RICHLAND, WA — CCI Solutions designed and installed a new sound system for Columbia Community Church, which had completely remodeled its multi-venue, 1,800-capacity church facility here. The P.A. system centers on a pair of Tannoy VQNET 100 loudspeakers and a VNET 215HL subwoofer flown between them.
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TROIS- RIVIÈRES, Quebec, Canada — An annual telethon broadcast live by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s French Public Television Network enlisted the services of L’Audi-C Sonorisation, based here. The 54th Noel du Pauvre fundraiser took place at the Salle J. Antonio Thompson Theater in Trois- Rivières.
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LONDON — EMI held its annual Brits after show party on board the Silver Fleet’s Silver Sturgeon, a river cruiser on the Thames. SW19, the production arm of London’s newest rehearsal, production and storage facility – provided both technical and logistical support for the Feb. 20 event.
Read More »NEW YORK — WorldStage, the new brand for Scharff Weisberg and Video Applications, Inc., has acquired Riedel Communications’ Artist 64 Digital Matrix Intercom system.
Read More »COLUMBUS, OH — The Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater within nine-acre Columbus Commons Park, has been using Shure UHF-R wireless microphone systems provided by locally-based pro audio company Live Technologies. Since it opened last year, the venue has hosted Michael McDonald, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Offspring, Josh Kelley, Tonic, and Peabo Bryson, among others. The outdoor park, an urban renewal project at the site of a former mall that had been demolished, opened with a temporary stage in 2011. The Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion opened a year later.
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PASADENA, CA — One Night with Janis Joplin returned to the Pasadena Playhouse recently for a four-week stint. Sound Associates designed the audio system, which includes a setup at monitors with 15 VUE a-8 two-way systems powered by five Lab.gruppen FP3400 series amplifiers. A Yamaha M7CL48 at the FOH position delivers a total of 10 discrete mixes to the to the stage monitors.
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COSTA MESA, CA — QSC promoted Gina Bergmann, David Fuller and Ray van Straten. Bergmann, pictured here, is now senior director, Sales Operations and US Sales; Fuller is now senior director, International Sales and Technical Marketing; and van Straten is now senior director, Marketing Communications and Training & Education.
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ANDERSON, IN — Associated Controls + Design (ACD) of Indianapolis worked with Daktronics on the installation of an acoustical banner hoist system within York Perfomance Hall at Anderson University here recently. The system lets a single operator control multiple banners simultaneously with multiple targets; there are 15 acoustic banners at the venue.
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DETROIT — Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, are once again rolling across the U.S. with two months of arena shows between February and April. Along for the ride are opening acts Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory. Sound Image is once again supporting the tour with an L-Acoustics K1 system.
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ORLANDO, FL — Encore Broadcast Solutions and Atlantic Professional Audio (APA) provided a Turbosound Flex Array system for the new 3,000-seat, stadium-style sanctuary opened on a new campus by Orlando’s Faith Assembly of God Church.
Read More »NEW YORK — Hanan, a multi-instrumentalist who is particularly noted for his guitar performances, is now touring as a band member for Alicia Key’s Set The World On Fire tour. The lead guitarist recently lauded Harman’s AKG WMS4500 wireless system for its ability to effectively convey his virtuosity to audiences around the world.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — “We would like to reinvent fundraising night,” said Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to the Las Vegas Review Journal, explaining why six of the seven venues hosting Cirque productions would go dark on Friday, March 22. The day is designated “World Water Day” by the One Drop foundation, a charity Laliberte founded to save lives among the world’s poor with sustainable clean water and sanitation systems.
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