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The performance featured 1200 live performers, 55 horses and an international production team of over 400, working with around 1700 local crew over the build period. The show was enjoyed live by 55,000 excited spectators and a TV audience of 50 million who tuned in to Dubai Sports.

The building of the complex technical infrastructure was co-ordinated by production director Jo Marshall, working with his key HQ team including project manager Jo MacKay, production co-ordinators Ian Greenway, Candice Dalziel, Nadine Manning and site manager Nig

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Billed as an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues, the show was heavy on standard classics. Streisand left it up to lighting designer Peter Morse to "create the moods with light. I've been with Barbra for quite some time - she trusts me and lets me do my thing," he says.

Streisand played in the round with very limited scenery. The stage was an open platform with long, tiered, lit runways surrounding a full symphony orchestra. "The stage design was basically a square with a pit in the middle," Morse explains. "I used a series of square trusses above and dropped

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The Academy is designed to address shortages in offstage and technical skills for live music and the performing arts. Detailed plans being prepared by Creative & Cultural Skills, the employer-led Sector Skills Council, will be submitted to the government in April 2007.

"PLASA's support is hugely significant," says Tom Bewick, chief executive of Creative and Cultural Skills. "Its wide membership of leading specialists in professional audio, lighting, staging, rigging, communications and related disciplines fully understands what skills are neede

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Speeches and toasts were made by Emmy and Tony-winning set and costume designer Tony Walton, theatre architect Hugh Hardy of H3 Hardy Collaboration, and Richard Pilbrow, TPC Founder and Chairman Emeritus.

TPC was the theatre design consultant for the renovation of the American Airlines Theatre (formerly the Selwyn Theatre) which reopened in 2000 and is now home to the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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Each of the 14 live shows started by the laser systems simulating the stage being cut away to release the Red Bull F1 car. Cutting 'sparks' were also produced by Laser Hire Ltd using various pyrotechinc effects through a running sequence from a pyromate control system to match the moving laser beam projected from the truss. The car was then raised to the centre of the stage through a cloud of smoke, creating a truly Bond like effect to start the thrilling live event in front of a packed house of over

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A Finnish invention, the FogScreen walk-through screen generates a thin 'projection screen' of dry fog that people can walk through without getting wet. FogScreen walk-through screen uses ordinary water and does not contain any chemicals, and has been hailed as "the audiovisual innovation of the decade".

"We chose FogScreen because of the unique qualities it has that bring the magical well to life," explains Enchanted Experience project manager, Maria Walker. "Its real-life movement and fluidity capture a water effect like no o

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He specified the i-Pix Satellites to light a shroud surrounding the car. The gauze was rigged onto a circular truss above a raised rotating platform in the middle of the room. Illuminating the gauze in red, the Satellites effectively hid the R8 from view until it was time for the theatrical style reveal.

The lights were attached to the same circular truss as the gauze. The latter was on the inner cord, and the Satellites around the outer cord - down-lighting the cloth, "A simple but effective theatrical trick," explains Gray.

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The DXF Drawing Library offers product line drawings (of the front and back panel) for use in rack elevation illustrations. It also offers CAD blocks for use in signal flow and wiring diagrams. Each drawing is provided in a standardized CAD format and depicts detailed product information including model number and description, indications of directional and bi-directional lines of communication, as well as input, output, and control connector types and wiring schemes.

"Creating this exhaus

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According to Peter Freeman: "The inspiration for Light Elements came from the proximity of the two bridges and how they form a circle of traffic movement around a basin oasis of calm with fishermen and pedestrians on the riverbanks in between. My aim was to create a light installation that would be informed by the structure of the bridges, visually connect the two bridges, and create a dialogue between the bridges and the space between them using reflections and animated coloured light." Freeman also opted to make Light Elements interactive, with the public able to text phrases

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Part of the successful UK-based Speirs and Major Associates partnership (with Mark Major), Speirs commends the introduction of Made of Light - The Art of Light and Architecture feature which he helped to conceive, within the expanded Architectural Lighting and Interior Illumination Zone. In addition to the company's participation here, Jonathan Speirs will also be active in the exhibition's seminar programme, which will include a day of 'Lighting Masterclasses'.

The architect also praised the MELDA Lighting Design Award initiative (which he helped to structure) stating that PALME was not only recognising the convergence between entertainment and

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The joint statement says: "Ensuring clients and other professionals still experience the same personal service that both practices have provided to date is

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The joint venture is the culmination of years of discussion between Inhouse managing director Ashraf Omar and Gearhouse directors, whic

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The Christmas parties take place over 20 nights in December and attract up to 1200 guests per night at each venue.Each Marquee is individually themed for the parties, with Bracknell hosting One Night in Bangkok, Leicester with its Russian-themed Gatecrash the Kremlin and Plunder the Pyramids in Nottingham.

Hawthorn provided all lighting, sound (Bracknell only), power distribution, drapes, star cloths (not Bracknell) and rigging.

80 days of manpower and effort were required by the Hawthorn team to rig each marquee and 30 days for de-rigging once the party schedule has been completed. Furthermore, Hawthorn provided operating

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This year's Autostadt theme was 'A Russian Winter Journey'. Designer Max Wehberg and technical administrator Christian Kiel specified 20 Falcon Beam 7K Xenon fixtures to illuminate the landmark Volkswagen factory chimneys, simulating giant candles. The display also used a variety of other products in the Falcon range for special effects, including: Sky Falcon Arc white 1.2K HSR, Sky Falcon Arc colour 1.2K HSR, and the Falcon Static Arc white 4K Xenon. In all, one hund

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The new purchase is Jevons' first Avolites console - although he has enthusiastically specified and used Avo products many of his shows and tours. He says "When the Expert came out, with it's increased power and flexibility, I knew that it was the perfect desk for me and the type of shows I design and operate. Apart form that,I thought it was about time I owned an Avolites desk!"

A number of things swung it for him - one of which is the split roller. Jevons has always embraced the integration of lighting and video - right from the off - during his early days with the Super Furry Animals nearly a decade ago.

Now his shows always feature a mix of conventional, moving and digital

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Since joining the firm in 1999, he has worked on more than 75 projects including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Overture Centre for the Arts in Madison, the DeBartolo Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and the American Airlines Theatre in New York. He is currently wo

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A scheme at the Emirates Stadium by Kate Wilkins and Virgin's luxury Upper Class Lounge at Heathrow by Isometrix Lighting + Design both make the cut in the Leisure category while hotly tipped Saint Paul's cathedral causes no surprises in the Heritage section.

In the entertainment category Robbie Williams having made the grade for the second year running is battling with Pink and Glyndebournes's production of Cosi Fan Tutte for top honours. While over in the innovations section, major manufacturers include Hoffmeister, Tho

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Long time customer HSL has recently purchased six brand new state-of -the-art computer systems complete with NG Pro and PixelDrive fully installed. These systems have been specially customised by Radical Lighting and include the next generation of AMD processors and SLI graphics. HSL's project Manager Mike Oates says: "It's now essential for any rental company to be able to offer media servers to their clients. Digital lighting is being increasingly specified on all types of jobs and that needs easily programmab

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Show organisers IIR Entertainment & Installation Technology Group says that the addition of companies such as Bose, Crestron and Opus Technologies to the exhibition roster will have implications not only for residential/lifestyle enhancement, but also in the commercial world.

These are joined by Visionaire, which supplies advanced audio visual and communication solutions to major commercial projects, and architectural lighting giants, Lumasense.

Said Lumasense's Mike Kanaan, "PALME Middle East has matured into an important show. We look forward to using it as a showcase to expose our premium lighting products to both the architectural and entertainment sectors, and to becoming

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"For more than 25 years, Wybron has continually invested in innovating and developing advanced lighting systems," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "We listen to our customers and base our unique designs on their demands. Because of positive customer feedback, we are integrating this patented technology into new products like our fibre-optic illuminator. We intend to launch this new product in the coming weeks."

The Nexera utilises a set of cyan, magenta, and yellow dichroic filters, which are introduced into the beam of light, controll

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"I've used the grandMA almost exclusively since 2002," he continues. "It gives me the flexibility to move things around the way I like it to work. I'm not forced to run the show the way whoever designed the board wants me to; instead, the grandMA is very open to the user. I also love its wireless remote."

The lighting complement controlled by the grandMA includes 24x Martin Mac 2000 profi

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"The concept behind the lighting design was to help expand the set beyond its borders," comments Carlos Colina. "The audience and starfield was the only set, so I created a symmetrical look with two circular trusses with ten spokes coming out extending towards the starfield. I finished it off with 20" box trussing connecting between th

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"It became clear that our old desk was not up to the demands we were making of it," explains technical manager Gareth Chell. "We test drove a few consoles and decided that the Congo jr was by far the best of all of them. It's made a real difference to the quality of lighting at the theatre, and we're really proud that we got one of the first desks in Europe.

"We chose the Congo jr as it has all the features and more that we were looking for and has the flexibility to meet with the demanding needs of a very diverse building. We al

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A series of travelling seminars designed to educate dealers on the use and application of Elation lighting products, this year's Roadshow will stop in major U.S. markets from coast to coast and will even travel north and south of the border to Canada and Mexico City. Presented by factory-trained specialists, the one- or two-day seminars are offered free-of-charge to Elation dealers.

"The market for professional stage, club and architectural lighting products is booming, while at the same time these products are becoming increasingly more technically sophisticated," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "There are great opportunities for retailers to grow their lighting business, but to do so they must possess the knowledge required t