One of the most important things for a karaoke night to run smoothly is a good host or presenter. With karaoke, the host needs to be extremely confident with his microphone skills for a number of reasons.

The host needs to be heard clearly and precisely over the PA system to get peoples attention for when they are singing. Sounds silly, but many hosts still don't use the microphone properly and end up sounding muffled and unable to get the next singer on the stage.

You need to entertain people and grab their attention more to get them involved, and with our karaoke hire you will get just that.

Unless people are experienced karaoke singers they tend to be a little bit shy at the beginning of the evening and need encouragement to get up and sing.

Many people run a karaoke because they enjoy singing, but this isn't always reason enough. You need to learn how to use the microphone properly, how to 'work the crowd' and how to encourage people to get excited when they have witnessed possibly the worst singer ever! Not to mention learning how to use and set up the equipment properly.

All of our karaoke hosts have trained as DJs, and so are well aware of how to use the microphone to its full effect and potential. They also have the know how in terms of the sound equipment, so know where to place speakers for maximum effect and coverage.

A karaoke night at Newbury Manor, River Bar.

A standard karaoke set up for a small to medium venue would consist of a pair of 12" or 15" 200-300W speakers, 400W mixer amp and 15" and 19" tft monitors. This would give ample coverage for up to 120 people.

Larger set ups would include a bigger sound system and a projector system for those really big venues.

At present we have almost 5000 songs, starting with some real classics such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, coming right up to date with the current chart. We keep very up to date by purchasing the latest Sunfly discs each month, but still tend to find that people would still much rather sing along to the real classics such as 'Mustang Sally' or 'Summer Nights'.

We can incorporate a karaoke night with a disco, but if you just wanted a karaoke we could play background music while your guests arrive and in between singers, creating a good atmosphere.

• Experienced presenter
• Full PA system, with speakers, mixer amp and  radio microphones
• Karaoke machine with echo and pitch control facility
• Monitors - 15" and 19" tft and/or big screen projector
• Songbooks - to choose your favourite songs from
• Requests slips and pens

We could also e-mail a copy of our songbook to you in advance if you required, or you can download a song list by clicking here.