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4-9-07 The Show Syndicate has just finished a pair of events at Target Center. First we provided audio and lighting for The Taste of the Timberwolves charity event. Then we provided a light rig for yet another boxing event. The big difference was that this event was broadcast on Showtime for their ShoBox series. Check out the pics. 3-12-07 Here we go again. The Show Syndicate has finished a number of shows already this year. We have also completed the 2007 Carlson meeting. Check out the pics. Finally we provided lights and video for The music of Led Zeppelin again. The addition of video this year made the show a resounding success. Pics here. Check back soon to see the what else we have purchased and shows we have done... 1-30-07 Well, its a new year and The Show Syndicate is off to a running start. We continue our cap-ex project with the addition of even more LED pars and some new video equipment. Call or email us for an up to date price list. We also completed our first event of 2007. Chris, once again, took a lighting rig into Target Center for a boxing event. A record crowd for an event of this type was in attendance as Matt Vanda unsuccessfully challenged Tony Bonsante for the Minnesota title. 12-19-06 The Show Syndicate continues its Cap-Ex purchases for 2006. We now have a complete lighting system. After sending all three of us to LDI we decided what to purchase and have been buying like mad. The Show Syndicate now owns an ETC Express 24/48, 3 Dove shoebox dimmers, an NSI 16/32 channel console, 6 ETC Source 4 Junior Zooms, 2 ETC Source 4 26 degree lekos, a set of LED Par 64’s, and 2 15’ crank-up lighting trees, all complete with cables and cases. Look for all of this new gear on a show near you. 09-18-06 The Show Syndicate has completed a number of shows in the past month. The MHA Awards for Vertical Video, The Carlton Awards for Slang Productions, and ClearWay Minnesota for Triad Productions. We have also doubled our inventory of Mackie SRM-450 speakers and added 2 Pioneer DVD-V7400 Industrial DVD players. Call for pricing and availability. 08-28-06 The Show Syndicate has just finished this year’s annual NACR sales meeting for The Sullivan Group. Special thanks to producer Brian Sullivan for letting us work on this inspiring event again. Pics HERE. 07-19-06 EVEN MORE GEAR!!! The Show Syndicate has completed yet another equipment purchase. We have completed our audio rig, including more EQ, cable, subsnakes, a 24 channel main snake, cases, and a rack. We also purchased 4 new Acer 17” hi-res LCD monitors and a plethora of DVI cable with 2 DVI DA’s. Plus, Bret just purchased a brand new Allen and Heath GL2400 mixer. I know what you are thinking... how can they haul all this new stuff around? Well guess what, we also bought a van. Look for the first installment in The Show Syndicate’s fleet on a show near you. 06-05-06 Lots of News! The Show Syndicate has just finished a pair of shows with Escena Productions and Slang Productions for 3m and Best Buy. Check out the pics. Also, we have recently upgraded The BEHEMOTH (our show computer). It now features a 512mb primary video card and a 256mb secondary card. Look for new gear purchases soon. 04-24-06 MORE GEAR!! Yep thats right The Show Syndicate has purchased even more equipment. We just took shipment on some new Magenta Research CAT 5 converters. We have 3 of the UTX Universal Transmitters and 5 of the AK500 Recievers. Call or email for rental rates and availability. 03-21-06 Kyle is back from Rochester after providing video for NCD EFree youth ministries conference. His 7th year on this show, Kyle really outdid himself in the graphics department. Check out the PICS. 03-03-06 The Show Syndicate is back in the office after 5 days at the Radisson Plaza Minneapolis working with Carlson Companies on their national meeting. This is the second year in a row we have worked with Marty Masterjohn of Digital Presentation Services on this show. Its hard to beleive that we crammed 360 feet of truss in a room thats only 110’ x 45’ with 14’ ceilings and no rigging points. Look PICS!! 01-30-06 The Show Syndicate recently provided a lighting rig for The Music of Led Zeppelin featuring The Minnesota Orchestra. This event, in the US Bank Theatre at Target Center was a resounding success. Chris, with the help of Jim Sorby, put togther a 120k par rig with 8 Martin Mac 2ks for this show. Check out the pics. 01-06-06 Check out our new videos page. You can check out videos of some of our shows. 01-05-06 Well, its 2006 and The Show Syndicate is off to a running start. We have lots of big plans for this year including some big shows and hopefully some more equipment purchases. Stay tuned and keep an eye out for us on a show site near you. 12-11-05 The Show Syndicate just finished the KDWB Jingle Ball 2005. This year we added our new dedicated graphics computer (The BEHEMOTH) for ArKaos and a 12’ Jimmy Jib. The show looked great and went off without a hitch. Artists this year included The Click Five, Rihanna, The Pussycat Dolls, Gavin Degraw, Frankie J, and Ashley Simpson. Check out the pics here. 12-06-05 The Show Syndicate has been super busy getting ready for KDWB Jingle Ball 2005. Check back for pics next week. We also just purchased a high power graphics computer for Kyle. With dual 64-bit AMD processors and a 256MB PCI express video card this new machine runs ArKaos like it was nothing. Its pretty sweet. Also, don’t forget about our annual Holiday party on Wednesday Dec 16th. Hopefully we’ll have a great turn out this year, as we are looking forward to seeing all of you. 11-14-05 Chris just returned from his first trip to LDI. An excellent chance to network and learn about new products, it was a worthwhile investment for The Show Syndicate. 11-10-05 The Show Syndicate just finished a project with The Sullivan Group out of Chicago. We put together a full package for the NACR sales conference at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. Hopefully this is just the beginning of our relationship with The Sullivan Group. Here are the PICS. 11-09-05 If you look very closely you may notice that “the guy” has finally quit smoking. Hypnosis really works wonders... 10-05-05 The Show Syndicate has purchased some more equipment. We have doubled our inventory of Mackie powered speakers and have acquired some spandex panels. We now have two 10’ by 10’ four pointed panels and an 18’ by 20’ six-pointed panel. All three are white, flame retardant spandex from Rose Brand. Call today for rental pricing. 10-20-05 The Show Syndicate has just finished yet another show with Escena Productions. WOmens Leadership Forum, or WOLF, took place at the State theatre in Minneapolis and included a special concert/ speaking engagement with Melissa Etheridge. An inspirational event, it went off without a hitch. Check out the PICS, and pay particular attention to the un-orthodox use of confetti cannons at AVHQ’s warehouse. 09-27-05 The Show Syndicate volunteered it’s time and effort on Sunday September 25th to “Restoring the Rhythm - A Benefit for Hurricane Katrina” at Target Center. Chris designed a lighting rig, Bret scheduled the crew and Kyle built all of the sponsor support graphics. With a crew of 10 volunteers and equipment from AVHQ, The Show Syndicate helped raise over $20,000 to help Second Harvest and the Tipitina Foundation in New Orleans. A festival style music show, the event featured Big Daddy Bullfrog, Tim Mahoney, Chris Hawkey, Some-Burbs, Dave Pirner, and the Violent Femmes. We brought in a lighting rig, 2 screens and switching for a 3 camera shoot. Check out the PICS. Very special thanks go out to our crew:
08-01-05 The Show Syndicate is back in town after several days in Red Wing, MN working on the 100th Anniversary Celebration for Red Wing Shoes. Bret was TD and Chris was LD in the performance tent. Kyle was the projectionist for the screens in the tent as well as the 100’ wide water screen. It was a harrowing set-up but the show went fantastically well! Check out the pics in the PICS page. The event is featured in the October issue of Entertainment Design (www.entertainmentdesignmag.com) but of course there is no mention of us... 07-01-05 The Show Syndicate has made some relatively large purchases in the past month. We now own a small Mackie PA and two Yamaha O1V digital audio consoles. We also purchased a large format, full color plotter along with a new print/ file server. Now we have the ability to print out 24” x 36” plots and show pics in full color from any printer in the office. 06-01-05 There have been some big changes at The Show Syndicate lately. We recently bought out our two production partners, Jason Smith and Sue Lang. After almost a year we all decided that we would be better served as separate entities. We will still collaborate with them on shows but are no longer officially affiliated. |
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