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Planting Lectrosonics Mics for Boxcar Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors

SAN FRANCISCO – Running sound for the Boxcar Theatre's musical show Little Shop of Horrors isn't like your typical musical Broadway production sound setup where all the action takes place on the stage. The show starts in the lobby of the theatre-where it's transformed into Mushnick's floral shop-and proceeds into the streets for "Skid Row." After Skid Row, the audience and cast are brought into the theatre. Organizing the multiple microphones to make all this take place is a major event in and of itself, and it wouldn't have happened without the wireless technology of Lectrosonics.

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World Changers Church Changes to DiGiCo Consoles

COLLEGE PARK, GA – Services conducted by noted author Dr. Creflo A. Dollar, founder of World Changers Church International (WCCI), reaches a local congregation of 8,500 within the church's dome-shaped sanctuary. It also gets broadcast to satellite locations worldwide. One thing that hadn't changed for close to three decades, however, was the church's reliance on entry-level analog consoles for live audio production – until recently, when the church upgraded to digital desks at FOH (DiGiCo SD7) and monitors (DiGiCo SD8).

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Ottawa Bluesfest Main Stage Collapses During Cheap Trick

OTTAWA – A squall knocked down the main stage overhead rig on the last day of the 12-day Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest on Sunday, July 17, about 20 minutes after Cheap Trick started performing. The band members and most of the crew were reported to be okay and no fatalities were reported, since the overhead truss and gear fell backward, away from the crowd, onto some trucks. But three people were hospitalized and released, including Sandy Sanderson, a truck driver for Cheap Trick, who sustained the most serious injuries.

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Voting for 2011 Hometown Hero Sound Companies Begins

LAS VEGAS – The nominations from FRONT of HOUSE readers are in, the regional finalists for the 2011 Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year awards competition have been chosen, and now it's time for you, the readers of FOH, to once again vote on the top regional sound company in five regions of the U.S. and Canada.

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