Fits & Starts Productions is kicking off another great year of hands-on audio training as it rolls out the 2011 edition of the HOW-TO Church Sound Workshop tour.

The nationwide educational tour begins again this week, and is dedicated to training house of worship sound techs and volunteers.

The workshops provide a full 8-hour day of hands-on audio training in a local church or selected audio retailer setting so that workshop attendees do not have to travel costly distances. 

All workshops include over 30 hands-on workstations and a full front-of-house live sound system highlighting the latest equipment from a group of exclusive audio manufacturers, including Mackie, Community Professional Loudspeakers, DiGiCo, Yamaha, A&S Case, Acoustics First, Ampeg, Ebtech, Fishman, Tech 21 and Whirlwind.

The workshops feature well-known audio engineer Mike Sokol as lead instructor, and build upon the history of the Fits & Starts Productions audio series, which includes hundreds of seminars and hands-on workshop productions designed to train individuals in the art and operation of sophisticated audio equipment.

Workshop dates for 2011 announced to this point include:

January 8
Loudoun Valley Church
Purcellville, VA
9 AM to Noon

January 22
Calvary Assembly of God
Dover, DE
9 AM to 6 PM

February 5
Atlee Community Church
Mechanicsville, VA
9 AM to 6 PM

March 5
Dallas Baptist Church
Dallas, PA
9 AM to 6 PM

March 26
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Xenia, OH
9 AM to 6 PM

April 2
Roscoe UMC
Machesney Park, IL
9 AM to 6 PM

April 9
Calvary Christian Center
Washington, KY
9 AM to 6 PM

More dates will be announced soon.

Go here for the full HOW Workshop Calendar

Manufacturer sponsorships are available by contacting Hector La Torre via .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), and churches seeking to host a HOW-TO Workshop should also contact Hector.

HOW-TO Church Sound Workshop Website