highly strung horses performing, it was essential that the audio was carefully delivered.

"You had to deliver so that the audience could hear but there were no uneven sounds - you couldn't have a horse come round the corner and freak out

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UK - Two projects that were supplied by Architainment Lighting are hoping to win an award at the upcoming Lighting Design Awards in London this March. Lighting Design International has been nominated for its work on premier office building, The Peak, and Jason Bruges Studio has also been shortlisted for its interactive lighting installation on at Sunderland Station.

Lighting Design International's (LDI) work on premier office headquarters, The Peak, in London's Victoria, has been shortlisted in the Exterior Lighting category. Along with architect, Shephard Robson, and installers, Emcor, Architainment supported LDI as it worked to transform the site's identity. Following a bespoke mock-up of the cladding, LDI specified approximately 700 fixtures of Philips Color Kinetics iColor Cove MX Powercore to light up the outside of the building.

LDI Design associate, Nishi Shah, commente

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UK - XL Video celebrated its 10th consecutive year as the production video supplier - incorporating LED screens, projection systems, PPU, cameras and co-ordination of the show playback content - for the 2011 Brit Awards - for the first time staged in London's O2 Arena.

XL again followed their successful model of splitting the project management duties between Chris Saunders, who oversaw the camera and playback elements (celebrating his 17th Brit Awards) working alongside Paul Wood, who managed the screens, projection and specials packages for the various live artists.

Chris Saunders says, "It was great to be working on The All New Brits, specially in a new venue and with a new format, celebrating some of the best musical achievements of the last year in a show that continues to advance, evolve and push boundaries in technical and presentational goals, this was a stunning

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USA - D&M Professional recently recognised its manufacturer's representatives for outstanding achievement in the company's fiscal year 2010. Presenting Hudson Marketing with their Rep of the Year honour, D&M Professional continued its tradition of acknowledging rep partners who distinguish themselves in the areas of attaining sales quota, market development for new products or a specific product category, inside sales support and overall excellence.

Located in Williston Park, Long Island and coversthe Tri-State NY/NJ/CT region, Hudson Marketing was founded in 1987 by company president Mike Phillips.

D&M Professional senior vice president Paul Mathis stated, "We at D&M Professional commend Hudson Marketing for going above and beyond in terms of sales, marketing, service, support and effective communication with the market. Mike Phillips and his team are creative and determ

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Sweden - Erik Nordlander of Nordlander Produktion has used 18 Martin Professional Tripix 300 LED (RGB) striplights to illuminate a newly rebuilt pedestrian bridge in Kramfors, Sweden in warm shades of white light and occasionally in dynamic colour.

Mill Bridge, a charming wooden bridge used by cyclists and pedestrians alike, is located just outside the city centre of this northern Swedish town. The Municipality of Kramfors sought not only to secure the bridge at night and increase safety across the popular pathway but looked to reveal the beauty of the bridge with an aesthetic nighttime illumination.

Nine 300mm IP66-rated Tripix luminaires are mounted on the underside handrail on each side of the bridge. The Tripix 300 uses single lens tricolor RGB color mixing - a colour wash system that projects a more uniform wash of colour across a surface.

"The Tripix has exception

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USA - City Theatrical reports that on 19 January 2011, SHoW DMX transmitters and receivers and SHoW DMX equipped PDS-750 TRX power/data supplies were used in the first ever installation of a wireless DMX system at the White House to light the State Dinner for President Hu Jintao of China. The dramatic and innovative lighting design was created and implemented by Al Crawford and his company, Arc3design.

Arc3design's lighting incorporated CTI's new PDS-750 TRX for controlling many of the Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 TRX LED fixtures used in the system, and he complimented these with battery powered CTI PDS-50 and MasterBlast units driving additional individual ColorBlast 12 TRXs. The SHoW DMX wireless technology provided in these systems allowed Arc3design to locate gear wherever it was needed, and the fully featured SHoW DMX Receivers built into the PDS-750 TRX Power/Data

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UK - Cooper Controls have confirmed their partnership with the Phoenix Artist Club to provide a London Training Centre for their Zero 88 lighting control products.

Situated in the heart of the West End (below the Phoenix Theatre on Charing Cross Road), the Phoenix Artist Club will play host to Zero 88's regular training sessions and product demo days.

To mark the beginning of the collaboration Cooper Controls recently sponsored the winner's prize for Talent 2011 at The Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus, in aid of The Theatrical Guild - the charity for front of house and back stage staff.

Organised by Stand Well Back and The Phoenix Artist Club, Talent 2011 was the gala finale of the search for the West End's next musical theatre star, with guest judge Elaine Paige. The event was won by Rosanna Colclough, who beat ten other talented finalists with the song

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The Netherlands - Projecta has introduced Tensioned Elpro Large Electrol, an electric projection screen for large venues with a tab-tensioned projection surface for a perfectly flat viewing area.

The Tensioned Elpro Large Electrol ensures the flattest possible viewing surface for a retractable screen thanks to its tab-tensioning system. The projection screen surface is tensioned in all four directions by a heavy duty aluminum extruded slat bar and nylon tensioning cables on each side to match with the parabolic curves of the screen. The end result is a projection viewing area that is evenly tensioned and suitable for all critical applications.

The Tensioned Elpro Large Electrol is available in widths from 3.5 to 4.5m and in 4:3 (Video), 16:9 (HDTV) and 16:10 (Wide) aspect ratios. The casing is equipped with flexible mounting brackets which are one metre laterally adjustable fr

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UK / USA - More than 20 years of touring with such diverse acts as Rage Against The Machine, Maroon 5, Cypress Hill and Weird Al Yankovic has prepared FOH engineer Joel Lonky for a wide range of performance issues, but few are as chaotic as his current gig mixing FOH for Rob Zombie. "The show is unpredictable," he reports. "I don't have the luxury of knowing what will happen next, so I needed a console that would allow me to stay on top of any situation that might arise. The PRO6 turned out to be the ideal solution."

One PRO6 feature that Lonky really appreciates is Area B, which allows him to keep one fader group 'always on top' at the right-hand side of the surface. "I use it for Mr Zombie's mics and effects returns," he says. "I can be all over the console, yet still have Rob's priority channels at my fingertips in any scene. It's incredibly

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Singapore - The inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore brought together young Olympic hopefuls aged 14 to 18 years old from 204 countries competing in 26 events.

The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the site of the Float at Marina Bay, the world's largest floating stage located in the heart of Singapore. A live audience of 27,000 plus the 3,500 athletes and an estimated 2bn television viewers watched a spectacular light, video, laser and fireworks display with the Singapore skyline serving as a backdrop.

The floating stage was surrounded by a ring of shipping containers, a reference to Singapore's prominence as South East Asia's largest harbour. In front of the containers a 5000 m2 floating 'lake' was created; at the rear a 32m high lighthouse, which held the cauldron for the Olympic flame. Lighting and video were positioned around the ring to create the pe

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Germany - Alcons Audio will be showing the production version of its latest pro-ribbon line array system, maximising its carbon (cone) footprint and giving a glimpse of a new product group at Prolight+Sound in April.

The Dutch manufacturer will be exhibiting the production-version of the LR24 pro-ribbon line array system. Previewed at the show last year, the system marks an important advance for the company within the concert touring and large-scale installation market.

Designed to be able to deliver the same SPL as equivalent products in the mid-size line array category, but with 15dB less distortion, the Alcons LR24 system utilises the company's pro-ribbon technology to "set a new benchmark in terms of SPL, projection control and sound quality".

Also on show will be the BQ211, a high output subwoofer system based on the all carbon-coned 21" woofer. Featuring

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UK - Birmingham and Bristol, UK based AV rental specialist Central Presentations Limited (CPL) has boosted its stock of video projectors with the addition of the latest in lightweight, medium range, high definition machines from Panasonic - the PT DZ110 HD.

This is to meet the continuing demand for a highly portable, expediently sized HD (1920 x 1200) resolution projector around the 10-12,000 Lumen mark for the wide variety of shows, events and presentations that CPL services as a rental partner.

"Panasonic is a premium brand and the robust build and quality engineering has made it a firm favourite for rental and staging sectors in the last couple of years," says CPL's branch manager Richard Burrow, adding that they can also take advantage of the healthy cross rental and dry hire market, and these are now frequently appearing on spec sheets.

The purchase also follo

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Ireland - Aviva Stadium in Dublin is the home of the Irish rugby union team and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Audio is provided by a massive JBL sound system that includes 105 Precision Directivity (PD) Series loudspeakers, augmented by Application Engineered (AE) Series AM6200/64 speakers. The system also includes Crown Audio amplifiers and BSS Soundweb London signal processing, connectivity and control products.

The installation was carried out by the experienced, UK-based TG Baker (Sound) under the supervision of project manager Tony Mott. The system was sold by Sound Technology, Harman Professional's distributor in the UK and ROI, who also provided technical assistance via its project support services.

The Aviva Stadium installation is a fully compliant public address-voice alarm (PAVA) system that is massive in scale, with 26 42-U equipment racks, 118 PA

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USA / UK - Danny Boyle's latest film, 127 Hours, famously recreates the ordeal of young mountaineer Aron Ralston, who gets trapped in a Utah canyon when a boulder slips, trapping his arm. The soundtrack, which was nominated for a BAFTA and a Satellite in the Best Sound categories, was almost entirely recreated in post production.

A large selection of DPA microphones provided by UK distributor Sound Network was used extensively to record the dramatic tension and ambience of the surroundings. Boyle has described 127 Hours as "an action movie in which the hero doesn't move".

The sound crew from Sound 24 included sound designer and supervising sound editor Glenn Freemantle, sound effects recordist Hugo Adams, Foley artists Nicolas Becker and Adam Mendez and Foley editor Jon Olive. Adams was the only member of the crew to travel to Utah, spending 24 hours at

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UK - inspHire reported a very successful Executive Hire Show this year. Enquiries for its hire software was up by 60% year on year and a sale on the first day of their inspHire Express solution from the 'Killer Deals' booklet showed signs that this year's show was one of their best ever.

"The Executive Hire Team has delivered another great show", said Graham Dobbs managing director at inspHire. "The level of enquiries was excellent and there was a fantastic level of interest from our existing customers in our newly launched inspHire-iX, the Apple device application for inspHire users on the move. We also had a lot of interest in RFID, which will help hire companies to speed up their processes and therefore bring efficiencies to their businesses. I think everyone at the show felt the buzz again this year which is really encouraging."

inspHire again hosted th

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Sweden - The Karlstad Theatre in Sweden is nearly 120 years old and home to the Värmland Opera, which was founded in 1975. The company produces high-quality operatic, musical and orchestral performances, as well as school productions as part of a thriving educational programme. The company tours extensively, both nationally and abroad.

Working alongside construction firm NCC, Stage Technologies provided a complete refit of the building's stage system and machinery as part of a £7m renovation project led by the city of Karlstad. The new power-flying system includes 31 power flying sets (comprising BigTow winches, fly bars and pulleys); Nomad and Solo desk control; an eight-axis grid trolley system formed of point hoists and positional control chain hoists for easier rigging; three automated lighting bars; and replacement control for the orchestra lift and house curtain. Co

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Australia - ENTECH 2011 show organisers have confirmed an agreement with PLASA, the leading international membership body for those who supply technologies and services to the event, entertainment and installation industries.

ENTECH 2011, which takes place at SCEC on 19 - 21 July 2011, will now include a new stream in its educational program featuring international speakers from PLASA's extensive global membership base.

Over 4000 visitors are expected to register for ENTECH 2011, and attendance at the seminars will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Visitors will be able to secure their seats for a seminar via the ENTECH website in the coming weeks.

PLASA's CEO, Matthew Griffiths said: "We are pleased to be involved in one of the premium industry events in Australia. We see this alliance as a great opportunity to support the future development of our indust

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UK - Blackburn- based lighting rental company HSL has supplied equipment to the first BBC TV show to be produced at the new Media City complex & studios in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester.

Don't Scare The Hare is a new game show produced by Endemol which will be aired in April on BBC1's 5.30 p.m. Saturday slot. Lighting designer is Tom Kinane, with whom HSL has worked on numerous past projects. The show sees two teams of contestants pit their wits and their physical agility in a series of games which involves not scaring a large animatronic hare.

Lighting and colour psychology plays a key role in the production - if the hare takes fright during any of the games, the whole environment turns red for danger.

HSL's Sean McGlone project managed the supply of the equipment which includes Vari*Lite moving lights, white lights, LED sources, cyc lighting and follow spots. He

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UK / Poland - Systems Workshop Distribution has announced an exclusive cooperation with Polish pro audio manufacturer Generic Audio to distribute its products in the UK and Eire.

Generic Audio recently released Preceptor, a 3U, hand-built two-channel (stereo/dual mono) analogue compressor / limiter, whose design and functionality "blends tradition with high performance components, user efficiency and optimum sound quality".

"We're delighted to be adding the Generic Audio brand to our portfolio," says Systems Workshop's Phil Beaumont. "Preceptor is a high spec product that should appeal to a range of audio professionals and we look forward to bringing it to the UK market."

Generic Audio's Bartosz Radziszewski adds, "As a young company just entering a very competitive market, we're thrilled to find a partner in Systems Workshop. Their decisio

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies audio division has sold a Nexo Geo S12 Series vertical line array loudspeaker system to Leeds based rental company Futurist Sound & Light, for use on clients' concerts, tours and other live events. An accredited UK dealer for the Nexo professional range, the deal was handled by A.C. Audio division's sales manager, Peter Butler from the company's northern office in Leeds.

Futurist is a major rental supplier of sound and lighting production to the live events sector, and a well established provider to the educational and professional theatre markets. Futurist's Jamie Hudson comments, "We listened to several systems and compared all the features before purchasing. Peter Butler and his team from A.C. Audio were extremely helpful in setting up demos at their warehouse. We already knew that their service and technical support was excellent, so

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Cyprus - Prosonic audio lights based in Nicosia has installed an Adamson system in a newly built club, where they recently held a two-day workshop dedicated to existing and new customers, with an opportunity to talk directly with the manufacturers.

The Pyles Club situated in the Latsia industrial area, packed in about 30 industry professionals from the country's PA companies, as well as freelance engineers and contractors for the first Adamson seminar held in Cyprus. The focus was on hands-on training using the latest gear and software, as well as learning about technologies from Adamson and Lab.gruppen.

The new system was used for the various training activities which included line source array principles and system design principles, computer aided system design (using Adamson Shooter software), rigging, amplification, processing (using Lake Controller software) and hands-on

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