CTS Rocks The Big Ticket Festival

Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Ben Christy

CTS Audio spent a week in Gaylord, Michigan, providing live sound reinforcement for the main stage and the rock stage at Big Ticket Festival. Set in upstate Michigan, Big Ticket Festival is an annual event where people come to camp, hear great live music and get to know more about God’s word.  The weather was beautiful and the attendance was great for this three day show.

The main stage was handled by a four man crew including Jon Schwarz at FOH, Weston Smith on MON, Brooks Abbott, and Jeremy Bayne on Stage patch.  There were a lot of great engineers and bands that played throughout the festival including Switchfoot, Newsboys, Casting Crowns, Family Force Five, Brandon Heath and Third Day, just to name a few.  The enviroment was wonderful as it  felt like a big family reunion as friends and colleagues kept showing up. It was an awesome experience with smooth load ins, and fast efficient soundchecks that resulted in flawless shows for the all involved. Both the client and the audience got to enjoy the work that went into making a show run so effortlessly.  “To have a crew work together for the 5 days it takes to make a festival happen is not always an easy thing, but this crew showed excellence and did it with a smile on their face”, exclaimed Peter Khosla the lead director of Big Ticket.

The rock stage was also handled by CTS Audio.  CTS deployed one of their Mobile Sound Stages and the crew made up of Peter Streiff at FOH, Tony Galyon at MON, Ben Batdorff at Stage Patch and Charlie Bowker on lights worked flawlessly thru the day.  With bands like Decyfer Down, Superchic[k], Fireflight, Disciple and Attaboy throughout the day, expectations can be high, but CTS was able to run thru a tight timeline and keep on schedule without rushing any of the bands.  The CTS crew looks forward to going back to Michigan next year to reconnect with friends and colleagues.