Japan recently became the site of the first official Wholehog III training seminars organized for customers, when two 2-day sessions were held from 6-9 August at Ushio U-Tech's Koiwa Studio in Tokyo. Sales and R&D professionals in attendance were mostly from Ushio U-Tech, C&C Electronics Co and Theatre Engineering Co Ltd - although one production person came a long way from the National Theatre School of Canada.

High End Systems' Brad Schiller instructed the classes, which were translated simultaneously into Japanese by Hitoshi Nakamura, chief of the international sales division of Ushio U-Tech. Of particular interest were the ‘guts’ of the console. As the attendees would need to know how to both service and program the Wholehog III, they were satisfied upon opening the unit to see how easily interchangeable parts would be.

The first formal classes for Wholehog III in the US kick off in October at the LDI 2002 trade show in Las Vegas, led by High End Systems’ Vickie Claiborne. As these particular seminars are related to LDI, those interested need to visit www.ldishow.com to register.

(Lee Baldock)


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