Albany, N.Y. — For nearly six decades, the city of Albany has marked the arrival of spring with the annual Tulip Festival, a three-day gala in historic Washington Park. Aside from more than 200,000 namesake flowers in myriad colors and varieties, the annual event features multiple stages with live entertainment on the first two days.
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GAINESVILLE, GA — Danley Sound Labs is happy to announce the creation of a national sales manager position and the recruitment of pro audio veteran Joel Moak to fill it. Moak will take on many of the national sales duties that had previously been distributed among Danley's existing staff. In addition, Moak will travel extensively to demo the Danley line.
Read More »FAIRFAX, VA — InfoComm International, host of professional AV exhibitions and NSCA, a trade association for the electronics systems contracting industry, have announced a cooperative effort to consolidate industry events for both the professional AV and electronics systems industry.
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HILLSIDE, NJ -— The NJ Nets recently commissioned Wireworks Corp., manufacturer of audio/video cabling systems, to create custom breakout boxes that would provide power, video feed and statistics to three separate courtside suites located at the Continental Airlines Arena.
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NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA — Sound Image is providing the live audio system for the current Gwen Stefani world tour, “The Sweet Escape.”
A massive stage set, cutting-edge lighting, LCD image surfaces and video support systems all contribute to the sophisticated show, which highlights a five piece backing band and project’s Stefani’s personality with advanced stagecraft techniques such as a larger-than-life throne that elevates the artist during a featured production number.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA — Sound Art Calgary, Inc. deployed a wide range of equipment from Electro-Voice for the Calgary Stampede, one of the largest outdoor rodeos in the world, attracting well over a million visitors in July.
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC — Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil and Meyer Sound have enjoyed a fruitful relationship since the early 1990s for numerous productions including Corteo in 2005. Now, Cirque du Soleil has chosen the company as sound equipment supplier for the new show KOOZA, which debuted in April in Montreal.
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OLD LYME, CT — Norah Jones and the Handsome Band, together with longtime FOH engineer Lee Moro, are using Neumann microphones, Sennheiser's evolution 900 Series, evolution wireless 300 Series instrument systems and 300 Series personal monitor systems for her worldwide tour.
Read More »LAS VEGAS —Nominations for the 2007 Parnelli Awards are now being accepted at www.parnelliawards.com/nominate. Since 2001, the Parnelli award has recognized pioneering and influential individuals and their contributions to the live event industry, honoring both individuals and companies. Nominees for all categories, including Lighting Designer, Set/Scenic Designer, Lighting Company, Staging Company, FOH Mixer, Sound Company and more are now being accepted at www.parnelliawards.com/nominate.
Read More »NEW YORK — Russell Johnson, the founder of Artec Consultants and widely acknowledged as one of the world’s top theatre designers and acousticians, died on Tuesday, August 7, at his apartment in New York City.
During his 50-year career, Johnson focused on research and consulting in the design, theatre planning, and acoustics of buildings for the performing arts.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT— Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is reporting an 18.7 percent increase in turnover for the 2006 financial year. With sales up by 18.7 percent, the Sennheiser Group has exceeded the 14.8 percent growth it enjoyed in 2005.
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WIESBADEN, GERMANY — Five open-air concerts in Germany gave fans a chance to hear R&B legend Lionel Richie perform live this summer. Satis&Fy of Werne and an Electro-Voice X-Line system took care of the sound for the tour.
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