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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GUITAR CENTER PROFESSIONAL HELPS EXTEND THE
REACH OF THE PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON FOURSQUARE CHURCH’S MESSAGE
AT HOME AND OVERSEAS
— With distant deployments as a fact of life for the many military
members of this congregation, technology sourced and provided by the
Seattle GC Pro location is able to help keep the church’s community
intact remotely —
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, June 23, 2009 — Whether
in a battle zone like Iraq or Afghanistan or in the relative comfort
of Germany or Japan, being stationed at a faraway military post is a
hardship for any member of the U.S. military. Being cut off from their
spiritual communities adds another layer of isolation for those many
members of the Puyallup, Washington Foursquare Church congregation who
are based at one of three military installations in the Seattle area
and who have been posted to overseas duty stations. Thanks to the dedication
and resourcefulness of the employees of Guitar Center Professional (GC
Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the
needs of professional users, Foursquare Church’s members in uniform
are always a few mouse clicks away from their worship family.
Over the past year, Puyallup Foursquare has purchased
a wide range of technology products through GC Pro, including Digidesign
Profile and D-Show digital consoles; a full Digidesign Pro Tools HD
3 recording system; JVC high-definition video cameras; Sennheiser wireless
microphone systems, DPA and AKG wired microphones; and Dynacord and
Meyer installed and portable P.A. systems, as the Church sought to expand
the reach of its message even as it worked to give its members in the
military overseas a sense of uninterrupted belonging.
“GC Pro took us from standard-definition technology
into the next step of high-definition,” says Brent Todd, Technical
Director and Staff Pastor at Puyallup Foursquare Church. “This
is what we need to keep our message out there and to bring it to new
places and people.” Todd was pleased with the broad array of technology
and product solutions that GC Pro has access to, as well as their ability
to help them choose the best combinations of solutions for each aspect
of the Church’s campus, such as the Dynacord installed sound system
they put into a new 20,000-squre-foot building that houses the Church
school’s preschool through fifth grade classes.
Todd was also amazed at the lengths to which his GC Pro
Account Manager, Steve Palermo, a long-time friend of the Church, and
Palermo’s assistant Justin Friesen, went to find products not
normally carried in GC Pro inventories, like the Barco Encore video
switching system that manages the church’s new HD video network.
“It was great that we could do all of this through a single source,”
says Todd. “Steve, Justin and GC Pro took us from standard def
to high definition, from audio and video to true multimedia and helped
us spread our message and help keep our members in the military stay
connected no matter where they in the world they are. In fact, thanks
to our ability to reach out anywhere in the world, we actually have
new members of the Church who were introduced to us by other members
stationed in Iraq. GC Pro doesn’t just understand technology –
it understands people.”
Photo File: GCPro_Worship_FoursquareChurchPuyallup.JPG
Photo Caption: Puyallup, Washington’s Foursquare Church, which
recently received a massive technology upgrade thanks to gear and service
from Seattle’s GC Pro location.
About Guitar Center Professional/Guitar Center
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that focuses on the needs of professional users. Its clientele includes
recording studios, audio engineers, producers, recording and touring
musicians, live sound venues, post production facilities and more. Emphasizing
extraordinary individualized service via local account managers, GC
Pro offers expert consultation and a comprehensive selection of the
world’s finest equipment for music and audio professionals. More
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guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio
and recording equipment. Our retail store subsidiary presently operates
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Music & Arts division operates more than 100 stores specializing
in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors,
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retailer of musical instruments in the United States through our wholly
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