Rental company creates custom patio installation

October 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

A Virginia-based rental company encourages its client to think outside of the box. Run-of-the-mill backyard get-togethers are the bread and butter for many tent rental companies. But when Event Rentals in Chantilly, Va., was hired to tent the entire back patio of a beautiful home, it was clear that …
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Windy city picnic covered by tents

October 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Janice Kleinschmidt Brian Mohrmann dismisses the notion that raising a 40-by-120-foot tent on 10-foot legs to accommodate the 18-hands-high Budweiser Clydesdales presents a challenge. For the general manager of Big Top Productions, it’s all in a day’s work—even when that work in…
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Concerts under canvas

October 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Janice Kleinschmidt The founder of a regional history show surprisingly turned down an offer by a philanthropic supporter to build him a theater. “He said no; he wanted a tent show,” says Phillip Anich, operations manager for Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua (BTC). The 22-year show re…
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Tents anchor the arts

October 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Janice Kleinschmidt Four years ago, microburst winds in Salt Lake City swept through the Utah Arts Festival. “A lot of artists lost everything,” recalls Ann Gust, who has coordinated the annual June event for the last 10 years as a city contractor. Those artists had provided their own…
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Tent features fireplaces

October 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

A tent-turned-expo-booth wows visitors with a custom entrance and real, burning fireplaces. The idea of installing a real, burning fireplace inside a tent would make most event companies shiver. But for the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA) convention, CFM needed to install a handful of …
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Tents take LPGA tournament to another level

August 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Jake Kulju George Smith of Mahaffey Fabric Structures in Memphis, Tenn., spends one week each year in upstate New York. But he isn’t there for his health. His company provides tents and fabric structures for a stop on the LPGA tour each year at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester. In busi…
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Overnight install leads to successful white-tie gala

August 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

A mid-winter, overnight tent project on a bustling road in Philadelphia leads to an event fit for a prince. On a cold night at the end of January, EventQuip loaded up its carefully ordered trucks and headed for downtown Philadelphia. The white-tie gala EventQuip was preparing for was the 150th anniv…
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Tents at the races

August 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Jake Kulju Nascar’s Nextel Cup Series events in New Hampshire draw more than 120,000 spectators, 20,000 of whom use tents provided by Christian Party Rental. Last year, as the July and September races drew near, traffic from vendors, drivers and race officials made installation difficult, b…
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Kiddie polo fundraiser sports numerous tents

August 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

By Jake Kulju Each year, the Children’s Home Society holds one of its most popular fundraisers, the Polo Classic. The event is one of the society’s longest running fundraisers and has collected more than $2 million in its 18-year history. For the fundraiser in 2006, Skyway Event Services…
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Luminous inflatables make an impact

August 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

Alan Parkinson’s luminaria continue to delight visitors around the world. “More effective than 20 years of therapy,” said one visitor. “Almost moved to tears,” commented another. “An absolutely unreal experience not to be missed. Very imaginative design.” Th…
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