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YAMAHA PM1D SPREADS THE WORD WITH BILLY GRAHAM
LOUISVILLE, KY (June 27, 2001)—Toronto's Westbury
National Show Systems, LTD, recently provided sound reinforcement
for evangelist Billy
Graham's Greater Louisville Crusade, held June 21-24 at the University
of Louisville's 42,000-seat Papa
John's Cardinal Stadium, attracting crowds of up to 57,000. According
to Wilf Wagner, system engineer for Westbury, front of house and monitor
mix positions each featured a Yamaha PM1D
Digital Audio Mixing System, with an additional PM1D housed in CSP
Mobile Productions' Unit 6 remote broadcast truck. Westbury provided
an Electro-Voice MT System cabinets for the main PA, with SX, XI and
X-Array systems for fills and delays. Amplification included QSC Powerlight,
EX and PLX series. Despite stormy weather, all systems worked flawlessly,
according to Wagner. In addition to Mr. Graham, house engineer/sound
designer Bill Thrasher and monitor engineer Jeff Cowen handled mixing
duties for a variety of contemporary Christian performers which included
Kirk Franklin, dc Talk, Third Day, Jennifer Knapp, and Ricky Scaggs'
Kentucky Thunder Band, plus Graham favorites Michael W. Smith, George
Beverly Shea and the Gaither Vocal Band. Engineer Lance Vardis covered
audio/video remote mixing for CSP.
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