Planning A Festival Or Outdoor Event Part 1.
It’s the time of year when thoughts start turning to the long summer nights and grand plans are put in to motion. For the more adventurous, you might be planning a festival or outdoor event yourself. A rather daunting task and something that involves more work than you average indoor event. Indoor events have toilets, water, emergency exits and the like are already installed! In this post I am going to attempted to break down a few of the things you need to think about when planning a festival or outdoor event and hopefully mention some...
read morePlaylist For Wedding Receptions – What You Need To Think About
As well as holding your own iPod wedding disco, many couples are now choosing to play their own selection of music earlier on during their reception meal. All you need for this is an iPod or laptop as well as a sound system and finely crafted playlist for your guests to listen to. Having done many receptions we are going to share some of our top tips to making your song choices a success. Firstly you really need to think of the mood people will be in at the time. Choose upbeat positive songs to match the mood of yourself as well as your...
read moreWedding Lighting Ideas – Star Cloth Hire
Star cloth is a great way to transform an otherwise ordinary room in to a modern, elegant area. Star cloth is perfect as a back drop to a top table or as a surrounding to a DJ or band. Sound & lighting hire companies such as Onion Audio can provide & install star cloth for special events in Hotels, marquees and private venues. When hiring star cloth, its advised to cover the entire wall with star cloth. If you require star cloth but don’t have the budget to cover a large area, Onion Audio can provide simple blackout cloth...
read moreWinter Wedding Ideas
Holding your wedding over the festive season has some excellent benefits. It maybe a little cold during the winter months but sound & lighting hire companies like Onion Audio are here to give you what a summer wedding could never have. One of the main benefits to a winter wedding is that when evening guests arrive you can light your venue to give it an amazing magical sparkle you could never have during the summer. White fairy lights look great when used to guide guests down a path or entrance way. You could also use them to highlight an...
read moreTree Uplighting From Onion Audio
The summer months see weddings and events move from hotel suites to marquees and gardens. As the darkness draws in at these events a very special venue can loose its magic as we can no longer see the beautiful surroundings we are in. One trick Onion Audio like to use is uplighting. We use floodlights strategically placed on the ground to light features in the area. This works particularly well with trees and woodland but also statues and water features. The real benefit of uplighters is that just as your guests think they have seen...
read moreWeddings On A Budget | Ideas For Wedding Music
If your looking for a way to host your own wedding party but don’t want to spend a fortune on an expensive DJ, there is something that is working really well at small weddings across the county. iPod disco weddings are becoming popular with couples who know what music they want to hear at small, low budget weddings and have a strong vision of the type of atmosphere they want to create during the day. The main reason is usually price but the other reason is you get to choose exactly what you want to here. There is no need to risk getting...
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