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At the same event, AnswerBack was also awarded the Grand Prix - an award given to a project that delivers the best documented results to the user company, or shows how technical innovation can be best applied.

Guy Freeman, Managing Director of Celador Music & Events, said "We are delighted that AnswerBack won these awards for their work on this key project for us. They delivered to time and budget and provided us with an extremely good quality and cost effective solution that enabled us to launch a unique and exciting new product."

Paul Krisman, MD of AnswerBack Interactive, commented "I am thrilled to h

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Nick Baldwin has been appointed marketing director. Previously employed as marketing manager, Nick has been with the company since 1999 and has been responsible for ensuring that the Baldwin Boxall remains the first name for VA. He also draws a good pint at Baldwin Boxall's very popular exhibition stand.

Neil Jarvis, working in the sales department since 1988, has been promoted from sales manager to sales director. Steve Reed, who has been working in the company's R&D office for over nine years and has seen the development of many new products, including the very popular CommuniCare range, becomes design director. Chris Trent becomes

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The 2005 nomination is for "Innovative Management Approach" or "how to improve staff and directors motivation and performance" This followed Le Mark's application and selection to BBC TV 3's new business programme Office SOS to be aired in December this year.

The company was filmed over a 6 month period, both 'in' and 'out' of working hours. This also included a day at Le Marks booth during the PLASA show.

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Forge Europa, an electronics company from Ulverston specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of LED lamps, displays and lighting, was particularly pleased to receive the award as it acknowledged its community work, charitable activities, positive attitude towards the environment and commitment to social responsibility.

"The Social Responsibility Award reflects the importance Forge Europa places on putting something back into the community and it challenges the often portrayed image of business being uncaring and purely financ

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"James Bull from the Projects team looked very comfortable in his pink pussy pyjamas and Anna Western had even more pink on than usual. The menu for the day at The Green Room café at Stage Electrics Bristol offered pink sponge dessert with pink custard, served by men wearing pink bandanas," said a spokesperson.

First prize for the best pink costume was won by Sandra Brimson, one of Stage Electrics' housekeepers, who herself is a breast cancer su

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The nine members of the executive committee play a critical role in driving the numerous initiatives undertaken by the Association. Industry certification schemes, a Manufacturers Forum, a major membership restructure and maximizing opportunities related to the Olympics are just a few of the projects currently in discussion.

Committee members come from all sectors of the industry, but have in common a determination to develop and shape the strategic direction of the Association, helping to create a positive business environment for the membership.

Matthew Griffiths, chief executive of PLASA, commented: "It's always encouraging to see interest in the future

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The Audio Industry Regatta (AIR) is run annually to raise money for the Portsmouth-based Elizabeth Foundation, a voluntary organization for deaf babies, deaf pre-school children aged up to five years, and their parents. The Foundation provides parent-centred services on a nationwide basis and often without charge.

Following a disastrous last place in the opening race, the Kelsey Acoustics crew fought back to achieve first place in each of the remaining four races to cement their overall winning position for the weekend.

This year the regatta attracted nearly 100 crew members, while

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"We are trying to expand the market to which our sound systems are pitched," says ACC owner Alsatian Kerri. "We do a lot of theatre and corporate events that our existing HK systems are great for, but we want to start looking at systems for bands and small outdoor festivals for which the Cheddar is ideal."

ACC has purchased 16 CDR 108 mid/high units, eight CDR 210 C sub woofers and two PRO amp racks with additional controllers to enable two smaller systems to go out on hire at the same time. The company already has a substantial inventory of HK AUDIO systems.

Access introduction to Cheddar Compact came about when UK distributor John Horny Skews brought over a demo system for the Indian Community Me

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"Considering the importance of the UK video conferencing market, we want to approach the UK with the best partners and the right tools", declared Marco Viezzoli, Author CEO. "For this reason we opened a new office in London last Spring and now we are selecting carefully high level partners to work with us in order to set up strong business relationships."

Dave Travers, business development manager of DAL, said "We are extremely pleased that Author, a producer of high quality, cost effective comm

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The new Capture 2005 product family features a large number of major changes from the previous Capture 3.0 version. Says Capture, "Most of the software has been reconstructed in order to make it faster and easier to work with and the large number of console connectivity options which are now plug-and-play makes Capture 2005 the most efficient visualisation and design tool on the market."

(Jim Evans)

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The campaign targets 35-60 year old rock fans - who either used to play in a band or are simply keen to try - and places them into groups, organising a number of rehearsal sessions before getting them up on stage to perform live in a local rock concert.

The project which works in partnership with the UK's MIA musical instrument retailers, has been brought to the UK from the US. Following two hugely successful pilots in Stockton-on-Tees and Reading, additional Weekend Warrior programmes are now up and ready to run in Warrington, Stockport, Nottingham, Leicester, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham, Southampton, Bristol, Harlow and Darlington with many more expected to laun

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L&SI was launched for the Professional Lighting and Sound Association by publisher John Offord at a time when the Association had only recently changed its name to reflect its broadening scope: the British Association of Discotheque Equipment Manufacturers (BADEM), which emerged from the 70s disco boom, had become PLASA in 1983.

Looking back at that first issue, the first thing that strikes you is facial hair - particularly at the first ABTT North trade show, which the debut issue covered. As someone - let's call him 'John' (what the hell - let's call him 'John Hastie') remarked to me at the ABTT show this summer, this industry no longer has much to offer the committed trade show beard spotter. The November 1985 issue just underlines the

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Three standard 'tour grade' cases - owned by White Light, lighting supplier to a touring production of Annie Get Your Gun - were temporarily left outside, along with the theatre's large butane heater. Two youths (caught by CCTV) set light to the heater, and the flames quickly engulfed the flightcases before being brought under control. When the badly burned cases were opened, the contents - including cables, top hats and other accessories, were found undamaged!

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"We now have distributors in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands" said Bertrand Dauphant, managing director of SA Europe. "These distributors are the key to our success within the European market and we are excited to have the opportunities to be working with these high-profile players."

SA Europe made its trade show debut at PLASA 2005 and will be participating in the upcoming Broadcast trade show in Spain & ACF in Belgium where State Automation products will be presented by local distributor Spai and DCD Belgium. SA Europe will also be exhibiting at JTSE trade show at the end of this month.

(Jim Evans)

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The band who were playing in Norway on October 31 as part of their Twisted Logic world tour were scheduled to perform Talk at the prestigious awards ceremony, as well as being nominated in a number of categories. With the band's load-in scheduled for November 2, there was no way to guarantee getting the backline from Oslo to Lisbon in time for the planned rehearsal slot using regular commercial air freight methods. The solution was to charter an aircraft of a suitable size to carry the equipment. The aircraft in question was an AN (Antonov) 26.

Immediately after the Oslo show, Andy Lovell of EFM took the musical equipment to Oslo Gardemoen Airport, where it was put through extensive prepar

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Background music can also be controlled via the paging station which is designed to be very easy to use, with simple on-screen messages and menus that appear when a function is selected. The paging station user has clear indications on the screen to show which zone/areas are in use by other operators/paging stations and what messages are being utilised.

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ChannelStrip version 2.0.3 f13 is not compatible withPro Tools 7, and users are advised to update to the new version before or at the same time as running the Pro Tools 7 update to avoid any interruption in the operationof ChannelStrip. The 2.1 f02 update is compatible with previous versions of Pro Tools (6.x), and can be safely installed by any OS X based customer.

(Jim Evans)

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Current Treasurer of PLASA and its previous chairman, Hopkins, recently took over from Michael Leaver as the president of the Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers. Hopkins believes that the opportunity for a closer liaison between PLASA and the ISCE is long overdue and he is committed to training and the creation of meaningful standards so that career patterns can be established for the future of the industry. "The advent of stricter health and safety regulations, as well as the implications of WEEE and ROHS legislation, makes such ambitions a necessity," he says.

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Show Technology managing director, Emmanuel Ziino, comments, "The market is as dynamic as ever, and as the market leader we strive to meet its needs. After years of being solely based in Sydney, the opening of our new regional offices give us several benefits - a greater reach, a greater degree of flexibility and speed, and better market feedback for example. But most importantly it gives us an improved level of market contact and allows us to better serve our customers."

The new Melbourne office w