Marquees & Tents Information: Glossary

• Marquees
• • Frame Tent: Aluminium framework with PVC covers. No centre poles or guy ropes.
  • Pole Tent: Canvas marquee with centre poles, side poles and guy ropes.
  • Traditional Marquee: Pole tent or Poled Marquee.
  • Chinese Hat Pagoda Marquee: Fixed size, square single peak marquee. Also called Witches Hat.
  • Pavillion Marquee: Frame tent, usually with a peaked roof profile.
  • Entrance Awning: Small awning at the entrance to the marquee.
  • Connecting Awning: Small awning or walkway joining two marquees together.
  
  
• Lining
• • Flat Lining: Interior skin to hide framework, cables etc. No pleats or rouches.
  • Pleated Lining: Pencil pleats from the apex ridge. Obscures shadows and condensation rings.
  • Valance : Flat pelmet which covers the join between the roof and the tops of the walls.
  • Swags: A deeper pelmet gathered up at regular intervals to form a horizontal scalloped shape.
  • Columns: Vertical drapes at intervals equal to the leg spacing of the marquee.
  • Roof Drapes: Bands of coloured cloth from the marquee apex to tops of walls.
  • Curtain Divide: A screen which works similarly to a theatrical curtain.
  • Starcloth: Blackout cloth with hundreds of tiny LED's set into it, a night sky effect.
  
  
• Flooring
• • Natural Matting: Woven coconut fibre imported from India, undyed.
  • Boarded Floor: Interlocking plywood boards to give a solid surface for carpet.
  • Raised Ringbeam Floor: A levelling system for slopes up to 1:20
  • Parquet Floor: Polished dance floor panels in rosewood finish. Designed for flat surfaces.
  • Chequerboard Floor: Laminated dance floor panels forming 600mm chequer squares.
  • Exhibition carpet: Single use carpet in a range of colours.
  • Anti-Slip FLooring: High grip covering for use on boarded floor in catering tents.
  • Temporary Access Panels: Heavy duty plastic panels to protect grass from tyre tracks.
  • Steel Deck: Steel framed staging in modular units.
  
  
• Lighting
• • Bird Cage Chandeliers: Ornate black wrought iron effect chandeliers.
  • Pin Spots: Very narrow beam spotlights to pick out the table centre-pieces.
  • Up lights: Floor standing lamps emitting an upward parabola of light.
  • Codas: A general soft wash light. Can be fitted with subtly coloured gels for effect.
  • Profiles: A sharp, focused light for picking out flower displays or features.
  • Gobos: A filter which casts a shaped shadow within the light beam.
  • Birdie Bar: A rack of small spotlights for lighting bars and buffet displays.
  • Par Can: A general purpose lamp often used for outside effects.
  • Fresnel: Theatrical lamp with 'barn doors' to define its area of coverage.
  • Gels: Coloured plastic sheet through which light passes and gains colour.
  • Rope Light Canopy: Strings of rope light forming a spoke pattern overhead.
  • Dapple Projector: Similar to a gobo, projects patterned light.
  • Spectrum Blaze: Digital, programmable light box hidden behind lining, which mixes primary colours.
  • Spectrum Set: Changing coloured light projected onto the dance floor.
  • Intelligent Scanner: Mirror heads reflect light in response to the music signal.
  
  
• Miscellaneous
• • Indirect Heating: Warm air ducted into grilles, thermostatically controlled.
  • Mains Supply: 45Amp - 100Amp power supply taken from domestics mains by qualified electricians.
  • Baffle Screen: Method of obscuring utility areas from guests view.
  • False End: An additional floor to ceiling partition to create a hidden area with one marquee.

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