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"He's got such a great voice, it's really refreshing," remarks Tony Villarreal, president of Detroit-based Thunder. The system traveling with Kem consists of 20 Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers, with four UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeakers for frontfill. System drive processing was courtesy of a Meyer Sound LD-3 compensating line driver. A Soundcraft Series Five console handles the main mix, with a Yamaha PM4000 covering the monitor mix.

"The fidelity of the MILOs really shines on his music,"

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Opened in March ready for the 2006 season, Stealth is Europe's tallest, fastest Rocket Coaster, travelling 0-80mph in 2.3 seconds, and reaching 205ft. The coaster is designed with 1950's styling, including a period DJ booth playing music from the era.

Complete Light & Sound - working along side Bose special projects division - specified an iDR-8 mixing processor, plus iDR-in and iDR-out expanders, giving a full 16 x 16 matrix, with an iDR-switch control expander, all connected with CAT5 cable.

The racked system is installed in an offsite control room and there are control panels located in the ride ope

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Once again Metropolis has chosen hard wearing good quality brands including HK and JBL audio, Robe moving lights, LightProcessor lighting control and Alcon McBride and Kramer video switching. Project manager Shane Winterbourne says: "Although there are specific elements common to all Sorts Cafes, each building and installation is completely different, and each has its own set of challenges"

Metropolis's Sports Café projects are always technology driven. Immediately guests walk in the entrance doors, eyes are drawn to the wall of twelve 15 inch TFT screens behind the reception desk. Two HK Audio IL 8.2 ful

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In total, five Lighthouse screens were deployed. One - formed of 21x2 R6 6mm panels - was arranged in a circle, hung from the lighting grid, while two more were positioned either side of the stage, each comprising 4x13 panels of R6 screen.

Providing a memorable backdrop to the stage itself were two large Lighthouse R10 screens, formed from 103 panels each and curving in an arc from the centre of the stage

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CEO Michael T. Strickland says: "The entire Bandit global team is very proud of the Pollstar Award and considers the award as the voice of the industry. We wish to thank Pollstar, the people in our industry that have allowed us to work with them, and our wonderful clients that made it all possible."

As 2006 unfolds Bandit is involved in a variety of projects globally. The Queen Reunion Tour continues with the US leg starting in March and it carries on into the year as it travels around the world with full service and support from Bandit Lites. The

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The hosts (Solihull Society of Arts) and organisers (UKSLC.ORG - UK Sound and Lighting Community) have assembled a top team of leading UK console manufacturers to deliver training on the latest lighting desks and entertainment technology throughout the day.

Brand names like Compulite, MA, Chamsys, ETC, Zero 88 and Robe are providing a wide variety of lighting control equipment for attendees to use, and their staff will be on hand to answer questions for console operators at all levels of experience.

The training sessions are designed to cater for everyone from drama pupils wishing to learn about 'real world' performance technology, to freelancers who want to practice on new consoles and seasoned LX

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Scooping the Award over 11 other distributors in Europe, Orbital has fused its expertise and experience over the past year to deliver the DX wireless intercom series, which comprises the DX 200 and DX 100, to the UK's broadcast, live performance and installed sound markets.

The DX 200 was Awarded The ABTT Theatre Show's 'Best New Sound and Comms Product' in 2005. Boasting a 2.4 Ghz license free operation, its advanced digital design offers crystal-clear interference free two-way communications.

Its potential and ease of use has proved invaluable across a variety of applications. The DX200 has been embraced by organisations as diverse as Rose Bruford College, Ramber

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Louisan's debut album spent nearly a year in the German charts, turning double platinum just as she released her second CD of songs that take their musical influences from samba, tango, waltz, chansons and jazz. She has now embarked on her second tour of Germany, with an all-acoustic band (plus electric organ) and, on both occasions, has carried a Camco/Nexo PA production system.

Concept and realisation of the sound reinforcement set-up for both tours was in the hands of Sound Linear GmbH from Paderborn under the management of Kalle Hogrefe.

In most venues, the systems was designed with left and ri

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Needless to say, Sai Baba's 80th birthday celebration was a highly anticipated event for some time. The city of Puttaparthi, home to Baba's residence, the ashram Prasanthi Nilayam (Abode of Peace), saw a massive influx of visitors, with an estimated million or more treated to meals and accommodation at the ashram.

The multi-day festivities concluded with a celebration held at Puttaparthi's sports stadium, a massive venue seating several hundred thousand. The ceremony was attended by several prominent politicians, as well as a number of India's top cricket stars. Performances from an internationa

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Barco in partnership with Linfair Engineering & Trading Ltd. won the order to supply its leading DP100 2K digital cinema projectors. In choosing Barco, Ambassador Theatres Company were able to successfully complete their project in a relatively short time frame.

Barco has achieved over 85% market share within the digital cinema sector in mainland China and Hong Kong over the last 3 years, hence Barco is widely considered the region's leading digital cinema centre of competence.

Mr. Duncan Zhang, Chairman of Linfair says: "We are delighted to work with Barco because their excellent technology, quality support, and operational excellence. We are very impressed by Barco's determination and commitmen

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Amongst those who welcome and recommend White Light for those looking to light their event are: Kensington Palace, the Science Museum, Shakespeare's Globe, Somerset House, the Imperial War Museum, Kew Gardens, BA London Eye, Guildhall, the Museum of London, the Twickenham Experience and the Theatre Museum, as well as all of the venues in the unique venues of London collection, and the diverse portfolio of English Heritage properties. All of the venues to which White Light is an approved supplier can be found on the newly re-designed White Light website.

"White Light clients receive strong, personal support from our ex

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Jack Kelly, Group One Ltd. president, remarked that the new appointments position Group One for ongoing expansion, while assisting the company to provide the highest level of service and support for the distinguished brands it represents.

Hudson Marketing is now responsible for the territory of Upstate New York as well as the New York Metro area, and Michael Chafee Associates has been appointed as the Florida representative for the XTA and MC2 product lines. Warman Marketing's coverage area for XTA products has been expanded to include Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada, in addition to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The Mac West Group will now represent XTA and MC2 in Southern California

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PLASA believes that the proposed tourist tax (dubbed the 'bed' tax) will hit this industry from both sides: not only will it put yet another financial burden on businesses in the entertainment, event and installation sectors where business-related travel accounts for a large part of their ongoing overheads, but it will almost certainly affect tourism revenues, which directly influence the financial performance of this industry.

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Cast C.Adolph & RST Distribution is a leading supplier of professional stage and lighting equipment to theatres, rental companies, TV studios and fair building companies in Germany. The company is a combination of C.Adolph and RST Distribution, who merged last year to strengthen their market position and together share over 120 years industry experience.

A.C. Lighting's international sales director, Cally Bacchus, commented: "We wanted to work with cast C.Adolph & RST Distribution because we felt that the Jands Vista console would be a natural fit with the rest of their high qualit

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The move keeps Pearce Hire in Peterborough, its home of 15 years, but has taken the company to a newly built facility with improved infrastructure. The Pearce Hire management team have spent over a year planning the move, to find premises suited to their specific growth requirements, in order to improve the levels of service offered to clients and become more efficient.

The new site incorporates carefully organised storage bays, an equipment testing and preparation area all with good access for improved loading ability.

Pearce Hire has expanded steadily over recent years, consolidating relationships with clients ranging from organisers of corporate events, festivals, tours, exhibitions,

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Laslett explains: "Within the confines of the relatively small art deco Odeon cinema, I felt it important to produce a concept that would be in sympathy with and complement the existing architecture. The inclusion of a three dimensional steel framed voile spiral extending from within the confines of the stage out into the auditorium united both areas and at the same time gave the event greater scale and presence. With the addition of an internally lit curved staircase and a four metre bronze Bafta mask backed also with a combination of voile and mirrored panels the overall effect produced a very exiting and glamorous result.

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Over one million people have marvelled at the incredible lights, lasers and special effects that make Classical Spectacular a unique experience. 250 plus performers take to the stage and once again the Royal Albert Hall will resound to the world's best classical music including brand new pieces as well as all time favourites, ending with the thundering cannons, muskets and indoor fireworks of the 1812 Overture.

Stage Electrics supply 23 MAC 700s, eight of which are positioned on the floor, with the rest rigged on the striking above-stage trussing structure together with over 80 other Martin fixtures including MAC 2K Washes, MAC 600 Washes, and MAC 300 Washes as

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Each trader station includes a phone, two or three 19" LCD monitors, and stereo computer speakers. In front of each group of 18 traders is a wall of six to eight plasma monitors, displaying up-to-the-second trading information and TV satellite feeds, and above each group is a matrix of ceiling speakers.

Traders need to be able to hear in-house announcements, audio from any of four satellite TV receivers, and streaming audio from Internet feeds. An added problem is the ambient noise level from the passing trains, w

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After working on successful Rod Stewart/Ben Elton West End musical Tonight's The Night, Rory was hired again by producer Phil Macintyre to provide the sound design and PA systems for three new comedy tours. All three productions - Little Britain, The League of Gentlemen and Ben Elton are touring extensively throughout the UK.

Having become a convert to Yamaha's latest generation of digital mixing consoles after purchasing Yamaha PM5D-RH desks from A.C. Madden was convinced the new M7CL 32/48 channel desk would be ideal for the needs of theatre-size touring productions.

He says: "What I really liked about the M7CL is its small footprint size and ease of

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The event was launched by Annie Lennox who was the first to text her name onto a giant interactive projection (the first of its kind in UK) on the side of the Royal Scottish Academy in the heart of Edinburgh.

Until 5 April, members of the public texting their name to join the campaign will be able to see their name in lights. As people join Oxfam's campaign, high powered green LBO lasers will pen the name acro

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The evening was staged in the Olympic Tae-Kwon-Do stadium on the outskirts of the city, between Athens and the port of Piraeus and was attended by 1,300 guests. The ground-supported trussing grid was used for rigging all stage lighting, video and audio equipment for the dinner and preceding presentation. The low structural weight loadings of the building ruled out flying, so a four legged ground support system was used, which had to be very wide to ensure that the two downstage legs didn't interfere with sightlines to the letter-box style set.

To achieve the adequa

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The Agbar Auditorium's design is quite unique due to the need to avoid placing pillars in the audience and stage areas. The option taken was a double-curved concrete slab, voided by means of expanded polystyrene waffle pods that help resolve the problem of resistance and to a large extent shape the mound required by the architectural project.

ECLER, Martin Architectural's Spanish representative, carried out the lighting project in conjunction with the architects, the first stages of which were completed in A

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Audio-Technica's acclaimed Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System was used with the AEW-T5400 handheld microphone/transmitter for frontline vocals during performances by Kid Rock and Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd for the Lynyrd Skynyrd medley; and Leela James, Solomon Burke and Marc Broussard for the Wilson Pickett medley. The 5000 Series was also employed for the New Orleans tribute that featured

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Lighting has been designed by Ben P Cracknell and is being operated on the tour by Darran Curtis. This is Elvis is one of a series of theatre productions on HSL's current wall chart. It's being project managed by Mike Oates, who says: "HSL is always pleased to work on Bill Kenwright's productions, and this show is a great one to be doing, as it is taking the country by storm, and really proving that Elvis is neither dead, nor working in a chippy in Blackpool! We're also pleased to be working with Ben again."

The first half of This Is Elvis is based on the lead up to the seminal TV show - The 68' Comeback Special - an event that re-established Elvis's career and drew phenomenal ratings. The second half is the co