Audio Visual Watford | Watford Hilton

Just Smile regularly provided Audio Visual Watford services to the Hilton Watford Hotel on the A41. The News Hertford Suite at Hilton Watford is a perfect venue for large meetings and conferences.

At this particular booking, we provided a lectern, 4 speaker PA system and microphones for a conference. A regular client which we have worked with for a number of years. A simple set up with a technician on-site for the day to ensure the sound levels are correct for each and every presenter.

We provide Audio Visual Watford services in Watford and around Hertfordshire. We also travel into London and have a large range of equipment available to hire with or without a technician.

 

Jewish Wedding Sopwell House

Just Smile are recommended at Sopwell House as one of the venues Wedding Suppliers. Our client David Krist approached Just Smile to deliver his Wedding Production for his Jewish Wedding being held at the stunning hotel in February 2020.

Just Smile provided Stage, Dance Floor and Lighting, but also a backdrop for the top table. The venue looked stunning, and the well-known Pure Showband performed on stage. The lighting was operated by one of the Just Smile technical team who ensured the lighting worked to the music throughout the evening.

Sopwell House is a popular Wedding venue in St Albans Hertfordshire, and is popular with Jewish Weddings and planners who recognise the venue as a luxury wedding venue in the area. The hotels ‘St Alban Suite’ can hold over 20o guests.

Just Smile is recommended by Sopwell House and Just Smile have provided many weddings at the hotel. Not just stages for bands, but stage for chuppah, backdrops, dance floor and lots of different lighting options including gobo lighting and printed dance floors.

If you are organising a simcha, call Just Smile.

Heart Hero Awards Production 2019

Radio Broadcaster Heart Hertfordshire approached Just Smile Ltd for a second year to provide the Awards Production, audio visual, sound and lighting for their Hertfordshire Hero Awards to be held on the 27th September 2019 at Pendley Manor in Tring, Hertfordshire.

The event was attended by local business leaders, well-known local figures and also the nominees and of course winners of the awards. Hosted by DJ John Darin, the awards included highlights of some of the most courageous and brave local people who had been recognised for their contribution to the local community.

Just Smile provided Awards Production including Staging & Set design, Sound & Lighting, Video including a number of screens around the room and cue system for the presenter. Just Smile also provided a DJ & Dance Floor for the after-awards element of the evening.

Just Smile is a well-known provider of audio visual services at hotels and venues in Hertfordshire and London. And have provided Awards Production at numerous events at both Pendley Manor and other hotels in and around Hertfordshire.

Pendley Manor Hotel is set in stunning grounds and boasts beautiful function rooms, bedroom, suites and is also home to the Pendley Shakespeare Festival and Chilfest.

SME Hertfordshire Business of the year – Winner

Events Company scoops Hertfordshire Business Award & is Finalist in National Awards

Watford/Bushey based event production and entertainment company, Just Smile Limited recently received recognition for their unfaltering & excellent service, which they have provided hundreds of customers since they began in 2009.

The company recently won ‘Business of the year’ (less than 50 employees) in the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards, which were held a few weeks ago at Hunton Park Hotel in Kings Langley. The whole team of 9 employees took to the stage to accept the award along with Managing Director David Rees.
In addition to the ‘Business of the year’ award, Just Smile Limited also scooped the runner up position in the ‘Best Enterprising Business’ category. Which highlighted the companies ability to diversify and grow.

Just Smile Limited (previously known as Smile Events but changed name in 2016) has been working with venues and clients throughout Watford & Hertfordshire (and further afield) since 2009 and grown from a DJ company into a full production house, offering Stage Hire for Festivals, Production & Lighting for Luxury Weddings & Parties and Sound, Lighting Staging for Awards, Conferences and Theatre Productions.

Having won the Hertfordshire award, Just Smile Limited now goes forward as a Finalist in the SME National Business Awards which are to be held at Wembley Stadium on Friday 6th December.

See Winners Video: https://youtu.be/2dfQCqcfdf8

Outdoor Stage Production, Sound & Lighting for the Vaccines

Our Stage Lorry, Sound, Lighting & Power services were booked to provide a mini-festival for a private party featuring the band The Vaccines amongst other acts.

Our client required something suitable to deliver Sound for several acts, bands & singers which would deliver for a small audience of invited guests. We used our RCF HDL30 Line Array with RCF Subs & Wedges… along with our Allen & Heath GLD Mixing Desk to provide a system suitable for the event taking place.

In addition to sound, we added a lighting show, comprising of ADJ & Chauvet fixtures, being controlled on an Avolites Tiger Touch 2 console. There were some additional features from Prolight Concepts Group and some hazers, Co2 jets etc

We also provide site power with our 22KVA Pramac 3phase Generator which provided power for the Stage, Sound & Lighting, but also for a food truck nearby on site.

Our Stage Lorry with its 8m x 7m performance area provided a suitable platform for the acts & bands to perform, plus allowing us to rig the lighting and sound to create a show for the audience.

If you are looking for Outdoor Stage Production or Stage Production at a Festival, we deliver small to medium sized festival stages and outdoor staging and production for a range of events each and every year.

Stage Truck
Wedding DJ at Mercure St Albans Noke Hotel

Wedding DJ at Mercure St Albans Noke Hotel | Wedding DJ St Albans

Sharing the love for the Noke Hotel at St Albans is so easy, whether it be a wedding celebration, a 50th Birthday or a company Christmas party.

The Noke has it all to cater for and the venue takes it all in its stride.

From a full blown wedding party or celebration in the Marquee, to a more private party in the Restaurant lounge, nothing is too much trouble for Craig, the function manager and his team, from our side as a professional DJ providing the magic with sound and lighting creating a memorable magical night, nothing could be more rewarding, than to have that standing ovation at the end of the show knowing you have created that magic.

From the arrival with such a nice easy local load in, straight to the stage area, where the DJ creates the magic, our wedding DJ builds the production prior to the bride and groom arriving.

Sound and lighting, is set ready for the magic. Radio mics all ready, to provide that perfect performance for those who may find using a radio mic daunting for the very first time.

The wedding production is perfect, ready for the prince and his princess to enjoy a magical night, the very best in party tunes has been assembled by the bride and Groom along with support from our Professional DJ whom has performed for many a bride and groom.

The Djs knowledge of adding tracks is key and is the glue to creating that amazing party atmosphere on the dance floor.

Dinner is served, cool back ground tunes are provided nicely in the background by our DJ. We are ready for our speeches, a perfect delivery one very happy groom, best man and dad of the bride. The groom gives the DJ the cue, at this point we usher all our guests around this amazing wedding cake, 321 our cake is cut amid a fabulous round of applause. Our DJ announces the proceedings, our stunning bride and groom would you all to join them in celebrating their first dance as man and wife.

The lights go down, just a simple white beam bounced of a glitter ball gives a stunning glitter effect, purple and blue lay a subtle, effect to the dance floor the confetti cannons are primed .

Our bride and groom grace the stunning white dance floor, perfect! Ladies and gentlemen I give Mr and Mrs; the cheers go up just as the confetti fires into the air.

Let the party begin, our dance floor is full ready to celebrate till the early hours.

Mercure St Albans Noke Hotel

The Mercure St Albans Noke is a traditional 4-star hotel conveniently situated on the outskirts of St Albans. With 110 spacious bedrooms, 44 of which are deluxe rooms, so guests can relax in style. St Albans Cathedral and Verulamium Park are just a 10-minute drive from the hotel, as well as The Maltings shopping centre, perfect for those looking to enjoy a weekend in the city. After a busy day, guests can rejuvenate in the fitness suite or the impressive indoor pool and hot tub.

The Grove Wedding Production with The Function Band

On the 24th March 2019, Just Smile Ltd providing Wedding Production & Lighting at The Grove in Watford.

We provided, White Curved Carpeted Stage, White Starlight Dance Floor, Stage & Dancefloor Lighting, Uplighting, Stage Backdrop and Chuppah Stage & Aisle Runner. Working to suit the client budget and working with the colour scheme for this stunning wedding.

Working alongside some of the most incredible Wedding suppliers and friends, it really was a dream team to work with and alongside, they included:

Caterer: Philip Small
Band: The Function Band
Florist: Alexandras Florist
Toastmaster: Jango
Photographer: Paul Toeman

The Grove is a stunning Wedding Venue in Hertfordshire. 5* Luxury Hotel in Hertfordshire, Just 18 Miles From London. Book Online Now. Set In 300 Picturesque Acres, The Grove Is The Ultimate 5* Retreat. Award-Winning Spa. Indoor Swimming Pool. Championship Golf Course. 

From our client:

“Dear David,

Just wanted to drop a line to say a big thankyou to you and your amazing team for their absolutely flawless delivery for our function.
Your input from the Chuppah set-up to the amazing stage & lighting was so helpful and the team worked really hard to make everything run so smoothly.
It has been a real pleasure to work with you and we would have no hesitation in recommending you for the future.

With best wishes”

Watford Football Club Premier Celebration

Watford Football Club Premier Celebration

We provided Sound, Lighting and video for a special event organised by Watford Football Club. Fans were invited to attend and enjoy an evening remembering and celebrating the season of 98/99 where the team move up to the premier league. There were lots of memories and stories shared, with lots of fond thoughts given to the late Graham Taylor. 

The Wembley 1999 Reunion Dinner was held at Shendish Manor in the Apsley Suite, which worked well for the 300+ guests to be close to the action, meet the heroes of the time and join together to remember the stories, characters and the special memories which made the 98/99 Season as successful for the club as it did.

We provided a full D&B Audiotechnik sound system with Sennheiser Microphones, some basic lighting, video distributed using our Decimator Design boxes and a Blackmagic switcher, onto screens around the room and our 3m x 2m 3.9mm pitch LED screen mounted at the front of the event. Plus a live roving video link which allowed our camera to roam the room and relay the images back to the screens.

 

Wedding Production at The Savoy

Wedding Production at The Savoy

We provided Wedding Production at The Savoy. With separate lighting at the Synagogue for the ceremony. Our production included a tiered stage with mirror trim, multiple steps and a white carpet & leatherette finish. We used 8 plinths to create a backdrop to the stage, with multiple moving heads lighting effects mounted on these. We also provided four truss towers around the room which allowed a further 8 moving lights to be mounted around the room. Uplighting, Pin-spotting and a large White Dance Floor finished off the look which tied in well to the aesthetics of the Lancaster Ballroom at The Savoy.

The Savoy

A stunning venue for any Wedding or Celebration. The Savoy famously sits on The Strand in central London and backs on to the River Thames, in prime theatre-land. A landmark venue with history and stories to boot… The Lancaster Ballroom must have played host to many events which would have included celebrities and rich & famous. A real treat of a venue if you are looking for something a bit special.

Our Clients said:

“Hi David, Wanted to thank you very much for a brilliant evening. Apologies for driving you mad – but we’ve only had amazing feedback from everyone. The room looked amazing and everything ran smoothly (to us anyway!) Thanks, Joseph”

“David, Great success at the savoy last night – thank you for all your hard work and reassurance throughout.  I hope we weren’t too demanding – but the production quality shone through and hopefully more intros will result. Thanks again to you and your team. Regards, Mark”

Awards Production

Awards Production | Conference Set

Awards Production Hertfordshire

We provided full awards production Hertfordshire for the Heart Local Hero Awards. We were commissioned by owner Communicorp who own Heart Radio to build a suitable set and provide stage, sound, lighting and video support for their Local Hero Awards to be hosted by Daniel Fox and John Darin who are the presenters on the radio station.

We were delighted to provide a bright red ‘Heart’ branded set with a red & white stage, white dance floor, D&B audiotechnik sound system, Plasma screens and lighting around the perimeter of the room. One of our award-winning DJ’s finished the night off by playing to the dancing crowd following the awards.

Sopwell House Hotel

The awards were held at, and sponsored by Sopwell House Hotel in St Albans Hertfordshire. Sopwell House is a 4 Star Hotel and is the ideal venue for a variety of events, which can include Awards Ceremonies, Corporate Events, Dinners, Weddings, Barmitzvahs and many more. 

Sopwell House is a stunning venue with a variety of event spaces, with restaurants and landscaped grounds which welcome you as you pull in from Cottonmill Lane.

Awards Production Conference Set

Winter Ball Lighting in Hertfordshire

Winter Ball Lighting in Hertfordshire

We provided the lighting for the lighting for the 2017 Essendon Country Club Winters Ball. Our Winter Ball Lighting included a hung truss lighting rig which was hung above the Dance Floor, Wireless Uplighting around the venue with some Chauvet Freedom Strips hung from the backdrop. The event was attended by nearly 300 guests, with live music provided by the house band ‘Roundabout Zoo’ and one of our excellent DJ team provided the soundtrack for the rest of the evening.

Just Smile have become well known for our event lighting services, and we provide many events in Hertfordshire & London with party and event lighting services for their events large or small. Our team are able to create a real wow-factor with a selection of moving and fixed lighting fixtures which compliment each other add to the overall aesthetic of the event space.

Essendon Country Club

We have been a recommended supplier at Essendon Country Club for some time now, and work alongside the venue to deliver their in-house events as well as many weddings and parties for private clients, members and others who book the venue for such occasions.

The club is nestled in some of the most stunning Hertfordshire countryside with a drive through the well maintained grounds which lead up to the event barn.

Wedding Lighting & Production at The Rosewood

We have provided Wedding Lighting and Wedding Production at The Rosewood. We have actually provided a number of different events with our lighting and production services at this fabulous hotel and we know the events team well at the venue.

The Rosewood is a beautiful 5 Star Hotel in London, one of the more recent additions to the catalogue of venues available in the capital. We have had a relationship with the venue ever since it opened it’s doors and we look forward to this continuing.

The Ballroom sits downstairs with a grand lobby which is perfect for Wedding & Events. The space is versatile and has a number of other rooms around it. Our team have created a number of productions here, but also simple Dance Floor & Lighting Hires.

Things have come a long way since this Wedding in 2015…