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Lorie Line Accompanies Pop Chamber Orchestra on Latest Tour
BUENA PARK, CA — Pianist Lorie Line is
currently performing over 80 concerts on the
Glory of Christmas tour, accompanied by the
Pop Chamber Orchestra. This year’s tour is
centered on Line’s concert grand piano and
features many traditional Christmas carols.
The audio system, provided by Reach Communications,
includes 14 NEXO GEO S1210
boxes for the main line array with two S1230s
positioned eight per side, along with 24 GEO
S8s for the side hangs.
NEXO Alpha S2s are used for subs, PS 8,
10, 15 Series for side fills and monitor wedges,
PS 8s for front fills, two NX242, NXES4 and
NX241 are used for processing along with five
PS-TDV2 controllers. A Yamaha M7CL-48 digital
audio console is used for front of house
mixing by Scottie Pakulski, accompanied by
Reach Systems Tech Matt Dellwo, and a Yamaha
DM1000 is used by Monitor Engineer
Todd Behrens.
The tour production staff was looking
to move to a line array with 75–80 degree
horizontal coverage rather than point-source
boxes,” states Dan Brown of Reach Communications.
“I knew the NEXO cabinets fit their
specs, and that the new GEO S12 cabinets
would compete very favorably with other
speakers in the same category. In my opinion,
the GEO S12 is much smoother in the highs.”
“Our experience with the earlier GEO S8
product was highly favorable in many different
venues,” adds Mark Brown. “For this
reason, we were looking at the GEO S12 as a
Association for Manufacturing Excellence Tours Crown
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Founded in 1985, AME, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping companies with
continuous improvement and their pursuit
of excellence, annually holds an international
conference, one of the highlights being the
opportunity to tour a variety of leading manufacturing
and service facilities. The most recent
AME conference was held at the Chicago Hilton
& Towers in November, and even though
tour sites are seldom located more than an
hour’s drive from the conference, nearly three
dozen attendees chose to travel twice that distance
in a bus to Elkhart, Ind., to see Crown.
According to the visitors, who came from
respected companies as diverse as Boeing,
Honeywell, Volvo, Hallmark, John Deere, Oral-B,
Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, HON, Z Corp
and Raytheon among others, there were five
key manufacturing aspects that most impressed
them. These included: computer displays of
work instructions, preventative maintenance
and drawings on press brakes; training videos at
workstations for all shifts; Crown’s training center;
the overall cleanliness of the factory; and the
employee culture of continuous improvement,
organization and minimal downtime.
Following the factory tour, Q&A session and
overview of Crown’s lean manufacturing evo-
lution, which since 2001 has consolidated 11
batch-and-queue lines into two manufacturing
cells and two assembly cells, as well as reduced
lead time from five days down to only 12 hours.
AME’s Jeff Albrecht presented Crown Senior VP
of Operations Larry Coburn with a plaque “in
recognition of [Crown’s] commitment on their
journey to excellence.”
“It was quite an honor for Crown to be chosen
as one of the AME tour sites this year,” notes
Coburn. “Selected companies such as Toyota,
Ford and Boeing, which have all been toured in
the past, are the ‘Who’s Who’ in manufacturing.
The way to tell that you’re doing well is recognition
from outside experts, and we are very
proud of that recognition.”
AME tours are valuable in that they allow
participants to benefit from the unique
experiences of the host sites. By personally
seeing how other manufacturers have successfully
taken measures to become more efficient,
improve quality, minimize employee
turnover and so on, those concepts can then
be taken away by visitors and implemented
in their own operations. AME tours also facilitate
cross-industry networking, further helping
companies share knowledge and learn
from each other.
step-up for larger venues, but with the same
NEXO GEO sound quality and design features
including similar rigging versatility. A major
decision maker in timing our purchase was
the introduction of the full line of NEXO GEO
S12 cabinets, including the GEO S1230 cabinet
(30-degree array module), which serves
as the bottom cabinet in most of our array
configurations for the S12 rig.”
After hearing the GEO S8 system on other
shows, Dan Brown explains that Pakulski
was sold on the NEXO GEO S 12 system. “Being
able to easily change the rigging is just
another plus with the S12 cabinets,” notes
Brown. “It lets you have a very versatile cabinet
that can be used in many situations with
minimal changes.”
Cofounder/Vice President of Mid-
America Sound Corporation Dies
GREENFIELD, IN — Robert D. King
II, 54, cofounder and vice president
of Mid-America Sound Corporation in
Greenfield Ind., passed away Dec. 29,
2007.
Rob and partner Kerry Darrenkamp
founded Mid-America 26 years ago. In
the 1970s and early 80s, Rob was the
company’s head monitor engineer and
earned the respect and admiration of
many national artists of the time for
his acute mixing abilities, professionalism
and gentle nature.
As vice-president, Rob was instrumental
in the growth and success of
Mid-America Sound. In his off time, he
enjoyed fishing, spending time with
his grandchildren and riding his Honda
Gold Wing. He will be greatly missed.
Monitor Engineer Todd Behrens, FOH Engineer Scottie Pakulski
and REACH Systems Tech Matt Dellmo for pianist Lorie Line’s
the Glory of Christmas tour
“I love the clarity and intelligibility of the
Yamaha console and NEXO system,” notes
Pakulski.
Heil, Lectrosonics Join Forces
With New Wireless Products
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which eliminates the effects of companding.
The new UTPR20 will have a distinctive
look when compared to the standard
UT transmitters in the Lectrosonics line. The
UTPR20 employs Heil’s grill basket and capsule
identifier ring. At the foot of the transmitter,
it features a gold-colored battery
access ring to match the unit’s overall color
scheme. Featuring 100 mW RF power that
facilitates long-range application usage, 256
synthesized frequencies and full compatibility
with Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless
and analog receivers.
Lectrosonics will showcase the new
UTPR20 at Winter NAMM in January 2007 and
anticipates delivery of this product in February
2007. MSRP is estimated at $1.695.
CORRECTION
In the December The Biz column,
we refer to the new Prudential Center in
Newark, N.J., as the “Presidential Center.”
Which, as one former president might say
was “Not Prudent.”
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