C1 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 3, 1999 iA r ts & Entertainment OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS r----------- FOR ENTERTAINMENT THE ttF& O a k v il l e LISTINGS, SEE PAGE C3 C e n t r e 150t.-lB TH» Pf . ~ NAVY ST. ^ 5_2021 k_________________________________ 4 Oakville Beaver Entertainment Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254) Fax: 337-5567 Photo by Peter J. Thompson Bob Spencer demonstrates what he can accomplish with a little pizzazz and a lot of professional know-how. The Oakville resident strutted his stuff during Showcase 1999 at the Mississauga Liv- ing Arts Centre recently. Oakville firm on entertainm ent's cutting edge By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDriOR The auditorium of the Mississauga Living Arts Centre was resplendent with laser lights, and the floor vibrated with booming sound, reverberating in the chests of those in the audience during Showcase 1999. And those in the audience were there to see and judge the newest in entertainment technolo gy- The presenter, Band World Inc., was demon strating its state-of-the-art technology available for anyone to rent for any event from product launches to concerts to television shows. "Every year or two, we try to do a show to highlight the technology in the entertainment industry.. .Everything that is here is the latest and greatest of its kind - video, sound and lighting," says Band World president Bob Spencer, explaining that the showcase is presented for the benefit of future clients such as entertainment facility owners, producers of live television or entertainment shows, and band management companies. And, he adds, he also invites instructors from the local recording schools to see what is avail able and what their students will need to famil iarize themselves with. "We're primarily an entertainment supplier, so we would supply for local tours or (perform ing) artists that come into Canada from out of the country to do shows...So they get the best of everything," says Spencer, explaining that Band World procures all the necessary entertainment equipment and the technicians to go with it. And Band World accesses those supplies from its floor-to-ceiling stock of entertainment equip ment - speakers, lighting systems, staging and video equipment - housed in a 20,000-square- foot building in Mississauga. Yet, says Spencer, an Oakville resident, the majority of people who work for his company are from Oakville. And those employees, mostly freelancers, are lighting RETIREMENT RESIDENCE LOCATED ON LAKE ONTARIO WATERFRONT LAKESHORE PLACE IS BURLINGTON'S NEWEST AND MOST COMPLETE RETIREMENT RESIDENCE SENIORS IN BURLINGTON NOW HAVE MORE CHOICE OF ACCOMMODA TION, MORE CHOICE OF SERVICES, AND MORE CHOICE IN MAKING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THE BEST IT CAN BE! 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"I try to get everything that comes through our town...I helped design the new Waterfront Festival stage in Coronation Park." Spencer says he is a former musician who realized early on that he was not going to accu mulate great wealth by strumming his guitar in front of an audience. "One day, after being on the road for eight years, I made a decision. I said, 'That's it. I've had it. I'm leaving the business.' So when I left the business, I wanted to go into real estate," he says, adding that advice he got from a practicing real estate agent was that he would have to sacrifice a year of his time before he could expect results. "I 'd already done that. "I owned the sound equipment for the band that I was playing with; so I started to rent it out. 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