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LEEDS, UK – Not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm at the Royal Armouries this week as PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 opened its doors for two days of access to the newest and most innovative products in the live entertainment industry.
Visitor numbers reached a record-breaking 2122 – an increase of 8.5 percent over 2011. In all, 2680 people attended the show over the two days and such was the confidence felt by exhibitors that an unprecedented number of exhibitors re-booked on-site for 2013.
As always, the combination of the Professional Development Program which profiled the effective use of new products and explored areas of special interest through seminar and discussion, together with the dozens of new products for people to get their hands on proved a hit with visitors and exhibitors alike.
Among the many new products making their UK debut were Chauvet Europe’s latest products including the MVP 12 modular video panels, Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yoke, Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving yoke, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour and COLORado 1-Quad Tour wash fixtures; Martin Professional introduced the new Viper family of MAC moving heads, entertainment lighting specialist White Light showcased lighting solutions from their exclusive product line; Hall Stage premiered the new Chaindrive system for T60 and T70 track systems; Highlite International presented the UK launch of 200 new products including the Pipe & Drape range from Wentex; Ambersphere brought new products from Clay Paky and MA Lighting; and ETC showed the new Source Four LED.
The expanded and enhanced Professional Development Program proved more popular than ever with sessions being divided into Special Interest seminars and Exhibitor Driven training and demonstrations. The program range extended from a six-member panel of experts debating the future role of the lighting designer from the Association of Lighting Designers and Leeds University, to a demonstration of how and why loudspeakers produce what they do in ‘Can You Hear Me At the Back?’
Next year’s PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 will take place April 30-May 1 at the Royal Armouries Museum and Saviles Hall.
Photo: Chris Toulmin
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