Lauren and Rob

This blog is long overdue. Every year there are a few couples that I do not forget. Sometimes they have great personalities, while other times their wedding goes way above anyones expectations. Lauren and Rob were both. I initially met Lauren at one of our Lighting Demonstrations and she fell in love with our intelligent lighting. Her theme was winter wonderland and we immediately clicked on how to design her ballroom with lighting.

Lauren and Rob's wedding was to be held at the Emerald Room in Northeast Philadelphia. The room was great on its own, but when design lighting was brought into the mix it really popped out. Lauren had booked uplighting around the entire ballroom and intelligent lighting set on the corners of the dance floor supported with trussing. She had went with the “house” DJ initially as it was built into her package with the Emerald Room. As Lauren and I continued to correspond about her lighting design, music was brought up. The best part of intelligent lighting isn’t its ability to change color, or have specific movements; its about the lighting designer who is controlling the lights. You could drive the fastest car in the world, but if you don't know how to shift properly, you will not get the full performance out of the car. The same goes for intelligent lighting, music, and the lighting designer. Music was a very important part of Lauren’s wedding as she was a huge MJ fan.

When I met Rob, he explained to me that he really wanted the lighting to accent the room and also energize the dance floor. After that initial meeting I had a feeling that our package was going to change. Lauren called me the next day to tell me they wanted to go with me as their DJ. I was very excited as I knew I could now personally ensure that their wedding was a success on all levels.

Our design was to have snowflakes rotating around the room in a light blue accenting the darker blue down lighting (that actually was provided by the Emerald room). During cocktail hour I could tell right away that the crowd was going to be a good one. They say it’s a DJ’s dream to be able to play anything you want and the dance floor energy rises with every new song. This was the case for Lauren and Rob’s wedding. During dinner we played a great mix of old and new music to get everyone to dance. Once dinner was over Lauren and Rob wanted the reception to take on a “club” atmosphere. Jessica (our expert lighting designer) was on point with her cues as it seemed as though everytime I was ready to mix a new song she had the lights strobing or was changing movements and colors.

The Dance music had such a Vegas vibe to it because I was able to mix out of each song after 30-45 seconds while hitting the best part of each. Once set that shook the room (with guests jumping and fist pumping) was Firework (Jump Smokers RMX), by Katy Perry into Party Rock Anthem, by LMFAO.

There are weddings where you go home after and are satisfied with the job you did, and there are others that you can’t go straight home after because you are way too strung up with energy. Lauren and Rob had one of those weddings. I’ll never forget the good time I had DJing their wedding, and I’ll certainly remember how cool of a couple they are.

On a side note, weeks after her wedding we became friends on Facebook, and realize that she is related to me (by marriage). I guess me DJing her wedding was meant to be.

-Matt

Thanks so much to Barnyard Photography for the images!