Performing Arts Centre Gets $324,000 Upgrade

Written by Peter McIntyre 107.5 KISSFM Monday, 18 August 2014 16:00

An upgrade is now complete at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre. It includes a new sound system, along with new HD TV's in the lobby, dressing rooms and green room. "The Centre's new sound system was installed over 2013-2014 and consists of a new stereo curvilinear Myer line array, a Turbosound onstage monitor system and a Digico SD9 sound console," says Brian van Wensem, Audience Development, at the PAC. Van Wensem says patrons and performers will enjoy the new HD TVs. "Broadcasting to these TVs is a new HD Closed-Circuit Camera portraying a clear picture of the stage to audience members watching from the lobby and performers watching for cues backstage," he says. Staff say new ticket scanners will be faster and more reliable, while patron safety will be further enhanced by new handrails and two new Automatic External Defibrillators, one in the lobby and another backstage. Some of the funds from the 324-thousand dollar upgrade have came from grants from all three levels of government including the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Regional District of North Okanagan.