PICAYUNE — A new sound system at the newly renovated Jack Read Park will be able to provide back ground music, work as a public addressing system, or even pick up FM transmissions or be used to show movies.
With speakers placed in inconspicuous positions throughout the park, the system is able to produce enough sound for anyone to hear at anyplace in the park. The entire system, including labor, cost more than $7,000. The system includes two amplifiers, a CD player, equalizer, a place to hook up an MP3 player and supports wired and wireless microphones. Picayune Main Street Manager Reba Beebe said the funds to install the system came from the Downtown Revitalization grant.
The system is housed in a water tight cabinet custom built to match the pavilion in the middle of the park, said John Adams, who installed the electronic components of the system. Adams said he was careful to provide enough power for everyone at the park to hear, but not so much as to disturb surrounding areas.
Installation of the system took about a week, but the system took about two weeks to design, Adams said. That design included housing the system in a cabinet that matched the rest of the park and putting speakers in places that are out of the way of traffic, but still able to provide great sound.
Naturally, a system of that caliber needs security. To that end, the park now has a series of video cameras to record key areas around the park and the system itself. Those cameras will be recorded on a DVR, Adams said. Picayune Police Deputy Chief David Ervin said those cameras also will be monitored by the Picayune Police Department in real time, and recorded. Adams said he donated the security system to the park.
The sound system has room to expand. It can receive FM transmissions, which might include picking up transmissions of a planned community station. Adams said he and another man are currently running the Picayune TV, a web-based video site that announces community events, and he has plans to implement a FM station with similar applications. If the plan takes off, then that station could alert residents to community events or other information. Adams said if the idea is utilized, it most likely would be used when people will be at the park, such as during Street Fairs.
Now that the local theater has closed down there is no place in Picayune to go and see a flick. Adams has an idea to remedy that situation: Show movies at the park using the new sound system, most likely during the summer months. Adams said he has a large projection screen that he could set up for those events. Naturally, copyright laws would keep the public from being charged to go to the park to watch the movie. Moviegoers would be able bring a picnic basket and enjoy the show, possibly as often as twice a month, if the idea is approved.
The idea is just that, an idea. City Operations Director Diane Miller said Adams presented the idea to her, but he still needs to propose it to the city council. Plans to do so will be made at a later date.
If approved, the idea could be a source of funding for local non profit organizations, such as the Greater Picayune Art’ Council. Donations could be collected by those organizations by setting up refreshment stands, Adams said, though it would be a community event, free of charge and people would be free to bring their own refreshments.
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SOUND SYSTEM — John Adams, at left, shows off the new sound system he installed at Jack Read Park to City Operations Director Diane Miller. The system has many capabilities and could be expanded, possibly providing a place for community movie showings. Jeremy Pittari
March 5, 2010
Jack Read gets sound system, might be used for movies
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