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UK - Stage Electrics recently managed the technical requirements of the Conservative Party's campaign launches for the European Parliament and the local council elections. The two launches held in two very different venues were given a unified look, coordinated by Stage Electrics' Stuart Miller, who handled the account for CCO Conferences.

For the European election launch Stage Electrics provided a full set in Studio 12 at Granada TV Studios. Placed in front of 100m of white cyclorama, the opaque polycarbonate set was applied to a white steel frame grid of squares. Two large projection screens were incorporated into the set with projection also provided by the company. The huge stage consisted of four varying height linked circular platforms which ranged from two meters to six meters in diameter. The set was constructed in short order by the Stage Electrics scenic workshop and m

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UK - The perennially popular DJ Sunday returns to the PLASA Show on 12 September and, for the fourth year running, International DJ magazine will be hosting the show's unofficial 'open day' for the UK's army of bedroom DJs. The day is a chance for DJs of all levels to check out the latest DJ kit at Earls Court, test their skills in the now legendary Gemini 'Extreme V' DJ competition, and learn more about the art and the business of DJ'ing at the special workshops. This year the Talk Zone workshops include Scratch Masterclasses, MP3s and DJ'ing and Case Studies on how to make your mark in the dance industry. Pivotal to DJ Sunday is the 'Extreme V' DJ Competition, presented by Gemini.

The competition is open to all amateurs and attracts hundreds of entries from all over Europe. This year up to six of the finalists will be selected by postal audition (full entry details below). &qu

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UK - The PLASA Show, with its reputation as the foremost professional technology event for the entertainment and installation industries, takes place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London from 12-15 September 2004. Evolving over 27 years, the Show focuses on innovation and application for the lighting and sound industries, presenting product launches, displays and demonstrations, as well as professional development opportunities and dedicated features. Kick-starting the autumn business season, the PLASA Show attracts visitors from all over the world and is the most important European showcase for leading brands and manufacturers.

Research at last year's show revealed that both visitors and exhibitors consider new products as the main draw for the PLASA Show. In response to this, the PLASA Awards for Product Excellence are being relaunched as the PLASA Awards for Innovation

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UK - Event company Logistik co-ordinated and produced the Athens 2004 Ball - a high profile charity live event staged at London's Battersea Park Marquee, for Sparks, The British Olympic Association and The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust.

Over 1,000 people enjoyed the event during an evening of entertainment hosted by Radio 2's Jeremy Vine and Sir Steve Redgrave - an official 'send-off' party to wish the GB Olympic team success at the upcoming Athens Olympics. Leeds and London-based Logistik were called in to oversee the event's creative and technical production including the design, graphics, dressing and venue themeing for the event.

The night culminated in live performances by international artists including Gabrielle, Mike & The Mechanics and Amy Winehouse. It was recorded for broadcast by Radio 2, and a post-event DVD will be produced by Logistik Vision, the company's

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PLASA's mid-June AGM in Wales proved an excellent opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the Association and offer feedback on some of its ongoing initiatives. It also turned out to be one of the best social events of the year for members, and part of the credit for that must go to PLASA insurance providers Allan Chapman & James, who kindly sponsored the pre-dinner drinks.

To find out what else took place during the day, you can read a more detailed report in L&SI. We are now looking at the options for 2005 and will announce details shortly.

Members had an opportunity to ask anything they liked during the open Question & Answer session at the AGM.

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PLASA's mid-June AGM in Wales proved an excellent opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the Association and offer feedback on some of its ongoing initiatives. It also turned out to be one of the best social events of the year for members, and part of the credit for that must go to PLASA insurance providers Allan Chapman & James, who kindly sponsored the pre-dinner drinks.

To find out what else took place during the day, you can read a more detailed report on page 38. We are now looking at the options for 2005 and will announce details shortly.

Members had an opportunity to ask anything they liked during the open Question & Answer session at the AGM. Andrew Bishop, Diane Grant and Matthew Griffiths provided the answers.

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UK - 70 members attended PLASA's recent AGM and Association Day, held on Friday 11 June at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. This was a significant event for the Association, coming at a time when PLASA has reset some of its key objectives and launched a number of major new initiatives.

The first part of the day - the AGM - was opened by chairman Diane Grant, who welcomed members before handing over to vice-chairman Andrew Bishop to present the final accounts for 2003. He highlighted the Association's pre-tax profit of £45,249, despite difficult trading conditions, and covered some of the key investments of the preceding 12 months, including those in member services, training, technical resources and market research. He also addressed the issue of the Association's reserves, informing members of the committee's determination to ensure that there would be investment in

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UK - The ABTT Theatre Show is known for its relaxed and intimate atmosphere, combined with a good visitor profile. This year's show, however, was able to maintain that quality and claim a 15% growth over the previous year - with an impressive 127 companies represented.

Autograph Sales debuted the Swedish LDS 'invisible' true line source theatre loudspeakers. New to Autograph's portfolio is Aviom, whose new A-Net digital multicore system, available with a Yamaha interface, was demonstrated with the DM1000 digital mixer.

Lee Filters added to its 700 series of filters, created by lighting designers. New from Dave Davey: Provence (701), Twickenham Green (736), Dirty White (744), Hampshire Frost (749) and Burnt Yellow (770); from Kate Wilkins - Virgin Blue (723) and Easy White (747) and from Rick Fisher - Cool Lavender (708).

Alcons Audio debuted at ABTT with a complete line of

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UK - Network AV, a specialist in large-scale exhibition features, delivered fully integrated in-house production solutions to the Cruise Strip at Max Power Live at the NEC last weekend (2 - 4 July), including sound, light, staging and a number of creative components.

The event saw the launch of Network AV's new arch roof staging system that featured as the central focal point for all the arena action. The stage, an 8x8m area, was the base for the main MC, promotional models and the show's live DJs. This new Network AV stage is expected to be in strong demand for festivals, city centre entertainments, fashion shows and exhibition stands, with flexible steel deck flooring and independent truss structure. For this event, the roof was undressed to increase light flow, although it does come with full roof and side covering for weather protection, say Network AV.

The Cruise Strip wa

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UK - When the Olympic Torch arrived in London on its journey to Athens, Power Logistics supplied the power for the celebrations on the Mall. The event attracted 70,000 people to the Mall to see the Olympic flame welcomed to London by the UK Olympic Patron, HRH Princess Anne. A concert followed, featuring an array of artists including Rod Stewart, James Brown, Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne, Will Young and Emma Bunton.

Power Logistics' project manager, Tony Harpur managed the installation of the power equipment, loading in 10 days prior to the event. The unique location offered many challenges; most notably because the Mall was open to the public during the build, and also because of the high-level security. This meant everyone had to work to a strict load-in and set-up schedule, with working times based on the Mall's allocated road closure times to ensure minimum disruption to the area

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UK - Universal Events recently designed, produced and supplied all necessary technical infrastructure for the high profile Association of Event Organisers Awards at ExCeL, London's Exhibition and Convention Centre. The technical elements included sound, lighting, lasers, video, stage sets and hydraulics, room dressing and rigging. The client was ExCeL itself, and the show was one of the most challenging of this year for Hertforshire-based Universal Events, as event producer Steve Butcher says: "The eyes of the whole events industry were on us to produce spectacular results."

Universal did not disappoint. They prepared two areas - a reception and main dining room - for 1200 guests and VIPs to enjoy themselves for an afternoon of fun and enjoyment that also honoured the very best talent in the UK Exhibition industry. The main room consisted of a traditional dinner table

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UK - PLASA (the Professional Lighting and Sound Association) will host a session titled Managing the installation - Device Interoperability and Control Protocols - A current perspective at this year's PLASA Show (12-15 September 2004, Earls Court, London).

The session will include input from leading players in the development of entertainment industry control protocols - Peter Willis (Howard Eaton Lighting), Wayne Howell (Artistic Licence), Philip Nye (Engineering Arts) and Richard Lawrence (Strand Lighting) - who will present an update on their involvement in the ESTA Control Protocols Working Group and associated task groups, and chair a discussion forum on whether we are all heading in the same direction!

This session is targeted at manufacturers and engineering managers who have the responsibility of making things work together. Participation is by invitation, and l

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UK - Sennheiser 's popular annual audio industry event, the Golf Challenge Trophy, took place in July at the Mill Ride Golf Course at Ascot, where 65 customers and staff took to the green. Thankfully the rain held off and the standard of play was as high and competitive as always, with everyone making it to the 19th hole in good time and accounted for - at least at the start of the evening. Congratulations go to this year's golf-meisters: The trophy winner was Praful Patel (ASK Electronics), runner-up was Howard Till (Canegreen) and third place went to Michael Storey (Netcom).

Helped by generously donated prizes and possibly a little alcohol, the evening dinner and charity auction went on late into the night, raising £30,000, which will be divided between Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy for Children and the charity for Breast Cancer. Sennheiser UK would like to say a very sincer

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UK - This year's Glastonbury Festival was again hailed a huge success, with many companies battling the inclement weather to supply staging, lighting, sound and AV to this ever-developing event. With so many stages, tents and zones on site, the following can only be a snapshot of those industry experts who worked so hard - some regular festival suppliers and some new faces - to ensure the continued success of arguably the world's most famous annual outdoor musical event - ever!

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In action for Oasis' Friday night headline slot on the Pyramid stage were192 James Thomas Pixelline LED battens - part of a stunning lighting scheme designed by LD Andi Watson, with gear supplied by LSD/Fourth Phase.

On The Other Stage, LD Jonny Gaskell used 55 Pixellines and PixelDrive software, supplied by Bandit Lites, for Orbital's final set. Taking an experimental approach, Gaskell took

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UK - RW Salt Communications, one of the UK's leading wholesalers of pro audio equipment, is to host a new trade show aimed specifically at installers who work predominantly in the architectural and commercial fields of pro audio. The event will be held at the Mere Golf & Country Club in Cheshire on Thursday 14 October 2004.'Audex' will feature product from many well-known manufacturers in a stand-based exhibition and a full seminar programme in the presentation theatre, while TOA Corporation will hold its 2004 technical training seminars in the second presentation suite.

Craig Buckley, MD of RW Salt, commented: "For too long our industry has lacked an exhibition dedicated to presenting products and services specifically to the Architectural and Commercial Audio installer. These installers represent the core of our business and as such we wanted to bring the manufacturers to them i

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Malaysia - This year saw the 16th PALA (Pro Audio & Light Asia) Show heading to Malaysia for the first time, taking place at the Mines International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC), in Kuala Lumpur. More than 300 exhibitors from 25 countries exhibited their latest products and technologies.

Why Malaysia? "Kuala Lumpur has one of the liveliest nightlife and concert scenes in Asia, while Malaysia has a generous number of radio and TV stations, recording studios, amusement parks, sports stadiums," says IIR's Rosalind Ng-Seah. "This provides exciting business opportunities previously untapped by PALA, and presents exhibitors with a new audience."

Many local distributors were exhibiting products for the first time in Asia, such as Singapore based Team 108, whose stand featured the Adamson SpekTrix line array system and subs, the DiGiCo D5-56EX digital console, G

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UK - A new event, set in the Oxfordshire countryside, Cornbury is a 'country fayre' style festival. With headliners including Will Young, Blondie and Jools Holland, and a pint of real ale only metres away, there was a different air to this event.

Sound Advice, better known in the corporate event sector, organized the event, with James Cobb taking on the role of production manager. This was the first festival on the site (for over 150 years) and the local council was understandably apprehensive about sound levels in neighbouring villages.

Cobb contracted Canegreen, and project manager Pete Hughes, to design a PA system to meet the restrictions imposed, whilst keeping levels good for the audience. A Meyer combination of four M3Ds and eight MILO cabinets was flown either side of the stage in line array format, with the new Meyer Sub 700 cabinets staked beneath. Meyer UPAs acted as in-fi

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UK - At this year's PLASA show, the Professional Development Programme (PDP) has been extensively reviewed to provide a cohesive but simple programme with an emphasis on learning, personal development and networking. The core sessions are built around three key strands: workshops will deliver practical hands-on opportunities, advice sessions will provide a forum for current issues to be debated, while the late afternoon talks will offer networking opportunities and the chance to listen to inspirational speakers. As a result, the programme is punchy, relevant and interesting.

For the first time, the majority of seminars will be located upstairs on the exhibition floor in a purpose-built Seminar Theatre providing quick and easy access and ensuring that visitors are able to maximize their time at the show.

Sunday: The DJ/VJ Mix Workshop with Dr Charles Kriel: hot on the h

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UK - On September 11th 2004 - one year on from Magna 7 tidy Events return to the venue pursuing its determination to put on some of the UK's biggest and most breathtaking parties. Leading the event in the main arena are a team influential in dance music and include: Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Tidy Boys, Paul Glazby, Mark EG, Scott Bond, Lee Haslam and Riley & Durrant.

In addition John Doe (Live), Andy Farley, Chris Liberator, Mark EG, Ian M, Amber D, Proteus and Paul Maddox preside from an 11 story-high tower of power in the Face of Steel. Some of the most innovative DJs and producers on the scene will also use this as a platform to stage their own hard dance sets.

New to the hard house coup and playing their first ever Magna are Lisa Pinup, Charlotte Birch, Ben Stevens, Ed Real and Kernzy & Klemenza. Veteran compatriots Tara Reynolds, Guyver, Ingo, Colin Barratt and JP & Jukes

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UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) is sponsoring (and thoroughly recommends) one of the key workshops at this year's PLASA Show (12-15 September, Earls Court 1, London). Presented by Chris Higgs of Total Fabrications who will be leading on from last year's seminar about slinging trusses, this hands-on session will deal with how proprietary equipment can and should be used to create suspension points on an existing structure.

Higgs is a nominee for the forthcoming ABTT Council elections. An experienced speaker on rigging, he founded Trapeze Rigging in 1989, providing rigging services throughout the UK and Europe. In the mid 90s, he started to provide rigging training, the course notes subsequently growing into some of the most respected books on the subject. Since joining Total Fabrications Ltd in 1998, he has devoted the majority of his time to training r

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UK - This year, Australian manufacturer Enttec will be exhibiting for the first time at the PLASA Show. On display will be the company's full range of products in a working situation, including the new Datagate, which is a splitter, merger and Ethernet gateway all in one, and will serve as a cornerstone of modern DMX networks, say the company. The PC-based control software, Enttec Light Factory, will also be demonstrated on stand.

Enttec will also be showing the Open DMX USB Widget, which has already received a strong response from lighting professionals and enthusiasts. A special show pack will include a DMX USB widget, USB cable, gender changer and CD with free 16-channel control software and Enttec swag.

Enttec can be found on stand JJ20.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Vestax will introduce its latest DJ CD player, the CDX-05 at PLASA 2004. Aimed at DJs, clubs, installers and hire companies, the CDX-05 is a single desk-top front-loading CD player suitable for all styles of DJ, say Vestax. Features include a wide pitch range (+/-6, 10, 50 or 100%), BPM-syncable effects, vinyl-emulation filter, sampler with loop facility and three assignable cue points with memory. The unit also has scratch play, with an additional TT-M1 input link socket allowing control of the CD from any turntable.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Knebworth Park was the venue for this year's Red Bull summer event - the Soap Box Derby. Following last summer's highly successful show in Hyde Park - the Flugtag, where competitors constructed homemade flying machines in order to take part in the competition - this year's challenge was to build karts which could complete a downhill racetrack in record time.

Themed karts were the order of the day, with ideas including vampires, trifles, The Flintstones, hotdogs, snails and countless others. The winners, 'The Volvet Underground', triumphed as they glided past the finish line claiming first place position in their vole-mouse themed kart. SSE provided a Nexo Geo T system for the event. The mix was handled digitally using an Innovason Compact Live SY40.

SSE Director Chris Beale commented: "Everyone had a great time. The weather was hot and so were the drivers! The Geo T

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Russia - Currently the chain hoists and chain hoist controllers of ChainMaster of Eilenburg in Saxony are in demand all over the world, the company reports, with further successes in Russia underlining the trend: first it was the Kremlin, where 35 BGV-C1 chain hoists in the 500kg weight category, including encoder-driven way measurement equipment and a network controller (all from ChainMaster) were installed at the behest of the Arlecchino Business Center at the beginning of the year; then, one of Russia's largest festivals, at which the well-known events and entertainment service provider Arsenal Music of Tyumen recently gave its new set of ChainMaster hoists their first outing.

(Lee Baldock)

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