Visit any college town in the USA and you’ll encounter a timeless student tradition. The iconic college bar and eatery is more than just a place to unwind with a few drinks or a game a pool after class, it’s a place where lifelong memories and friendships are born. For students at Western Washington University, located about 90 miles north of Seattle, Bellingham Bar and Grill is a treasured favorite. This go-to hotspot offers craft beer, creative cocktails, tasty food, pool tables and a festive atmosphere, as well as a brand new VUE loudspeaker system from MZW Productions.
VUE Crosses the Finish Line with Bell Event Services
The 39th annual Redondo Beach 10k/5k race hosted thousands of costumed runners to kick off Super Bowl Sunday festivities. The race route took runners past some South Redondo Beach highlights, including King Harbor, The Esplanade, and Riviera Village. At the finish line in Seaside Lagoon, the Health & Fitness Expo attracted fitness enthusiasts with family activities, food and fitness industry vendors, and live music.
Bell specified a mono-hang array of 16x VUE al-4 elements, the top-12 configured to distribute audio to Expo guests, and the bottom four to light up the sidewalk and street for runners and onlookers. Tim Campbell, Bell Event Services audio/operations manager, had each box set at the same amplitude with no shading needed. The single array had an effective throw of more than 300 feet and reached the back of the Lagoon and beyond.
Norway-based avon VUE’s Their Second Decade
Charter distributors since VUE Audio’s inception, company founders attribute a great deal of their success to the professional quality of their product lines and VUE’s pristine reliability and configurability. In fact, avon was the first distributor outside the United States to take on the VUE brand.
“Our entire business is guided by the simple principle — ‘when quality matters’ — we realize everyone needs to make money, but our driving force is pristine audio first, and the rest will follow,” explained Edgar Andraa Lien, avon co-founder. “We have done business with the big boys before, and the difference with VUE is that we really are a team. We can discuss, hear and be heard. The gear list for our celebration proves that we are a hard-core high-quality audio company. VUE allows us to deliver more than typical sales propaganda that we experience with most companies.”
VUE Drops the Beat at Italian Music Festival in Palermo
In the Sicilian capital of Palermo, the fifth annual Beat Full Festival boasted a range of performances from hip-hop to electro-rock. Set on a one-and-a-half acre section next to the UNESCO World Heritage Zisa Cultural Site, the Festival featured a headline performance from the most-discussed Italian artist of 2017 — Gold and Platinum recording artist and master of the Italian rap/hip-hop scene, Ghali.
Under the masterful guidance of lead live sound engineer, Rosario “Saro” Tine, Sinergie Group provided system design and rental services for the Festival. This was Singergie’s second consecutive year providing audio services to the Festival and the 7th major deployment of their VUE arsenal during a very active 2017 Italian summer festival season.
VUE Brings Holiday Cheer to Oslo’s Dubliner Folk Pub
Well-known for its mix of ambiance, Irish fare and late-night live music, the Dubliner Folk Pub was in need of a sound system retrofit to deliver a more world-class sonic experience for its patrons and visiting acts. Centered around a live-stage area, the Pub hosts a wide array of local and international acts and boasts three separate themed bars, as well as an outdoor patio — a configuration that traditionally posed a variety of challenges for both coverage and sightlines.