BONN, Germany – Kuchem Konferenz Technik worked with RCF Germany to equip the Terrace Bar at the five-star Kameha Grand Hotel here with 22 of RCF MQ80P-S speakers. The MQ80P-S model is IP55 and well-suited for outdoor use.
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SANTIAGO, Chile – FOH engineer Rick Pope is out on the Jamiroquai tour with a Midas XL8 live performance system at FOH, supplied by Britannia Row and operated by Britannia Row's Warren Grimsley, who is out for the first time with the system. Originally on the tour as PA tech, Grimsley was promoted to his position with little training on the XL8, but picked it up in no time.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Hard-hitting rock acts performed at the first ever Carolina Rebellion Festival on May 7 at the Metrolina Expo. Co-produced by Right Arm Entertainment and AEG, over 35,000 fans were drawn to the full day of rock on two side-by-side stages.
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ALAMEDA, CA – Clear-Com once again supported USITT's 2011 Young Designers & Technicians (YD&T) awards program. The awards recognize students and others relatively new to such areas as stage management, technical production, makeup design, lighting design and more. This year, University of Delaware senior Siobhan Ruane garnered top honors in the Clear-Com sponsored Stage Management category.
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YAROSLAVL, Russia – As the ancient Russian city of Yaroslavl was celebrating its 1,000th anniversary, a new cultural entertainment complex called Hill Hall was opening in its midst.
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YORBA LINDA, CA – With the scarcity of land in southern California, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) met its need for a new high school by acquiring the satellite campus of the local community college, which included a 314-seat performing arts center known as The Forum.
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DECATUR, GA – When Messenger Media Systems was called in to do the audio for the New Life Church, the primary challenge was providing a powerful system for a spacious sanctuary on a limited budget.
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VENICE, Italy – World-famous Saint Mark's Basilica, visited every year by 1.5 million plus people, has been equipped with a new sound system that includes 40 RCF loudspeaker enclosures and no fewer than 10 of the company's new VSA 2050 digitally steerable vertical line arrays. Marco Mazzon, founder of the company of the same name, installed the system.
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PHILADELPHIA – DBS Audio Systems designed and installed a multi-zoned system incorporating 45 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers at Urban Outfitters headquarters in the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where brick-and-steel structures blend 21th century casual with early 20th century industrial.
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MONTREAL – Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, a 25,000-seat outdoor football stadium owned by McGill University, is home to the McGill Redmen of the Quebec University Football League and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The stadium opened in 1919, and has seen a number of upgrades over the years, most recently with a new audio system featuring Harman JBL VerTec line arrays and AE Series loudspeakers. Solotech, a systems integrator with eight locations in Canada, the U.S. and China, handled the design and installation.
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HAMBURG, Germany – ASC (Amptown System Company) provided a new sound system for Hamburg's acoustically-complex St Michaelis church that includes Iconyx digital beam steering systems from Renkus-Heinz.
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WESTMINSTER, MA – McCauley will be delivering two of their new M421 quad 21" subwoofer to this year's SoundForums.Net Expo, which will be held at the Wachusett Village Inn here May 16-17, and followed by a two-day class focusing on Rational Acoustics' Smaart v.7 on May 18-19.
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