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Le Maitre Effects For BBC Sports Personality Of The Year - 16 January 2012
Mark Cavendish Sports Personality Of the Year 2011
Le Maitre Events were once again responsible for the special effects at this year’s BBC Sports Personality Of The Year. 1×20 Gerbs, 20×20 Gerbs, Low Smoke and Chameleons were fired throughout, and as world road race champion and Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish stood up to collect the winner’s trophy, Le Maitre’s Silver Glittershowered down.
Other winners this year were:-
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England's cricket team - Team of the Year
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England Cricket Team coach Andy Flower - Coach of the Year award.
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World number one tennis playerNovak Djokovic, - Overseas Sports Personality of the Year,
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Teenage golfer Lauren Taylor - Young Sports Personality award.
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Athletics coaches Janice Eaglesham & Ian Mirfin - BBC Sports Unsung Hero award.
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Sir Steve Redgrave - Lifetime Achievement award
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Bob Champion - Helen Rollason Award.
MVS Hazers Endorsed On Uriah Heep's Into The Wild Tour - 12 December 2011
Le Maitre’s Multi Venue System (M.V.S.) Hazer is the ONLY haze machine that rock legends Uriah Heep will use.
Currently on their “Into The Wild Tour”, covering a huge number of dates around the globe, the band’s lead singer, Bernie Shaw had this to say:
“With Uriah Heep playing on the world stage now in excess of 40 years, we’ve worked with most effects companies hazers and smoke machines at our concerts all over the world. We’ve found Le Maitre’s MVS hazers to be the best, and now have them on our technical rider.
With 5 singers in the band, we need a product that does not dry your throat, is tasteless, odourless but efficient and reliable enough to make the light show look good, but not hinder our performance. A very tall order that Le Maitre hazers handle with ease.”
“Out on the road for some 229 days in over 22 countries! Playing as close to home as London’s Shepherds Bush Empire, to as far a field as Vladisvostok and Venezuela, Uriah Heep try to keep the same high standard show in whatever country we’re in at the time, in terms of audio and visual and performance. If we’re lucky, we have our own back line and technical rider, but sometimes it’s left to whatever the local sound and light companies have left in their warehouse. For this past year though, there’s one bit of kit we never left to chance – our Le Maitre MVS Hazers! Compact, SUPER efficient,SUPER economical, almost silent running, self cleaning,etc. but most of all, the haze itself. Non-irritating to your eyes, nose or throat no matter how many shows we were playing in any given week,in what ever size venue we were in. Some other machines leave a film on your amp or guitar, let alone YOUR SKIN! Le Maitre haze is clean and odourless. It lets you get on with the show and just does what it’s supposed to do.. make the lights look GREAT!
Am I making a big deal about these hazers? HELL YES, to get all the boxes ticked by one company in this day and age is amazing to say the least. In Heep’s opinion, they are without doubt the best hazers out there, I’ll never go on a stage without them”.
Gold Streamers For FA Awards 2011 At The Natural History Museum - 23 November 2011
Gold Streamers At The Financial Advisor Services Awards 2011
This year’s FA Awards, widely regarded as the benchmark against which product providers measure their service to intermediaries, were held at the Natural History Museum and attended by more than 500 guests.
Le Maitre were delighted to add to the occasion with their gold streamers as the awards were presented by one of the nation’s best-loved comedians, Dominic Holland.
Company of the year went to Just Retirement; LV= won most improved in the Life & Pensions category; Aviva scored as the most improved in the Investment Providers & Platforms category; and Abbey For Intermediaries was the most improved among Mortgage Lenders & Packagers.
Jessie J's UK Tour Another Le Maitre Success - 08 November 2011
Jessie J Tour
Le Maitre supplied, designed and fired the pyro and special effects on the recent Jessie J UK tour. Pyro waterfalls, confetti hearts and low smoke all added to a stellar performance.
Jessie J treated her fans at sold-out gigs across the UK with… Big White Room; Who’s Laughing Now; Rainbow; Stand Up; Casualty Of Love; Nobody’s Perfect; My Shadow; Never Too Much; Abracadabra; I Need This; Technology (acoustic); Up (acoustic); L.O.V.E. (acoustic); Who You Are; Mamma Knows Best; Do it Like a Dude; Price Tag; Domino.
Freeze Festival 2011 - Battersea Power Station - 30 October 2011
Freeze Festival 2011 - Red Mines
This year’s Relentless Energy Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station in London was the biggest – and, it’s widely agreed, the best – yet, with over 18,000 people passing through the gates on Saturday alone, and some truly world-class snowboarding, skiing and music throughout.
http://www.relentlessenergy.com/film/relentless-energy-drink-freeze-festival-2011-video.html
Le Maitre were on-hand to light up the skies, firing Red Mines and Crackle Mines as skiers and snowboarders sped down the slope.
As the first of five skiers left the starting gate Crackle Mines lit up the dark sky, and as the fifth and final skier descended the ramp a pair of Red Mines ignited.
A final pair of towers were situated at the foot of the ramp, either side of the Kicker and as the skier took off from the Kicker and hit their highest point in the air, Red Mines and Crackle Mines were fired with spectacular effect.
Flambeaux Light Up The Red Carpet At Anonymous Premiere - 26 October 2011
Le Maitre’s Flambeaux lined the red carpet for Joely Richardson and others for the premiere of ‘Anonymous’ at the 55th BFI London Film Festival at Empire Leicester Square on October 25, 2011 in London.
Anonymous is a political thriller and historical drama directed by Roland Emmerich and written by John Orloff. It is a fictionalized version of the life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan courtier, playwright and poet, starring Rhys Ifans and Vanessa Redgrave.
Flambeaux at Premiere of Anonymous at the BFI London Film Festival Leicester Square
Le Maitre Events Short-listed For Special Effects Company Of The Year - 24 October 2011
Le Maitre Events are delighted to have been short-listed in the “Special Effects Company Of The Year” category of The Event Production Awards 2012, organised by The Event Production Show, Access All Areas and The White Book.
Nic Howden, editor of Access All Areas, says:
“The quality of our shortlisted suppliers is outstanding, a welcome reminder of the excellence and professionalism that exists within the event Industry. We’re delighted that Le Maitre has been recognised for its pursuit of excellence, particularly given the tough competition in its field.”
The trophies will be presented at a glittering ceremony at Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, on Wednesday 1 February 2012.
http://www.eventproductionshow.co.uk/Content/Event-Production-Awards-2012
London Launch Live - 11 October 2011
We’ll be exhibiting at London Launch Live 2011 on 19th and 20th October. Come along and visit us.
David Walliams' 140 Mile Thames Swim Celebrated With Confetti - 13 September 2011
David Walliams’ remarkable 8 day feat to swim the complete 140 miles of the Thames was completed on Monday 12th September, where David and waiting supporters were showered with red, white and blue confetti using Le Maitre Events’ Turbo Confetti Blowers.Walliams has raised in excess of a staggering £1million so far!
Kanye West Thrills Audience At The Big Chill - 06 August 2011
- Kanye West At The Big Chill
On August 6th 2011 Le Maitre Events provided the pyro and special effects for the headlining act, boundary pushing hip-hop superstar Kanye West, the multi-platinum rapper and producer who has sold over 15 million albums worldwide.
On the Deer Park Stage in front of a crowd of thousands, Le Maitre’s Gerbs, Cascades, Mines, Comets, Co2 Jets, and Low Smoke, lit the stage to tracks such as Dark Fantasy, Hell of a Life, Hey Mama and Stronger, to name just a few!