Two such recent shows celebrated Oklahoma's Centennial year - the first a concert by legendary singer Shirley Jones and the second the Boy Scouts of America's 2007 Centennial Camporee.
.Shirley Jones - the Academy Award-winning singer and actress most famous for her role in The Partridge Family - performed with the University of Central Oklahoma Symphonic Orchestra and Ballet Oklahoma, all on one stage for the University of Central Oklahoma's Broadway Tonight series Centennial concert event.
"The Rose State Performing Arts Theatre proved to be an excellent venue for this event," says Preston Williams of Cory's. "Drawing from our inventory of Cobra systems, we used five Cobra-2 Top boxes and three Cobra-4 Far boxes per side to throw top to bottom coverage into the tall, balconied room. Four Cobra PWH 18-inch subs provided an ample amount of low-end. Although there were over 70 microphones on stage, this show turned out to be relatively easy; all the performers are consummate professionals, and having the Midas and Klark Teknik equipment added real finesse to the mix with minimal tweaking."
The Boy Scouts of America Centennial Camporee at Lake Elmer Thomas Recreation Area, Lawton, OK, was another problem/solution proving ground for Cory's Cobra system. "This outdoor amphitheater event posed a couple of challenges that the Cobra system quickly addressed," says Williams. "We were unaware, going in, that the distance from FOH position to the stage was about 250ft. The stage was large too - about 72ft wide. We originally believed that we would need more PA to provide a more consistent coverage without hurting people in the front sections, but we soon realised that the system we'd brought - three Cobra-2 Tops, two Cobra-4 Fars, four PWH subs per side - would be more than ample.
"I was particularly impressed with the amount of low-end the PWH's were throwing out to FOH. There were 5000 people in that arena, and as it tuned out I had plenty of headroom in the PA. All the technical directors and lighting people were located at FOH and were happy with the amount of coverage provided by the Cobra system."
(Jim Evans)
