Delgado Community College’s “Spring Awakening” Makes Use of Countryman Mics

NEW ORLEANS, LA – When the audience is inches from a drama of family relationships and emotional awakening, the critical sense of intimacy hinges on clear, natural sounding dialog. Furthermore, the microphones must not be visually distracting and they must be comfortable to keep the talent focused on the story. For these very reasons, Delgado Community College’s Theatre Department uses B3 Omnidirectional Lavalier and E6 Earset microphones from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates.

LAS VEGAS — The 2013 Parnelli Awards gala, hosted by Micky Dolenz and honoring Mark Engebretson, George Travis, Mo Morrison and Eric Pearce, is once again trending toward a complete sellout. As of Oct. 22, more than a month before the Nov. 23 event, most of the tickets have already been snapped up — earlier in the process than ever before. Voting from readers of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines, which continues through Oct. 31, is also tracking at record levels for 2013.

CHATSWORTH, GA – Church leaders at First Baptist Church here turned to Dalton, GA-based Bradford AV to design and install a new sound reinforcement system for the church’s remodeled Fellowship Hall. The room, a rectangular space with stained glass windows, hard surface flooring and a dropped ceiling with LED lighting, is used by the church for educational purposes, lectures, movies and community civic gatherings as well as over-flow from services. The new sound system makes used of Tannoy VLS passive column loudspeakers.

GARDEN CITY, KS – This year marked the fourth year that the Douglas Production Group (DPG) provided sound reinforcement for the annual Tumbleweed Festival held on the grounds of the Lee Richardson Zoo here. It also marked the first time they used their new RCF HDL 20-A line arrays for the event. DPG utilized the HDL 20-A modules on all three stages of the three-day acoustic music festival.

ANCHORAGE, AK — In today’s digital age, many houses of worship are moving towards rich multimedia presentations that are streamed, uploaded and broadcast worldwide. The need for up-to-date systems to handle this new model of worship options often requires an investment in gear and technology. For the 2,300-seat Anchorage Baptist Temple (ABT) in Alaska, this was the very impetus to undertake a revamp of its overall audio set-up. Integrators Michael Garrison Associates spec’d a DiGiCo for the Temple’s latest upgrade consisting of SD7’s and SD10 mixers.