UK - The Board of Stage Electrics has unanimously endorsed the recommendation of David Whitehead (founding partner and majority shareholder) and Dan Aldridge (MD) to appoint Trevor Smallwood as the new Chairman of the Board.

A company statement says, "This appointment enables Stage Electrics to benefit from the wisdom of Trevor's highly successful career to date as an entrepreneur and business leader including roles as Chairman of transport operator First Group and Bristol International Airport.

"Whilst receiving treatment for cancer over the last year David has continued in the role of Chairman, advising and guiding the senior management team. The appointment of Trevor as Chairman at this time facilitates David's wish to spend more time with his family.

"As the

USA / Australia - When country trio Lady Antebellum wrapped the North American leg of its We Own the Night World Tour earlier this summer the band had played to a total of more than one million fans. Two dozen Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures helped light up the successful tour, which recently concluded with three dates in Australia.

Lady Antebellum debuted their third studio album, also called We Own the Night, in September 2011. It debuted atop The Billboard 200 making it the band's second No. 1 release. It went on to top the magazine's Top Country Albums and Canadian Albums

Switzerland - Behringer reports that their X32 Digital Mixer, S16 Stage Box and P16 Monitoring System have been selected by the noted Swiss Christmas show in Zurich, Switzerland for their annual production. This world-renowned event weaves acrobatic performance with live music and theatre into an interpretation of a classic Christmas story that becomes the centrepiece of Zurich's storybook Christmas season.

Set in a massive tent city on the outdoor velodrome in Zurich-Oerlikon, the annual show attracts visitors from all over the world. This special location requires a stable an

France - The largest MLA Compact rig to date made its French debut at the Paris Bercy recently, when a capacity 17,000 crowd attended a six-hour marathon concert, called La Nuit de l'Outremer (the Overseas Night).

This technical deployment could hardly have provided a more exacting challenge for production company Franck Sono, who have become the first French customer for the new MLA Compact Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array, by investing in a System 36.

This French Caribbean festival saw the appearance of a succession of artists highly popular in the black community, includin

Taiwan - The Buddha Memorial Centreof Taiwan's Kaohsiung City is a symbol of tranquility and spiritual exploration. As a meeting place for Buddhists from around the world, the memorial centre must be prepared to host any number of events. Covering more than one thousand hectares, the Centre faces east and is built along a central axial line. It consists of a Welcoming hall, eight Chinese styled pagodas that stand for the Noble Eightfold Path, photo terrace, Bodhi square, Memorial hall, four stupas that symbolize the four noble truths and the Fo Guang Buddha.

"It is not an easy ta

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