INDIANAPOLIS — On May 10, the Indiana State Fair Commission announced several changes in its management. Fairgrounds facilities manager Dave Hummel has retired and will be replaced by Ray Allison, who had been the fair’s director of safety and security. David Shaw has been named chief operating officer for the fairgrounds. Jessie Olvera is the fair’s new director of safety and security.
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VENICE, FL – Creative Sound Solutions general manager and co-owner Rob Robinson helped First Christian Church overcome audio challenges within its 500-capacity sanctuary with an installation of an X3-P compact line array from WorxAudio Technologies.
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COLUMBUS, OH — British indy band Gomez is hitting the road in 2012 in support of their most recent album, Whatever’s On Your Mind. Minding the controls in monitor world is their longtime engineer, Rob Elliott.
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NEW YORK — Paul Simon and Wynton Marsalis teamed up with special guests including Aaron Neville for three nights of live music at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Michael Conner, Paul Simon’s FOH engineer, handled the mixing duties, using a Studer Vista 5 and Soundcraft Vi6 for the performances, which required more than 100 inputs.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that Sound Image co-founders Dave Shadoan and the late Ross Ritto will be honored with the 2012 Parnelli Audio Innovator Award at the annual gala dinner here in Oct. 2012.
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GOODLETTSVILLE, TN — Danley Sound Labs Jericho JH-90s are used primarily for outdoor installations in stadiums and other big venues, but Scott Oliver, director of contracting and engineering at Professional Audio Solutions, Inc. took a pair of the JH-90s inside for an installation at the First Baptist Church of Goodlettsville, TN.
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AUSTIN, TX — The British Music Embassy returned for its fifth year at South by Southwest (SXSW), once again occupying Latitude 30 club. The March 12-17 lineup included Django Django, Maverick Sabre, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Jonquil, Ben Howard, Slow Club, Twin Atlantic, and Clock Opera. Cato Music supported the venue with gear from American Music and Sound (AM&S), including Turbosound, Allen & Heath and beyerdynamic products.
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HORSHAM, PA — DBS Audio Systems’ Dave Brotman provided a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeakers for Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church, which offers sermons and songs in Korean.
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NEW YORK — Audio engineer Jody Elff is supporting Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble tour with 4088 cardioid headset and 4061 omnidirectional miniature mics from DPA Microphones.
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NASHVILLE — When it was ready to upgrade the Meyer Sound MSL-3 loudspeaker system that had served the 2,472-seat Andrew Jackson Hall for more than two decades, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) here chose Meyer Sound again, this time a system based on the M’elodie line array loudspeaker.
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RALEIGH, NC — North Carolina State University’s athletic administration chose Davidson Audio Visual of Winston-Salem, NC to outfit the new Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium and renovated Paul Derr Track and Soccer Field with audio gear. Davidson AV, in turn, chose speakers from One Systems.
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NEW YORK, NY — Edwin Diaz, owner of E&A Sound, recently upgraded the audio system at The Latin Quarter (i.e., LQ) with D.A.S. Audio’s Aero 12A powered, two-way, mid-high line array modules. Diaz said the compact speakers proved a good fit with the club’s space constraints and high SPL needs.
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