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USA - For many, the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium is remembered as a 'ground zero' for the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. It was on 11 June 1963 in front of these doors that then-Governor George Wallace made his infamous 'Stand in the Schoolhouse Door', attempting to resist integration by blocking two black students from enrolling in the University.

Built in 1939, the hall was home to UA's basketball teams in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as regularly hosting graduations, lectures, concerts and other large gatherings. The building is named for Autherine Lucy Foster, the first black student to be accepted and enrolled at UA.

With the opening of the neighbouring Coliseum, the building eventually lost its standing as the campus' largest indoor structure, and i

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UK - Bath- based production, rental and installation company Enlightened has designed and installed a bespoke Milos Quatro 290V trussing ground support system for a new performance space that has been created in a Grade 1 listed building on the Corsham Court campus of Bath Spa University.

Enlightened's Simon Marcus has been using and specifying Milos products for many years and the company has a substantial quantity of different Milos products in its hire stock. "Milos has a wide range of trussing and accessories, it is very strong and has all the right technical specs as well as

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USA - Austin City Limits, the longest running live music television series in America, has a new home - a modern studio at ACL Live at the Moody Theatre. Designed for a variety of live music performances KLRU-TV produces the PBS series there approximately 20 days a year. The mixed-use entertainment venue boasts has a commitment to green building standards. This commitment to greening the project, enabled the facility an opportunity to apply for LEED certification.

Walter Olden, the lighting director for the Austin City Limits television show since 1982, shared some insight into

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Poland - The Zygmunt Hübner Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw is one of the leading modern theatres in Poland. Opened in 1944 and renovated for the first time in 1975, the playhouse in Warsaw's Praga quarter now features over three stages and boasts a seating capacity of 600. The theatre was renovated again last year to meet modern requirements, with one of the principal items on the agenda being the upgrading of the sound system.

The planning and realisation of the new sound reinforcement design were the responsibility of the Wroclaw bureau of sound specialists Tommex Zebrowscy Sp. J. Th

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Slovenia - When one of Slovenia's premier theatres was looking to replace an existing analogue mixing console with a digital version, the venue's technical team had a long list of requirements that the new desk had to fulfil. A Yamaha M7CL-32 was selected.

Established in 1955 in Nova Gorica, Slovensko Narodno Gledalisce (the Slovenian National Theatre, or SNG) is a venue which stages a wide range of productions, from light comedies to high drama, by both Slovenian and foreign writers.

Although its existing Yamaha PM5D and DM1000 consoles and Outline Audio PA system are working relia

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