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Fulcrum Acoustic Names Allied ProTech West as its Sales Rep for California, Nevada and Arizona

1,500+ Buildings to Light Up in Red Sept. 1

WASHINGTON, DC – An army of behind-the-scenes volunteers are preparing to join the push by #WeMakeEvents to support RESTART, the small business relief bill that provides funding to companies to help them survive and to pay their employees along with PUA and FPUC, CARES act provisions that need to be extended and expanded to provide sufficient unemployment benefits to displaced workers. It all happens Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight.

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Manchester, U.K.’s #WeMakeEvents Flight Case March on Aug. 11 Culminates in Red Flare Display

MANCHESTER, U.K. – On Aug. 11, as part of the U.K.-wide #WeMakeEvents campaign, the live events and production community in Manchester organized a silent and socially distanced “flight case march” across the city, which culminated in a dramatic red flare exhibit. More than 1,000 freelancers and supply companies participated, pushing for an extension of government support beyond the current October limit along with grants that could help save an estimated 114,000 jobs.

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Greenland’s Qooqqut Festival Mixed on Allen & Heath SQ-6 Console

NUUK, Greenland – Greenland’s cultural center, Katuaq, staged the annual Qooqqut festival for 250 attendees on an isolated shore in the Nuuk fjord complex, in close cooperation with the authorities to ensure compliance with Covid 19 guidelines. Katuaq’s sound technician, Angunnguaq Larsen, mixed FoH for the event from a 48 channel SQ-6 console.

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Sept. 1 “Red Alert” to Support RESTART, PUA and FPUC

WASHINGTON, DC – An army of behind-the-scenes volunteers are preparing to join the push by #WeMakeEvents to support RESTART, the small business relief bill that provides funding to companies to help them survive and to pay their employees (#RedAlertRESTART) along with PUA and FPUC, CARES act provisions that need to be extended and expanded to provide sufficient unemployment benefits to displaced workers, including 1099 independent contractors (#ExtendPUA). It all happens Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight.

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NAMM Urges Members to Contact Congress to Support Critical Live Event Industry Relief 

CARLSBAD, CA – NAMM is issuing an urgent call-to-action to all industry professionals to contact their Members of Congress NOW to support the RESTART Act (S.3814). The bill would provide provisions for the hardest-hit businesses to access additional PPP funds, long term, low-interest loans, and supplemental unemployment insurance to assist the hundreds of thousands of creative industry service workers impacted by the pandemic.

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FOH engineer Johnny Torchy at the CL5

Spat Revolution Drives Immersive Mix for Neko Light Orchestra

TOULOUSE, France – For French melodic rockers Neko Light Orchestra’s eighth anniversary show, live sound engineer Johnny Torchy drove an L-Acoustics Kara/Kiva system with a Yamaha CL5 console equipped with a Rio 3224D I/O box bringing in 60 inputs. System connectivity was via a Dante DVS network, with a MacBook Pro running FLUX:: Immersive Spat Revolution.

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