Sunshine Coast SoundCoolum, Sunshine Coast

School formals, graduation dinners and Year 12 celebrations

School formal sound and lighting.

Dance-floor lighting, a sound system sized to the floor, microphones for speeches and awards, a screen for the slideshow, and an operator all night. Priced as one number for the committee.

What a formal needs

A formal is three events in one room: a red-carpet arrival, a dinner with speeches and awards, and a dance floor for two hundred people who have been waiting all year for it. Venues are built for the middle one.

We handle all three. Arrival music and a lit entrance; a wireless microphone that reaches every table for the principal, the captains and the awards; a screen for the year slideshow; then a system with real bass for the dance floor, lighting that changes with the music, and an operator watching the level so it stays inside what the venue allows.

Formal dance floor in full swing: colour washes and beams, students dancing as silhouettes, uplit walls behind, DJ position at the edge. Landscape. Hero shot.form-01-dancefloor.jpg

The three parts of the night

Arrival

Music at the entrance, a lit red carpet or step-and-repeat for the photos, and a microphone for the MC calling names as the cars pull up.

Dinner, speeches and awards

Two wireless microphones, a lectern mic, walk-up music for the awards, and the year slideshow on a screen the back tables can see.

Dance floor

A system with real low end, dance-floor lighting that moves with the music, haze where the venue allows it, and a DJ position ready for a hired or student DJ.

School colours

Uplighting matched to the school palette, a gobo with the crest or "Class of 2027" on the wall, and lighting that swaps from dinner to dance floor on cue.

The venue relationship

Level kept inside the venue's limit, cables taped and out of heels, and a bump-out done before the venue staff want to go home. They ask us back.

Teachers at the formal

An operator from us runs speeches, awards, slideshow and dance floor. Staff supervise students, not a mixer.

Lit entrance: red carpet or step-and-repeat, uplights in school colours, students arriving from behind or at a distance. Landscape, dusk.form-02-arrival.jpg
Awards moment: principal or captain at a lectern with a wireless mic, screen with the year slideshow behind, tables in soft focus. Landscape, faces small.form-03-awards.jpg
Gobo of a school crest or "Class of" projected on a wall, uplit in the school colours, no people. Portrait.form-04-gobo-wall.jpg

Working with the venue

Function-room systems are built for dinner music and a speech. For a dance floor of two hundred we bring a system sized to the floor, set the level from the boundary the venue cares about, and hold it there all night — arranged with the venue's coordinator beforehand. The DJ gets a good-sounding rig at a sensible level.

Sized to the floorMeyer speakers and subs for the dance floor, not the venue's ceiling speakers turned up.
Operator all nightSpeeches, awards, slideshow, DJ changeover and level, run by us.
Venue-friendlyInside the limit, cables taped, bump-out before the staff want to leave.
One number for the committeeGST, delivery, set-up and operator in the price. Invoice the school or the P&C, date held on a purchase order.

Packages and prices

Fixed prices, GST included, delivered, set up, operated and packed down. Priced so the committee has one line in the budget.

Formal essentials

$1,490inc GST, up to 150 guests

  • Two Meyer speakers and a sub
  • Two wireless mics and a lectern mic
  • Screen and projector for the slideshow
  • Dance-floor lighting, sound-activated
  • Operator from arrivals to bump-out
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The full formal

$2,490inc GST, up to 300 guests

  • Everything in essentials, sized for a ballroom
  • Uplighting in school colours, twelve fixtures
  • Moving-head dance-floor lighting and haze
  • Gobo with crest or year on the wall
  • Lit entrance with arrival music
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Formal with DJ

From $3,290inc GST, the full formal plus a DJ we trust

  • Everything in the full formal
  • A professional DJ who reads a formal crowd
  • Clean-lyrics set agreed with the school
  • Requests taken in advance from the committee
  • One supplier, one invoice, one operator on level
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Extras: a photo booth backdrop and lighting, a second screen for a wide room, a live stream for parents, a lit dance floor surface through our partners, and a wireless mic for the roving MC. Everything is quoted in writing and can be held on a school purchase order.

Where we work

Resort ballrooms and function rooms from Noosa to Caloundra, surf clubs, the convention venues at Twin Waters and Maroochydore, and school halls dressed for the night. Ask your venue coordinator — if we've worked the room, they'll say so.

For the committee

Send the venue, the date, the numbers and a run sheet if you have one. You'll get a written quote the committee can take to the business manager, with one number and everything included. We'll also send the four questions to ask the venue about power, load-in and their noise limit.

Common questions

The venue has its own sound. Do we need you?

For the speeches, probably not. For a dance floor of two hundred, the ceiling speakers won't do it and the venue knows that. We bring a system sized to the floor and keep it inside their limit.

Can our student DJ or a hired DJ plug in?

Yes. A DJ position with power, a table and inputs ready, sound-checked before doors, and our operator on the level all night.

Can the lighting be in our school colours?

Yes. Uplighting matched to the palette, a gobo with the crest or year, and dance-floor lighting once the formalities finish.

Who runs it on the night?

An operator from us, for the whole event. Teachers supervise students, not a mixer.

How is it priced for a school?

Fixed packages with GST, delivery, set-up and operator included. Invoice the school or the P&C; date held on a purchase order.

Get a quote

Numbers and a run sheet if you have one. A written quote for the committee comes back within a day.