The entire company of Zaia wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year. Kung Hei Fat Choy!

I had my noodles at the local Chinese restaurant and let off bottle rockets into the water of Macau. Happy to report no rockets hit me this year.

When I first started working at the Venetian Macau in April of 2011, all the background music piped through the hallways and upper shopping canals was Vivaldi. I’m pretty sure it was all Vivaldi all the time; specifically the Four Seasons. At the time I commented how much I loved it. The recordings were great with fine string performances. A friend said “Just wait, after six months you’ll be sick of it and never want to hear it again.” But I didn’t find that was true. I loved the music when I first heard it and still loved it three years later.

Now I know the Venetian has opened the Four Seasons addition and maybe someone in marketing thought, “Hey, we shouldn’t play the Four Seasons music at the Venetian when we have the Four Seasons right next door”. Maybe they’re still playing the Four Seasons over AT the Four Seasons – not sure.

In any case, I noticed a few months ago that they started playing other classical music. It sounded like Italian early music to me but I’m not certain. But it definitely was not the long standing repetitions of Vivaldi. Then I thought I noticed it change from Italian early composers to other Renaissance type music.

But the bombshell was a few days ago when I walked into the Venetian to report from work and heard: JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number Three. Aha! The music has definitely changed. To me it was the official signal that our Vivaldi obsession has been given in to larger forces.

I don’t mind it – it’s a nice change. I am a JS Bach fanatic so no complaints from me. But I was a little sad that the Vivaldi days are a thing of the past. Someone in marketing will probably eventually run across this blog post and think it’s very funny that anyone even noticed. And do mainland Chinese know the difference between Vivaldi and JS Bach? I don’t know enough in that area to comment.

Long Live Venetian.

Oh c’mon, that’s just so darn cute. I asked them for clarification, “The bear lost to the cow?” and they said most certainly, “Yes!”

Here’s a video I made for a lens comparison on the Canon 5D Mark II using Final Cut Express, MPEG Streamclip and ProTools 9. Footage is automatic settings with tripod at 25 (23.98) frames per second. Lenses in the comparison are:

• Canon 24-105mm f/4L
• Canon 50mm f/1.4
• Canon 15mm Fisheye f/2.8
• Tamron 20mm f/1.8

For my comparison I chose the gondoliers up in the shopping arcade at the Venetian Casino in Macau, China. I enjoyed being able to see the slow approach of the gondola boats, spectators moving in the background and the detail of the nature water ripples.

I did have an Azden SGM-X microphone mounted but the gondoliers stopped singing on approach after I set up the conspicuous tripod rig. So I arranged some traditional Chinese music and sampled grooves in Pro Tools as a background soundtrack.

This video is around one and a half minutes. I had edited and composes music for an 8 minute version that included two more rounds of location lens comparisons, but when I rendered the final video it was not clear at all. So I did some research and re-rendered all the clips for this version which is much more clear. I think default view is 360p but you can also select to view it in 720p HD.

To convert the Canon 5D Mark II footage I used MPEG Streamclip. Settings were Apple Intermediate Codec, Quality 100%, 1920×1080 unscaled, Interlaced Scaling OFF, Sound: uncompressed, stereo, off.

My original render from Final Cut Express was almost 2 gigs! For a ninety second video! I found this video helped me a lot to prepare the HD video for YouTube (and worked for a Facebook upload too):

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=230AOa-kBDY

For Final Cut express to export your finished movie I used these settings:

• Export > Using QuickTime Conversion
• Format: QuickTime Movie (default)
• Options > Video Settings > Compression Type: MPEG4 Video
• Options > Video Settings > Quality: Best
• Options > Video Size > HD 1280 x 720 16:9
• Sound Settings > Format: AAC
• Sound Settings > Rate: 44.1kHz
• Sound Settings > Show Advanced Settings > Quality: Better

I am new to creating videos and this is my first video using Final Cut Express. I do realize that a lens comparison on automatic settings is not a benchmark to judge the lenses. But it was a very good project for me because it allowed me to use all my lenses on location for the first time. And best of all, gave me a chance to score to video in ProTools which I haven’t done before.

What? I’ve never scored to video in ProTools? Yes, it’s true. I have a Digidesign Pro Tools TDM Mix Plus system that I used for years producing music in Southern California. But I never did any scoring direct to video. It’s hard to imagine that back around  2000 I paid over $20,000 USD for my Pro Tools rig. In March 2011 I just picked up Pro Tools 9 for $600 USD. Prices have dropped a lot! (Ok, so my old TDM system included 8 ins/outs 24 bit, etc).

MPEG Streamclip is free for video conversion. Pro Tools 9 is $600USD. Final Cut Express 4 is $200 USD. The Canon 5D Mark II with a high quality L-series 24-105mm f/4 lens is around $3,000 or less. So for $4,000 you have a pretty good rig for video editing. Or use whatever camera you have and invest less than $1000 to do video editing and custom music trax. I think that’s pretty exciting.

And part of all this is to prep for a larger project coming up that I’m very excited about. So check back to see some cool new videos (I hope they’re cool).

Kong Hei Fat Choi from Macau, China! 2011 is the year of the rabbit so that should be fun for all of us. Above is video and photos I shot in Macau on Chinese New Year’s Eve (February 2, 2011). Pictures of Senado Square, Macau Tower fireworks and my personal adventures purchasing rockets and explosives on the Macau waterfront. Good times.

And here is a very fun video from Mr. Kong Macau News. This was my third Chinese New Year living in Macau and this one was the best ever! I gave out my lucky red pocket lai cee cards to all the security guards and even received on myself at work.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAs9t96I3pM

hi were moving to macau this january 2011.. i would like to ask if how much
if were going to stay there in your apartment for two weeks?

My answer:

Thank you for letting me know you are coming. If you had not let me known then maybe the apartment would have been messy and that would bring shame to my family.

First off it depends where you want to sleep. I have a large couch and it’s not very expensive. My second guest bedroom has a twin bed that other guests have enjoyed. I should add in passing that my previous guests were people I already knew.

If you want to sleep in MY bed then that gets more expensive depending on the photos you send me ahead of time. Please make sure the photos are full resolution and not edited in Photo Shop. Belly rubs and foot tickling cost extra. I prefer you bring your own feathers, copper wire, tubing and 40 weight motor oil.

I have a nice view of the water which is convenient. If people get boring or talk too much I like to stare at the water.

Usher performed in Macau at the Venetian Casino on July 13, 2010. Rumor has it he came over to our ZAIA theater to record some audio tracks for a project he’s working on.

I didn’t get to meet him and security was tight. So I posted a video with some Usher music you might enjoy. Assuming that Usher has a good sense of humor and won’t kick my butt. Did you know that many consider Usher to be the one to take the torch from Michael Jackson’s legacy? Read on for more info.

USHER, widely acclaimed as Michael Jackson’s successor and also known as “NEW KING OF POP”, will bring his “USHER Live in Macao 2010” to the CotaiArena at The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel on July 13, Tuesday at 8pm. It will be his ever first time to perform in Macao! Tickets will be on sale – June 22nd @ Cotai Ticketing.

Time is testament to the mark of greatness, and in this era that mark belongs to USHER (originally named as Usher Raymond IV), the consummate entertainer who transcends the boundaries of popular culture, redefining the nature of superstardom. Usher’s considerable achievements begin with over 45 million records sold world wide and a stable of five Grammy awards. Throughout the years, USHER has released 5 studio albums in total, namely “Usher”, “My Way”, “8701”, “Confessions” and “Here I Stand” in which he has topped the U.S. album chart such as “Yeah”, “Burn” and “Love In This Club”. The singer, composer, producer, actor, businessman, designer and philanthropist is the quintessential contemporary icon, celebrated for nearly two decades.

With the new release of his monumental album “RAYMOND V. RAYMOND”, Usher returns to his original medium – making songs into masterpieces that illuminate the struggle between man and legend. To meet the theme of his new album, USHER cooperates with many top-level units. On “OMG”, set off by WILL.I.AM’s crisp beats, Usher takes it to the floor, and goes hard as the seductive melody comes to a frenzied crescendo. Also, “OMG” received similar Top chart position as both US and UK. Other supporters including Jarmaine Dupri, The Runners, Ester Dean, Polow Da Don, Redone, Bangledesh and Tricky Stewart.

Tickets for “Usher Live in Macao 2010” concert are now on sale at Sands Macao Hotel Lobby and CotaiArena Box Office in 3 categories: HKD/MOP 800 (A Reserve), HKD/MOP 600 (B Reserve) and HKD/MOP 400 (C Reserve). The packages with round trip CotaiJet ferry tickets between Hong Kong and Macao will be at HKD/MOP 888, HKD/MOP 688 and HKD/MOP 488 respectively.

I’ve lived in Macau over two years now and I still haven’t seen the Dragonboat races! Because I work in entertainment, we’re always doing extra shows during the holiday periods so we don’t get to partake as much as we’d like.

The Dragonboat holiday, or Duanwu, is a very old one in China but was denied official recognition under the People’s Republic of China established in 1949. The Chinese government has re-adopted the holiday and it was officially recognized again starting in 2008.

The short story: a famous poet drowned in the water so people throw food to the fish so the fish will be fed and not eat the poet’s body. That’s the story I’ve heard from local Macanese. More details posted below.

Here’s more info on the Dragonboat festival and water races:

Qu Yuan
The best-known traditional story holds that the festival commemorates the death of poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC – 278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu, in the Warring States Period of the Zhou Dynasty.[6] A descendant of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance. Qu Yuan was accused of treason.[6] During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry, for which he is now remembered. Twenty-eight years later, Qin conquered the capital of Chu. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
It is said that the local people, who admired him, threw food into the river to feed the fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan’s body.[6] This is said to be the origin of zongzi. The local people were also said to have paddled out on boats, either to scare the fish away or to retrieve his body. This is said to be the origin of dragon boat racing.

Traditional Chinese 端午節
Simplified Chinese 端午节

Transliterations
Mandarin
– Hanyu Pinyin Duānwǔ Jié
Min
– Hokkien POJ toan-ngó͘-cheh
Wu
– Romanization tø ŋ tɕiɪʔ
Cantonese
– Jyutping Dyun1 Ng5 Zit8

OVERVIEW:

Duanwu Festival (Chinese: 端午節), also known as Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional and statutory holiday associated with Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies as well. It is a public holiday in Taiwan, where it is known by the Mandarin name Duānwǔ Jié, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau, where it is known by the Cantonese name Tuen Ng Jit. In 2008, the festival was restored in China as an official national holiday. The festival is also celebrated in countries with significant Chinese populations, such as in Singapore and Malaysia. Equivalent and related festivals outside Chinese-speaking societies include the Kodomo no hi in Japan, Dano in Korea, and Tết Đoan Ngọ in Vietnam.

The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth. In 2009 this falls on May 28 and in 2010 on June 16. The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.

In May 2009, the Chinese government nominated the festival for inclusion in UNESCO’s global “Intangible Cultural Heritage” list, partly in response to South Korea’s successful nomination of the Dano festival in 2005 which China criticised as “cultural robbery”.

Duanwu Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

DUANWU STORY

Duanwu commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan, he was a loyal minister that served the King of Chu during the Warring States Period in 3 centuries BC. Initially, his sovereign favored Qu Yuan, but over time, his wisdom and erudite ways antagonized the other court officials. And then he was Trumped up a charge of conspiracy, and ejected by his sovereign. During the exile, Qu Yuan made many poems to express his anger and sorrow of his sovereign and people.

In the year 278 B.C., at the age of 37, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Milo River. He clasped a heavy stone to his chest and leaped into the water. Knowing that Qu Yuan was a righteous man, the people of Chu rushed to the river to try to save him. The people desperately searched the waters in their boats looking for Qu Yuan, but they were unsuccessful in their attempt to rescue him. Every year the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated to commemorate this attempt at rescuing Qu Yuan.

When it was known that Qu Yuan had been lost forever, the local people began the tradition of throwing sacrificial cooked rice into the river for their lost hero. However, a local fisherman had a dream that Qu Yuan did not get any of the cooked rice that was thrown into the river in his honor. Instead, it was the fish in the river that had eaten the rice. And so, the locals decided to make zongzi to sink into the river in the hopes that it would reach Qu Yuan’s body. The following year, the tradition of wrapping the rice in bamboo leaves to make zongzi began.

There is also another version of the story. When it was known that Qu Yuan had been lost to the river, the local fisherman had a dream that the fish in the river were eating Qu Yuan’s body. The local people came up with the idea that if the fish in the river were not hungry, then they would not eat Qu Yuan’s body. People thus began throwing zongzi into the river to feed the fish in hope that Qu Yuan’s body would be spared.

I had the chance to see Kelly Clarkson perform in Macau, China at the Cotai Arena inside the Venetian casino on May 8, 2010. What an absolutely fantastic performer! I guess you could say I’m one of her fans now.

Of course I have heard her name for years and have seen bits of her performing on American Idol; and those many clips on YouTube. But to hear her live was really something. A great set of pipes. I marveled at her constant control between head and chest voice – her effortless floating up in the ether with light dancing turns, swooping down like the Red Baron to a beefy chest voice and back up again for some real gospel style runs up in the stars. Amazing.

Performing with her was a pretty hard hitting rock band, two backup vocalists and a DJ who would scratch records and serve up the occasional beat loop.

And even in Macau, it seems the whole audience (near capacity) knew all the words to her songs!

PROMO ON KELLY CLARKSON IN MACAU

American Idols very first winner Kelly Clarkson brings her ALL I EVER WANTED TOUR to the CotaiArena at The Venetian® Macao.

Now a certified pop sensation, Clarkson has sold more than 20 million albums since her debut in 2002. The US No.1 “All I Ever Wanted” is her most recent album, and she will perform all of her hits in Macau from Since Youve Been Gone, Because of You and My Life Would Suck Without You, to a few surprises such as covers from the likes of Kings of Leon and Patsy Cline to the White Stripes.

Clarkson says she cannot wait to get on the road and tour. When Im putting an album together, Im thinking about what I am going to want to perform on tour because I love touring. Im always thinking, what songs will be fun to sing? Its going to be a fun record to tour, she says.

Opening for Kelly Clarkson will be special guests Rubberband. Brace yourself for a high-energy concert at The Venetian® in May.

Jerry Nadal (senior vice-president for resident shows of Cirque du Soleil): ‘We’re here for the long hall’ as reported April 7, 2010 in the Macau Daily Times. Full article posted here with link to original MDT article at end of post.

I’ll just add a little background here to start. Cirque Du Soleil has two permanent shows in Asia – ZED in Tokyo, Japan (Disneyland) and ZAIA in Macau, China. I am a keyboardist and assistant bandleader for the ZAIA show. The artists and technicians of ZAIA came to Macau for Cirque to bring Las Vegas style entertainment to Macau – the “Las Vegas of China”. In the past the Chinese don’t go to see shows, they just come to gamble and it’s serious business. So spearheading the first large show in China was taking a big chance – the work was definitely cut out and a hard road.

Then the global recession hit in late 2008 just weeks after the grand opening of the Macau ZAIA show. The Venetian Macau (largest casino in the world at opening) owned by the Sands in Vegas was upside down in it’s finances and with the hit of the recession was on the verge of bankruptcy. Stocks went from a high of $150 per share down to a low under $2 (two dollars).

At the same time Macau kicked a lot of expats out of the country, lots of people lost jobs. The Venetian stopped construction and laid off some 12,000 construction workers and employees. Everyone was freaking out. The ZAIA show opened with an expectation to lose money for a few years – but with the Sands and Macau in such financial trouble it was an easy and viable target for the chopping block.

In mid 2009 the second big casino of the Cotai Strip opened – City of Dreams. And in 2010 City of Dreams will open a show by Franco Dragone, producer of many Cirque shows and a competitor to Cirque. Some people were like “Oh no, there’s not enough of an audience for one big show, now we have two?”

But if you look at the long term vision of Macau it looks very good. The continual game of the government cutting back mainland China visas to Macau is just part of them throttling Macau’s growth to make sure everything’s in check and doesn’t get out of hand. The main casino properties are still developing their offerings to encourage families to bring children; the big shows are starting to open here and will mature to grand art in Vegas style; and the more properties that open, the more offerings available. We only have 2 properties open now – City of Dreams and Venetian – and even those are still under construction and development – they are incomplete. In time there will be 20 developed properties on this Cotai Strip.

It’s been really incredible to see the growth in Macau just over the two years I’ve lived here. And it’s mind blowing when you try to step into Sheldon Adelson’s vision of what the Cotai Strip can be at completion. A true Vegas destination. And Macau already brings in a higher gross than Vegas (as of 2008 I think).

So where’s it all sit now? Well as artists, we just like to perform. We’re excited to have Dragone in town because to us artists they are like family – fellow circus performers. And we’re happy that the big whigs have been able to sort out their differences of vision so that we can all focus on our shows and continually improve and perfect our performances.

Ok – on with the article from the Macau Daily Times.

MACAU DAILY TIMES – INTERVIEW WITH JERRY NADAL

07/04/2010 01:30:00 Luciana Leitão – MACAU (SAR) CHINA

ZAIA is here to stay, at least for eight more years. No conversation was held between Cirque du Soleil and Venetian about terminating the show before the end of the ten-year contract. That is what the senior vice-president for resident shows of Cirque du Soleil, Jerry Nadal, assured in an exclusive interview to Macau Daily Times. Although he admits the show’s occupancy results are far from what were initially expected, he claims that improvements are being made and that numbers are rising everyday. As for the recent news that referred to the end of the show within a short-term period, he says they’re just rumours.

MDTimes – How long will ZAIA continue to show at the Venetian Macau?
Jerry Nadal – We have a ten-year contract with the Venetian. Last year was a rough year for the Venetian, as it was for companies worldwide. I guess they were looking at their costs, we worked with them looking at the overall costs of the show. I know there have been a lot of rumours about whether we’re staying with it. We’ve never had that conversation with the Venetian and I was just there recently talking about the show, how we’re doing and how we are picking up business. So, for us, we’re here for the long hall.

Within another year and a half, we’ll be up to the occupancy numbers that we anticipated having.

MDT – So, we can presume the recent news was wrong…
J.N. – We have a ten-year contract and we opened in July 2008. We’re on our second anniversary this July. As far as we’re concerned, we have eight more years to run on our contract with the Venetian.

MDT – Recently, the CEO of Sands Macau, Sheldon Adelson, complained about ZAIA’s occupancy numbers. If he is doing this publicly, won’t this have any impact in the show?
J.N. – We’ve spoken to Sheldon. I love Sheldon, I think he is very colourful and a great businessman. Yes, he would like to see better occupancy numbers for ZAIA, but we have to look at what was going on in Macau as a whole. When the Venetian was designed and built, it really was with the convention business in mind and the MICE traffic. That really hasn’t materialized yet in Macau, for a whole host of reasons, most of which has to do with the number of available rooms overall to handle the big conventions. So, we geared a lot of our sales and marketing efforts towards a segment that didn’t actually materialize. We were disappointed with the sales as well. We put a whole team in place in 2009 to help the marketing team and the Venetian supplement the sales. We have a group of eight people at our office concentrated to go into southern China, into mainland China and we’ve established over 200 relationships with tour operators to build business.

Because there is primarily a lot of Mainland Chinese getting in, although the bulk of our customers come from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, we’re trying to cultivate a Mainland Chinese audience. We’ve had success with that, so we’re watching our numbers come up. It’s been a long process. We also told the Venetian, when we first started, that, in our estimation, looking at the market place, with the absence of large scale entertainment like ZAIA, it was going to take around three years to really build the market and establish the show. We’re one year and a half into that process.

MDT – Could Adelson’s public statement be a sign that he intends to axe the show?

J.N. – No, because we’ve had subsequent conversations with Steve Jacobs and the people that run the Venetian in Macau about our sales efforts, their sales efforts, the changes we propose making to the show, where we see the show going this year and next year, and where they envision their audience coming from. Particularly now that they are starting the construction of other parcels across the street, we’ve had a very broad discussion about the show and they remain very firmly committed that entertainment needs to be an anchor point for the whole resort field of the show, it needs to be one of the elements firmly emplaced in the property. It cannot just be about gaming.

But we’re not in the rumour business. We try not to answer all the rumours that come out, because it becomes nonstop. That’s why we don’t like to talk about that.
Zaia is the right show for Macau

MDT – At this point, how much of your audience comes from the Mainland?
J.N. – I would say probably 25 to 30 percent of the audience is coming from the Mainland.

MDT – How about Macau public?
J.N. – I think Macau residents come here always. It’s not that big a population, but we’ve had tremendous amount of support not only from the people that work in the Venetian, but from the local population as well.

MDT – Recent news also claimed Macau public was not very supportive of ZAIA.
J.N. – I don’t agree with that, because we’ve done surveys after our shows and we’ve received a very high satisfaction rating from everybody that has seen the show, including Macau residents.

MDT – Why have the ticket sales been so disappointing?
J.N. – The convention business that the Venetian team was anticipating to materialise did not. So, the occupancy wasn’t there in the hotel and as a result, it wasn’t there in the showroom. I also think it’s an education process. We told the Venetian that getting people in to see a show for 90 minutes, where the culture in Macau has really been gaming and gaming related, it’s like Las Vegas was, perhaps, 50 years ago. From our viewpoint, it will be the evolution of the market as more properties open and with City of Dreams opening across the street (they’re going to have a large show in the coming month). It is part of the evolution of entertainment of Macau, because the more international tourists come in, the longer people stay (not just day trippers) and, within another year and a half, we’ll be up to the occupancy numbers that we anticipated having.

MDT – Since the results have been less than expected, do you think Cirque du Soleil needs a different product from ZAIA to succeed in Macau?
J.N. – ZAIA is the right show for Macau. Now, when we thought of it, the show was going to be attracting primarily international clientele because of the convention business. That’s why we did a show that was very similar to what we would have done, for instance, in Las Vegas or Tokyo. But now that we have a pretty good mix of Mainland Chinese coming in, given the level of acrobatics that is available in China, all of our shows are a work in progress. They evolve over time, so if you saw “Mystère” – which has been running for 16 years in Las Vegas – when it opened in 1993, it was a very different show than what it is today. So, we’re looking at how we can change some acts to get more Chinese appeal to the show and upgrading some of the acts. That’s part of our on going process – we’re looking at how everything works, what we can improve to make it a little bit better. But we have no intention of changing the show.

So, we’re looking at how we can change some acts to get more Chinese appeal to the show and upgrading some of the acts

MDT – Why do you think these rumours – as you call it – started?
J.N. – Last year, there was also rumours that the Venetian was going bankrupt and it was a very difficult year. It was difficult in Las Vegas, difficult in Macau. There were rumours in the papers that the Venetian was on the verge of bankruptcy. Our other partners here in Vegas were rumoured that they were on the verge of bankruptcy. Those two partners had very difficult times financially, but they have weathered the storm, they’re on going. People started talking that their jobs were being cut and things were not performing as well as anticipated and some rumours started. But we’re not in the rumour business. We try not to answer all the rumours that come out, because it becomes nonstop. That’s why we don’t like to talk about that.

MDT – Does this ten-year contract mean that ZAIA has to run for ten years or can Cirque du Soleil change the show?
J.N. – It’s specifically for ZAIA. That was the whole intention of the contract, because when you put up a show that is that big and that complex, it takes a long time to create and then to produce. It needs to run a long time in order to return profitability.

We had conversations with Venetian recently about their other properties that they are building and some possible ideas for additional entertainment in Macau, not just Zaia, but in addition to Zaia

MDT – Has there been any conversations about another show, from Cirque du Soleil, after ZAIA?
J.N. – Actually, we had conversations with the Venetian recently about their other properties that they are building and some possible ideas for additional entertainment in Macau, not just ZAIA, but in addition to ZAIA. It was always our original conversation with them before the bump of 2009.

MDT – Is there a date for this additional show?
J.N. – No, but it would be after those properties are finished across the street.

MDT – What kind of show are we talking about?
J.N. – It’s an early discussion. We obviously have a certain reputation. We have a lot of products and shows that we produce. So, we’re in conversation about what we think could help them with their entertainment and overall resort offerings.

Macau Daily Times Online Article
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/interview/10862-Jerry-Nadal-senior-vice-president-for-resident-shows-Cirque-Soleil-Were-here-for-the-long-hall.html