This year marks 30 years of business for Philadelphia, PA-based Sapsis Rigging. Noting that the company began in 1981 on a Friday the 13th, in the middle of a recession, company President and namesake Bill Sapsis says: “I figured, what the hell? I had nowhere to go but up, so why not start a rigging company?”

Music Books Plus is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at www.musicbooksplus.com.

Music Books Plus is an international distributor of books, DVDs, and software on music, pro audio, lighting, video, broadcast, multimedia, and business shipping to over 80 countries.

The Pro AV Golf Tournament, the annual charity golf tournament for AV professionals, is taking place at Glen Eagle Golf Club in Caledon, ON September 21, 2011 with a start time of 8 a.m.

Cost to participate is $145 for golfers. This includes green fees, power carts, continental breakfast, BBQ lunch, and all taxes and gratuities. Non-golfers have the option of paying $45, which covers the BBQ lunch.

Net proceeds go to the Friends of Music Therapy, which supports the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Music Therapy Program.

For more information, visit www.proavgolf.com.

The Music Industries Association of Canada (MIAC) has announced the election of Dale Kroke to the office of Chairman of the Board.
 
Kroke, Senior VP & GM of B & J Music Ltd., in Mississauga, ON has been a supporter of MIAC for many years, having served as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the MIAC Board of Directors. He will serve a two-year term.

The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT) has announced that the online registration for Rendez-Vous, it’s annual conference taking place in Victoria, BC, is now open.

To kick off this year’s Victoria Day, AirMagic is inviting everyone to the back parking lot of the company’s Toronto office headquarters at 30 Dorchester Ave., to watch their 2011 firework creation. This year’s creation is the world’s biggest burning schoolhouse.

On April 22, the editors of Mediacorp Canada Inc. named Christie one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for the second consecutive year.

New project BSR E1.41-201x, recommendations for measuring and reporting photometric performance data for entertainment luminaries utilizing solid state light sources, has been posted for public review on the PLASA website.

A team of students from Clemson University in South Carolina, US, received the Commissioner’s Award in the 2011 USITT Ideal Theatre student design. This is the highest award students are eligible to receive.

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), headquartered in New York, is a supplier of entertainment and event technology. On March 29, it announced that it has acquired SHOWTEC Beleuchtungs- und Beschallungs GmbH, an event technology company based in Europe.