The sun was shining on installation but when it came to the de rig, rain rain and more rain came down on us – just goes to show we plough on in all weathers!

Some mug shots:::

Baroness Shirley Williams will be opening the air raid shelter and the Quad, which has been given a new lease of life.

To cover all the guests coming to this special event we hired a very large marquee complete with our infamous levelled flooring system to provide a level surface for all ages to walk on, full linings with the school’s corporate Blue valances, hundreds of chairs and tables with white damask table cloths, plus a large stage, lighting, heating and power distribution equipment.

Interesting facts: there were over 350 boards laid on the floor, 30 tonnes of equipment delivered, 2 days to install by Chris and Nick and our newest member of elegance Kurtis.

Some pictures:

We were asked to cover a live demonstration by Aspirational Weddings http://www.aspirationalweddings.com/of ice carving by a local company In Ice Designs http://www.inicedesigns.co.uk/ who make bespoke ice sculptures for any event.

We also displayed at the hotel our new spandex coloured table linen, so if your having your wedding reception at The Royal Bath and want that wow factor for your tables, you know where to ask! 

Here is the photo that won:

It has been in the planning for months but today saw the installation of one or our smaller marquees for the South West Baby Show at Bournemouth Pier where we hired a 6m clear span marquee for exhibitors and visitors to use. The first challenge was to get to site, after consulting lots of officials we slowly maneuvered our specialist vehicle around the back of the entrance to the pier and then with a few maneuvers lined up to go through between the turnstiles and the kiosk, a matter of inches either side. Creaking noises were to be heard as we drove along the pier to the very end where we finally got to where the marquee had to be installed.

The second challenge was how to install a marquee on a pier? – easy! use Marquee Elegance’s infamous flooring system to anchor the marquee safely in situ. Just to put some icing on the cake we fitted out the marquee in our corporate purple valances and the kind people of the show allowed us to leave our flag as well.

Thanks to Chris and Nick for once again keeping up the quality and relishing in this weeks challenge.

and, some action shots:

We installed our 9m demo marquee in our corporate purple and white colours, even the carpet was colour coordinated just showing what can be done when you hire a marquee from us coupled with your imagination.

Also making their debut was our purple and white spandex table covers, coupled with our lovely lime wash chavari banqueting chairs. Our squared crockery looked fantastic against this.

We even debuted for the first time our nightsky laser which really worked well creating an amazing array of moving patterns on the roof and wall linings.

It just goes to show that we can even do more next time, when another exhibitor, Southbourne Florists (www.southbourneflorist.co.uk), walked past and said that the tables could do with some flowers. The very next day, lovely table centres appeared matching our colour theme! – Thanks very much Tracy!

Well, thank you to all those who visited our stand, this is what they saw:

These are very common words for the people who organised the Poole Beer Festival on behalf of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ales). Tickets for the two day event held at St Aldhelms Church in Branksome near Bournemouth went fast as this ever popular event drew near.

The festival showcased over 85 real ales and had entertainment from such likes as Lady Winwood’s Maggot.

We hired a 9m marquee to accomodate up to 250 of the thirsty real ale fans coming to the festival, along with matting, lighting trestle tables and lots and lots of chairs. Most importantly, as the event was over a weekend in late October we hired a large thermostat controlled heating system to keep everyone nice and cosy!

Visit their website www.thegreenhousehotel.co.uk to see how amazingly green the hotel is – it truly is amazing, right from the carpets to the wallpaper the house has been refurbished to high green standards. My favorite bit is the reception desk that is made from recycled glass tops.

Lots of brides came to see the hotel at their first wedding fair this weekend, where we also were with our demo marquee complete with hardwood flooring and linings, as proved by the photos below.

So people, if you want a Green wedding reception – you know where to go! ALTHOUGH we do provide other colours to choose from inside our marquees. :@)

The event featured shows every hour, and showcased clothes from the Autumn and Winter collections of Marks & Spencer, Miss Selfridge and Next. RIAS employees volunteered their spare time towards the day, from catwalk modelling to helping out behind the scenes.

We assisted the event by using our 6m range of marquee as a changing area for the models, behind an I shaped stage, installed using our litedeck staging system.

The first challenge of this event was the strict installation and striking times that we had to adhere to and the safety of hundreds of shoppers as this was being done. The second was that we couldn’t stake the marquee in the usual way, so we overcome this problem by utilising our hardwood flooring system to anchor the marquee and provide a dry solid floor for the models.

Thanks Dave :@) 

Today we installed trestle tables and folding chairs for two of the main counting stations in the south! one near Dorchester and the other in Bournemouth

We also installed our new 2010 litedeck stage for the winning candidate to stand upon