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The major visual element of The Singing Bee set is a cyclorama-like backing created by eight large S shaped panels. "When we saw that the Australian production had used an RP screen material and LED sources to back light it, we decided that this was the way to go," says McKenzie. "We set up a test with the Martin Stagebar 54 LED luminaires and a sample of the material and were blown away with the result."

A total of 60 Stagebars are used in vertical rows of three to light the cyclorama p

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R.E.M. are touring in support of the Accelerate album, released earlier this year, which debuted at number two on the Billboard charts. The band continues to be led by iconic lead singer Michael Stipe, with Peter Buck on guitar and Mike Mills on bass. They are supported by Scott McCaughey as a second guitarist, keyboardist and utility man, as well as Bill Rieflin on drums.

The tour kicks off in late May with a month of North American dates before moving on to an extensive set of European dates over the summer. Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound Systems Inc. is serving as the sound reinforcement company for the tour, and is supplying the 22 EAW MicroWedge MW12 wedges unde

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Lighting designer Jody Marsh chose to use Martin MAC 500s and MAC 600s for this tour. Lighting is controlled by a Whole Hog II. He said the thought process behind the design had to do primarily with the venues they would be playing.

"I know what I'm going to get from local vendors and then I make changes accordingly to essentially pull off the same show every night," Marsh explained. "You may not see the lights hung the same every night but you're still getting the same overall product, or as close to it as you can get. Creatively, I know what I can do with the lights."

Marsh said that biggest challenge for this tour is just to be flexible. "This past weekend we had two shows. One show was a 'normal day.' The second show, I didn't have the a

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CCG is looking to meet future requirements and, as part of a major expansion, ordered a quantity of DPA mics including 4060 miniature omnis; BLM4060 boundary layer mics; 4088 headbands; 4011 cardioids; 4006-TL omnis; SMK4060, 3506 and 3511 stereo kits and a comprehensive package of accessories.

Since it was established in 1998, CCG has expanded to serve all aspects of the entertainment business in the Gulf region and the Middle East. It provides a wide range of products and services, and has pioneered world-class theatrical shows in Qatar by artists including Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, and has staged grand operas and

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Fred Gallo of PRG Scenic Technologies, one of the organizers of the evening, says: "Those of us that work on Broadway rarely get the time to catch up with friends, colleagues, and co-workers outside the pressures of getting the show up. The Tony Party offers a great opportunity to see each other, celebrate what we're doing, spend some down-time together, and at the same time provide important help to our colleagues in need. What could be better?"

The 2008 Behind the Scenes Tony Awards party will be held on 15 June 7pm to 11pm at Cibo restaurant, 767 Second Avenue b

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"We have offered live, instructor led D-Tools training courses every business day for the past two years to over 200 subscribing companies," said Ryan Brown, vice-president of Media Environment Design.

The MIT (Media Interactive Training) programme is an online training programme for D-Tools, consisting of (16) instructor led web based courses, with one course being offered live every business day of the year. Subscription to the programme includes unlimited access to these daily trainings as well as access to a series of on demand video trainings available 24 hours a day.

"MIT has been a great programme for both our new customers and our long-time users," said Adam Stone, presi

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The move was necessitated by the massive expansion in Summit's equipment stock over the last 12 months, reflecting a healthy growth in the working schedule. This has recently included The BAFTAs, Take That's 2007 tour, Cirque du Soleil at the RAH and ongoing work at the O2 Arena, where Summit is the house rigging company.

The new warehouse and offices will consolidate all the equipment stock - including James Thomas trussing, ground support systems, Lodestar Motors and Summit's own SmarTmast small footprint PA towers - in one location.

The warehouse will have easier access for more trucks - up to five at a time, and

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The Super Korrigan is a replacement for the 1200W HMI Korrigan followspot and incorporates a new double-condenser optical system that produces 25 per cent more light than the older model.

"Compared to other followspots on the market we found the Super Korrigans to be uniquely compact and light," remarked Russell Jones, senior lighting technician at GCAC. "The crew thinks the Super Korrigans are great and everyone loves them. We love their output, the smooth operating of the iris and the fact that we've got the DMX models too. The way that the sliders work is fantastic. Externally, the followspots are not very hot eith

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"We share the corporate and product philosophy of the Dynacord brand," says Camilla Galeone, managing director of dSound Pro. "For this reason I am certain that Dynacord will soon be playing a still more important role in the Italian market."

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An integral part of the A-Glow-Glow Macro Interactive Media Arts Exhibition, which took place at the peripheral area of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 11-20 April 2008, Lo's 'Phaeodaria' comprised around 80 pieces of Lighthouse's new creative video solution, LEDscape Bar, arranged to form an 8m diameter geodesic dome.

Inspired by Ernst Haeckel's illustrations of marine life forms, the project utilised wireless mobile telecommunications technologies to change the colours of the Lighthouse LEDscape Bar - thereby illustrating in lit form the wireless informat

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A Pharos Lighting Playback Controller (LPC X) controls the continuous fluid motion, displaying dramatic geometric and organic patterns across the sculpture, generating stunning visual and audio effects.

Drivers for the mechanical switching were pre-designed to receive RS232 serial data rather than DMX, so Pharos developed and implemented a custom control protocol to allow seamless communication with the sculpture's RS232 flip-dot drivers. This then allowed Troika to utilise Pharos Designer s

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The Academy houses the 344-capacity Athenaeum Theatre, which boasts Glasgow's largest proscenium arch and a stage the size of the London Palladium. With an opera school and courses ranging from acting through musical theatre, digital film and TV, a production arts course, the performance space is in almost constant use throughout the year. Ripley continues: "

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Mediatronics ME is a leading pro-audio and communications solution provider for entertainment, sports and convention venues as well as for TV and radio broadcasting, recording studios, the hospitality industry, shopping malls and airports.

The Middle East market has boomed for Renkus-Heinz in recent years, with high-profile installations including the Sharm El Sheikh Congress Center in Egypt, the new Hajj Terminal Building at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Naad al Sheba Horse race track in Dubai and the new luxurious Dubai Mall in UAE.

Renkus-Heinz export sales manager Karl-Gustaf Kahlau says: "We are very pleased to be partnering with

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Produced by PSE-Belgium with lighting design by Luc Peumans of digital lighting specialists Painting with Light, Martin's LC Series of LED panels played a prominent role in the set design as video screen and set piece, both in the rig and on stage.

Painting with Light, one of Belgium's leading design companies for live television, chose the Martin LC Series for its semi-transparent design, which made it possible to place moving lights and Martin Atomic 3000 strobes behind the panels. The LC panels integrated with the large amount of projection screens used on the show and the panels' fast and simple assembly was a much applauded feature due to a very short load in and load out t

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Lighting and show designer Travis Shirley said that his lighting and set design was inspired by Iglesias'desire to transition away from stereotypical pop music to more of a rock feel. "Enrique's sound features loud guitar riffs and an amazingly high energy level, and he wanted to have a look that matched it," says Shirley.

Due to smaller venue capacity and freight constraints in South America, Shirley was challenged to create a design and select equipment that allowed him to provide essentially the same show as previous legs of the tour but o

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Taking a less-is-more approach to the design, the look and feel of the show is based on a rear wall of light, which was one of the many ideas that Hosier discussed with the band, who take an active interest in the aesthetics of the show.

The wall is constructed around seven 20ft vertical scaffolding pipes, each rigged with three LED PARs, a Martin Professional Atomic strobe with scroller and a GLP Impression moving LED wash fixture. The rest of the lights are spread across 3 trusses and the floor.

The back truss contains eight Robe ColorSpot 700E AT fixtures; the mid truss has five Robe ColorSpot 575E ATs, while the front ha

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This popular event will take place in a venue that has hosted, among others, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Velvet Revolver, Coldplay, Norah Jones, David Bowie, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Neil Young.

As part of the night life available during the InfoComm event, this third annual concert will rock the house to raise money for industry education through NSCA's Education Foundation.

"This event always brings a great turn out of industry supporters," said Foundation president, Tom Frericks. "Not only does everyone have a great time, the event also allows us to support the education initiatives of the NSCA Education Foundation for our industry's growing and changing workforce."

Sponsors include Platinum

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"Clair Brothers has always been at the forefront of touring sound technology, and our decision to incorporate the PLM into our systems is no exception," stated Troy Clair. "The PLM Series makes both business and technological sense for us. Lab.gruppen has a long-standing reputation as a ma

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Having worked in many of the finest discotheques in the world, Joe T. Vannelli knew exactly which system he wanted for his own club and entrusted the task of performing the installation to the Renate-based pro audio company dSoundPro.

To tailor the system perfectly to the architecture of the building, dSoundPro's team of experts ran the simulation software EASE. The results of EASE's acoustic CAD simulations revealed not only the position and orientation but also the power handling characteristics of each loudspeaker, all needed to obtain an even distribution of the sound throughout the club, with const

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This technically innovative production makes extensive use of projections and LED screens, so precise control of the lighting was of paramount importance to lighting designer Ken Billington when he joined the creative team for the Broadway production. "The show is all projection; it is a beige box with a brown wood floor and all the scenery is projected. My design approach was to compliment the projection while avoiding having to go too dark. Luckily, the projectors were strong so I didn't hav

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One of the most popular salsa artists of all time, Marc Anthony has sold more than 10m albums worldwide and has been awarded 12 Latin and Standard gold and platinum certifications by the RIAA.

For the concert in Caracas, Dynaco set up a total of 32 JBL Vertec VT4888DP-AN powered midsize line array elements equipped with JBL DrivePack technology and optional Harman HiQnet-compatible input modules. These were configured as two arrays of 16 boxes each. In addition, eight VT4887 compact line array elements were used as front-fills, and a six-box array of VT4887's was used as a signal-delayed array behind the front-of-house mix position.

The VT

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"The new church is a great facility for us," said GBI's head of sound Handri Nathanael. "The church is on two levels on the 9th and 10th floor of the Mall, each approximately 3,300sq.m and for a big service on just the 10th floor we can accommodate 3,200 people, so we have space to grow."

The new church opened towards the end of 2007 followed by a special service in December, "Dr Janto invited several VIPs and a couple of tel

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Organised by Urbis, led by Peter Saville and judged by a panel of industry experts, the Best of Manchester competition spotlights the work of Manchester's creative professionals. There is no age limit, no hype and no rules: just the best creative thinking by the best creative professionals working in Manchester today, say the organisers.

Anyone working within the fields of music, art (including graphic design) and fashion - who lives or works in Manchester - can enter the competition. The prize? The chance to have work judged by both national and regional industry leaders, long-term professional development, a one-off cash prize and an exhibition at Urbis.

Last year's Best of Manchester - which received over 150

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Providing shady respite just in front of the Palais des Festivals are a stately row of tropical palms whose natural beauty the City of Cannes wished to emphasize. Lighting designers M. Alain Guilhot, Thierry Guilhot (Architecture Lumière-groupe Citelum) and M. Gilles Genetelli were tasked with the job and turned to dynamic lighting to bring out the area at night. The installation also allows the space to celebrate the excitement of the Cannes Film Festival each May.

Guilhot and Genetelli chose the Martin Inground 200 colour changer because "it's