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NORFOLK, VA – Randy Vaughan, 63, a charter NSCA member and president of AE Systems for 38 years, died Dec. 23 after a long illness. In announcing Vaughan's passing, NSCA credited Vaughan for his commitment to an industry, bringing his expertise, leadership and passion to both the commercial and residential electronic systems industry.

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA – Symetrix once again stepped up to be part of the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys each year to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in their community.

NEW YORK – Clair Brothers Audio Systems, has installed a new JBL line array system in New York's Beacon Theatre. The installation marks the third audio retrofit of an MSG-owned venue by Clair Brothers, which has also installed JBL VerTec line arrays in New York's Radio City Music Hall and the Chicago Theatre.

NEW YORK – Blues Traveler has performed more than 2,000 live shows in front of more than three million people in the last 23 years. After experimenting with different ways to preserve live shows on disc for the band's fans, FOH engineer Adam Fortin, who's been with the band since 2006, is now using a DiGiCo SD8 equipped with an RME MADIFace 56-track interface to multitrack 34 channels straight to a MacBook Pro with an Express port.

NEW YORK – The Juilliard School is picky about the students they accept – there are only about 800 undergraduate and graduate students in the renowned center for dance, drama, and music studies. Noted alumni include Patti LuPone, Van Cliburn, Wynton Marsalis and Henry Mancini. The Julliard School is also choosy about their gear, and Marc L. Waithe, chief audio engineer, has opted to use Earthworks microphones for close to a decade.

NEW YORK – Although many people consider Black Friday to be the official start of the Christmas frenzy, native New Yorkers will likely tell you that the holiday season doesn't truly kick off until the massive Christmas tree in Manhattan's Rockefeller Plaza has been lit.

ANAHEIM, CA – Along with the challenge of opening up five satellite campuses at the same time right before Christmas, Saddleback Church suddenly had a staggering need for custom cases. The organization is renting schools for Sunday services and religious education, so these churches had to roll in and out 52 Sundays a year.

WEDEMARK, Germany – The Supervisory Board for Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG recently approved a new global organizational structure separately targeting consumer electronics, professional systems and installed sound.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD and LATHROP, CA – After operating in southern California for more than 20 years, US Audio and Lighting added an office in Lathrop , CA earlier this year, and, along with that expansion, added four L-Acoustics LA-RAK touring racks, each with three LA8 amplified controllers, to its inventory of gear.