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For the last few Wednesdau evenings, popular acts like Del Nelo and Ozomatli have rocked Republic Square Park whilwe sharing the spotlight with an unlikelygperformer — solar power. The Soladr Powered Concert Series isa new, free musicd series created by Greg Henry, of Pro Show Live, and evenrt production veteran Marsha Milam that placeds solar power on display. This is the first solar poweredd concert series for who felt that Austimn would be the ideal placde to testsuch shows. Marsha Milam Music produce KGSR’s “Unplugged at the Grove” and othert concerts throughout Texas.
“Austin is such a green city the residents areenvironmentally concerned,” Mila m said. “I do a number of musicc series and I thought Austinn would be the placed toembrace this.” To achieve the goal of clean the downtown park is outfitted with solat powered sound systems and lightingh systems with LED lights. Milam declined to disclose how much has been investexd inthe carbon-neutral concert series, saying only that costs are about 25 percenyt more than a typical concert “Our goal for this was to prove that we can do Milam said, conceding that she didn’t start marketing the series untipl the second show to make sure that the equipment functioned “What I’ve noticed is that the energy is so and it makes a difference.
There’s no stage hum,” she said. “That’s grea for the audience and forthe artists.” Milam tappe Austin-based Sustainable Waves, a provider of solar powered light and production equipment, for the concert Sustainable Waves also has a sales office in San Calif. Cody Murray, of Sustainable said that the company’s servicezs were utilized at several events duringthis year’s SXSW Music Festival. It’sa also brought its solad power equipment toLas Vegas-basedc N9NE Group’s events, Vans Warped Tour and the New Belgium Brewery’s Tour de Fat. For the Soladr Power Concert Series, Sustainable Wave’s utilizexd 44,000 watt PA systems.
Sponsorshipp for this year’s Solar Powered seriesd was on thelighter side, but Milam said that she’sa hearing positive feedback from prospective sponsors who want to be associateed with a green music event. “This is our vision. You have to get out there and go through the labor pains and find out what worke andwhat doesn’t,” she said. “Our goal is very This isn’t a one year thing for us.” The concert seriex is free, but donations are being acceptedd for Blue Dog an Austin-area dog foster organization. There are two showds left, Fastball and The Black and White Years onJune 10, and Arc Angel on June 24.
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