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Last Chance for Parnelli Golf and Awards Dinner Tickets!

Parnelli Awards 2012

Last Chance for Parnelli Golf and Awards Dinner Tickets!

LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament takes place at the Arroyo Golf Club in Las Vegas Oct. 18. Then, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards Dinner takes place at the Mirage Las Vegas Oct. 20. And the last chance to order tickets online at parnelliawards.com will be at 3 pm on Wed., Oct. 17. If any tickets are still available after that, they will be sold at the door for all events…but they will definitely be in very limited quantities. So why gamble? Be sure to get your reservations in today!

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Auditorium at The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology

Masque Sound Upgrades System at NYC MS-223

BRONX, NY — Masque Sound worked with Akustiks LLC to upgrade the audio system at the auditorium for New York’s MS-223 in the South Bronx, which is also known as The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. The new system includes EAW speakers, Listen Technologies transmitters and receivers, Audix microphones, a Clear-Com PS-702 intercom and Crestron TPMC-9 tilt touch screen controls.

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Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL

Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College Installs iLive from Allen & Heath

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College here has installed a new Allen & Heath iLive T112 digital console and iDR-48 mix rack.  Built in 1991, the auditorium stages nearly 20 student- and faculty-directed performances annually.  The 815-seat venue is also used by professional and community groups for a variety of entertainment, including symphonies, musicals, lectures and film festivals.

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Mark Radu, Systems Engineer for PA Plus and FOH engineer for the awards show, used JBL HiQnet Performance Manager to configure and tune the system.

Canadian Country Music Awards Gets Support from PA Plus, JBL VerTec

SASKATOON, SK Canada — The Canadian Country Music Awards, held at the Credit Union Centre here, used a JBL system tuned with HiQnet Performance Manager, pictured here. PA Plus provided 48 JBL VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements (12 per side for the main PA and 12 per side for outfill), plus 16 VT4880 fullsize arrayable subwoofers and eight SRX712M loudspeakers for front fill. Sixty-eight Crown I-Tech 5000 HD amplifiers powered the system.

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Will Steven joins SKB

SKB Names Will Steven Product and OEM Manager

ORANGE, CA – SKB Corporation named Will Steven product and OEM Manager.  He will develop new case designs, work with manufacturers on OEM projects and manage and update current products while working with customers on case suggestions or concerns. Prior to SKB, Steven gained experience at Full Compass’ pro audio, video, lighting and MI sales departments. Prior to joining Full Compass in 2007, Steven worked in the repair department at Ward Brodt Music.

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Les Miserables at the Halogaland Theatre uses DPA Microphones

Halogaland Theatre Upgrades with DPA Microphones

TROMSO, Norway — The Hålogaland Theatre here is putting its new DPA d:fine Headset Microphones through their paces for the venue’s current musical, which runs from Sept. 6 to Nov. 28. Jim Oddvar Hansen, head of sound at the venue, credited the headset microphones not just for performance but for user comfort as well — undoubtedly making the cast of Les Misérables less miserable.

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Orfeo ed Euridice at Soestdijk Palace, mixed on DiGiCo consoles

Dutch Opera Stays on Even Keel with DiGiCo

UTRECHT, The Netherlands — The summer production of Orfeo ed Euridice involved a number of challenges, including the need for veteran opera singers to get used to in-ear monitors and an FOH position by the floating orchestra pit on a pond near Soestdijk Palace here. Amco Flashlight Rental provided a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and a DiGiCo SD9 at monitors.

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Red Bull Stratos Mission Control

Space Skydive Gets Mission Control Support from Riedel

ROSWELL, NM – The Red Bull Stratos project, centering on Felix Baumgartner’s successful attempt to break the sound barrier during a 120,000-foot skydive from the edge of space, was a mission that pushed human limits. Riedel Communications supported the project with real-time solutions for audio, communications and video, integrating wireless and wired digital intercom systems. Riedel also furnished the fiber-based video and signal distribution and the wireless video links from the capsule’s onboard cameras. Along with other records smashed by the feat, YouTube reported a live viewing audience of more than 8 million.

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