Thursday 7 February 2013

First Blog of 2013

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since we last spoke, but believe me, we have missed you!  

So, what's been happening in the world of IA Sound and Light?

October was one of our busiest periods we have had with Smoke, Low Smoke and Dry Ice Machines out on hire for Halloween - it sounds like some of you had some pretty fun parties going on from the stories we heard when the machines were being returned!  We extended our stock quantities 3 times and still were fully booked our for Halloween!

Then moving on to November, the calm before the storm with Christmas on the horizon - but wait!  You know that saying that every year Christmas starts that little bit earlier?  Even we noticed that this year!  Our Snow Machines were going out from the beginning of November and didn't stop going out until the end of January!

November 5th also saw our team go to Crystal Palace for the yearly Fireworks event there.  Videos can be seen on Youtube here: 

Kids Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5VGKYKzmr4
Adult Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spvS0ESKas4

This event marked the first usage of one of our most recent stock additions - DAP Audio 15600 kw Sound System as well as rigging up some scanners and lasers to go with the fireworks.

So we hope you all had a good Christmas and New Years Eve/Day.

Since the turn of the year we have launched our webshop: www.thesoundandlightshop.co.uk which will have a range of sales and ex-hire equipment for sale to start with.  The aim is to have all of the hire equipment available for checkout online in the near future, however our warehouse is pretty large so this will be a gradual process!

On the 6th February we worked with the BBC for an episode of the One Show.  We were setting up the lighting for the performance by the Shaolin monks at the end of the show.  57 minutes 15 seconds in.  The video can be found here (until iplayer stops it being available!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qlb5d/The_One_Show_06_02_2013/

The team were on set with the stage manager, director and presenters.  Andy and Malcolm were also the stunt doubles for guests Zoe and Alex in the rehearsal!

We'll try not to leave it so long for our next blog!  

The 24th Jan also saw our most popular facebook status so far...

Valentines Checklist:
- Mirrorball for that romantic effect? CHECK
- Sound System to pump some Marvin Gaye? CHECK
- Emergency Services Blue Fuzz Light for when the Mrs dresses up as a police woman or nurse? CHECK!
- Scented Smoke Machine? CHECK
- Fairy lights to set the mood? CHECK
- For those singletons we also sell batteries...

Get in contact for all of your Valentines Day sound and lighting needs!


Until next time - have a good Valentines Day and get in contact for any sound, light, staging or effects machine needs!

Bye bye for now!

IA Sound and Light
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