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Katie & Chris were a fun couple that came referred to me from my ad in the Texas Jewish Post. Katie actually works at the paper! They held their ceremony and reception at the Southlake Hilton. Day-of coordination was handled by Ruth Spirer of Weddings & Events by Ruth.
So many stories! This couple had met dancing at dance clubs and the normal wedding fare was thrown at the window… We were glad to have helped them and proud of the review they send in.
We provided the lighting for the room and the plasma screen and projection screen. In the room we placed the ice blue uplights around the pereimeter, shined the retro stars on the floor and lit each of the large posters showing the stories of those that have benefitted from the Dallas Hearing Foundation.
Paul Dyer of
VIM Studio was nice enough to provide us with the photos that you see here.
The next event for
Sounds of the Season is the Gala scheduled to be held on December 19th, 2009 at Union Station in Dallas. It is going to be an incredible production!
Kathryn and Jack had their wedding ceremony and reception at
Marie Gabrielle Restaurant in Uptown. We always enjoy working with Lisa Yarbro and her staff. The food there is amazing if you have never been. Funny thing, my brother worked in that building for years and never ate on the fine dining side of the restaurant to know about the food.
Shari Johns of
As You Wish was our wedding planner and helped put together a great time of individuals to make things happen. The team included me to DJ both the wedding ceremony and reception and lighting. Jennifer Yarbro of
Jennifer Yarbro Photography did an outstanding job with photos, as witnessed by the photos she gave me to put in this post.
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Shown here officiating is Marty Younkin of
Love Notes Weddings. We do approxmiately 20 to 30 ceremonies per year and we seem to do the majority of them with his company, and more often than not, Marty himself. He does have about fifteen ministers on his staff besides himself.
This wedding shows off the true beauty of the restaurant. The lighting that we did is very zen. The pictures show our Chinese lanterns hung outside on the patio above guest seating. Inside, Robin Brogan of Your Perfect Wedding by DiFiori created stunning centerpieces which we were asked to light. You will see other examples of our work at Marie Gabrielle which show just how much different the restaurant can be transformed elsewhere in our blog.
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Update! The review is in:
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On February 14th we had an awesome wedding with Liz and Richard Hardy! The stage was set by our Dream Weddings wedding planner,
Micki Novak, who assembled an awesome team for the reception at the
Adolphus Hotel's Grand Ballroom featuring photographer
Edward Ramirez, videographer
LaDonna Aiken, and floral by Darren and Craig at
Fete des Fleurs.
Randal Stout acted as Master of Ceremonies and our lighting company, Lumen, provided the lighting for the event, which featured pinspot lighting for all the tables and a red color wash of the ballroom and dance floor, as seen in LaDonna's video above.
On Sunday the 12th we had a great wedding reception for Monica and Mike Mancuso. Their reception was held at the Stonegate Mansion in Fort Worth. We had a chance to work with some great people on this event including wedding planner Shari Johns of As You Wish Events, photographer Gary Donihoo of F8 Studio, and cinematographer Chris Jones of Mason Jar Productions.
We can't wait to see what the photographs look like because the event was stunning. Chris gave us the link to his preview video and told us to post it up here on the blog for all to see. The video definately shows off the lighting we had done for the ballroom at Stonegate. More to come.
Dallas Rocks with Russell Simmons, Magic Johnson, Pat & Emmitt Smith from Hakim Sons Films on Vimeo.
Michael Tiegs with All Star Productions called upon us to help with an event that he was doing for Annika Cail of 521 Events. The event was the Dallas Rocks charity fundraiser which happened on November 7, 2008. It was held at City Place near downtown Dallas.
We had a chance to work with some great people and do some star gazing. For the event, Michael asked us to provide video services which included supplying four 50" plasma screens for the presentation that happened during dinner. We incorporated IMAG video (live feed video) from Shezad Mangee's team of videographers intermixed with a Flash video presentation and video files supplied by the client. Be sure to check out our copper pintuck pipe and drape which is featured against the back of the stage where Magic Johnson is speaking.
After a dinner, presentation and auction, guests were invited upstairs to the 42nd Floor enjoy the after party. Guests were treated to Academy Awards-style gift shopping, the VIP "Peacock Lounge" which we lit with peacock colors and peacock feathers, and the dance lounge which featured hip lounge furniture and a blue glow, thanks to our lighting. DJ Cassidy was spinning the tunes as guests were dancing under our club-style lighting. Check out the video for snippets of the event.
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Let there be light! The back ballroom at the Aldredge House shows how much more dramatic a little light on the subject can be.
There are so many people now watching shows such as Platinum Weddings and Who's Wedding Is it Anyway?, which is great. The shows incorporate many high-end ideas such as event lighting, which is a new arm of my company.
On September 1, 2007, Julie & Josh Ng got married at the Four Seasons. Their reception looked stunning. Here are a couple of pictures from that event. The pictures were provided to me by
Edward Ramirez, who is a great guy to work with.
This logo was created by one of their friends and sent to me in Photoshop .PSD format so that we could get it turned into a "gobo", which in this case was a glass negative that we insert into a special theatrical light to project the image.
The next picture shows how stunning the ballroom at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas was for their reception. For their event, we provided twenty LED uplights, pinspot lighting for thirty tables, dance floor lighting and we displayed their logo over the head table.
The LED lighting is computer controlled and at different points during dancing, we changed the color of the room with a touch of a button. Every time we changed the color, an audible "ooooh!" could be heard from the guests at the hotel.
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For their holiday party last year, the Dallas office of
Resulte' Universal brought in Rock Star, my new interactive show. Rock Star will have it's own website soon (these things take time, effort and money). Rock Star features a full set which encompasses the dance floor filled with tons of lights synchronized with the music, plasma screens showing music video and live feed of the party on the dance floor, and even has the option of up to eight "Party Enhancers"--people hired specifically to get your guests out there and dancing even more than normal!
The party's theme was an 80's prom, and everyone involved played it up! My office mate Cory Morrison of
Cocktails and Caviar was hired to make it awesomely 80's, which included so many stars and mylar streamers, we felt like we were in the set of "Footloose." I hired a great photographer named
Eddy Guevara to capture the evening. He took candids and also take "prom photos" in front of a set that Cory had created. Rock Star played up the 80's Prom Theme by playing all types of totally 80's music videos and we even had a "couples skate" slow-song at some point during the evening. Resulte' played up the theme by everyone dressing the part and they even named the Prom King and Queen. This theme will be so hot this next year too!
Resulte' had their holiday party at the beautiful
Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, TX. Susan Moore did a fabulous job making sure everything was taken care of!
The internet is the new yellow pages. If I want to find a company that sells something in my area, the first place I look is the
Yahoo Yellow Pages. I don't have time to go find a phone book or hope that someone who advertises in the phone book placed a big enough ad so that I can find them.
So it is with people who are looking for people to help them with their wedding or other special event. And so here you are, on my website, finding out more about disc jockeys, maybe me in particular. There comes a point where you have read a website and feel satisfied that you have enough information and then you send an e-mail and ask the dreaded question, "How much do you charge?"
I know because I get these e-mails all day long. It's a valid question. But I'm going to let you in on a little secret: for a disc jockey, it doesn't matter how much they charge. It matters if you like them. Now for the sake of budget, I do realize that somehow the person you want to hire has to charge a reasonable amount, but disc jockeys are not a commodity. If you believe that all disc jockeys are created equal, save yourself the money, get an iPod, load it with songs and have it be your disc jockey. For the person who is looking to spend less than $500.00, this is definitely going to be your best bet.
Now here's the right question to ask a disc jockey: "What do I get for the price that you charge?" I'll be happy to answer this question all day long--on the phone. One thing I've found is that you cannot judge a personality over e-mail. The disc jockey industry is a personality-based industry. Ask anyone what experiences they've had with going to an event such as a wedding reception that has had a disc jockey, and they'll gladly tell you what was good or bad about the experience. The bad experiences are always related to personality and the good experiences are always related to personality.
Take the time, call us. Make sure that you have a love connection with your entertainer. Find out all the services that they offer for the price that they charge. Then choose the person that is right for you.