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Latest Peak News
KCM Victory Campaign 2008 - Basel
Following the success of our event last week in Bournemouth - it is once again time for the Peak Hire team to provide sound services for the KCM conference. Utlising our superb EAW line array system and Yamaha M7CL48 digital sound desk the client was really happy with the sound solution we provided. Being an international conference with delegates of many nationalities getting the sound right was of great importance - the live sound was fed to the audience of 1500 with sound feeds being sent to the recording and translation teams to be made into CDs, DVDs and to be translated to French and Italian.
Despite the inevitable language barriers, the event went well and our kit successfully survived the 1300 mile round trip.
Despite the inevitable language barriers, the event went well and our kit successfully survived the 1300 mile round trip.
KCM Victory Campaign 2008 - Bournemouth
Its been a busy week for the team here at Peak Hire - as well as the normal events and dry hire clients we usually work with at this time of year, our sound department have just spent a week working with international charity KCM on the UK leg of their conference. The Bournemouth International Centre saw a range of sound equipment, from our EAW line array for front of house and monitors, as well as the latest in digital sound desks and radio mics. Although the client provided their own engineering staff, Peak Hire left system technicians in place to ensure the smooth running of the event.
Once the event was completed, all of the equipment was carefully checked and then loaded up to be trucked out to Switzerland for the European leg of the event. We'll see it again next week when we get to Basel...
Peak Hire Invests in Mac 700s
Here at Peak Hire we are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with Martin Professional with our recent investment in a range of Martin Mac 700 moving head lights which are now available for hire.The new stock joins our extensive range of intelligent lighting, including Mac 250s, 500s and 600s - all of which are available from our warehouse in Cheltenham. The new Mac 700s have full CMY colour mixing and make an excellent partner to our range of lighting desks (including the industry standard Avolites Pearl). Martin Mac 700 hire is available now - so give us a call.
All lighting is available for dry hire, delivery or as part of a complete production. The new lights are being prepared for a busy summer seasons of conferences and outdoor events. For more information, pricing and availability please call our office on 0870 333 1701 or get in touch.
Happy New Year
Once again we've just finished our annual contract for Cheltenham Borough Council for lighting their New Year's Eve party at Cheltenham Town Hall. The event, which as usual sold out well in advance, saw a range of generic and moving head lights provided by Peak.
Cheltenham Christmas Lights Switch On
Here's another picture of the event build - all the guys in the blue are the Peak Sound and Light team in their high visibility jackets. This picture shows pit barrier in place and our line array up and in place on the giraffes (the other one is just off shot on the right).
And here is the final result - a fantastic night enjoyed by thousands of residents of Cheltenham and beyond.
"I'd like to say a HUGE thank you to all of you for your involvement in the
Christmas Lights Switch-On event on Saturday."
Cheltenham Borough Council
Christmas Lights Switch-On event on Saturday."
Cheltenham Borough Council
Cheltenham Christmas Lights Switch On
It's been a few years since Peak have provided technical support for the Cheltenham Lights switch on - but being our home town we were as keen as ever to win back the event in 2007 - and that's just what we did. In preparation we undertook a bit of an overhaul on the Black Stage to get it ready for the event and for the 2008 season. You can now hire this stage from us and bookings are already coming in thick and fast for this year.
These two photos show the team from Peak Sound and Light rigging the event early in the morning on the day of the event - but with a stage build time of about an hour it didn't take too long to get things sorted.
We'll post some photos of the event itself shortly
Speaking in the Spa
Home to the world's largest celebration of the humble book (according to the BBC) - is the 2007 Cheltenham Literature Festival. For this year's event, Peak are providing site lighting and power for all of the outdoor venues, as well as lighting and rigging in the main theatre tent and Cheltenham Town Hall.This year's event sees talks from Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond and James May as well as Helen Mirren, Alistair Campbell and William Hague.
With over 75,000 tickets pre-sold (a record for the festival) we are very proud to continue our relationship with the event. You can see more about the event on the BBC website or on the Cheltenham Festivals' website.
Christian Aid Cut the Carbon
Following the success of the Making our Mark event, Affinity Events returned to Peak once again for support on a series of events for Christian Aid. Peak were employed to provide outdoor festival power distribution and onstage sound support for the series of events which took in Edinburgh, Birmingham and Cardiff.
The system was tailored to each of the specific events, and saw artists such as Amy McDonald (Edinburgh), Lemar (Birmingham) and Rhythms of the City (Cardiff) take to the stage.
More information and photos can be found on the Christian Aid Cut the Carbon website: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/stoppoverty/climatechange/march/index.aspx
Walsingham
When it's festival power, lighting and sound you need - look no further than Peak! That's just what happened when Father Philip North (from Our Lady of the Shrine in Walsingham Norfolk) was looking for assistance with his youth festival.
We provided full event site power and campsite lighting, with three generators providing power to the big top, catering and other venues and the rest of the site.
In addition, we provided the full lighting and sound solution to the stage show in the big top utilising a 7k front of house system, Soundcraft MH3 front of house desk and numerous Martin Mac moving lights controlled by a Pearl lighting desk.
Two Thousand Trees Festival 2007
www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk
EAW Training
EAW have been on the road - and we've been to see them.
Having recently bought our new EAW Line Array we were invited to the EAW B4 Roadshow at Bray Studios, which is currently working its way across Europe. We learnt all about the new products that are coming out, and were lucky enough to meet some of the people who make EAW what it is. The photo shows Peak Sound and Light MD Karl Ashman, sound engineers Dan Keating and Dave Cleaves, with EAW's Steve Badham, Moray McMillin, Kenton Forsythe, Jeffrey Cox, Bernie Broderick, Ferrit, Jamie Anderson and Sean Martin.
AOG Conference 2007 Blackpool Winter Gardens
www.aog.org.uk
www.affinityevents.co.uk
Making Our Mark - Walk of Witness London 2007
Working with event management agency Affinity Events we've just come back from a weekend in London - where we have been providing sound support for the Making Our Mark event.The event took place to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of slavery and combined a march through central London, stopping off at Lambeth Bridge (where we provided a small sound system) followed by a stage based event at Kennington Park. We made use of our brand new EAW line array system and were very pleased with the result.
The LED Screen/Stage combo provided by Bradford based BigTV was excellent, and the event was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
EAW is in the Building
Just a quick post to let you know that our new SLAM (Small Line Array Module) EAW sound system has arrived in the warehouse.Our system comprises 16 KF730 tops and 8 SB730 subs, powered by Lab Gruppen FP+10000Q and FP+7000 amplifiers.
There's no time to post a picture because they're going straight to London for an event in Kennington Park. If you want to hire them as part of a production package, to dry hire or cross hire, call us on 0870 333 1701 - and check out our new page here - EAW Line Array Hire
This now means that we are part of ELAN (EAW Line Array Network) - so all of our equipment is available for cross hire to production companies coming in from Europe or the States - call us on 00 44 870 333 1701 for international enquiries.
New Years Eve 2006
Litec truss, Lodestar motors, 20 Martin moving heads, Studio Due CS4's, 24kw par rig and ETC profiles all controlled by Avolites Pearl 2004.
Acevo National Conference
One of our latest undertakings was the provision of full technical support to the Acevo National Conference at the Novotel London West hotel. Equipment supplied included an EAW 8 box KF730 sound system, profile, stage wash and intelligent lighting, complete projector, screen and camera AV services including 6 breakout rooms, stage set and lecturns and exhibitors area temporary power supplies. Keynote speakers included Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC and Oliver Letwin MP.
End of the Road Festival
Peak Sound and Light provided Garden Stage and Big Top Stage lighting for this new festival which is held in the Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury. On the bill were Ryan Adams, Badly Drawn Boy and British Sea Power who all shone under lighting design by Stu Petersen and Andy Bartlett and the deployment of our new Studio Due CS4 ACL par arrays. The festival had a fabulous vibe and is set to become a regular firm favourite event. www.endoftheroadfestival.com
Gorsley Festival 2006
We were very pleased to be asked to provide sound, light, video and power solutions to this year's Gorsley Festival near Ross on Wye in the beautiful Wye Valley. The event runs over 5 days in big top, marquee and indoor venues. Many thanks to Peter Goulding and his technical team for their assistance, and for making us so welcome. Find out more at http://www.gorsleyfestival.co.uk
Llanelli Big Day Out
Recently we were very happy to provide our good friends at Rees Sound Systems our Litec PA towers for main stage flown speaker system deployment.
The event was Llanelli Big Day Out and the chosen array was the remarkable EAW KF730 SLAM.
At around 40 kilos per box each 8-hang line was easily within the 600kg load rating of the Litec's and the brilliant flying arrangement of the EAW meant the job was effective and efficient
New Addition to Hire Stock
We've just added this fantastic new Soundcraft MH3 48 Channel Sound Desk to our ever expanding hire stock
The desk had barely been delivered to the warehouse before we put it to good use at the Gloucester Blues Festival. Dan Keating, our foh engineer, was kept busy with a six band line-up and five minute changeovers between acts!
The desk capacity and 8 VCA/mute groups meant the event went smoothly and sounded great, much to the enjoyment of the artists, promoters and audience.
You can see more on the Gloucester Blues site.
MAYC Breakout 2006
For the second time in four months we were back at the Winter Gardens Blackpool. Following on from our success at the AOG Conference, we returned to work with the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs on their Bi-Annual Event "Breakout".
This isn't the first time we've worked with the MAYC - we helped with the lighting and sound at their 2005 event in Derbyshire, and were delighted to be asked back to work with them again. We provided the equipment for almost all of the rooms at the Winter Gardens, including full lighting, sound and rigging in the Empress Ballroom, as well as turning one of the venues into a theatre for a full stage production, involving truss, drapes, staging, lighting and sound.
Gloucestershire University Summer Ball 2006
For many, their university summer ball will mean great bands, great friends and huge amount of alcohol - but for us it meant a truck load of equipment and the chance to showcase our new PA / Lighting towers.
For the event at Cheltenham Racecourse (a venue we know very well) we provided mainstage lighting as well as projecting the UGSU logo from our giraffe towers at the entrance to the event.
Firm Foundations
Working with Affinity Events, Peak Sound and Light provided lighting equipment to the Firm Foundations Festival in Hemel Hempstead. Peak have been involved in the event for a number of years providing various items of hire equipment, although this was the first year that the lighting was handled solely by Peak.
With Andy Bartlett on the Avolites Pearl 2004 desk, we provided a variety of moving heads, generic lights and rigging, including our new MAC700s.
The new Website is here!
The New Peak Sound and Light website is finally here! It's been nearly 18months in the making, but we've finally made it! The site has updated information about the events we have been working on - and we've also added some of our equipment to a new fully searchable equipment database.
Please have a look around and get in contact to let us know what you think!