Outdoor PA Hire in North London

PA system Hire at Saracens Rugby Club 21st April 2013

Speaker system for outdoors. We were booked to provide a sound system for a junior rugby tournaments held at the home of famous club 'Saracens'
Arriving  early at 8.30 Sunday morning. we used 8 EV SX 300 speakers. One pair been positioned at each corner of the control tent.Crown amplification  Pioneer mixing desk - Shure SM58 radio microphone system and iPod connection for music. Covering over several pitches.-the sound was perfect albeit helped by favorable weather conditions.
Lovely day out all round- even squeezed in  a pick up in Tring and a canal walk whilst the event was running
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Outdoor PA Hire

PA System Hire for Church Service Blackheath 24th December 2012

Sound system hire for a outdoor service held outside the church on Blackheath common after a walk - parade through the village

A simple outdoor PA system consisting of a Pioneer 4 channel mixer; 4 EV speakers and a 1K Crown amplifier. They used a radio microphone for the service. Lovely people and a very successful installation - nearly 2000 people in attendance and they all were able to hear the Reverend deliver his sermon

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Outdoor PA System Marathon Ealing London

PA System Hire  Ealing Half Marathon 30th Sept 2012

Sound system hire for outdoors in Ealing West London. It was the 1st one organised by the local running club. Over 4000 entrants and an impressive turnout of 3500 runners. Starting and finishing in Lammas Park,West Ealing London.
We arrived at 6.30 a.m. still dark at that time to set up two sound systems . One at the starting  line and one at the finishing line. Using EV speakers at both points strategically placed to get maximum coverage. Radio headset microphones were supplied to the fitness instructors who ran the 'warm up'. The main commentator who was an amazing speaker used a Shure SM58 microphone for all the warm up banter and the countdown for the actual start.A volunteer called Russell supplied some 'wake up' music on his iPod that sounded very impressive through our speakers
The sound system at the finishing line had to be powered by our Honda silent generator and it was more than adequate for the Crown amplified driven EV PA system. The 1st runner clocked in about 1 hour and seven minutes. The majority finished under 3 hours where refreshments and St. Johns Ambulance crews awaited!
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PA System South London Stockwell

Sound hire Stockwell London 22nd Sept 2012

Stockwell community Festival Larkhall Park London was the event and location  which we were providing there different sound systems for hire all of them mainly been used for bands and musicians
A glorious day in South London set the scene for a trouble free day in South London.
Joe and I go there about 9.15 am. and started the 1st set up in the "Cavendish Arms Tent". We used our new JBL PRX635 1500 watt speakers for F.O.H. and the awesome 800 watt DB Technologies Opera Sub Bass 15 as well. Two Mackie SRM450s as stage monitors and the wonderful 22ch Mackie ProFX22 mixing desk. Using 4 SM58 with stands, a multicore running although the distance between the desk and singers was actually quite short and therefore not needed.All the bands were providing their own back-line stuff
The second marquee ("Peace Tent") had no stage. Here we used 2 x Mackie SRM450s as F.O.H with a smaller 400watt DB Technologies Opera sub bass 12 . Two active DB Opera 15's were used as stage monitors Sound craft EFX12 desk & 4 x Senheiser microphones with stands.
Both performing areas  were supplied with Behringer D.I Boxes
Lastly the 3rd set up was the easiest. Using the extremely versatile and compact Yamaha Stage PAS500 system and two AKG microphones for the acts that were performing that day.
Techically we had no problems save a few iPods that had some low bit-rate recordings on them and therefore sounded naff thru our PA systems
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"Eid" outdoor PA Events Goodmayes & Kingsbury

"Eid" outdoor PA Events Goodmayes & Kingsbury w/e August 18th 2012

Monty & Jalaal from 1Eid booked ourselves as they have done for the last 4 Eid events marking the end of Ramadan

Both PA systems that we hired out were both housed in huge marquees that could house 1000' of followers.

Kingsbury first in Fryent Park and then across London to Goodmayes near Stratford East London (full of takeaways this place) to the site which was a local schools playing field. We set up the PA systems on the Friday afternoon hiring a big VW Crafter van to take all the extra equipment required. The van was fantastic, economical and it is lovely to walk around in a van when you are sorting out the equipment.

We used for each set up a 2 x 2 meter portable stage which was appropriate for the number of speakers to be present.. A stage lectern with condenser microphone . We placed all the speakers at strategic intervals throughout the marquees. Using a pair of JBL PLX 535 s and 6 x EV speakers for each site. Sound was clear and adequate. Mixing desk and amplifiers were situated by the stages.

The systems were used for general announcements on the Saturday and on Sunday (which was the actual day of Eid) was used for prayer , fundraising and general announcements again.

All went well but the Friday of the Goodmayes set up, there was no generator for power and therefore we could not fully test and show the hirers how to use the PA. WE paid dearly for this omission as the equipment had not been used properly and five of my speakers had blown horns which may have been the result of excessive feedback on the microphones (which if we had had the opportunity to show the operation of the installed system would have very likely not happened.)

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Outdoor Event Charlton London

Sports Day Charlton School London 6th July 2012

Charlton school in the London Borough of Greenwich looks after mentally and physically disadvantaged secondary age school kids.Today was their annual sports day
The weather was atrocious and when I got there at 8.30a.m.I anticipated that the event would be called off. Made of sterner stuff these guys! - the show went on. I waited whilst these poor fellows were erecting all the marquees/tents on the edge of the running track.
Today our hired outdoor PA System was to be powered by our brand new Honda 3KVa silent generator. It was its 1st outing and trouble free it was , better than some horrendous previous experiences I've had hiring dodgy generators from HSS.
We used 4 strategically placed EV speakers driven by a Crown amp and a Pioneer DJM mixer with one Shure SM58 radio microphone and a cabled mic as a back up.The sound was more than adequate and was crisp and clear to the ear.
Neil (one of the teachers) was unfortunately a 'Chelsea supporter' played 'Liqidator' (that hijacked reggae monster tune)!! on his iPod Boo Sacrilege
The event despite the weather was a cracking success. Th Greenwich mayor opened proceedings  the PA system worked a treat and everyone was happy. 
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Outdoor PA Jubilee Event Northwood

Outdoor PA June 2nd at Northwood F.C.

Up and nice and early arriving at Northwood F.C in Herts at 8.30a.m. This was a large outdoor PA system that we hired to a group organising a big fun Day for the local community.
We used a Mackie mixing desk that was brand new ( took a little getting used to !) 4 FOH speakers with a supplementary 800 watt sub bass and amplification. Two Mackie SRM450 stage monitors and two zoned speakers for a second arena  that was about 20 metres away form the main arena where the stage had been set up. Six SM58 microphones on stands that were ostensibly going to be used for a choir  and lastly two radio microphones. We sound checked and left the organisers happy with the  system running. The weather largely held out for the day and all the acts etc were warmly appreciated. by the spectators and there were no hitches with the equipment. Luckily Tim (organiser) and his colleague were previously lighting engineers and were able to operate the sound equipment satisfactorily.
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PA System Blackheath

6th April 2012 Blackheath

Andy Apron (An A1 Pro employee) helped me provide a battery operated sound system for a religious service held for a gathering on Good Friday on Blackheath common.
Arrived early and set up two battery operated speakers on tripods . We also provided a radio microphone with  microphone stand.
The service lasted less than an hour so it was a relatively easy job all told
The clients were very happy with the the rented PA system that we provided

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PA Hire Twickenham London

16th Nov 2011

A small PA system was hired by "Richmond in Bloom" for a talk held at the grand old York Hall in Twickenham London . Shame the Grand old Duke of York was not there!
A gathering of about 80 persons in the 'Salon room' listening to a few speakers and a short Q & A session to follow. The event ran from 6.00 - 8.00p.m. We supplied a Desk mixer with 2 x EV SX300 speakers on stands. One Stage Lectern with an Audio Technica  condenser goose neck microphone attached . We also supplied a handheld radio microphone for the Q & A session.
Andy Dolphin did the set up and sound check for the organisation . The hired sound equipment ran like a dream and everyone was happy
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Religious Event Outdoor PA

One of our bigger events that we cover in London, namely Eid which is the Islamic celebration of the end of Ramadan. A quagmire of a field in Fryent Park Kingsbury in North West London greeted us when we arrived to set up the PA Equipment for the 4 day hire. My son Barnaby was helping me.There had been a lot of rain that day and the van managed to get 'stuck in the mud' but after a few failed strategies  in trying to release it we finally were untethered from the mud and drove on up to the Marquee entrance where the hired PA was to be set up. The brother volunteers thankfully carried all the equipment in for us. We worked unshod as our boots were caked with mud and all the prayer mats had been laid down.The marquee had a dividing curtain in its centre as on prayer days Islamic tradition dictates that the women (Sisters) and men (Brothers)  are not congregated  in the same area as each other.There was a large stage where the nucleus of our equipment was to be placed.
We used a Konig and Mayer Ovation Pro stage lectern which has internal microphone connections . A small AKG C747 condenser mic was installed with  a cable running to our 16 channel Soundcraft mixing desk situated by the side of the stage. We were running 10 Electrovoice SX 300 speakers from
 2 x Crown Macro Tech Amps (1200 and 2400) The larger amp running 3 pair of speakers and the smaller one 2 pairs only.
We had the 2 pairs of EVs running on the stage both pairs placed next to each other. This increases the sound yield by about 3DB which is  almost the equivalent of having another speaker!
We also supplied a handheld Shure SM58 Radio microphone for general use and of course a back up cabled SM 58 microphone!
On the day of prayer itself (30th or 31st August) The Imam who leads the prayer will be kneeling and facing Mecca (which I think is South West from  London's direction). We will simply use a goose neck condenser microphone  mounted on its own floor base unit and positioned in front of the Imam to pick his voice up.
Back to the set up, Jalaal who is the leader of AL FITRAH and  runs these events was there running things!
Someone had left the industry sized generator on from the night before and consequently had flattened the battery (although it took a few of us to realize this at first). Luckily for Jalaal I had some jump leads and with my van in position we got the thing started and were able to sound check the system before departing. A gruelling set up which had taken us nearly 2 hours to complete partly due to the muddy conditions.
My son who had helped me all day and was starving so I treated us both to an 'Italian' in Kingston.
Kingsbury to Kingston!! 
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