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COLUMBUS, OH – Despite its hundreds of ministries, thousands of volunteer opportunities and congregation of approximately 8,000, Vineyard Church of Columbus strives to preserve a "small" church feel where members won't feel lost in the shuffle.

COSTA MESA, CA – Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa facilities manager John Jackson and sound department director Will Smith, who attended the NAB Show in 2010, upgraded the multi-facility campus' sound system with a DiGiCo SD8, DiGiRack and SD9 recently. Taidus Vallandi, technical sales manager for Group One, DiGiCo's U.S. distributor, assisted with the sale.

MONTREAL – Veteran FOH engineer Anthony Pitcher has been with pop-punk outfit Simple Plan for several touring seasons and uses Sennheiser wireless technology for the band's vocals and wireless PMs.

SACRAMENTO, CA – KNCI 105.1 FM's annual one-day Country in the Park music festival drew 11,000 to hear Dierks Bentley, Jack Ingram and others in a four-block-long area between the state capitol and the Sacramento River.

GEORGETOWN, TX – Loudspeaker manufacturer Fulcrum Acoustic and AV integration firm Ford Audio Video (Ford AV) teamed up for the first time to enhance the contemporary worship services of Main Street Baptist Church (MSBC). The church, which moved from a traditional sanctuary across the street, was looking for an audio system that could keep up with their energetic praise and worship style.

SAN FRANCISCO – Jonathan Novick and Michael Knowles, Live Sound co-chairs of the 129th AES Convention, have developed a program that promises to keep attendees up to date on some of the ways in which technology and the economy have affected the pro audio industry. These presentations will take place during the event, set for Moscone Center from Nov. 4-7, 2010.

NOTRE DAME, Indiana – Entering its sixth performance season, the $64 million DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame campus has recently upgraded the audio system for the Leighton Concert Hall. The technical crew is now using a Soundcraft Vi4 digital console with BSS Soundweb London digital signal processing.

SANT'OMERO, Italy – Sonique supported Bellimbusti Balneari (Beach Coxcombs), the summer tour for Elio e le Storie Tese, with a system that included 16 Proel Edge121SP subs, two Proel Edge15CXPB coaxial monitors, six Powersoft K10 amplifiers and four Powersoft K3  amplifiers – the same setup Sonique had used to support Milan-based rapper J-Ax's recent tour.

ATLANTA – Atlanta Sound and Lighting GM Scott Waterbury does not consider himself to be an "early adopter" – "I was slow getting into the digital realm," he said, citing sound quality as one reason why. But when Midas announced the release of its new PRO3 digital mixing console at the 2010 InfoComm Show, Atlanta Sound and Lighting was the first customer to place the order.

LAS VEGAS – After 20 years of sharing the stage together, including their much-heralded Last Rodeo tour, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn will be sharing another stage – the 2010 Parnelli Awards on Oct. 22 – to personally hand their longtime tour manager, Randy "Baja" Fletcher, his Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award.

ST. LOUIS, MO – St. Louis Audio Visual Inc. recently addressed some coverage challenges at Southgate Church with two WorxAudio TrueLine X3-P compact line array systems.