Event years 2005-2006 Click here to see an archive of events in prior years.

Social Distortion currently out with WCSL moving light rig

LD Jeff James and punk group Social Distortion currently on tour with WCSL provided Martin/Avolite moving light rig in 2006. Click here for more photos updated weekly from the road.

WCSL lights Oktoberfest in Merced

2006 is 8th year as production provider at Merced Blues Festival

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WCSL spends Labor Day with Grateful Dead's Bob Weir

Tim Murphy & WCSL tear it up at Ironstone

Last weekend it was all about bikes, band , and BBQ as WCSL and Tim Murphy helped raise money for The Make A Wish Foundation at Ironstone Winery in Murphy's California. Click here for photos.

Bo Bice at Gold Country Casino 8.23.06

WCSL provides sound production for American idol Bo Bice at Gold Country Casino. Click here for more photos.

Brutal Metal

The hottest day in July provided a brutal environment at the Oakdale Rodeo grounds for it's annual metal festival. WCSL's Paul Doty mixed 13 bands in 13 hours in 113 degree heat. Brutal.

WCSL spends much of summer with legends

WCSL spent much of the summer in 2006 with legendary performers and television personalities. Two such performers pictured here, Don Rickles & Bob Eubanks proved to be great shows and very pleasant people to work with.

Modesto Rocks! Heat doesn't keep X-Fest crowds away
By MARIJKE ROWLAND
BEE ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

BART AH YOU/THE BEE

X marked the hot spot in Modesto as thousands of people came, sweated and partied at Xclamation Festival. Despite near record-setting heat, eager revelers flooded downtown streets by the thousands for the seventh annual X-Fest. The outdoor music festival drew a latearriving crowd, thanks largely to the 111-degree heat at 5 p.m., when the gates opened. "It's hot but it's worth it," said Salida resident and first-time X-Fest-goer Espie Huizard. "Everyone from everywhere is here, so we thought we might as well go here, too." Event promoter Chris Ricci said ticket sales were up this year from last year. "We're happy with the crowd," he said. As the music kicked off at 6 p.m., people sought the shade, cooling themselves with paper fans and spray bottles. The day's first performers played before nearly empty streets. "Thank you, three," said indie artist Micah P. Hinson to the three people in front of the Devil in the Woods Stage. "You're very generous, Modesto."An hour and a half later when the night's first headliner, Vanilla Ice, took the stage, the crowd was packed in and stretched half a block in both directions. The former squeaky-clean rapper had a hardcore, rap-metal attitude — filled with expletives — and encouraged the audience to give him the one-fingered salute. This year's event had the most diverse musical lineup yet, including rap, rock, country, metal, electronica and indie. Still, the early evening's biggest crowds were for headliner's Vanilla Ice and Tone Loc. Los Angeles rapper Tone Loc, who had huge hits in the '80s with "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina," was surprised by the day's heat. But he said he is always touched when crowds come out and get excited about the music. "As a performer, it would be pretty hard to look out and see people singing along and not get excited," said Tone Loc, who has performed at Modesto's Fat Cat Music House & Lounge. "That's something you always dig." The country stage drew a smaller, but devoted crowd. Manteca resident Kayla Tullous came with friends and camped out in front starting at 6 p.m. "I love it," she said. "I've been here all night. It's awesome." About 250 to 300 people cheered country artist Brian McComas as he played. "It's about time there's country," said Modesto resident Scott Damin, a first-time X-fester. "Modesto is a farming community and country music is our roots." Many people in the crowd said they make X-Fest an annual pilgrimage. Modesto resident Deviana Stone has been to all but one of the street concerts. "I come for the music and I also like people-watching," she said. "I like that they have different kinds of music. Now it's more about the music."

Click here to see the original Modesto Bee article Click here to view The Modesto Bee's X-Fest video

WCSL's Paul Doty serves as Lighting Designer in Atlanta for Seussical The Musical. Daughter Ashley serves as head Make Up designer

Seussical runs through the end of June at The Villages Amphitheater, south of Atlanta in Fayetteville GA. Click here to see photos from the production.

WCSL Fly's MLA3 rig at Oakland Coliseum Arena

The WCSL crew have been busy in Oakland's Coliseum Arena the past few months providing large scale MLA3 rigs for various events. Click here to see photos from Oakland.

WCSL rolls video truck for CSUS Commencement 2006

WCSL rolled a video truck this year for the 2006 commencement ceremonies at CSUS for a stepped up video production over years past. WCSL also provided sound production for the event.

WCSL rolls out revamped FOH and monitor rig for summer season at Warrior Day

The summer season is off and running and the WCSL crew was out recently shaking down a new FOH setup and Monitor rig at CSUS for Warrior Day. WCSL has added another pair of large format consoles to it's inventory for the 2006 season as well as a completely new set of revamped amp and control rack configurations.

WCSL Provides Production for Spring Celebration 2006
Saturday May 6 at Paramount's Great America

Christian artists TobyMac, Jars of Clay, Building 429, Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson and Falling Up come together live in concert at Paramount's Great America for an evening of powerful music. WCSL provides Monarc MLA3 Line Array rig & digital consoles.

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Ceili Rain Rocks Modesto in march of 2006

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WCSL & Larger Than Life rock the Mainzer once again

The worlds only approved KISS tribute "Larger Than Life" returned to The Mainzer last week with a larger than life sound & light rig of course. Many more shows are planned in the coming year with West Coast Sound & Light as production provider.

WCSL returns to the Shoreline Amphitheater

WCSL's Monarc system flew once again at The Shoreline Amphitheater last weekend. "I love the sound of the MLA3 rig at Shoreline" commented engineer Paul Doty on Wednesday. "Shoreline is known for allot of concrete, and the MLA3 rig gives us allot of control over the coverage. It does a really good job for us."

Eddie Money & WCSL Rock-N-Roll the place

The next two weeks of October will effectively be the last two weeks of the busy summer season at WCSL, and what a summer it's been. WCSL finishes the summer season in summer fashion as crews man 8 major events in the next two weeks. Last weekend Eddie Money rolled into Tulloch Lake Resort as WCSL pulled double duty at both this large show and The Shoreline Amphitheater. Next weekend will be packed full of shows as well as we end the outdoor show season.

Eating Dirt at Hangtown

This week the WCSL crew rolled in to Hangtown to provide production for an evening concert at the world famous motorcycle race park. It marked the first time a WCSL system was heard on the hallowed hills of Hangtown. Hardcore rockers Chromwell and rapper T7 provided the entertainment, WCSL provided the production, and a couple hundred competitors provided the dirt. Lots of it.

Labor Day declared "Eddie Fisher Day" in San Francisco

This Labor day was official declared "Eddie Fisher Day" by the city of San Francisco as WCSL celebrated it's 5th year of providing production for the huge celebration at the Pritikin Mansion. The weekend marked the first time in 5 years WCSL shot the event to video. The event had many dignitaries in attendance including former Mayer Willie Brown.

The America 35th Anniversary Tour closes the concert season at Rancho Murrieta

The 2005 concert series at Rancho Murrieta came to a close in September with legendary supergroup America. Welcome mild temperatures prevailed and helped fuel the record attendance. Plans are already underway to upgrade the season & venue for next year including a structure for flying sound and lights.

WCSL supplies Monarc linearray rig for Summer Splash 2005

Not a fence or barricade was standing at the end of Summer Splash 2005, but the McCauley Monarc MLA3 rig was still delivering premium quality sound at the end of Lodi's annual Hip Hop fight fest.

Dream Team......WCSL & Slim Man Once again rock Modesto

The band returns to Modesto.....Paul returns as bands production engineer

WCSL's Gotta Mean Streak

Photos from this summer's Y&T tour. WCSL's Reno at the monitor board (right).

ModestoView.com has photo galleries posted of X-Fest 2005

Pictures from X-Fest 2005 are now online at ModestoVeiw.com. Log on to see new photos updated daily. You can jump directly to the gallery by clicking here.

Dennis pounds east coast as WCSL's Paul & Ashley Doty brave elements to bring color to Dreamcoat

As Hurricane Dennis did it worst to the east coastline this summer, WCSL's Paul & Ashley Doty did their best to bring color to Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in the South Atlananta. Paul served as lighting designer for the production and daughter Ashley pulled double duty as makeup designer and spot op.

The outdoor nature of the show brought it's own challenges in the midst of a hurricane to be sure. The production schedule was pushed off so far that the first tech rehearsal became opening night. We're proud to say that our tech rehearsal received a standing ovation.

This year Collective Soul rocked an exclusive soundcheck VIP party at the Fat cat for a handful of select B93 listeners. the rest of Modesto got to listen to the soundcheck live on B93. Click here to download the Collective Soul soundcheck broadcast.

WCSL flies Monarc MLA3 rig for Summerfest 2005

This years Summerfest in Modesto enjoyed WCSL's new Monarc line array system. This years huge outdoor event drew thousands and featured headliner Everclear. The temperature also cooperated making this years Summerfest a total joy for the senses for everyone in attendance.

CSUS opens new outdoor venue with WCSL & Beach Blanket Babylon

Last weekend WCSL christened CSUS' new outdoor venue with the touring BBB. "The venue has allot to offer and everyone seemed to enjoy the new location." said WCSL LD Leslie Doty after the event. CSUS plans many more shows and events in the venue due to the success and of course, WCSL is part of those plans.

WCSL provides production for Larger Than Life at Lake Tulloch Resort.

Lake Tulloch rocked last weekend as Larger Than Life brought it's full on KISS show to it's shores with a little help from West Coast Sound & Light. Paul returned as FOH engineer and Leslie once again served as band Lighting Director. Click here for photos of the event.

School & Event Recordings in full swing. And it's all free. It's school music program recording season & WCSL's staff is hard at work every week at area schools and various locations. Every year this great program expands. To find out more about this free service, or how to get your school music program, drama, or special event recorded for free, click on our School Recording Program page.

Rancho Marietta opens it's 4th season with WCSL. The 2005 season of outdoor shows opened the 1st of May as once again the hills were alive with the sound of music. The gospel event signaled the start of year number 4 with WCSL at the venue. Upgrades slated for this year are an expanded concrete stage area and an overhead steel beam structure to cover the stage and allow the flying of sound and lighting. Stay tuned for photos of more shows this season.

NBC

WCSL provides staging and lighting for NBC's television series "Three Wishes" with host Amy Grant
Slated to air in the fall of 2005, Three Wishes (working title) is a new reality series that brings Amy Grant & NBC into small rural communities across America to grant them and select people three wishes. The pilot was filmed in Sonora California. NBC created a carnival atmosphere at the local high school and WCSL provided a mock-up fair festival stage and lighting rig. WCSL's Paul Doty served as lighting tech for the concert footage sequences and Matt Cross designed the truss structure and various staging platforms for the band, tech, & camera positions. WCSL faced horrific storm challenges as they pressed on in building the stage structure into the night for the next day's shoot deadline as the largest storm system of the year moved through the region bringing tornados with it to Sacramento & Manteca. The crew was pelted with dime size hail and drenched with rain as the construction continued into the night. Filming finished Saturday night during cold, but clear weather. Both the network producers and WCSL staff were pleased with the outcome and look of the show. "The shots looked great, and really made the effort worthwhile." Commented Paul on Monday.

Click here to see additional photos on the location set of the Three Wishes NBC television show with Amy Grant

Leslie Doty serves as LD once again for McDowell Productions.
Once again McDowell Productions has called on Leslie's expertise for their annual musical presentation in Merced. This years production was called "And The Winner Is..." and featured show tunes from a huge spectrum of years. The group taps Leslie's vast theater and lighting experience to bring the level of professionalism needed to top off this years production. You can see some photos from the musical by clicking here.

DEBBIE NODA/THE BEE TED BENSON/THE BEE WCSL provides production for the former First Lady, and current First Mom.......
Barbara Bush. Click here to read The Modesto Bee article. Stay tuned to this page, more updates on this event to come including technical specifications of the evening.

Update 4/4/05: WCSL debuts both a flying Monarc rig for the Modesto Centre Plaza and a new video rig for the event. WCSL rigger Paul Doty engineered a four point fly that allowed the rigging of two 1/2 ton arrays of Monarc MLA 3's which by all accounts, provided some of the best sound the venue has had since it's opening a decade ago. "The Harvest Hall is a very difficult room to engineer for sound" commented owner Paul Doty on Monday. "Flying is really the only answer in that building. Your dealing with a very reverberant space with allot of acoustic problems in the lower frequency's especially. We're able to get the results we do by implementing line array technology to keep energy off the walls to help with reflections, and flying the PA allows us to overcome much of the rooms other problems. The tune-ability of the MLA3 cells is also a big plus."

Once again, WCSL rolls into Lakewood School for it's production of "Robin Hood". 2005 marks another year of quality production provided by........students. that's right, the WCSL staff takes a back seat to the students of Lakewood as we provide the coaching and direction, and they run the show! Click here to see additional photos from Robin Hood.

3/1/05 The Fat Cat in Modesto welcomes Collective Soul. Click here for photos from the night.

WCSL & The Bear bring high quality shows to the Merced area in 2005 starting with the officially approved KISS tribute band "Larger Than Life". Click here to see photos from the night. Click here to read the Madera Online article leading into the concert.

WCSL is ready for a full year of line array with it's new MLA3 rig that debuted at Great America

Modesto Rocks finishes off the year with it's Grand (Illusion) Finale featuring STYX. Click here for photos from the day's event.

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