Stage Services

Todays early start didn’t happen as we decided to let our hair down for the evening and went out for a drink, or two.

When we did get into work we had a fairly productive day, all the cabling is now run for the remainder of the exit alarm system and we also finished the rest of the units to connect to this cabling. This means that we should just be left with a half hour job of connecting everything up on Monday morning.

James also replaced the DJ trip in the sounds power distro which stopped working last week – the trip that was replaced was in service for at least 16 years – possibly part of the Joe Cool road show!

Day 2 of getting things ready for Freshers 2010 marked the return of Paul after a quick session making, updating and prioritisieing to-do lists, we decided to do some asset-ing of some of the new kit we had recived over the summer so we could put it away in its new homes. This included the new Pearl Expert that we reported on yesterday which, after a quick tidy of the ACR moved in!

We finished up the morning with a quick set of weights, moving the 200 liters of smoke fluid that got delivered  to its store, an amp room above the club with only a cupboard for access.

After a quick spot of lunch, we moved on to running some cables in for the new emergency exit alarms, ensuring customers cant accidentally get stuck in the fire escapes out of the union. We had left the hardest for last, as this involved taking out several lighting fixtures, about the same size as our heads, to pull the cable through.

We’re back at work getting ready for Freshers 2010, starting in only 18 days! Up till then, there’s loads of stuff happening – things need fixing, stuff needs maintaining, and new stuff needs setting up, along with the all important planning for the big events the Ents lot have planned, so each day we’re in, we’re hoping to put up a short blog post like this, saying what’s been going on.
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Friday 19th & Saturday 20th February see Hallam take on Uni in the ultimate battle of winter sports in the first part of Varsity 2010. There are five points for the main Varsity competition available at the events taking place at Sheffield Ski Village (Ski-ing and snowboarding on Friday) and Sheffield Arena (Ice Hockey on Saturday). Once again, Stage Services is providing all the technical equipment for the event and after party at the Ski Village.
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It’s been a busy few weeks for Stage Services. The new look Bar Phoenix opened yesterday, as well as our first event of the year – Pounded.

It was a rather hectic weekend making sure we were ready, but we made it, and we’re all looking forward to a busy and successful Freshers Week.

But… Do you want to be part of it too? Read on for more info!

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