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March 4, 2004 - New Automated Rental
Fixtures
 Our
rental department has just added four Coemar ProSpot 250 LX
Fixtures. click here for
more details
November 4, 2003 - New
NSI Dimmer Packs
 Leviton/NSI
combines cutting edge NSI technology and performance in two new
Programmable DMX Dimmer Packs. Available in two channel
(D2-DMX) and four channel (D4-DMX) versions with 1200 watt per
channel capacity and a 1500 watt pack capacity.
D2-DMX $ 159.12
D4-DMX $ 257.04
Prices are plus applicable taxes and are FOB
Mississauga, Ontario.
click here
for more information
June 25, 2003 - New Employee
Jack A. Frost Ltd is pleased to
announce the recent addition of Jennifer Lenoir as an Inside Sales
Representative. Jennifer recently graduated from Ryerson
University with a B.F.A. in Theatre - Technical Production, where she
gained credit for designing the lighting for cutting edge shows such as Choreographic
Workshop and New Voices. She has worked in many areas of the
live entertainment industry but many of her credits are in the area of
lighting. Jen has worked on diverse projects such as the Mirvish touring
production of Two Pianos, Four Hands, Fred Penner Live,
and the Alan Frew and Friends Benefit concert. She also has
several credits in the education sector teaching various areas of
technical theatre to children of ages of 5 up to age 19. During
University Jen worked at The Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts
where she worked with artists such as Jesse Cook and Jann Arden. In
Oakville she also worked with many dance schools and not-for-profit
groups as well as professional theatre companies. For two summers she
also worked for The Royal Bank Festival of Classics building and
operating the technical aspects for acclaimed Shakespearean performances
of Love’s Labor’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing.
Jennifer can be reached at jennifer.lenoir@jfrost.com
or at 1-800-263-7678.
December 31, 2002 - New
Employees
Jack A. Frost Ltd is pleased
to announce the recent addition of two employees.
Andrew Harris graduated in
1999 with Honours from the Harris Institute for the Arts, and
has gathered numerous live music credits, highlights of which
include front of house with Robin Black, Galore, The New
Pornographers, Cheerleader, Lindy, Spookey Reuben, and Starling,
monitors with Mouse on Mars, Default, Copyright, Covenant, and
Nickelback. He has
been a freelance sound technician for three years in venues such
as Lee’s Palace, the Horseshoe Tavern, the Rivoli, Clinton’s
Tavern, the Opera House, and Molson’s Amphitheatre.
His experience in the studio includes engineering credits
at Velvet Sound Studios, Electric Machine Recording Studio, and
One Fell Swoop Recording Studio, several production credits in
other studios as well. His
was a Pro Audio and Keyboard sales person with Long &
McQuade before leaving to work with Steinberg Canada in their
Music Marketing division, and subsequently becoming the Ontario
sales representative for J.P. Cabletek Electronics, a product
distributor. Andrew
will be responsible for sales to the Secondary and
Post-Secondary Educational Market.
Andrew can be reached at andrew.harris@jfrost.com
or at
1-800-263-7678.
Ben Renzella had his start as lighting and sound technician with
Creative Artists Group in Hamilton, working on events such as
The Winona Peach Festival, & Mickey Rooney.
He then started at the Tivoli theatre, first as a
stagehand/volunteer and eventually making his way up to House
Technician and, eventually, Technical Director.
As a staff member at the Tivoli, Ben was involved in all
aspects of production for all manner of events - such as House
of Blues concerts for Sarah Harmer and Hayden, film shoots and
the Tivoli’s own internal productions such as Hair, Forever
Plaid & The Life. After
a few seasons there, Ben made his way to the Huron Country
Playhouse to work for Drayton Entertainment for two seasons,
taking a year off in-between to work for Ontario Staging Ltd. as
an installations technician where he worked on such projects as
CTV, Kool Haus, City TV, as well as countless projects for the
Peel and Toronto Regional School Boards.
Ben is the new Installation and Service Manager and can
be reached at ben.renzella@jfrost.com
or 1-800-263-7678.
June 5, 2002 - New Product
 The
new RE-1 Series Wireless Microphone System is a completely
programmable frequency agile system with Advanced ClearScan™,
a dual band compander, rugged and powerful transmitters and many
other features that make it worthy of the legendary RE label.
For more
information visit our Wireless Microphones page.
September 20, 2001 - Equipment Rack Section
Added
 New
section including stand-alone, portable, wall-mounted and
touring racks. You can also view a selection of
accessories including drawers, shelves, chassis and
panels. Click here to start
browsing.
September 14, 2001 - New Product
 The Electro-Voice EVID series of speakers
feature unique, superior cosmetics and exceptional sound for
background/foreground applications including restaurants, bars,
retail stores, department stores, shopping malls and
offices. For more
information visit our Install Speakers page.
September 12, 2001 - CITT Winners
At the recent Canadian Institute for Theatre
Technology (CITT) Conference in Ottawa, Jack Frost Ltd. held a
draw for sales certificates. The winners are La Nouvelle
Scene of a $100.00 off a purchase of $500.00 or more certificate
and Gavin McDonald of a $20.00 off a purchase of $100.00 or more
certificate.
July 10, 2001 - New Product
The Shure P4800 System
Processor featuring SoundplexTM Digital Signal
Processing is an intuitive system processor bringing high-end DSP
functionality into reach for user control over just about any
processing function imaginable between the mixers and amplifiers
within installed systems. For
more information visit our Digital Signal Processing (DSP) page.
May 15, 2001 - Colour Scroller Section
Added
 Do you require more colours on that wash but
just don't have the room for more fixtures or can't afford the
extra dimming power? Colour scrollers are the answer!
Click here for
all the products to help you.
April 19, 2001 - New Software Release
AVAB Pronto! Software Version 2.0 is now available
free of charge to Pronto! users. Click
here for download information.
April 18, 2001 - Control Interface Section
Added!!
 Do you need to convert DMX to AMX. or
distribute DMX around your building? Do you need to
interface a new console to your existing analogue dimmers?
Click here for
all the products to help you.
April 2, 2001 - Selecon Contest Winner!!
Under the highest security Paula Lambe drew
the winner in the Eastern Canada Selecon Contest. Amanda
Conrad of Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga has won
two Selecon Acclaim Fresnel Fixtures complete with barn
doors. Click here
for more information on the Acclaim fresnel.
November 3, 2000 - Mastercard and Interac
now accepted.
Jack A. Frost Ltd. now accepts Mastercard credit
cards and Interac banking cards in addition to VISA for payment
of sales, service and rentals.
August 31, 2000 - CITT honours Frost with
Supplier Achievement Award
At their recent conference in Halifax, The
Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT) awarded Jack A.
Frost Ltd. the Supplier Achievement Award. It is awarded each year
to an individual and/or corporate entity that have shown sustained
commitment to providing excellent service and/or product(s) to
the Canadian cultural industry.
Len Finch, President of Frost, commented “All
of us at Jack Frost appreciate very much being honoured with this
award by CITT. We are proud to have been one of CITT's first
corporate members. We have a strong belief in the work that CITT
does in the area of advocacy, in standards and the quality of the
workshops that they present. CITT is an extremely valuable forum
where information can be shared and the entertainment community
would be poorer without it. We hope that our continued
relationship with CITT and its members will be long and beneficial
to both sides.”
For more information please contact David Brown
at david.brown@jfrost.com
or call 1-800-263-7678.
August 16, 2000 - Lighting Software Section Added!!
 Crescit Software provides quality easy-to-use
tools for lighting plots and paperwork. Click
here for more information.
July 13, 2000 - Paul Court departs
Jack A. Frost Ltd.
regretfully announces the departure of Mr. Paul Court from the
Projects Team. Mr. Court has accepted a position at Humber College
as the Co-ordinator of the Technical Theatre Program. We are
pleased to add that Paul will continue to be involved with Frost
through the use of an AVAB lighting control system at his new job.
An AVAB Safari console has been used in the Theatre Program at
Humber College for training and production since 1997. Paul will
therefore be involved in training the next generation of AVAB
console operators. We wish to congratulate Paul on his new
appointment and wish him the very best in this exciting and
challenging new endeavour.
Over the past five and a
half years Paul has played a critical role in providing support
and maintaining relations with the users of large scale AVAB
control systems. Craig Blackley will now be the primary contact at
Frost for these customers and he is committed to maintaining the
high standards in customer service that Paul has set. Paula Lambe
will provide support for the smaller AVAB system users. David
Brown and Al Bourke shall continue to be available for technical
support.
For more information please
contact David Brown at david.brown@jfrost.com
or call 1-800-263-7678.
January 12, 2000 - CITT Corporate Showcase
 On Monday January 10th the Canadian Institute for
Theatre Technology (CITT) held its annual Corporate Showcase at
the MacMillan Theatre, University of Toronto. Being a contributing
member of CITT, Frost has presented at this event every year and
last night was no exception. The AVAB Pronto lighting control
console and the complete line of Selecon fixtures were very
popular with the enthusiastic crowd made up of theatre
professionals and students.
November 26, 1999 - New StageNotes Issue
The latest issue of our educational newsletter
is available for download in PDF format. Click
here to jump to the StageNotes home page.
October 22, 1999 - Patterns
Company Catalogue now Online
The complete line of Patterns
Company patterns are now available online for viewing sorted by category.
Click here to start browsing.
September 13, 1999 -- Manitoba
Theatre Centre Upgrades Lighting Fixtures
When the Manitoba
Theatre Centre decided the time had come to replace its old and
obsolete lighting fixtures with new units they engaged Bill
Williams, one of Canada's best known and most accomplished
lighting designers, to assist in the process.
Assisted by Denis
Crymble, M.T.C.'s Head Electrician (together having over 60 years
combined experience with similar equipment), they set their
objectives and requirements for what would be their ideal fixture.
Eight products from leading manufacturers around the world
including Selecon were set at the starting line and after
performing and repeating tests over several weeks on a number of
different occasions the competition was narrowed to three. The
eventual result was a clear win by Selecon's Pacific 12-28
Zoomspot, the fixture being described as exceptional in all
respects and an outstanding performer in all of the intensive
tests conducted.
For the complete
report on the visual evaluations and comparisons and why 60
Pacifics will now grace the stage in Canada's first and longest
running regional theatre see Selecting
a New Spotlight at the M.T.C.
Click
here for more information on the Selecon Pacific.
April 29, 1999 -- Frost Expands Sales Staff
Jack A. Frost Ltd is pleased to announce the recent addition of
two employees.
Craig Blackley joins Frost with 20 years of experience ranging
from lighting and set design, set construction, rigging and
special effects. Most recently Craig was the Technical Director
for two seasons at The Stratford Shakespearean Festival,
Production Director for two seasons and Technical Director for
four seasons at The Grand Theatre in London. Craig will be
responsible for sales of lighting, sound and staging products
and services for professional organizations. Craig can be
reached at craig.blackely@jfrost.com or at 1-800-263-7678.
Paula Lambe joins Frost as a sales representative for lighting,
sound and staging products and services for educational
customers. Paula is a 1993 Humber College graduate and has a BA
from Ottawa University with a concentration in theatre. Paula
can be reached at paula.lambe@jfrost.com or at 1-800-263-7678.
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