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Ralph Wilson Stadium, home to the Buffalo Bills NFL team, features a new Danley Sound Labs distributed loudspeaker and subwoofer system designed and installed by Anthony James Partners and Ronco Specialized.

Buffalo Bills Stadium Upgrades with Danley Horns

BUFFALO, NY — Management for Ralph Wilson Stadium, home to the Buffalo Bills NFL team, turned to Richmond, VA-based Anthony James Partners and  Ronco Specialized (Tonawanda, NY) to design and install a new sound system that would stand up to inclement weather and that would deliver clear, high-fidelity audio even on the windiest days. They chose a new Danley Sound Labs distributed loudspeaker and subwoofer system. Each of the four clusters consists of three Danley GH-60 Genesis Horns, a Danley SH-95 for center fill, four Danley SH-MINIs for fill right below the cluster, and two Danley TH-118 subwoofers. In addition, four Danley SH-64s (two at each end zone) provide additional coverage, and 35 Danley SH-Micros provide under-balcony coverage.

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Yamaha To Acquire Line 6

Yamaha To Acquire Line 6

CALABASAS, CA — Yamaha Corporation will acquire Line 6, Inc., the companies announced Dec. 20.  Yamaha will operate Line 6 as a wholly owned subsidiary with Line 6’s operations continuing as before and its management team remaining in place.  Takuya Nakata, president of Yamaha Corporation, lauded the deal, along with Line 6 CEO and president Paul Foeckler and Line 6 co-founder and chief strategy officer Marcus Ryle.

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Keyboards at Christmas featured 17 pianos at the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Steinway’s “Keyboards at Christmas” Event Heard via DPA Microphones

FORT WORTH, TX — Luke Byford, assistant director of musical productions for the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently miked 17 Steinway Grand Pianos for Keyboards at Christmas, a holiday show staged within a 3,500-capacity performance space at the school. Along with 51 d:vote 4099 Instrument Mics — three per piano — DPA loaned the school two d:facto Vocal Microphones for the soloists who accompanied the pianists.

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Pictured here, from left - Larry Fisher, Metro Sound & Lighting; and Neal Wallace, Event Pro, Inc.

Twin Cities Area Soundco Adds Yamaha CL5 to Arsenal

HASTINGS, MN — Event Pro Inc., based here, recently added a new Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console and Rio3224-D and 1608-D input/output boxes to their rental inventory. The purchase was facilitated by Metro Sound and Lighting, St. Paul, MN. Pictured here are, from left, Larry Fisher, Metro Sound & Lighting; and Neal Wallace, Event Pro, Inc.

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VUE Audiotechnik, which helped spread the word about the fund set up in Jim Lovell's memory, had its al-4 line array gear at the event.

NYC Tree Lighting Dedicated to Jim Lovell

NEW YORK — PRG has handled sound reinforcement for the annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony for more than two decades, and for the last 18 years, freelancer James Lovell, 58, has been an audio crew member as well. Lovell was on his way to New York to help with the setup for the 2013 ceremony when the Metro North passenger train he was riding on Dec. 1 derailed. Lovell was one of four passengers killed.

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38 Special

38 Special Cancels SeaWorld Concert Amid Controversy

ORLANDO, FL — The band 38 Special has followed Martina McBride, Willie Nelson, REO Speedwagon, Trisha Yearwood, Barenaked Ladies, Cheap Trick and Heart in cancelling their upcoming performance at Orlando’s SeaWorld amidst intense public pressure fueled by the documentary film Blackfish. 38 Special’s announcement came after more than 1,500 people signed a change.org petition to encourage artists to cancel on SeaWorld’s annual “Bands, Brew, and BBQ” concert series.

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Diane Gershuny

In Memoriam: Diane Gershuny, 1960-2013

LONG BEACH, CA — This week we were saddened to hear of the death of journalist and self-described “PR Maven” Diane Gershuny, who lost a lengthy battle with cancer last Monday. She was 53.

Unwilling to give up during her struggles with this disease, she nonetheless continued to create some great journalistic offerings including photos and articles in FRONT of HOUSE on last year’s Barbra Streisand tour and more recently, a detailed Production Profile on Taylor Swift’s “RED” tour in the September 2013 issue of FOH.

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