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Günter Jaeckle comments, "With the grandMA I have a tool, that works perfectly. We attended the rehearsals with our consoles as well as during the pre-programming for Peter Maffay. But this time it was a bit more complex - all in all we have 150 moving lights attached. Furthermore a Grönemeyer concert is hugely influenced by the spontaneity of the artist. Mostly you are occupied by watching his actions and react to them. Flexibility is very important."

The stage is dominated by a high-res Mitsubishi LED video screen. "The photographer Anton Corbijn created the picture and video contents, my design is based on this - for example the colours are selected to harmonise with the vide

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Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Sir Nicholas Winton organised the rescue of 669 Czech Jewish children from the Nazi death camps in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport.

The evening commenced with a showing of the 2002 International Emmy Award-winning documentary film, The Power Of Good, followed by an interview with Sir Nicholas Winton by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the Kinloss Synagogue.

At the conclusion of the interview, Rabbi Mirvis unexpectedly announced that he would invite two 'surprise guests' onto the stage - Kathe Fischel and Vera Gissing, who were two of the original Czech children saved on the Kindertranspor

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The RFH closed for a £91m refurbishment two years ago and finally reopened in June this year. An essential element of this transformation has been the total overhaul of the lighting system. With a brief from theatre consultants Carr and Angier to increase flexibility and efficiency while maintaining low ambient noise, specialist installation contractor Northern Light has installed the latest ETC dimming, networking and ligh

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"Six decades after Mr. Moore first established this company, Crown still adheres to its founder's reputation for creating innovative products that are both sonically superior and highly reliable," says Crown International president Mark Graham. "And with the resources and support of Harman International combined with our dedicated network of employees, reps, distributors and dealers around the globe, Crown is well-poised to carry on that legacy for yet another 60 years."

Crown's history traces back to an Elkhart, Indiana minister named Clarence C. Moore (1904-1979). Moore, a longtime rad

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"The Novello is much smaller than the Broadway theatre where the show played previously. We've had to cut the rig by half and light primarily from front of house. It first opened in May last year, so I went to watch it a couple of times to refresh myself before thinking about how it could move across. I looked at which lights are only rarely used and decided to rationalise and simplify based on that," says Billington.

He continues, "I broke plenty of rules when lighting this show - such as the first 3.5 minutes being in darkness. I was always taught that if th

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"We know that quality is an absolutely crucial requirement for customers in this market and quality has been a recognised hallmark of our products for the past 30 years, so we feel our products are ideally suited" says Formula Sound's Barry Penaligon.

"Combining this with the considerable experience that Reference Audio has and the service levels it provides was a logical step to take our products into this region. We are delighted to extend the scope of our dealings with Reference Audio and look forward to doing good business with them in the future."

(Jim

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Monitor Engineer Raphael 'Raf' Alkins and RF Engineer William Benavides used the REV, the latest generation of EV wireless, on electric and acoustic guitars.

"We worked with (Electro-Voice dealers) AV Tech Services to demo the REV systems and loved what we heard," Alkins says. "AV Tech Services also made it clear that an investment in EV hardware includes the best manufacturer support out there. At this level there's no room for excuses; equipment needs to deliver, and any tech support is time critical. We obviously had questions about the new systems when setting up for the tour, and we got immediate assistance when

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Pro Color from Guadalajara is the production contractor for the tour, providing sound, lighting, and rigging. Included in the equipment specified for the tour are four ProPower RPD power distribution racks, over 400ft of ProSpan truss, and over 20,000ft of ProPlex data and ProCable power cables.

Says Javier Barba, the principal of Pro Color: "The ProPower distro racks are the best. They look great, have many useful features and we have found them to be completely reliable. On the Mana Tour, we use two on each side

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The purpose of the visit was to enable the two sides to get to know each other better and was organised by Bernie Davis, The visitors had the opportunity to examine the Italian company's products in detail, in particular the Alpha line.

Stuart Gain, chairman of STLD, comments: "It was a real pleasure to see the Alpha range of luminaires and the factory. The quality of the product is really high and I hope the STLD can assist Clay Paky in spreading the word and putting them back where they belong in the UK market."

Enrico Caironi of Clay Paky adds: "Constant contact with leading figures in the profession is fundamental to feel the pulse of the market. The STLD guys are all very e

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In its first incarnation, the Pet Shop Boys production drew on uniquely-designed mobile 3-D cubes supplied by PSL which could act as projection screens, light boxes and dancers' props. In the interests of reducing the weight of the travelling set and making it more tourable, the cubes have gone. Instead, there's a bigger role for the central projection screen, directed by video designer Julian Hogg from PSL.

Having designed the video format of the first shows, Julien Ho

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PRG Europe's commercial director Philip Norfolk comments: "We are very excited to have this globally recognised expert brand here at PRG Distribution. Our existing and new European partners can look forward to being able to access these excellent followspots from a more local source in the future."

PRG Europe will offer expertise in all areas required, to "fully serve the European followspot market - including maintaining stock quantities of products it believes are appropriate for the European market, all of which will be CE compliant".

An inventory of optical, mechanical, electronic and hardware parts will ensure a self-suffici

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The royalty-bearing license will apply to sales of applicable High End Systems products in all markets covered by Color Kinetics' patent portfolio. The agreement also calls for Color Kinetics to receive a royalty-free license to specific High End patents.

"High End is best known for our focu

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The large scale performance united Pena with the 25 strong Bath Camerata Singers, his own five flamenco singers, three guitarists, a percussionist and a flamenco dancer. The show followed on from the success of last year's Brian Eno collaboration with Bath Camerata at the Abbey.

Bath Festival's lighting designer James Loudon wanted some dramatic intense visuals to match the spirituality of the performance, but rather than "Whiz-bang effects, it needed sympathetic illumination on both the performers and the building" he explains. He also wanted to do something completely different to highlight the building's amazing architecture.

"I have known the i-Pix team from the start and so

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XLTV worked with production designer/show director Marc Brickman, to supply a state of the art 29ft x 56ft Barco Olite 510 LED display, which is one of the largest single displays ever used on a tour.

The system operates completely in 1080P at 24 frames per second. The pack consists of five Sony HDC-1500 High Def cameras, one of which is mounted on a flying Panavision Libra Head, a MFS 2000 switcher, two V1-HD Doremi playback units and recording on Sony HDW 2000 VTR's.

The tour kicked off mid April in Munich, Germany and wraps up end of September in Edmonton, AB, with Chuck Hull as tour manager, Mark Miles as production manager, Bob Hartnett as video director and touring on behalf of XLTV is EIC/Danny Whetstone, LED technicians Chris Campbell, Mark Inscoe,

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"I am very proud that the committee has chosen DPA Microphones this year," says Stove. "The company is still quite young, and the growth in our markets in this short time is fantastic. We are continuing this growth, and by building an additional manufacturing plant we are ready to follow up on our success. This award is definitely going to help us increase our export share."

It was emphasised that DPA received this award in recognition of the company's continuation of a Danish long tradition; that of combining state-of-the-art technol

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"The environment that existed at the time we started Apollo was a good match to our core business philosophy and allowed us to build a good foundation," states President Joel Nichols. "We have been fortunate to find employees that continue to embrace these guiding principles, and together we look forward to reaching additional milestones."

(Jim Evans)

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The projects have taken them to the commercial hub of Taksim, where the Levi's Store is based, across to Bagdat Street (on the Anatolian side) to the Nike Store, and finally to Levent, and the prestigious new Kanyon Shopping Mall which houses Harvey Nichols.

SF and its dealer companies maintain regular contact with the leading architectural and consulting companies in Turkey, such as Yalin Tan & Jeyan Ülkü, who handled the Levi's and Nike store projects. The Harvey Nichols project came via SF's dealer, S&S Music Company, with whom they have enjoyed an association extending back more than a decade.

While all the stores required a high-q

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As with all three of their venues - including the influential Cargo in Shoreditch - the company has turned again to Marquee Audio to deliver their sound reinforcement requirements. Their solution has been to provide a discreet background music system in the new building to meet the eclectic tastes of directors Richard Bigg, Nigel Foster and Chris Greenwood.

It is the company's music guru Chris Greenwood - the man responsible for programming the music at several of London's top Cuban and Latin bars - who has drawn on his huge library of Latin American grooves to create the playlist. "I have tried to make the music much more contemporary and wide-ranging than just the usual Gypsy Kings soundtrack," he said.

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"We chose the MizWizard because of A&H's great reputation for professional audio mixers. When we purchase new equipment for SAE, we need to be assured that the product is of the highest quality and is conducive to efficient learning and teaching," says technical services manager, Daniel Larsen.

"The WZ 20S is easy to use, has a large number of stereo channels, simple routing, and clearly labelled sections - including EQ, aux, master section, and rear patching - and we can power the location mics with the phantom power provided on the mono channels."

The MixWizard mounts neatly onto SAE's mobile road case, and integrates the system, comprising a video mixer and

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"Steely Dan places a premium on audio excellence, and there's no other speaker that can compete with the Milo by way of power or performance," says Thunder VP Paul Owen. "For an act with the sonic pedigree of Steely Dan, it's the gold standard."

Two side hangs of five M'elodie ultra-compact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers augment the main arrays, with eight UPJ-1P compact Va

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The consultants of Vanguardia, which specialises in acoustics, sound system design and noise control consultancy, have been involved in the prestige project since its inception. The team, headed by Jim Griffiths, was brought in by owners AEG Worldwide to ensure The 02 would set a new world standard for stadium acoustics.

The team's task was threefold - completely acoustically insulating The 02 to minimise any noise spill into the environment, specifying an internal acoustic design to control reverberation time (RT) to a remarkable two seconds in the mid frequencies, and sp

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PAI Group's general manager Keith Elms led the project, taking Thomas Parry Architects' interior design as an aesthetic starting point for the design, specification and supply of a complimentary, avant-garde technical infrastructure. Elms comments: "We know that the fusion between interior design, AV and lighting systems is intrinsic to delivering the most cutting-edge results for the client."

The club's peripheral features utilise state-of-the-art LED architectural lighting. These architectural elements are

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Conwell also commissioned a 5ft high 24ft long 'Razorlight' sign with 800 bulbs which was flown from the front truss. The sign was made out of polycarbonate and when not lit either with its integral lighting or the main show lighting, blended into the rest of set seamlessly.

Max Conwell comments, "Specialz are the first call to make for me when I need bespoke and unusual fixtures and scenic elements. I am always safe in the k

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The account was handled by HSL's Mike Oates, who says: "It was great to be working with Abbiss again. As always, he came up with a really inventive design and a flexible rig offering lots of options for the different sized venues."

Abbiss's initial brief expanded as the tour sold more tickets and some dates moved up to bigger venues, resulting in the final itinerary ranging from the 16,000 capacity Manchester Evening News Arena at the larger end of the scale to Norwich UEA and Ipswich Regent Theatre at the cosier end. "This was the real challenge," says Abbiss, "Designing something that looked equally good in different spaces and that