DANVILLE, CA — Graham Cooper at Leo’s Professional Audio headed up the audio crew that tackled the challenge of improving the sound system at The Village Theater, a 245-seat venue that’s been a fixture here for more than 150 years. Working with Rocky Giannetti from Fault Line Sales, Cooper specified Tannoy VX 8, VS 15BP and VX 12 loudspeakers.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — Sound engineer James “Jimbo” Neal recently chose a pair of VUE Audiotechnik h-15 active systems for the final leg of the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s Christmas Extravaganza tour. Neal’s objective was to augment the existing Sound Image stage monitors with a compact, high-output side fill system.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Maryland Sound International’s (MSI) Matt Snyder knows as well as just about anyone that the White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony involves more than a mere flip of a switch. MSI has handled sound for the event for the past decade, and Snyder has been involved for 23 years of the White House’s 90-year tree-lighting tradition.
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LOS ANGELES — FOH engineer Jeff Peterson has been using a DiGiCo SD5 console at FOH for some high-profile televised events recently, including CNN’s Heroes: An All-Start Tribute (pictured here) and Spike TV’s Video Game Awards (pictured below).
SEATTLE — Symetrix has been an active participant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Program for 25 years — which is more than long enough for some of the original recipients of the toys in the early years of Symetrix’s sponsorship of the program to grow up and join the Marine Corps themselves. The program collects new, unwrapped toys each year to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in local communities.
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KELOWNA, BC, Canada — In late 2012, Willow Park Church presented the 21st annual “Living Nativity” holiday production. Along with the efforts of more than 500 volunteers, the annual presentation has long relied upon Countryman Associates’ E6 Omni Earset microphones. The mics are also used for the church’s weekly worship services.
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NEW YORK — Jose Luis Perales’ monitor engineer, Miguel Arbo, and FOH engineer, Miguel Torroja, are currently touring with the artist in support of his most recent album, Calle Soledad. Arbo credited the myMix personal monitoring system from Movek as a valuable addition to the tour.
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ROSEMONT, IL — LiveSpace, a design/build firm based in Michigan, has specified Midas PRO2 consoles for use in several of Toby Keith-branded outlets serving up food, drink and live music. The outlets are called Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, after the singer’s 2003 hit, “I Love This Bar.”
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DALLAS, Texas — After four years of holding services in its 2,100-seat interim worship center, Watermark Community Church, based here, has moved its congregation into a new 3,500-seat main sanctuary. Acoustic Dimensions once again served as the consultant for the client and once again specified an L-Acoustics KUDO loudspeaker system, which was installed by Clair Brothers Audio Systems.
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COLUMBUS, OH — The Ohio State Buckeyes football team, which recently finished an undefeated 2012 regular season, got an audible boost from its new Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. Representing the first-ever permanent LEO installation, the sound system filled 105,000-seat Ohio Stadium with both spoken word and music over the loud cheers of the crowd for all eight home games.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Theatre consulting firm Shalleck Collaborative, based here, specified L-Acoustics KIVA and KARA loudspeakers for six high schools overseen by California’s San Mateo Union High Schools District. The new and refurbished theaters are associated with Aragon, Burlingame, Capuchino, Hillsdale, Mills and San Mateo high schools.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — M&L Sound worked with Justin Haynes, contemporary worship director at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, based here, to upgrade the sound system. M&L Sound steered Haynes toward ISP Technologies’ High Definition Line (HDL) 2208. The installed system includes 18 of the HDL 2208s.
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