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Eric Porter, experienced independent rigger, trainer, assessor and committee member for the PLASA National Rigging Certificate, is leading the training school again alongside staff from AC-ET and Litestructures.

Keeping the same format as last year, the comprehensive two-day training programme is adopting an established course that has been attended by industry people from all over Europe. Content is aimed at professionals wanting to acquire specific know-how and expertise to use in their day-to-day roles. It is equally suitable for people in other industry roles who wish to understand this sector in more

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It follows the recent appointment of Acoustic and Lighting System, with offices in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, as ADB's new distributor for Malaysia and Brunei.

Bertrand Dauphant comments, "The two largest Asian markets for us are currently China and South Korea, where ADB is a leader in the entertainment lighting market for theatre and broadcast. We're expanding further with our new distributor, Acoustic and Lighting System in Malaysia, and we've recently signed a new distributor for broadcast in the Philippines, as well having a good presence in the Vietnam and Thai TV studio markets."

He adds: "As

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The concert will mark Julie Andrews's first performance on a UK stage in 30 years. "To perform once again in my homeland on the London stage will be a wonderful moment - it is where it all began for me, and I am so excited to be able to share a brand new work with audiences," says Andrews.

Capital Sound, the London sound provider that has supported such performances as Il Divo and Kylie Minogue, will return to the O2 wi

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Created by Crimson Collective, a group of Los Angeles-based artists, architects and designers, the sculpture was inspired by the Japanese art of origami and the legend that anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes will be granted any wish they desire. But the huge creature, called Ascension, was intended to be more than iconic symbolism or eye candy. It was designed

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At the helm of the newly founded Mods Art, the Lombardi brothers combine different but complementary professional experiences. Luigi, a lighting designer and founding partner of Blackout srl, has in-depth knowledge of the expectations and requirements of the Italian rental and entertainment markets, whereas Davide - already a well known system engineer and sound engineer - has high-profile references at international level.

Davide Lombardi has worked as system engineer or sound engineer on

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Invented by Wybron CEO Keny Whitright in 1980, the scrolling colour changer sparked a revolution in the way lighting rigs were outfitted, designed and employed. Colormax, the first scroller, paved the way to the subsequent Colorwhiz, to The Scroller, to the Coloram, and then to Wybron's current offerings, the Forerunner, Coloram II and CXI. The advent of scrollers allowed for vastly consolidated rigs, providing a quick and painless way to squeeze many colours out of one fixture.

Jim Lenahan, the longtime LD for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was the very first designer to use the scrolling colour change

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Working with lighting designer David Howe, Matt-LX provided pre-production services, including plan reproduction, equipment scheduling, specification, and procurement, venue liaison, fit-up and rehearsal lighting personnel.

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When residents of the surrounding Highland Park neighbourhood agreed to join the congregation, SMU deeded the land for the church and worshippers began meeting in a temporary structure known as the 'Little Brown Church'. Today, HPUMC's deep tradition of worship and outreach has helped the diverse congregation grow to about 14,000 members. The current sanctuary was built in 1927, and was recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1994.

In 2007 HPUMC began preparations for installation of a new pipe organ built

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"We were very unhappy with the sound," says worship elder Lorna Cohen. "It was fine for spoken word but we had all sorts of music that just really wasn't engaging our congregation because of the building's acoustics. We also have this Möller organ with 1,600 pipes and we weren't really able to experience the full range of that because we had a very, very dead space."

Laguna was committed to finding an audio solution that would aurally envelope the congregation and fully support its pra

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The Maxedia media server drives 25 universes of pixelmapped Artnet output across the chandelier, creating floating graphic effects with a three-dimensional feel.

Besides complementary club and dance floor effects, the chandelier displays custom content for marketing purposes, VIP customisation, or graphics and logos for corporate events such as a recent Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition launch and Microsoft event.

The one-of-a-kind chandelier is surrounded by 40 Martin MAC 250 Entour moving heads and Martin Atomic 3000 strobes with Atomic Colors scrollers.

Lighting supplier is FBP Systems of Las Vegas with lighting design and programming by

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HSL's Mike Oates was approached by Passion Pit's lighting designer, New York based Mike Janowitz, with whom they are working on various other projects. Janowitz asked if HSL could put together a good visuals package for the band's UK tour. Says HSL's Mike Oates, "It's very exciting working with cutting edge new artists, so we looked at Mike's design and approached XL Video to supply the video elements required. We also co-ordinated a trucking deal with Fly By Nite for the tour."

The two-week UK tour encompassed a variety of venues including students unions and small to medium theatres and town halls including Rock City, Nottingham, Manchester Academy and The Forum in London. Passion Pit's lighting was looked after on th

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As in previous seasons, the motorised lights for the 2009-10 shows are provided by Renato Neri's Xenon, and consist almost entirely of Clay Paky lights: Alpha Spot HPE 1200s, Alpha Spot 575s, Alpha Wash 575s, Stage Color 1200s, Stage Profile Pluses, CP Color 400s and Alpha Beam 300 motorized ACL lights. The lighting was designed by the photography director Daniele Savi.

"I have worked a lot with a photographic approach," says Savi. "I have dimmed all the lights so that I can open the TV camera apertures more. This means I have less depth of field, and therefore a blurred background, which results in a double advantage: it concentrates attention on the star on the stage by isolating him/her

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Ben Jumper, president and CEO, stated, "CenterStaging, an icon of excellence in the music industry for over 19 years, will operate uninterrupted. It now has strong financial backing and is an essential part of a network of rehearsal, backline rental and recording studios around the country. In keeping with the SoundCheck brand, CenterStaging has expanded its services to offer music instrument repair services and locker rentals. This is a relationship and service business. CenterStaging's customers can take comfort in the fact that

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The state-of-the-art building offers a diverse programme of quality performances. It is the newest addition to Newtownabbey Borough Council's HQ, and is located in the Civic Square area at the back of the renovated Mossley Mill, a former 19th century flax mill.

Locally based PSI tendered and won the contract to equip the theatre against stiff competition. They worked to the specification of consultants Theatre Plan and closely with the venue's technical manager, Mick Draine. PSI also supplied technician Alan Clarke for the full fit up period and the first few weeks of operation, to ensure that all things technical went smoothly.

PSI's Brian Reilly says, "We were delighted to win this contract. Thea

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The ensemble of five young women from Mt. Vernon Senior High School in Mt. Vernon, IN performs almost exclusively a cappella, and features music ranging from medieval chant and polyphony to contemporary Irish choral music and the American Sacred Harp tradition. Angelus is dedicated to the performance of the sacred music of varied religious traditions and historical periods, and counts among its influences Irish choral ensemble Anuna and the American quartet Anonymous 4.

The ensemble is directed by Dana Taylor, Co-Chair of The

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In traditional theatres, auxiliary support spaces (such as make-up rooms, rehearsal studios, set build, storage and offices) are positioned around a core space of auditoria. The Wyly architecture turns this accepted layout on its head by stacking the theatre vertically so that the back-of-house and front-of-house areas are situated above and below several stories of performance space.

An automated 'superfly tower' services the stage levels, enabling scenery and seating to

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Can't make it to InfoComm? You can apply to take an examination at a computer testing centre near you. All three exams are available at over 190 testing centers in the US and Canada on most business days. All three examinations will be offered at the LDI Show in Las Vegas on 22 and 23 October and the deadline for these exams will be 24 September 2010.

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Sotheby's Amsterdam is located in the heart of a prosperous business district in the southern part of Amsterdam. With four large galleries for exhibitions and sales, as well as the Bagna Cauda restaurant, it is an auction centre with facilities for the 21st Century. KNOKKi Audio Technologies - in partnership with independent audio consultant, Wieger Fransen, and Bert Koenders of Lemke Roos Audio - designed an audio installation featuring the 8030A in white.

"We're absolutely delighted with the Genelec

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"Sustainability practices are important for the future of the AV industry," said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director and CEO, InfoComm International. "InfoComm is pleased to issue these first Green AV Awards to those who are paving the way for a greener and stronger audiovisual industry. Christie is a great ex

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Consisting of 2,300 individually hand ground optical crystals, each shrouded on both sides by high quality pieces of concave glass and covered with a reflective coating, Reflective Flow uses some 55,000 LEDs which are controlled by a bespoke control system. During the day, Reflective Flow is an organic art sculpture, constantly changing with its surroundings, but it is at night that it really comes alive. When light is introduced behi

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The tour originated from XL Video UK project managed by Des Fallon and Chris Ferrante with support from Phil Mercer and his XL Video LA team. Once again XL's international operation has been able to provide transatlantic continuity.

Des Fallon says, "This show creates a new benchmark for dance act visuals - we're very proud to be involved."

Phillips is well known for his work with Daft Punk. His design for Deadmau5 started with the DJ booth, a three-sided cube that looks like it's tipped forward at 45 degrees. This is clad with 75 tiles of Pixled F11 screen.

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"Charles Addams, in his old cartoons, was very, very aware of light; there are a lot of shadows," says Katz. For her design, she wanted to create the feel of shafts of light coming through the closed blinds of the house. She was pleased to find the set design was moving in the same direction, "When I saw that the whole set is actually shutters, it was definitely a great taking off point for the design of the show."

The high walls of the set created an interesting challenge. "I did

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As technical partner, Christie will supply new DLP Cinema digital projectors for the projection of major works throughout the Festival. Of the 22 digitally equipped theatres that the Festival now has at its disposal, 11 of them are equipped with the new range of Christie Solaria projectors - the CP2220 and the CP2230.

"After three successful years alongside our partner XDC, we have signed a three-year agreement with the Cannes Film Festival. This agreement covers the provision of technical and logistical aspects of 2D and 3D digital projection and is proof of the trust and respect that cinema professiona

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The Attenborough Studio is part of the new Darwin Centre, which opened to the public in September 09, and is probably the most significant expansion at the Natural History Museum since it moved to South Kensington in 1881. The Attenborough Studio is a communication centre where innovation technology, Museum specimens, live animals, spectacular natural history film footage and Museum scientists come together to create a programme of free daily films and live events for t