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UK - Summit Steel supplied six SmarTmasts to provide site-wide PA and lighting rigging points for the 2003 Henley Festival of Music & The Arts. The popular event, founded in 1983, is a complete entertainment experience across five evenings, immediately following the famous Henley Regatta, and sharing the same infrastructure and picturesque riverside location. Summit was hired by production manager Bob Caple, who needed an easy and elegant solution for placing lighting and sound equipment around site.

After utilizing three masts for the first time last year, Caple believes the SmarTmast trademarks of a neat footprint, robust construction and stylish appearance make them the best product of this genre on the market. He was also impressed with Summit's service and attention to detail

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UK - As part of Carlsbro's devotion to supporting musicians and helping in breaking new talent, Carlsbro Electronics will provide the backline for new Carlton Television series, Xposure. The programme will showcase new unsigned talent and will be broadcasted in September.

This show has grown from the success of the Midlands Finest Competition, a showcase for up-and-coming bands - held at the Hard Rock Café, Birmingham, in conjunction with DEP International, the home of UB40.The programme will be hosted by Lisa I'Anson and gives unsigned talent a platform to reach a much wider audience. Each show is to be opened and closed by an A-list artist who will also critique the unsigned bands on their performance.

Andrew Bishop, the new owner of Carlsbro Electronics, commented: "We need these new bands now, after the last few years of manufactured music everybody is ready for a su

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UK - An aggregate quarry and production plant might sound like a challenging venue for high-level corporate hospitality, but when Aggregate Industries wanted to entertain 300 VIP guests at the end of June, that was the location they suggested to event management consultancy Corporate Innovations.

The venue was Aggregate Industries' North End Farm Works site in the Cotswold Water Park, near Cirencester. As well as being a working production plant, the site incorporates a man-made lake, created from quarrying activities, which now forms a wildlife haven. Corporate Innovations, working with AV specialist Blitz, transformed the lake-side venue with a creative concept designed to raise awareness of Aggregate Industries' environmental activities, whilst also providing spectacular entertainment in a novel setting.

The guests were first taken on a tour of the working production plan

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Thailand - Bangkok-based Fuzion Far East Ltd has been appointed distributor for Allen & Heath in Thailand and Laos. Confirming the appointment, FFE managing director, Tony Oates, said: "I have known Bob Goleniowski [A&H sales and marketing director] for many years and have also previously worked with Bardy Hayes, who looks after the Far East for them. The company was looking to expand its business in Thailand - particularly in the light of their new and forthcoming contracting products. FFE had no mixer brand in its portfolio and is strong in the installation sector - so it was a great match."

Goleniowski added: "Fuzion displayed incisive knowledge of the audio market in their territory and a keen awareness of the Allen & Heath product range. We are confident that they can expose our portfolio to its full potential in the Far East's growing and dynamic market.&quo

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UK - Having supplied Lighthouse Technologies' latest LPV1650 16mm LED display to Endemol UK for the 10-week run of Big Brother at Elstree Film Studios, CT Screenco were then asked to provide a second Lighthouse display for the grand finale, which saw 32-year-old Orkney fish trader, Cameron Stout, emerge victorious. The announcement was made by presenter Davina McCall in an explosion of pyrotechnics, as crowds assembled outside the purpose-built house on the Elstree lot at Borehamwood, to witness the action on a 28sq.m (6x6) 16mm LED display.

The screen was used as the main backdrop to the outdoor stage for the finale, beaming live pictures of the housemates out to the awaiting audience. The structure was supplied by Elstree Light & Power. The show's production staff - and director Tony Gregory - commented that the screen delivered the best transmission they had experienced on an

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Following discussions with government body, Trade Partners UK, PLASA has been allocated funding for taking a UK Group to PALME in Dubai. All eligible UK companies planning to exhibit at PALME (17-19 February 2004) will receive a grant for 60% of costs, up to a limit of £2,300. The grant covers expenditure on such areas as exhibition space, stand construction costs, freight and display materials. For further information, contact Helen Willis on +44 (0)1323 410335 or e-mail

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Finland - FogScreen is a new system which offers an intriguing method for forming a high quality, physically penetrable dry fog display. The FogScreen, which has international patents pending, provides a highly unusual, 'floating' projection surface that people can walk through - and leaves no residue.

Dr Ismo Rakkolainen, co-inventor of the FogScreen, from Tampere University of Technology in Finland, says: "The fog is made of ordinary tap water with no chemicals or anything. Our patent does not comment on what particles are used, so any kinds of fog, smoke, or other particles can be used, but water is a safe, harmless, low-cost, and simple material to use. The device is suspended high above the audience, and it is also robustly built. The health and safety risks have been checked with many experts."

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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UK - The National Trust has invested £500,000 to refurbish Buckland Abbey, the Cistercian Monastery and home of Sir Francis Drake, using the latest audio-visual technology from Integrated Circles.

Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian Monastery. The house, which incorporates the remains of the 13th century abbey church, has rich associations with Sir Francis Drake and his seafaring rival, Sir Richard Grenville, containing much interesting memorabilia from their time.

The three main exhibition spaces have been overhauled to feature several new displays, including an auditorium built in the shape of the castle of a Tudor sailing ship, with the story of Sir Francis Drake's life projected onto the ship's sail. Integrated Circles installed a Sanyo video projector, plus the company's own show-control

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UK - Combining high-tech with low-tech: that was the approach taken by The Moving Light Company's Alex Murphy to produce a stunning display of lighting co-ordinated with pyrotechnics for the launch of the recent Bath International Music Festival.

Murphy and The Moving Light Company were working alongside pyrotechnic specialists Rocket Pyro, who were providing fireworks for the night. Murphy's challenge was not just to light Bath's famous Royal Crescent, but to co-ordinate the lighting with the fireworks in the sky above. To achieve this, he opted to use The Moving Light Company's StudioDue CityColor colour-changing exterior floodlights, which have proved hugely popular on all manner of projects since being added to the company's rental stock in 2002.

"Originally the plan was to use the CityColors just to light the central block of the Crescent, then use MAC 2000s to proj

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UK - Robe UK, the UK distributor for the Czech Republic-based moving light manufacturer, has appointed Stuart Fenwick as business development manager. Fenwick brings a wealth of experience in the moving light world to the Robe UK team, having previously worked at Martin Professional for six years and, say the company, his lively management style is ideally suited to the pace and energy of the Robe UK team, headed by Ian Brown.

Fenwick has spent many years specializing in the nightclub and bar areas of the professional entertainment industry. At Robe UK, he will be working across all disciplines, including dealing with hire companies, corporate event producers and the retail industry. Ian Brown says: "It's great to have Stuart onboard, bringing more positive energy into the Robe UK equation, specially in time for PLASA!"

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - For the 2003 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) summer season, Skan PA Hire utilized part of its new L-Acoustics dV-Dosc inventory: all the shows comprised nine flown dV-Dosc per side, with two dV-Subs ground-stacked per side, all driven with LA48a power amplifiers. A DiGiCo D5 Live was used to mix the Orchestra.

Skan, based in Reading, has been providing audio systems for the BSO summer concerts since mid 1990s. This year, the season comprised 10 concerts along the south coast of England. The Skan crew, including Ant Carr (chief and dV-Dosc engineer), Rob Hodgkinson (FOH engineer) and Nick Stagg (patch) were able to cover all the concert sites, typically 150m x 100m with a 4,500 - 6,500 audience capacity, without the need for any supplementary delay systems.

Chris Fitch, managing director of Skan, comments: "We are carrying less than three tons of equipment to the

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International Leisure Industry Week, the UK's only event for the out-of-home leisure industry market, and PLASA have announced a new partnership.

PLASA will be hosting a special lounge in the Leisure Environments section of this year's LIW. The section focuses on how to create the right environment through design, lighting, sound and vision.

The strategic partnership was born of a mutual dedication to the leisure industry. LIW addresses the full range of needs of the leisure market, attracting decision-makers from across the board, including nightclubs, late-night venue operators, theme parks, themed restaurants, fitness clubs, leisure centres, heritage centres and museums. The audience represents a fertile market for PLASA's members as these visitors all require lighting and sound systems in addition to other environment-enhancing products to meet mounting consumer expectations.

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USA - High End Systems (HES) has announced that John Wiseman has been promoted to the role of executive vice-president of business development. Formerly VP of worldwide sales, Wiseman will continue on at the company's Van Nuys, California office, with responsibilities for worldwide sales. HES CEO Frank Gordon comments: "This is a well-deserved promotion for John and an acknowledgment of his immeasurable contributions over the last few years to High End and Flying Pig Systems . . . we look to John to lead us into new markets as well as better servicing our existing designer and specifier base."

Meanwhile, at the company's HQ in Austin, Texas, returning HES veteran Grif Palmer has accepted the role of vice-president of Americas sales. Palmer reports to Wiseman and also manages sales operations. "There couldn't be a better time to return to High End," says Palme

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Joining as a Full Member is Source Manufacturing of Stockport, UK (Tel: +44 (0)161 476 0166). The company manufactures club lighting and special effects equipment.

Fametrack Ltd of Perivale (Tel: +44 (0)20 8997 0555) has joined as a corporate member. The company, which is an associate company of full member New Horizons (t/a Direct Imports UK Ltd), distributes pro audio, lighting and visual equipment.

The world-famous Royal Opera House, situated in London's Covent Garden (Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 9261) has joined as an associate member. The ROH is the London home of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, and has one of the most technically advanced facilities in the world.

Freelance sound engineer Danny Schurer (Tel: +44 (0)1243 827915) joins as an associate individual member, as does qualified electrician Andrew Rees (Tel: +44 (0)1269 595 586).

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UK - Ampekko continues its investment into the Millbank range with the launch of its own website dedicated exclusively to Millbank's extensive range. Formally owned by US giants Federal Signal, the Millbank brand has lacked dedicated marketing support for a number of years. Having acquired the range in May 2003, Ampekko is determined to re-establish the Millbank brand as one of the strongest brands in the global VA and PA contracting market.

The site goes live in August 2003 and reflects Ampekko's commitment to Millbank. Fully linked to Ampekko's site, it emphasises the complementary nature of the two companies and their product ranges. From the company's industry standard voice evacuation systems - JustiFire and VeriFire - through to its induction loop systems and CM8 ceiling-mounted loudspeakers, the site provides comprehensive information on product and application led system

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UK - Leeds United Football Club's Elland Road stadium has a new Martin Audio-based public address installation carried out by leading system integrator, Advance Integrated Systems. The company were one of four firms asked to tender to their own design and their submissions where checked for statutory compliance on behalf of the Football Trust by consultants, AMS Acoustics. AIS's managing director Alan Inkster says that the requirement was for an emergency sound system that would comply with BS7827 and the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (The Green Guide). His company were supported by a large product catalogue from Martin Audio, and the expertise of Martin's EASE specialist, Peter Child, who produced data and system verification for all four stands alongside AIS director Stephen McCay.

In total AIS have distributed 25 Blackline F12 (12" + 1") enclosures in the North,

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UK - DiGiCo has released software Version 2 for the D5 Live digital mixing system, bringing together a host of user interface improvements and extra features introduced since the system's launch last autumn. The new software, available as a free upgrade to existing D5 Live owners, introduces important facilities including four-console networking, new security modes, more processing options, enhanced snapshots, improved bank layouts and extra monitoring facilities.

With the four-console networking facility, FOH and monitor consoles can share inputs with optional gain-tracking, and can each connect via ethernet to a second redundant 'mirror' console. Used like this, the 'mirror' desks copy all live show control, allowing failsafe recovery with no audio loss. The D5's new security modes prevent accidental changes during a live show, with full up-to-date fail-safe recovery from non-

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UK - In recent months, Reading-based Martin's Lights have used Coemar ProSpot 250LX moving heads on a variety of events. LD Dom Smith used the fixtures on tours with Aqualung and The Cooper Temple Clause, while the units also lit Athlete's London show at the Astoria, run from the in-house Avo Sapphire 2000, with the Coemars patched into the desk along with the house lighting system.

ProSpot 250LX heads were also in action at the National Dancesports Championships at Crystal Palace, Summer Balls at the University of Westminster and Reading University, and also Supergrass at Reading University (LD Ali Bale).

Most recently the fixtures illuminated the Club WOMAD stage at the WOMAD Festival in Rivermead, Reading. This was a co-design between principal lighting designer Geoff Blindt of Mystic Lights and Martin Dudley of Martin's Lights, who was also charged with making the design

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USA - Gear-Source, the Florida-based lighting supply company set up by Marcel Fairbairn last autumn, has welcomed Cynthia Viteri to the position of Latin American business development. In this new role, Viteri is responsible for growth in Mexico and South America for both Gear-Source and AVR products.

At the same time, Gear-Source and AVR have announced that they have relocated to a new facility in Weston, Florida. The new contact address for the companies is: 1930-1 North Commerce Parkway, Weston, FL 33326, USA. Telephone: +1 (954) 389 8866, Fax: +1 (954) 389 5747. The toll-free number will remain the same: +1 (866) 669 GEAR.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Building on their new slogan of CRT Forever, Barco has appointed Owl Video Systems as its exclusive distributor of CRT projectors for the leisure industry. The leading unit will be the Barco Cine 5, which offers high performance brightness, reliability and the long life expectancy that CRT projectors produce. The unit offers a highly efficient cooling system with no fans, which means that it is ideal for use in environments prone to smoke and dust. The Cine 5 incorporates 7" high performance CRTs to optimize picture geometry and sharpness, to give greater detail and extended durability. Optically coupled lenses give contrast and automatically correct colour deviations. Auto-diagnose LEDs indicate when maintenance is required and 'Mean time between failure' is greater than 20,000 hours.

Commenting on the partnership, Peter Dangerfield, managing director of Owl said: &qu

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UK - Enlightenment has recently supplied an ADB Vision 10 lighting control desk to the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft. The system comprises a 1024-channel Vision 10/ST with a Vision 10/RB back-up crate both running the company's ISIS software which provides total control of light, colour and movement through astate-of-the-art 32-bit multi-tasking Linux operating system.

Since its inception in 1997 Enlightenment has been fully committed to both the Vision 10 and Phoenix range of lighting control desks from ADB and has supplied the systems to numerous venues in the UK.

(Ruth Rossington)

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