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The new structure will see an account director head-up each account team - supported by a team of account managers, project managers and technical crew. The teams are responsible for a shortlist of key clients with whom close working relationships can be developed and built upon. Closer working relationships will allow teams to better anticipate client needs, to be proactive, and to provide cost effective, intelligent solutions.

"It's a very positive, customer focussed move that will also benefit all of our people. Everyone is very excited about the changes to our way of working, and the advantages it offers at many levels," said Coles.

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Taylor explains the brief for the lighting: "It concerned the size of the rig due to the fact that the show is doing weekly touring with only a one-day fit-up. This is where the MACs have proved useful, as it has allowed me infinite colours from their side lighting positions. I also knew we would have to light specific areas and so the shuttering facility proved very good. The show has several dance sections, which

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Katie Melua is carrying four DL2s, Studio Beams and a Wholehog 3 console with LD Chris Lambourne. The tour started in January and draws to a close at the beginning of April. DL2 operator Oli Metcalfe says: "The DL2s have proved to be very reliable and easy to set up - and quite bright. The media server is very versatile with many interesting effects. The Wholehog 3 Personality is good, and allows for easy access to all the attributes."

The Strokes' LD Chris Ragan of IPS Creative Group has specified two DL2s and two Catalyst Pro Media Servers for the tour which started in the UK/Ireland in January. Ragan is also adding five Studio Spot 575s when the tour hits the US this month. Ragan says: "The

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Fully equipped with all the industry standard Martin features; a compact, light, fixture with power and optical precision; the Mac 700 also combines a full CMY colour mixing system supplemented with an 8-position colour wheel and a gobo animation system for dramatic projection effects. The MAC 700 contains head and base temperature sensors to ensure that fan speeds are kept to a minimum, bringing noise levels right down to suit theatre and TV studio applications.

Stage Electrics is supplying all the lighting for the tour: the rig includes the 24 MAC 700s, plus 33 MAC 600s, six MAC 250 Wash, 12 Atomic Strobes, 110 scrollers, 150 generic lanterns controlled by a Wholehog II with Hog PC

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Timoszyk says: "The my250s were perfect for this production, offering excellent light output and a useful 16bit pan and tilt range of 630º and 265º, or 540º and 265º. Their small size and light weight made them an obvious contender."

Although it is standard STL policy to carry a minimum of one spare unit for each fixture type, this proved an

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For Zlaty Slavik (Golden Nightingale), a singing competition that airs on Slovakian channel STV 1, Adam A Syn technicians Michal Brna and Dusan Rybar programmed the Maxedia to manipulate - divide, rotate and fly - a series of images for an LED videowall. Dagmar Pastorkova of Adam A Syn commented: "We use the Maxedia because of the variety of unique visual effects it is capable of creating through image manipulation. Nobody else can offer such diverse imagery here in Slovakia. For Zlaty Slavik

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But what separates this location from your typical bowling alley and games venue, is the atmosphere. From the LCD screens playing music video clips above the lanes, to the funky and comfortable décor scattered around the place; you feel more like you have stumbled into some Hollywood star's lounge room rather than a commercial entertainment venue.

A major contributor to the overall ambience of the place is the stunning lighting effects. Lighting designer Andrew Livingston of Bluebottle 3 Pty Ltd, was able to incorpo

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"The opening of Selecon Europe B.V. marks the beginning of a long road that all of us at Selecon have walked since we first started doing serious business in Europe." said Michael Goldberg. "In the nine years that I have been sales and marketing director for Europe, there has been steady growth and demand for Selecon product and our commitment to the European market requires that we stock our products close to the customer base. I am delighted that our new facility is now open and that we have the potential to

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Lighting designer Yeon-so Lee was responsible for the design, whilst Tryka's Korean distributor, C&C Electronics Company Ltd, supplied the products and carried out the installation. The designer's wish was to use LED lighting to create subtle pastel colours on the front of the building, to be visible as high as the third floor.

The Strip Module Optic from Tryka was able to achieve the very specific hues requested by the designer. Furthermore, the choice of optics available allows directing the light output as need

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The Vector is used to control five Clay Paky Stage Zooms, 49 Martin Mac 500, 20 Martin Mac 600s, six Vari*Lite VL1000, two Vari*Lite VL2416, two sets of Pulsar ChromaStrips and the Hippotizer media server.

The VL1000s are the key lights for the chat area and band, with two of the 500s as back lights on the chat area. The 600s colour the upper set and stairs and the Zooms put gobos on the set behind the chat area. The remaining 500s are used for the band.

The Hippotizer is run in dual output mode - one output feeds the big LED screen hanging above the band, the second output feeds five projectors on the floor, rear projecting on to

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PSL worked closely with set designer Richard Shipman, maximising the resources of the Hammersmith Novotel ballroom by using the full length of the back wall as a giant projection screen. Five stacks of projectors, each containing a Barco R12 and Digital Projection 10GV, were installed, projecting graphics generated from a combination of Doremi hard-drives, Hippotizers and Arkaos.

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Alberto Kellner Ongaro, CEO of Laser Entertainment was very happy with the system. "We had the Wireless DMX running for 18 days in a row during almost three weeks of production. The show was running from 7:00 in the evening to 2:00 in the morning without a single drop-out of signal transmission," he said.

The company has already purchased several more W-DMX systems for working on the Carnival project in Venice. Because W-DMX can be used to cover distances of over 3,000ft using the standard antenna, with an optional larger antenna making distances of over 18 miles possible, it is idea for large-scale applicat

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80 James Thomas Engineering's PixelBricks, supplied by Stage Electrics, are positioned inside the tower to create full-spectrum colour washes. Lawrence Haines of JCDecaux commented: "The PixelBrick fixtures satisfied the technical design brief and have brought the M4 Tower to life. Like the structure, its lighting is state-of-the-art and adds real impact."

A unique feature of the Tower is its ability to transmit the light from the LEDs throughout the entire glass structure as a result of lines etch

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The course will also provide technicians with an opportunity to update and familiarise themselves with these new Regulations. All participants will receive a comprehensive set of notes, the ABTT Code of Practice on Pyrotechnics & Smoke Effects and a new theatre-related guidance note on MSER.

This course is open to all theatre technicians, particularly those who have not received any formal training in the use of explosives. Subject to satisfactory completion of the course each candidate will receive a certificate signed by the tutor. This course is also recognised by the Assoc

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"The Mac 2000 Washes were the main wash lights for the performance forestage and were chosen for their very bright zoomed down optics, giving us the ability to throw a controlled light beam up to 100m at their targets," said Marenghi. "Dressed in their RainMACs, they were just the tool for a very cold and wet event." The majority of the Martin fixtures were supplied through Italian rental company Agora Lighting and Sound.

This was in fact the second Olympic Games for the Mac 2000 Wash. At the 2004

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The scheme was the original idea of Malte Sahlgren, the Swedish Church's manager of Malmo's 18 graveyards. The Old Graveyard, first consecrated in 1822, is located in the centre of town and its East-West running avenue connects the key areas of Gustav Adolfs Square and Kings Park, and it also houses the remains of some of the city's most famous citizens.

Sahlgren initially discussed his idea with both Malmo City Council's lighting designer Johan Moritz (currently developing an ongoing lighting strategy for Malmö) and Spectra

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Following this huge success story, James Blunt embarked on a sell-out UK tour at the end of last year, extended to a full world tour in 2006. After recent European and UK legs so far this year, the tour visits North America in March, with further legs scheduled for Australasia and Japan. Lite Alternative's Paul Normandale was working on a set design for the tour and decided to make Color Web one of the main elements after

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The three new services - free credit checks, credit insurance facilities and a debt collection service - have been launched to minimise the risks involved in trading with particular customers and enable members to make more informed decisions.

PLASA Members can now request free credit checks on all UK companies. The service, provided by CreditSafe, allows members to request Reports on clients or business contacts. Updated on a daily basis, the Reports include financial information, key ratios, trend analysis, directors' details, payment record and a rating system classifying companies on a scale from 0 t

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"Pyrotechnic and special effects have long been an expensive luxury, only suitable for larger theatres or performance groups, but over the past few years, special effects and pyrotechnic equipment has really taken a step forward in terms of ease of use and cost. David Walker and David Mockford are hugely knowledgeable on the subject and their expertise will be invaluable to our customers to ensure that performances of all sizes really go with a bang!" said MD David Goodrich.

Both David Walker and David Mockford have completed FX Training and specialise in creatin

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The Wholehog 3 operating system is specified worldwide by leading tours, production companies, theatres and more. Hog 3PC enhances the abilities of the Wholehog 3 suite with a complete line of hardware products allowing users to create their own control solution.

Show files are completely compatible between Hog 3PC, Hog iPC and the Wholehog 3 console, thus providing off-line, backup and networking abilities between the various systems.Customers with existing USB DMX Widgets using Hog 2PC are enco

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Commenting on the overall design effort, Lisa Passamonte Green, principal-in-charge of the lighting design explains: "We listened carefully to the concerns of the Dubai Festival City Group and the Al-Futtaim Motor Group when developing the designs and incorporated their feedback into our design solutions. We also worked closely with the local representatives of ERCO, Element Labs and TIR Systems to provide product on a very tight time schedule. From design creation to opening day was roughly

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The company believe the products are great for stage, club, corporate, display and architectural use, the P36 LED WH and P64 LED WH produce a true, warm white light. At the same time, they offer all the benefits of LEDs - including energy efficiency, low heat and super-long lamp life.

"Our groundbreaking color LED par cans - the P36 LED and P64 LED - received a great deal of acclaim in the industry, as well as from lighting users, for their superior technical innovation," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Comp

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The decision to invest in Robe was made by BML's CEO Elliot Krowe, who says, "I'm well acquainted with Robe's excellent performance and reliability, so when it came to decide on moving lights for our production inventory, the choice was easy! We specifically like the zoom and gobo facilities and the quality optics for which the brand is renowned."

BML is active in all areas of lighting including concerts and events, film and TV productions, installations and rentals. The company was formed last August when Krowe and Elliot Todd teamed up with industry veteran Shelly Diamond - a sales executive at See Factor for 30 years

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