Equip/Fac
Equip/Fac
Sound Enhancement - Memorial Auditorium
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, South Dakota Arts Educators Association, Southwest Minnesota Weaver's Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate Director for Access Opportunity Success program; Tom Wirt: artist, owner of Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Anne O'Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Reggie Gorter: vocalist, theatre, voice and dance teacher; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Lisa Bergh: Visual arts, arts administration; Tammy Grubbs: Visual, theatre; Maureen Keimig: Theatre; Brett Lehman: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board; Paula Nemes: Theatre, music; Janey Olney: Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Board.
ACHF Arts Access
The goal of this project is to enhance the quality of sound at Memorial Auditorium through the purchase and installation of a new sound board and to increase the capability for more microphones and monitor outputs for performing artists. As a result of this project, we expect that our audiences and artists will have a better concert experience in our facility. The successful installation of a new digital sound board and increased capacity for on stage microphones and monitors will be the measure of success for this project. The outcome will be documented through the purchase, installation and testing of the new equipment. The results will be tested by remaining performances in the season.
Once the new sound board was installed, it was operational within hours and used for two large scale productions within a month. Without this board and the additional equipment, it's conceivable that Dawson-Boyd Arts Association may have needed to rent sound equipment for both of these productions. Reports from sound board operators, audience members and performers were all positive.
Other, local or private