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He was speaking as he picked up an award for environmental work at the Midem music conference in France. "You'll be amazed when you hear the headliners we've got coming this year, and we've already sold 90% of the tickets for this year already," he said. He was honoured with the Green World Award at the Midem music conference for the festival's history of environmental fundraising and ecological initiatives. The festival raises money for Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid, while Mr Eavis' other

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Major event clients such as the London 2012 Organising Committee and the Greater London Authority are already referring to BS 8901 in their tenders, and corporate clients are expected to follow suit as they work to ensure their own sustainability policies are being implemented throughout their organisations.

Consequently, this new standard will soon become a minimum requirement to do business in the events industry, and like risk management and health and safety before, it will eventually become part of the way the event industry operates.

At the end of 2008, PLASA launched the first wave of its BS 8901 Programme - an initiative intended to give PLASA Members a head start on the rest

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Mickey Curbishley, PRG's president of Concert Touring added: "Nick and I have worked together for many years. I wish him only the very, very best and I look forward to working with him in the future."

"It is with mixed emotions that I leave the PRG family,

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"The bottom line is we have very good shows on, full of creative talent both on stage and backstage. It shows we really are the theatre capital of the world," she added. Ms Burns said that new shows including Zorro, Hair

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An investigation initiated by Shure in Futian District, Shenzhen, in mainland China led to a raid by the Shenzhen Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC) on a wholesale shop, Sanze Electronics, in the Zhongdian Electronics and Technology Building on Huaqiang Road, and another at an associated warehouse.

"Counterfeiting is not just a problem for Shure," said Sandy LaMantia, Shure's president and CEO. "This is a serious issue that impacts our entire industry. Every brand of professional audio and consumer electronics is at risk because of this criminal activity. Shure continues to cooperate with other brands in joint actions and criminal prosecutions in China to present a united fron

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Each project group is made up of students of mixed ages and abilities, including performing artists, music technologists and sound engineers. At the end of the fortnight, students will have to submit a detailed summary of their learning experiences to be eligible for credit towards their formal qualifications.

Dan Clarke, the Preston C

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Having spent 5 years at Impulse Events and risen to the position of event director, Jamie produced a wide range of corporate events for a plethora of clients; spanning from a Jewellery launch for Calvin Klein, summer party for TalkBack Thames, an 'around the world party' for 2500 employees of Lloyds TSB at Olympia, to producing 3 christmas party venues, catering for over 2500 guests, each Christmas season, culminating in winning 3 Silver Eventia Awards at the 2008 ceremony.

In addition to working with corporate and private clients, The Event Studio is well placed to partner with event management companies, venues, caterers and p

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"Business owners and managers are all evaluating ways to run their companies more smoothly and cut costs," said Ray Bailey, president of Lone Star Communications and Business and Leadership Conference planning committee member. "These companies exemplify the strategies needed to ensure a growing and stable business during tough economic times."

Copp Systems Integrator was looking for additional ways to grow bu

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Sessions will be held at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie MD, and will be conducted by Morgan Neff of Mine Safety Appliances (MSA), a Fall Protection and Rescue Trainer, and Rocky Paulson, an ETCP Certified Rigger and ETCP Recognized Trainer.

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Information on the company's background, news, and current and recent projects is backed by a further layer, that provides insights into emerging control, interactive, display, audio and storage technologies - the Sysco Knowledge Base.

Featured projects in the Portfolio section include the Eurostar St Pancras International Terminal; Christie's in London, New York and Paris; the award-winning Greenwich Royal Observatory Weller Space Galleries; the Terracotta Army and Hadrian exhibitions at the British Museum; Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey; and Twickenham Stadium.

Sysco chairman Mark Burgin says, "The new site has over 700 pages of information, photos, videos, PDF documents

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The company will be receiving its first grandma 2 console in the first quarter of 2009. "We invested heavily in MA products in 2008 with more consoles and NSP's, and our intention is to stay as market specialists in the systems with the new generation of consoles" says Routledge. The company is now solely based in London and has recently moved all of its hire stock th

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Eurovision Countdown - Jade Ewen has been chosen to sing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Eurovision Song Contest entry for the UK in Moscow. The Londoner won the public vote ahead of Sheffield siblings The Twins and Welshman Mark Evans after all three acts performed My Time. The ballad, heard for the first time, was composed by Lloyd Webber with US Grammy-winning lyricist Diane Warren. The compo

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In Caernarfon yesterday, Creative & Cultural Skills highlighted the actions from the Creative Blueprint which will develop skills in the workforce particularly amongst theatre and live music technicians. Research from the Creative Blueprint has shown that 87% of creative industries in Wales have no training budget yet 23% have skills gaps.

One measure to address this issue is the new Creative Apprenticeship, the first for the industry in Wales. The Creative Apprenticeship will open doors into the sector and help turn more Welsh talent into productive skills and jobs. 12 initial places will be offered to young people eager to enter the creative and cultural industr

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Summit Steel will be keeping its name, logo and identity, continuing as an independent brand, focussed on the markets that it serves. The company will remain located at its base in the South East.

PRG CEO Jere Harris said, "We are delighted to add Summit Steel to PRG's portfolio of brands in the UK and Europe. A specialist rigging supplier of this strength and reputation will complement and enhance our existing brands in the region and our business globally. We are looking forward to working with Jon and his team to further broaden our group technical services offer to support every size of event."

Summit's managing direc

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Raffle prizes have been donated by: Altman Rentals (ghostlight), Barbizon ($250 gift certificate), Field Template (SoftSymbols and Field Templates), Le Maitre Special Effects (Radiance Hazer), Live Design (Broadway Master Class), Nolan Engineering Services (Seminar by Shawn Nolan), Sapsis Rigging (Safety Seminar by Bill Sapsis), USITT (2010 Conference registration), Utah Shakespearean Festival (3 pair of theatre tickets), Vectorworks (Spotlight with Renderworks), and Vincent Lighting Systems ($250 gif

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The ART-1024 comes with its own proprietary software that makes it simple to programme shows and scenes from a PC. Then, once lighting programmes have been created, they can easily be uploaded and triggered on the ART-1024's convenient touch-sensitive keypad.

Designed as a single-controller solution for all types of DMX lighting, the ART-1024's programming software includes built-in effects for multi-categories of fixtures: LEDs, moving lights and dimmers. It features 2 DMX universes, providing the capacity to control a total of 1,024 channels.

In addition to different types of fixtures, the ART-1024 can take comm

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LD's such as Mike 'Sooty' Sutcliffe, Gurdip Mahal and Darryl Noad have been sourcing their luminaires from the Broadcast & Event division of production rental company, Panalux, headed by managing director Ed Pagett, and business development manager, Simon Roose.

Containing 90 Luxeon K2 high-power LEDs (30 x RGB), the Impression boasts a higher light yield than that of a conventional 575W discharge lamp. And with its rapid 660° of pan and 300° tilt, it is suitable for the television sector - particularly large location spectaculars and reality shows.

Additional advantages of durability, low energy, low heat dissipation, light weight and interchangeable lens are currentl

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"The Control4 control platform is a comprehensive complement to the Denon, Marantz and Escient product lines," said Bert Kiggen, brand director of DMi. "This agreement is a further milestone in our objective of providing custom installers with best in class, end-to-end system integration solutions for whole home entertainment, and environmental and security control. We look forward to working with Control4 in extending our system integration offerings throughout the EMEA CI markets."

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"I'm very excited to be part of the Wireless Solution team," says Schiefer, "The brand is well respected and has been involved in some very impressive installations worldwide. I am really particular about working with quality brands."

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This latest report provides resources to assist in organisational development by comparing what other successful companies in the industry are doing to retain, develop and recruit staff. Simple processes such as the development of organizational charts, job descriptions and employee reviews, can promote the strengths of your employees, overall value and employee satisfaction.

"A good company can become great by using these strategies to find, develop and retain talented and dedicated staff," said Jodi Montgomery, NSCA senior director of

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This event is limited in size and will be open to ESTA and USITT members only. Sessions will be hosted and co-produced by ETC. Attendees should have prior experience with automated luminaries and a general familiarity with lighting consoles (Eos experience is not necessary). In addition, they should have working knowledge of the DMX 512 communication protocol, fi

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John Barton, NOEA general secretary said: "For many years Jan has supported the association and attended conventions and regional conferences. She is well known throughout the industry for her passion, commitment and good ideas and we are excited about her joining us to become involved in the future development of the association."

"I am delighted to have been elected as a council member. Having been in business for 21 years I feel that I can represent small /medium business in the outdoor event industry," said Booth. "We know that the next few years

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There has been strong interest in the composition and it will go on a separate live tour later in the year. Neanderthal man existed side by side with early homo sapiens before becoming extinct some 30,000 years ago. Despite having a reputation for lacking intelligence, recent research suggests the Neanderthals were a lot more resourceful and innovative than was first thought. Thorne said: "Given that Neanderthal man's brain was about the same size as ours, and mu

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"Born and brought up in Blackpool, Harry spent most of his working life in the sound industry, majoring as managing director for the Japanese-owned company TOA. It was Harry who introduced the "Golden Ears" awards for his best distributor - a most difficult decision as all his best distributors were his best friends! He took his top companies away on "conferences" to boring places like Majorca, Japan and other such locations. (I knew they were conferences because I saw pictures of them all at the bars!)

Harry was also Past President of The Blackpool Magic Circle. I think we all knew he was a "magician" with the tricks he played