A.C.T Lighting, Inc. Holds Product Showcase and BBQ During Nashville's CMA Music Festival

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. served up big helpings of home-cooked BBQ with sides of the latest products from Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, Chainmaster, and Eurotruss at a showcase special event during the recent CMA Music Festival in Nashville.

"We wanted to give back to the Nashville community where we have a lot of loyal customers," said Brian Dowd, vice president sales at A.C.T Lighting. "We decided to host a product showcase and barbecue during the week of the CMA Music Festival, the largest country music event in country music's home, and the CMT Music Awards show."

A.C.T Lighting selected Soundcheck, the premier rehearsal studio in Nashville, for its showcase venue. Area rental houses, lighting shops, and lighting designers and programmers were invited to view the products and fill up on some of the best BBQ in town.

Dowd, a former competitive BBQ chef, and his co-workers strapped on their aprons and began cooking "real southern barbecue" in the Soundcheck parking lot at 9 pm for meal service from noon to 6 pm the next day. "The company made brisket, pulled pork, ribs, chicken, they did it all!"

A.C.T took trays of food to the crews in Nissan Stadium who were not able to leave their work to come see them.

Meanwhile, Soundcheck's Studio I was filled with the newest products in A.C.T Lighting's inventory from industry leaders Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, Chainmaster and Eurotruss. Guests saw demos and examined the products close up. Some spent hours looking. Clay Paky's new Scenius Profile fixture attracted lots of attention. It was the first time many guests had a chance to see it.

Dowd reports a "fantastic" turnout for the showcase event. "We've focused on building business in Nashville for the last five or six years," he said. "The country music market in Nashville has been growing non-stop -- both live music and touring. It has become a really strong market for us, and we were glad to give back to a community that's been so good to us."