OSHKOSH, WI – Heavy metal rang through the valley here July 12-14 at Rock USA. Precise Corporate Staging once again provided audio gear from L-Acoustics for artists including Motley Crue, Kid Rock, Shinedown, Tesla, Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead and Skid Row.
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CHICAGO — Harpo Studios recently completed their multi-city Lifeclass tour stops in Toronto, New York and St. Louis. They produced two-hour live and two-hour taped talk shows featuring Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Iyanla Vanzant and Bishop T.D. Jakes.
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BOWLING GREEN, KY — Bruce Bossert of Nashville-based Mid-Coast & Performance Audio, Inc. provided a Meyer Sound JM-1P system for Hillvue Heights Church, based here. Members of the congregation remarked on the noticeable change shortly after the system was activated.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — Fair St. Louis, a free festival held July 4, 5 and 7 beneath the iconic St. Louis Arch, included air shows, fireworks displays and musical guests Heart, Third Eye Blind and Dierks Bentley. Stanco Productions supported the event with Martin Audio gear.
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TINLEY PARK, IL — Live Nation recently hired Clearwing Productions to update the audio system used for the 18,000-capacity sloped lawn area that extends outward from the 10,000-seat First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre here. After checking the area with L-Acoustics’ Soundvision modeling software, the Clearwing crew provided 42 L-Acoustics KARA enclosures for the outdoor space.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems recently held a “Pie in the Face” fundraiser for the United Way of Dane County. Nine employees, dressed in outfits ranging from plastic ponchos to tuxedos, took their coworkers best shots and smiled throughout.
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Robert Schoneman, a production manager at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, which encompasses the 2,100-seat Belk Theater and the 434-seat Booth Playhouse, spoke recently about the center’s reliance upon Lectrosonics’ Digital Hybrid wireless technology.
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SEATTLE, WA —Behringer has dispatched a fleet of branded trucks promoting its focused ProZone line of products aimed at production and rental companies, AV and professional sound reinforcement applications. ProZone products include the company’s X32 Digital Console, S16 Digital Stagebox, P16 Personal Monitoring System, ELX Vertical Line Array Speakers and iNUKE High-Power Amplifiers.
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BEAVERTON, OR — The AVnu Alliance introduced its certification logo for devices that have passed its tests for AVB interoperability. The logo is designed to help users easily identify interoperable devices.
Read More »NEW YORK — Sennheiser is presenting its RF Wireless Sound Academy Seminar Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Musicians Union Local 802, 322 W 48th St., New York. The event will be led by Joe Ciaudelli and Volker Schmitt. Participants completing the course are eligible for six InfoComm CTS RU credits. The $199 fee includes continental breakfast, full lunch, workshop materials and a $50 rebate on Sennheiser and Neumann gear.
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JACKSONVILLE, OR — George Relles Sound supported the Britt Festivals here in early July with some of the first Meyer Sound 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements to be shipped. The linear bass reinforcement element bolstered the low-end, working with MICA line arrays for performers including Ben Harper, Donald Fagan, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs.
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LAS VEGAS — This is the last full week for FRONT of HOUSE readers to vote for regional finalists in the 2012 Hometown Hero awards competition. Aug. 1 is also the deadline for nominating products for Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards. Along with regional bragging rights, the six Hometown Hero finalists (one for each of five U.S. regions, and one for all of Canada) will find their place on the final Parnelli ballot, which is due to go online in early September.
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