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The award recognises the sales and promotional achievements of the most active dealer for each Manfrotto division and was announced at the company's recent product managers annual meeting in Venice.

The annual meeting is a key opportunity for Manfrotto to meet face to face with its dealers to exchange feedback, review sales performance and market trends, and announce new products coming next year.

Vitec Photographic Div. regional sales manager (E.ME.A.I.) Fabio Prada, who presented the award, says: "Adam has proved to be particularly dedicated to the Manfrotto & Avenger brands and really got behind the launch of some of their key new products this year, such as the Avenger CrossPole, providing a level of dealer promotional support in

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Marenghi required dramatic floodlighting of the central pyramid and powerful aerial effects, so he approached Jack Calmes at Syncrolite in the USA, and 16 of the new 10kW dichroic searchlights and 12 8kW units were flown in from Dallas. The 10kW Syncro

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The last time the 62-year-old theatre underwent renovation was in 1953 - after weathering a challenging early history. The original architectural design for the massive neoclassical complex was chosen at a competition in Paris in 1930. Construction began the following year, but was halted during WWII. During the war, the partially completed building was used to house famous works of art

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Besides the obvious advantage of longevity, low power consumption and low heat emission afforded by the use of LEDs, the Q-Wash LED also offers the convenience of remote reset, vector speed control, and the functionality of full dimming and automatic pan and tilt correction. Users can program and store up to 100 steps for later recall without the need for a controller.

The Q-Wash LED comes equipped with standard lenses that create a 30-degree beam angle. Optional lenses are also available to create a wider, 45-degree beam angle.

Movement is extremely smooth and fast, within a range of 540 degrees of pan by 270 degrees of tilt. Pan and tilt are reversible. Users can access built in automated and sound-activated p

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The new 27,000 square metre MFCC venue is located on a purpose built site at the centre of the Island, with a large parking area and easy access from all directions. It's the largest performance/convention/exhibition space in the country and the only indoor venue offering full production facilities to accommodate medium to large concerts, tours and shows. It is intended to generate a whole new level of commercial fairs, concert, conference, corporate event and live music business in the county, attracting world class performers and leading destination management companies.

The structure is th

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Lighting designer Dave Sherwin wanted to move some of his trusses, while video director Blue Leach's design was based on having five differently shaped moving high resolution video screens (supplied by XL Video), so HSL decided it was the right time to buy a system.

"We'd been looking into this for some time," says HSL's technical director Howard Dean. "We explored the options and reckoned that it's the best automation system on the market, so it was really just a question of 'when?'."

Kinesys, complete with its proprietary PC-based Vector software, seemed to be the most flexible and user-friend

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They are currently near the end of the UK leg of Just Doin' It tour, playing to a mixture of theatres and arenas, which will then continue in July 2007.

Pat Marks, who has been lighting designer to Status Quo for the last 18 years says: "I'm usually given 'carte blanche' when designing Quo rigs, so I'm never given a brief, as such. However, I fancied going 'retro' this tour as I'd been dabbling with some high tech stuff over the last few years. I'd played around with loads of PixelLine and Pixel Pars last year and felt I was losing sight of the archetypal Quo rig i.e. big and brash!"

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Wilson's position has seen her move to Le Mark's Export office and tasked to give close support their international dealer network. "The position is a demanding one," says managing director Stuart Gibbons. "Donna has worked hard at all levels within the Company and has shown a true 'flair' for overseas development and export support."

Wilson starts 2007 with her first 'solo' trip to Scandinavia. Supplying both 'product support' and training with the Multitechnic team at the LLB exhibition (Lyd Lys & Bilde) in Oslo. From LLB, she flies to Sweden for further dealer product training before returning to the UK.

"2007 is set to be an exciting year for Le Mark," continued Gibbons. "Le Mark has always prided itself

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A redesign of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides more flexible control including saveable GUI configurations, new window docking and 16 views per touchscreen. Martin's Maxxyz and Maxedia Media Composer now share the same User Interface, making programming and operation easy and logical between different Martin Professional controller products.

Cloning allows users to copy fixtures for expanded lighting systems or to replace fixtures within the showfile between different types. Clones show content like cues, presets

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Locklin spec'ed an all MAC 700 Profile rig with a handful of conventionals available for support. Lighting control is from a Martin Maxxyz. "I wanted to take out the latest fixture and learn a new console; it's been a good exercise."

Specifying a rig that is all spot fixtures is unique in the world of show touring. "A wash fixture, that's all it can do, but a profile can do so mu

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To let BSBC know about the business you think is great all you have to do is e-mail: bsbc@fsb.org.uk or write to BSBC 2007 PO Box 335, Lymington SO41 6WJ giving the name of the business, its address, a line or two about why you think it is outstanding, and your name and address. An entry form for British Small Businesses 2007 will then be sent to the business.

The business you nominate must not employ more than 50 people and have been trading for five years or more. Closing date for entries is 31 January 2007.

The annual British Small Busin

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Middle East Vari*Lite distributor Sultan Thomas, has been involved with the festivities for a number of years. And this year in collaboration with Music Plus Television, two shows were hosted in Dubai at the Madinat Jumeirah Arena Hall.

Lighting designer Amir Touma specified 20 VL3000 Spots and 20 VL3000 Washes to provide the dynamic core of the lighting, supported by an assortment of other fixtures all controlled by a Jands Vista. The stage concept was created by Resources Stage Technologies who provided the stage, sound and lighting.

Sultan Thomas states: "Vari*Lite fixtures are very muc

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"When we set out to build the most advanced live performance space in Las Vegas, The Palms naturally turned to PRG, the world's leading entertainment technology company. Their expertise in theatrical lighting and rigging is apparent in The Pearl concert theatre," said H.C. Rowe, entertainment director at The Palms Casino Resort.

Flexibility was key in lighting The Pearl's stage, which will serve as a luxury showcase for top-flight events, rangi

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"When we set out to build the most advanced live performance space in Las Vegas, The Palms naturally turned to PRG, the world's leading entertainment technology company. Their expertise in theatrical lighting and rigging is apparent in The Pearl concert theatre," said H.C. Rowe, entertainment director at The Palms Casino Resort.

Flexibility was key in lighting The Pearl's stage, which will serve as a luxury showcase for top-flight events, rangi

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The Company comprises various performance and public venues including one of South Africa's most famous performance spaces, the historic 1225-seat Playhouse Opera theatre with its ornate décor and vast infrastructure that includes 79 fly bars, five stage lifts, 25 trap doors and much more.

Early in 2006 the Opera underwent a partial renovation, securing a new floor and seats. At the same time the Company acquired an extensive rig of Martin equipment that included 16 MAC 700 Profiles, 16 MAC 2000 Washes, 12 MAC 250 Entours, 12 MA

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Production for the live event was by LubieRocks Inc, with management and scenic design by David Elliott, lighting design/programming by Nick Wisdom, graphics/video by Don Fisher and audio by Paul Tucci. The tour was also filmed for a seven-part US cable TV series which included live game play, interviews and gaming tips.

The 'Mainstage Arena', which was reserved for the city

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The tour - production managed by Nigel Mousley with lighting designed by Mark Cunniffe - visited UK arenas over the holidays, with a star-studded cast including The Tweenies, Postman Pat, Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and many more. The tour included three shows daily, enthralling thousands of children and parents alike in a block-busting, action-packed highly visual performance.

Bandit UK's chief executive, Lester Cobrin, comments: "This is a fantastic song and dance show for the whole family to enjoy, especially over the holidays. The show is a highly innovative live stage production and I am extremely proud and privileged to be involved with such a dynamic team of peop

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Before the end of that month, White Light had supplied lighting equipment to pantomimes including Mother Goose in Bromley (lit by Graham McClusky) and Aladdin in Glasgow (lit by John Tapster). These shows were quickly joined by another Aladdin in Brighton (lit by David Howe), Snow White in Manchester (lit by John Tapster), Cinderell

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The well-known Clocktower restaurant has undergone a major refurbishment featuring a cosmopolitan fusion of interior design inspirations from all over the world. Interior and feature lighting is provided by cool white and blue LEDs. Gordon Routledge, managing director of Dialight Lumidrives says: "The Clocktower redesign has enabled DW Lighting to make fantastic use of LEDs to create a visually stunning scene."

Dialight Lumidrives supplied 53 arrays with cool white LEDS and 12 arrays with blue LEDs powered by 33 Variled 16 drivers. Dialight Lumidrives specialises in the development of components to enable applications in solid state lighting, including power drivers, LED arrays and opti

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Although the Qatari capital uncharacteristically suffered the most rain locals could remember in years, including a downpour just 45 minutes before the Opening, it neither dampened the spirit of the Games nor affected the nearly 400 MAC 2000 Washes used on the production.

Distributed through Martin's Australian representative, Show Technology, the MAC 2000 Wash fixtures along with Atomic 3000 strobes and Stage Cyclos w

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Administrations of the electrical examination will begin at computer testing centres across the U.S.

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The lighting for Underwood's show was built in rehearsals with a grandMA console by lighting designer Seth Jackson. Bandit Lites' lighting director, Drew Gnagey, who partnered with David Convertino to program and direct the show, is touring with Underwood armed with a grandMA light. "We programmed on a grandMA full-size and took a grandMA light on the road and it's been seamless," says Jackson. "It's as if it's the same console." Jackson and his team programmed the show so it not only includes the lights they're travel

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The lighting kit was supplied by Lisbon-based Insom, and Vidigal's design utilised 10 Robe ColorWash 575 ATs and 12 ColorSpot 575 ATs positioned on the back truss and floor, "I wanted to have a lot of power from the back of the stage" he explains. The tour itinerary included a great variety of venues, and "The 575 is a neat enough fixture to fit into the medium sized and smaller venues on the tour, but it's output is incredibly bright, so it was the ideal solution for the specific 'look' I was trying to create for Monica."

He's first used Robe fixtures on Sintra's 2005 tour, and was impressed; he now always requests