October Press
JBL VerTec Out & About At The NRL & World Masters Games
October
Where has VerTec been lately? The class leading acoustical power output of JBL VerTec makes them the ideal choice for high-profile applications. We take a look at two recent high profile events – NRL Grand Final and The World Masters Games – which both utilized JBL VerTec systems.
find out more ...Jands@Home Update
October
Jands has just completed the final leg of Jands@Home for the calendar year, and going by the response we got we’ll be doing another round in 2010!So far we’ve been to Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, with future plans to hit these cities again in the first half of next year, and possibly even further afield. If you didn’t get along to the open days this round, make sure you keep an eye on your email in the New Year for when we may be back again with more new toys to play with!
find out more ...20,000 Bees Make JBL Their Home!
October
The following was discovered by The P.A. People while undertaking upgrades at the Sydney Olympic Park. After the beekeeper had dispersed an estimated 20,000 bees from around a JBL-MS115 installed in the common area of the Sydney Olympic Park, this speaker revealed a very interesting sight. No longer working, on closer inspection what looked like honeycomb material, turned out to be exactly that! 40kg of honey was extracted from the speaker.
find out more ...Vari*Lite & ETC Are Wicked
October
You probably know someone who made the trek to see Wicked in Melbourne, but now the wildly popular musical has made its way to Sydney setting up home at the Capitol Theatre. The lighting design of Wicked is the work of Kenneth Posner who won a Tony Award for his effort. Kenneth opts for a Vari*Lite rig.
find out more ...The OB Group Rave About Clear-Com
October
The OB Group specialise in providing outside broadcast facilities for television with the majority of their work being sports. Managing director Colin Rothenberg is a long term fan of Clear-Com having used Clear-Com intercom systems for the past eighteen years. “It was the first programmable talkback that I used and I haven’t changed since!”
find out more ...CUB Malthouse Takes An ETC Ion 1000
October
CUB Malthouse is the home of the Malthouse Theatre Company renowned for its dedication to the development, production and promotion of Australian theatre. The venue had been serviced by Strand consoles that, as they aged, had started to fail and so the decision was made to purchase a new console.
find out more ...JBL VerTec Masters the World Master Games
October
During October Sydney played host to the 2009 World Masters Games in which 25 000 people from more than 100 countries came together to compete in 28 sports at 72 venues across the city. The Opening Ceremony for the Games was held at ANZ Stadium with Jands Production Services providing the audio gear and crew.
find out more ...Soundcraft, JBL & Crown Backs Festinho Festival
October
Boutique fund raiser for Jimmy Page's Action for Brazil's Children. Take a charity founded by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, the expanding Festinho 2009 weekend fund-raising celebration of Brazilian music to support it, and sponsorship from Soundcraft, JBL and Crown and you have a recipe for a highly successful event.
find out more ...Element At The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
October
For the third year running, ETC supplied lighting control systems to Universal Arts in three of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s leading venues. This time, production manager Anthony Newton talked on camera about his experiences. Freelance journalist Sarah Rushton Read compiled a video blog of her trip to the month-long festival in Scotland, and spoke to him about his use of ETC’s newest console, Element™. You can find the interview on YouTube
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