NEW YORK — The Broadway stage adaptation of the movie Billy Elliot won a nearly-sweeping 10 Tony awards, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Lee Hall), Best Direction of a Musical (Stephen Daldry) Best Choreography in a Musical (Peter Darling), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Ian MacNeil), Best Lighting Design (Rick Fisher) and Best Sound Design (Paul Arditti).
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DOUGLAS, Isle of Man — For Whitesnake and other bands performing after this year’s Isle of Man TT Motorcycle Races, Innovation Productions will be using line array technology in the form of a new Martin Audio W8LC system and control.
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George MacPherson, former executive director of American Theater Productions and president of Masque Sound, died June 3 in Orangeburg, S.C. from lung cancer. He was 78.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Since the early 1970s, Neil Diamond has been a touring legend, selling out shows all over the world and offering up amazing performances marked with his signature laser beams. The hundreds of men and women behind those memorable tours are now cordially invited to a special cocktail party in their honor to be held in Orlando this October prior to the popular Parnelli Awards.
Read More »Want to know this year’s “IT” is? So do we.
The Parnelli Board of Advisor announces an important addition to the popular Parnelli Awards. This year, for the first time ever four new products will receive a special Parnelli Award, the “IT Award” in recognition of their contribution to the live event industry.
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GAINESVILLE, GA —Danley Sound Labs is introducing three new subwoofers at InfoComm: the TH-812, also dubbed the “Rock Monster;” the TH-221, or “Cine-Monster,” and the TH-212, a lighter-weight, portable unit.
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COLTON, OR — Neutrik USA donated several of its A Series combo receptacles and its NYS-SPP-L1 patch panel to Colton High School, helping the school stage events in its adjacent auditorium and gymnasium.
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ATLANTA — Coweta County administrators in suburban Atlanta are using three Technomad Turnkey PA systems for the county’s Fairgrounds and Conference Center, including two recently-installed 70-volt Turnkey systems for 6,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space within the conference center.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — The Maritim Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Center, located at this Red Sea resort, has a 2,000-capacity main conference hall that was recently equipped with a Renkus-Heinz ICONYX Digitally Steerable Array loudspeaker system. The project was carried out by Cairo-based TECO (Telecommunications Engineering Consultant Office).
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AMMAN, Jordan — Events AVP, distributor of Outline gear in Jordan, supported the needs of a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at Amman International Stadium, which drew 50,000 worshippers and was accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and 200-voice choir using Butterfly vertical line arrays.
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TUCSON, AZ — Every year, a local radio station sponsors the KFMADAY festival at Tucson Electric Park, spring training site for the Arizona Diamondbacks. This year, over 15,000 came to hear KoRn and other metal bands including Hollywood Undead, Escape the Fate, Amberlin, Red and others. Soundwave Audio provided Martin Audio and other gear.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL — For over 40 years, the Daytona Beach International Festival (DBIF) has welcomed the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and for this year’s LSO Pops Concert, “A Celebration of Speed,” Syntonic Design Group provided a DiGiCo D5 for FOH.
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