ROME — As many as 750,000 fans packed Rome’s Piazza San Giovanni for the 23rd annual 1st May concert. Limelite, working with the event’s producer, Anyway srl, provided lighting, video and audio support for the eight-hour RAI-televised event, including Outline GTO and Butterfly systems.
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HAMPDEN, ME — Shaken by the arson/suicide of the son of a former pastor that destroyed their church in Winterport, ME in May 2011, the members and leadership of Calvary Apostolic Church are currently meeting for services in a temporary location here, with hopes to eventually rebuild on the original site.
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DELRAY BEACH, FL — Wireless Systems Group specified and installed a new sound system for the amphitheater that’s part of the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center here. Working with the facility’s staff, Craig Downey, Wireless Systems Group president, provided a Turbosound Flex Array paired with an iLive digital mixing desk.
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KUALA LUMPUR — Digital Aid, a.k.a. D8, recently become an L-Acoustics Rental Network Agent with the purchase of a KUDO WST line source system with SB28 subwoofers from local distributor Sennheiser Electronic Asia.
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MEXICO CITY — In support of Vive Latino, a three-day music festival here on three stages, Ruben Alvarez with Representaciones de Audio handled frequency coordination. He credited the new Axient Wireless Microphone System and the PSM 1000 and PSM 900 personal monitoring systems from Shure for helping overcome challenges posed by the various wireless systems used by all the performers and media assembled for the event.
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EVANSTON, IL — For 2012 PhilFest at Northwestern University, Sound Works Productions provided NEXO and Yamaha gear to support performances by Big Daddy Love and Paper Thick Walls.
Read More »THURLES, Ireland — Star Systems deployed an RCF TTL33-A active line array at Thurles Greyhound Stadium to support a concert featuring The Saturdays in early June. It was the largest RCF system ever rigged in Ireland.
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands — Story Sound BV, based here and led by Michael Story, is an early adopter of Harman’s JBL VTX line array series. The company recently purchased 24 V25 line array elements and 26 S28 arrayable subwoofers, plus a variety of Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. This is largely to accommodate the increasing amount of theater work the company is now supporting with sound design and reinforcement.
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SEATTLE — Symetrix founder Dane Butcher has taken on the role of chairman after holding the position of CEO since he founded the company in 1976. Paul Roberts, veteran VP of sales & marketing with Symetrix, steps in as the company’s new CEO. The company noted that, because Butcher and Roberts have worked together for so many years, the transition is expected to take place with a “high degree of continuity.”
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MIDDLETOWN, MD — Although fire had caused some damage to the sanctuary at the United Church of Christ here, the damage was limited in scope, and the repairs mostly included the need for new wiring. The church leadership called in Audio-Video Group of Frederick, Maryland to redesign and upgrade their sound system as part of the renovation.
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TORONTO — Eddy Shenker, co-chairman of Jam Industries Ltd., died June 11, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. He was 70. Shenker and Marty Golden formed Jam Industries in the early 1970s. It began as Erikson Music, with less than $1 million in sales. Today, Jam Industries is a $225 million-plus company with 13 Canadian and U.S. divisions.
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RIO RANCHO, NM – It’s no secret that water and electronics aren’t a ‘match made in Heaven,’ and yet location sound professionals frequently find themselves having to contend with wet surroundings. Compound those water-logged environments with saltwater, heavy surf, wind, and ice and the prospect of acquiring production level sound becomes all that much more daunting. For Doug Stanley, 7-year producer and director of photography for Discovery Channel’s show Deadliest Catch, this sort of production issue might very well be viewed as just another day at the office—thanks to his Lectrosonics wireless microphone equipment.
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