FRANKFURT IMPROVES FAIRGROUNDS WITH NEW TRAIN STATION.THE 20TH FRANKFURT Music Fair will be held March 3-7. The completion of the railway station at the Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. in January 1999 will make it easier for visitors to get to this year's Fair. The Exhibition Centre will be linked directly to the S-Bahn (suburban train) network of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund public transport authority. Exhibitors and visitors staying at hotels in the area surrounding Frankfurt will now be able to ride directly from their hotel to the Fairgrounds. The ProLight+Sound portion of the Fair, previously in two halls, will now occupy four halls, with Halls 4 and 7 joining Halls 5 and 6. Hall 8-will exhibit band and orchestral instruments, percussion percussion /per·cus·sion/ (per-kush´un) the act of striking a part with short, sharp blows as an aid in diagnosing the condition of the underlying parts by the sound obtained. , sheet music, and accessories. Hall 9 will have electronic keyboards An electronic keyboard or digital keyboard is a type of keyboard instrument. Its sound is generated or amplified by one or more electronic devices. Modern usage of the term "electronic keyboard" typically describes a type of inexpensive synthesizer marketed to , electronic church organs, musical computer software and hardware, and accessories (9.0), electric guitars and basses, amps, and accessories (9.1), and pianos, historical keyboard instruments Noun 1. keyboard instrument - a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box - a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player , pipe organs This is a list and brief description of notable pipe organs in the world, with links to corresponding articles that exist. ''See also: Historical Organs
Dr. Michael Peters Michael Peters (August 61948 - August 21 1994) was an American choreographer. He was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City, and died in Los Angeles, California from complications of AIDS. He also did choreography for Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby". , member of the board of management of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, commented, "This event for the general public, which covers all aspects of music, concerts, and infotainment, is designed, on the one hand, to interest lay people in music, and on the other hand to underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the trade-show character of the Music Fair and ProLight+Sound." The number of exhibitors, the amount of exhibitor space, and the number of visitors have all tripled since the first Fair in 1980. The 1998 Fair had over 2,000 exhibitors, 1,416 at the Music Fair proper and another 600 at the Prolight+Sound venue, which debuted in 1995. The visitor total was 96,000. Fair management also announced the first Congress for Audio-Visual Installation Systems (CAVIS) will be held November 22-24, 1999. CAVIS will offer international manufacturers the opportunity to present their products and problem solutions to an audience of architects, planning engineers, system installers, technicians, etc. Product groups will include audio-visual system installations, public address systems, projection/video technology, lighting, and networks and controls. Currently, CAVIS is scheduled to be held every two years. |
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