PRESS RELEASE: Italian String Lighting now available!

We’re excited to announce that we now are offering Italian String Lighting for our clients’ ultra-elegant events! For those who aren’t familiar with it, let me share a photo from a recent event Houston Station in Nashville, TN.

I know, “Oh you mean Christmas lights?” No, there’s a huge difference. These are commercial-grade stringers, complete with 15-watt (not 5 or 7-watters) globe bulbs and dimmer circuits. These are incandescent bulbs that give off a soft, romantic light. They give that ultra-chique to practically any event, not to mention the soft glow that will set a wonderful ambiance for your event.

To make things simple for our clients, we’re packaging these at three different levels;

“Small” – 2, 54-foot stringers (25 lights), suggested for up to 100 guests

“Medium” – 4, 54-foot stringers (50 lights), suggested for up to 200 guests

“Large” – 6, 54-foot stringers (75 lights), suggested for up to 300 guests

Pricing may be found here. Given the logistics involved with this style of lighting, we require a site survey and venue permission, prior to booking. Please call us today to discuss how this great new product can benefit your very special day.

Photos

Nashville Wedding DJ, Lighting and PhotoCenter Service
http://www.RickRyan.com – http://www.615dj.com –http://www.615lighting.com – http://www.615photobooth.com

2013-05-04 Megan and Patrick’s wedding (Tulip Grove Mansion at The Hermitage)

Client: Megan and Patrick
Date: May 4th, 2013
Venue: The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson’ home), Hermitage, TN
Service Provided: DJ, Emcee, Uplighting, Monogram
Photo Album: Megan and Patrick

This is Megan and Patrick’s wedding that I DJed this past weekend at The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson’s home). The Ceremony was held in the Tulip Grove mansion followed by a cocktail hour. For the reception, the party of about 75 moved out to a 30’X60′ tent. Our service was DJ, Dance Lighting, Uplighting (peach & mint), and monogram.

The day was very wet and cold (mid-40s) but I was able to back the van, right up to the doorway to unload. Got everything in place and strung cables and installed the uplighting fixtures (20). I have to admit, I wasn’t very crazy about what I might run into on this setup. It was cold and wet (something you don’t want to deal with when running lights on the ground) and I knew we were working off a generator. I was pleasantly surprised to find out the tent company had also supplied the generator and they did it right. Big, industrial inverter-style generator with the distro box dropped right behind my table. In addition, the sidewalls had been properly pegged down (attaboy Patrick) and they actually had proper heating in the tent. Have to hand it to the B&G, they did the setup right. Great job guys.

The Ceremony and cocktail hour were held in the Tulip Grove mansion. Nice place with lots of character to it. A bit later, the guests made their way out to the tent for the Wedding Reception. For the Father-Daughter dance, Megan asked us to do a mash-up. Start with a slow piece, then break into about 8 different songs and ending up with the full-length version of Quad City DJ’s “Come On Ride The Train“. This isn’t what I’d normally use to transition into open dance but it worked perfectly. As the last song started, we invited the guests to “Get on board” and boy, did they ever!

This was the perfect start to a high-energy dance set.

A shot of the monogram, projected to the tent ceiling.

The evening ended with all-smiles by our happy couple. Congratulations Megan and Patrick. We wish you both all the happiness in the world. Special thanks go out to our great friends at B&B Portraits and Two Fat Men Catering (I need the recipe on that potato chip chicken, WOW!). Fantastic job, guys!

Nashville Wedding DJ, Lighting and PhotoCenter Service
http://www.RickRyan.com – http://www.615dj.com –http://www.615lighting.com – http://www.615photobooth.com

04-27-2013 (Daniel’s Big Bar Mitzvah) Old Natchez Country Club

Client: The Sauls
Date: April 27th, 2013
Venue: Old Natchez Country Club, Franklin, TN
Service Provided: DJ, Emcee, Live-Picx/Texting, Shadow-dancing, Uplighting, Monogram, PhotoCenter, Motivational Dancers
Photo Album: Daniel’s Bar Mitzvah

This is Daniel’s Big Bar Mitzvah held this past weekend at Old Natchez Country Club in Franklin, TN. This was a huge event with energy that was absolutely off the charts! About 100 kids an 50-75 adults in attendance.

Our crew included a 7-person team; 2 DJ/Emcees, 2 professional dancers, 2 A/V techs and 1 PhotoCenter technician. The package included our huge, dual video screens (which barely fit in the room, btw); Live-Pics/Texting on the left and Shadow-dancing on the right.

DJ Russ started the evening off with a series of fun games and the kids quickly got into “party mode”. Our dance team, Shay and Malik helped us with the kids as well as a new friend, Angela. Thanks guys, for such a great job! As the evening progressed and daylight subsided, the bright and bold uplighting colors really began showing. We used about 30 fixtures, which were strewn through several different rooms around the venue and we used a color scheme of Blue, Orange and Yellow, which matched up with Daniel’s chosen theme and table center-pieces (Blue/Orange/Yellow Lacrosse balls). The PhotoCenter was also a huge hit and we look forward to seeing the PictureBook from it. Following are some pictures from the event.

The kids with their glow necklaces. Live-Pics/Texting on the left screen, shadow-dancing on the right

Monogram with blisslight background

Lotsa games (and Shay with a big ole smile)

Lots of dancing on this one

For dance lighting, 4 chauvet LED scanners and 1 Martin acrobat

Nashville Wedding DJ, Lighting and PhotoCenter Service
http://www.RickRyan.com – http://www.615dj.com –http://www.615lighting.com – http://www.615photobooth.com

04-20-2013 Lauren and Philip’s Wedding (Old Natchez Country Club, Franklin, TN)

Client: Lauren and Philip
Date: April 20th, 2013
Venue: Old Natchez Country Club, Franklin, TN
Service Provided: DJ, Emcee, Ceremony
Photo Album: Lauren and Philip

Meet Lauren and Philip (as he gets her garter).

One of the absolute sweetest couples you’ll ever hope to meet and they were an absolute joy to work with on their wedding. The event, both Ceremony and Reception, was held at Old Natchez Country Club in Franklin, TN.

This was my first time to work at Old Natchez. Very nice club and the staff there are superb and hosted a flawless event. There are separate areas for dance, dinner and cocktails, yet all three areas are adjoined together. The rear veranda opens up to some fantastic scenery, overlooking the golf course.

Once we began the dance segment, the energy went through the roof. Check out a few dance shots:

To finish off a perfect evening, our lucky couple departed to a sparkler exit.

Nashville Wedding DJ, Lighting and PhotoCenter Service
http://www.RickRyan.com – http://www.615dj.com –http://www.615lighting.com – http://www.615photobooth.com

 

Amanda and Stephen’s Wedding at Bluegrass Country Club

Client: Amanda and Stephen
Date: April 6th, 2013
Venue: Bluegrass Country Club, Hendersonville TN
Service Provided: DJ, Emcee, Live-Pics, Texting, Uplighting, Cake Spotlight, Monogram, PhotoCenter
Photo Album: Amanda and Stephen

This week finds us at the beautiful Bluegrass Country Club in Hendersonville for both the Ceremony and Reception of Amanda and Stephen. The Ceremony was held in the back “Glass Room”, which overlooks the golf course, while the Reception was held in the Grand Ballroom.

Patti Corn is the Private Events Director at this venue and she always does a fabulous job on whatever kind of event she’s producing and this one was no exception.

For those who have never been to Bluegrass, it is one of Nashville’s premiere establishments, with one of the best kitchens in town. Their food is to die for and the surroundings are ultra-elegant.

Our lucky couple chose a two-color Uplighting theme and we ended up installing close to 40 LED fixtures; both along the wall space and behind the sheer curtains that face the front of the building.

For Monogram, Amanda chose a simple “B” in Brock Script, which we placed on the ceiling above the dance floor. We used the Blisslight Star System lasers to highlight the monogram.

Our guests had a great time with lots of dance floor action.

The PhotoCenter was a huge success with everything from singles to some rather huge group shots. The props went over huge!

“Thank You!” to Amanda and Stephen. We wish you both all the very best in life together.

Nashville Wedding DJ, Lighting and PhotoCenter Service
http://www.RickRyan.com – http://www.615dj.com –http://www.615lighting.com – http://www.615photobooth.com

Rachel’s Mighty Monkey Mitzvah (3-23-2013)

Client: Rachel & Austin
Date: March 23rd, 2013
Venue: Embassy Suite Hotel Cool Springs – Franklin, TN
Service Provided: DJ, Emcee, Live-Pics, Texting, Uplighting, Monogram, Professional Dancers, Shadow-Dancing
Photo Album: Rachel’s Bat Mitzvah

This week finds us at Embassy Suites Hotel in Coolsprings for Rachel’s Bat Mitzvah.

The event was held at the Embassy Suite Hotel in Cool Springs and this is a gorgeous facility. Since Rachel just adores monkeys, this was our evening’s theme complete with a Monkey Ice Sculpture and tons of monkey-themed prizes for the kids. Here’s DJ Russ, striking a pose in front of the sculpture.

This is one of our largest setups, complete with two, 10-foot rear projection screens on either side of the DJ table. The left side was our patented Live-Pics (r) and Text-messaging system. The right screen was setup for some fun shadow-dancing.

While the adults enjoyed themselves at a Cocktail hour in the Atrium, DJ Russ and our dancers, Shay and Malik, kept the kids entertained with a series of great games.

As the night moved along, even the adults joined us on the packed dance floor for some great dancing.

And, as if that weren’t enough, we also had a very special musical guest when Jordan Meredith (of American Idol fame) took the mic to belt out some serious Aretha Franklin stuff.

Congrats to miss Rachel!