Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Christmas Party

Christmas Parties never used to be like this!! Huge concert style stage, nightclub lighting and a massive D & B sound system were all installed for CPM's head office Christmas party in Thame, Oxford.

L.A.S. were the sole supplier of everything technical for this mammoth night that took place early December

LED Backdrop


We tested out our new LED drape system out last week with stunning results. Measuring 4.8m x 2.4m this flexible drape will be used at fashion shows, award shows & music events during 2010. Via its dedicated software it will show many types of digital video media and images



Friday, 4 December 2009

Bolton Christmas Lights Switch On


Very wet is one way of describing this Thursday nights Bolton Christmas lights switch on event! After building our outdoor stage & canopy the day before in glorious sunshine - we got absolutely drenched setting up the P.A & lighting. Despite the rain, thousands turned out to see Laura White and the legend that is Stu Francis (ooh I could crush a grape) turn on the town's lights. Lets hope all the equipment dries out for next weeks events....

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Nintendo Style Boutique



Today we supplied the catwalk, sound & lighting for Nintendo's Style Boutique at The Trafford Centre, Manchester. After a 05:30 start we did 4 live fashion shows hosted by ex Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon.
You can see the red shoes that were used as a stage prop either side of the main catwalk, one of our crew (Phil) was so tired we caught him asleep in one of them!

Thursday, 26 November 2009

NWDA Conference November 09


After an early start this morning we set up the stage & conference set with a 3m wide rear projection screen and enjoyed listening to guest speaker Paul Heathcote (Heathcotes restaurants). Although an odd shaped room at the Crown Plaza, Manchester - I recommend it as a venue for up to 150 people......great access if you are an AV company and very helpful staff.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Our First Blog..

Well here we go, our very first blog. I'm Chris Pearson - one of the Audio Visual guys from L.A.S Manchester. We operate mainly in the north of the UK but sometimes further afield. When asked what I do for a living my eyes roll & I start panicking. I deem our company as "AV prostitutes" we will do anything that involves Audio, Staging, Lighting, Video or Foam Cannon's (we'll come back to the foam cannon another day). I suppose the majority of our work is conference AV & fashion shows but over the past 17 years we've branched out into filming & video production and seem to have cornered the market in providing the technical aspects of the regions Christmas Lights Switch on events.

Anyway thats our short introduction over - I'm off to bed now as its a 06:00 start in the morning at a conference for the NWDA at the lovely Crown Plaza Hotel in Manchester.