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Tracy & Steve Bender (Woodall) 11/17/2007

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:00 +0000

I never got the opportunity to blog about Tracy and Steven's wedding ceremony and reception because it took until about three months ago for me to finally get the pictures. Better late than never, so here we go.

Shari Johns with As You Wish gave me a call to help with Tracy and Steven's wedding at Marie Gabrielle Restaurant in Uptown Dallas. She did a great job at explaining that Tracy's personality is larger than life and that definately came through both her and Steven's vision of how they wanted their wedding to be.

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The ceremony included mariachis playing and a solo by a guitar player, and of course a sound system that I dare you to find in the picture above. We hid those speakers out of sight. On the minister, Marty Younkin of Love Notes Weddings, we have a wireless microphone as well as our groom Steven.

There are so many neat details that went into the decor. For me, we were asked to do the sound for the ceremony, I was the MC/DJ for the reception and then Lumen did the lighting.

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I've always wondered what Lisa thinks when I cover up the sign that says Marie Gabrielle. Here is our dance floor. We brought in our white pipe and drape and then uplit it with LEDs which we are able to change colors throughout the evening. On the drape we put Steven's initial B which was in the font that appeared on their invitation.

Above the servery is a blank space which begged to be lit on this occasion. When Tracy says, "I trust you", it really meant that we could light this place up and make the design something different than had ever been done at the restaurant before.

Christina & Andrew Tirbeni (Cassell) 08/08/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Congratulations to Christina & Andrew Tirbeni on their wedding! These two were so much fun in getting to know. Andrew needs to be a part of the Randal Stout Entertainment team.

Their wedding reception was at the City Club of Fort Worth and their high school friend, Sarah Wright was the coordinator for them at the club.

The photographer was Tracy Autem of Lightly Photography. The videographer was Adrianne Porcelli of Turquoise Video Productions. Floral was provided by Tami Winn of A Magic Moment, event design & floral couture studio. Haven't seen any of the work yet, but we know it's going to be awesome.

The Picstrips.com photo booth was there at the wedding reception! To see all the pictures from the booth, click here.

Bride Associates Faux Wedding 08/06/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:43:00 +0000

Chelsey Dane of Bride Associates invited the Picstrips.com photo booth to be a part of her latest Faux Wedding, which happened at the DFW Lakes Hilton.

More details to come! But, to check out the pictures from all the crazy people who were in attendance (including Tommy Evans, to the left) check them out here.

D'Ann & J.T. Chavez (Hager) 07/18/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:27:00 +0000

Congratulations to D'Ann & J.T. Chavez on their wedding! The sweetest, funnest couple!

Randal was the DJ for their ceremony and reception at La Cima Club in Irving. ReJana & Mike Krause of BluDoor Studios were the awesome photographers on this one! I can't wait to see more of the pictures! Floral was provided by Cory Morrison of Cocktails & Caviar.

We had the Picstrips.com photo booth there! All the pictures from the booth can be seen here.

A Night With Rich Behm Fundraiser 07/19/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:49:00 +0000

Joe & Diane Avezzano
Ira Terrell
Wesley & Anna Phillips

Yvette Audrain of Premier Special Events invited the Picstrips.com photo booth to be at "A Night With Rich Behm". It was an all-star cast of football and media stars in addition to all-star event sponsors who helped make the evening possible.

Take a look at the pictures here.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition comes to Texas! 07/16/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:05:00 +0000

Tracy Hutson & Paul DiMeo

Tracy Hutson & Ed Sanders

The Picstrips.com photo booth was at the wrap party for Extreme Makeover Home Edition last evening. The cast and crew were remodeling a home in Lancaster, Texas. The show is set to air on September 27, 2009. Looking at the ABC.com website, that appears to be the season opener!

We can't wait to see it! Congratulations to the cast and crew of the show and thanks to Cameron Fox of All Star Productions for the invite!

Check out the rest of the pictures from the party here.

Amanda & Anthony Clark (Hulsizer) 07/11/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:37:00 +0000

Congratulations to Amanda and Anthony!

We helped them with their reception at the place where Amanda works, the Renaissance Worthington in downtown Fort Worth.

It was an all-star cast! Randal Stout was the disc jockey and master of ceremonies, our lighting company Lumen provided the lighting for the room, our Picstrips.com photo booth was there as well. Coordination was provided by Kristyn Hall of Event Elements. Floral was provided by Tami Winn of A Magic Moment.

The photo booth pictures may be seen online here.

Best In Bridal Fort Worth Luxury Bridal Show 08/02/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0000

Randal Stout is one of the sponsors for the Best In Bridal Fort Worth Luxury Bridal Show happening at City Club of Fort Worth on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009.

More information can be found at the website for Best In Bridal at www.bestinbridal.com.

We will be hosting the main ballroom located at City Club. Randal Stout will be the MC/DJ and our lighting company, Lumen Event Lighting will be lighting the main ballroom and the Oak Room. The Picstrips.com photo booth will be on display outsided the main ballroom for all to see. Please come see us and be a part of the first bridal fair to have a Twitter presence! It will be an historic occasion!

Tickets cost $15.00 at the door and $12.00 if you pre-register online. The website is www.bestinbridal.com and the hours will be from 2PM to 6PM on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at City Club of Fort Worth which is located at the DR Horton Tower, 301 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

Jessica & Chris Carns (Speed) 06/27/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Congratulations Jessica & Chris! One of the funnest parties we've had a chance to help with. Pictures from the event are online here.

Jessica & Chris had a great wedding at the Old Red Museum in downtown Dallas. Kristyn Hall with Event Elements provided the day-of coordination for wedding and did a fabulous job!

Randal Stout was the disc jockey and master of ceremonies and the party was more of a frat party than a wedding reception! We like it that way! Lighting was provided by our company, Lumen, as we showed off the packages that are now incorporated into Old Red's portfolio.

Highlights of the evening: Jessica & Chris had an awesome choreographed first dance to "Boom Boom Boom" by the Black-Eyed Peas ala MTV's Rock The Reception. Towards the end of the evening the "prop box" made it's appearance, filled with all kinds of goodies that Jessica & Chris brought with them. Cheesey? Not with this crowd--they wanted to party!

UTA Summer Band Camp Dance 06/24/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Randal has been providing the music for the UTA summer band camp dances for over fourteen years. This year we treated the kids by bringing in the Picstrips photo booth! Pictures are posted, please click here to see them.

MPI at the Fort Worth Omni! 06/12/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:00 +0000

The Picstrips photo booth pictures for the MPI event held at the Fort Worth Omni are now available online. Please click here to view them.

picstrips.com!

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Hello all! We have officially launched the photo booth side of our company. Our first official event happened last evening for MPI at the Fort Worth Omni Hotel. A lovely event and a lovely hotel!

Next Tuesday the pictures will all be posted for the attendees to be able to get on and download. The www.picstrips.com website will be up and running next week as well.

In the meantime, for more information about our photo booths, please contact us at the office at 817-410-8399.

Sounds of the Season - Preview Party 05/19/09

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:43:00 +0000

Meredith Commender of Significant Events of Texas asked us to help with the Sounds of the Season Preview Party benefitting the Dallas Hearing Foundation. The event took place at Hickory Street Annex in Dallas.

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 & Jack Livesay (Ellis) 05/01/2009

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:48:00 +0000

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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Happy Valentine's Anniversary! 02/14/09

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:57:00 +0000

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.

Dallas Rocks! 11/07/08

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:38:00 +0000

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.

A picture is worth...

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Let there be light! The back ballroom at the Aldredge House shows how much more dramatic a little light on the subject can be.

Monica & Mike Mancuso (Acosta) 10/12/08

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:10:00 +0000

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.

Emily & Jake Brown(Robertson) 7-26-08

mark@randalstout.com (mark pederson) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:47:00 +0000

DJ/MC Mark Pederson rocked the house again this week at the Fort Worth Club. The event was the wedding reception for Emily and Jake Brown(Robertson)along with 300 friends and family. Mark shared the stage with a great group of guys, "The Crawfish Band". Mark hosted the evening as well as providing music during cocktails, dinner and the band's breaks. Mark says, "I knew the evening was going to be fun but I had no idea the crowd would be as outgoing as this group was! Things started great with the introductions and Emily and Jake's first dance, but then we followed with Emily, Jake and their parents performing a choreographed routine to "Steppin' Out With My Baby" by Tony Bennett. We had the entire room cheering them on!"

Read the review below!

Dear Ron and Mark,

I just could not let this weekend pass without letting you both know how much we appreciated (loved) the music at the reception!!! I can't tell you how many of the guest commented on the music and how fun the party was. You both kept us dancing the night away which was EXACTLY what we wanted. The combination of the band and DJ worked perfectly and achieved the goals of 1) keeping the party going during band breaks and 2) allowing for some different music styles during the band breaks. THANK YOU for a great party!!

The Robertson's (bride's family)
Larry, Susan and Emily

LUMEN is having a SALE! Now through August 31, 2008.

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:06:00 +0000

LUMEN is the lighting side of our company. Unveiled at the Dallas Bridal Show on July 12th and the Fort Worth Bridal Show on July 19th, we're having a sale!

Now through August 31st, 2008, purchase our $1000.00 minimum and receive a free custom monogram projected at your wedding reception. The monogram and it's projection are a $450.00 value.

If you haven't had a chance to see what lighting can do to totally change the atmosphere of a room, look at the galleries on the website.

Add splash to the room--accent the walls with color or totally tansform the room by washing it with color or texture (or both!) Make your floral centerpieces pop off the table by lighting them with more than a candle. Transform your dance floor with color or exciting lighting. The designs are endless.

For the typical wedding reception of 100-150 guests, our $1000.00 minimum will give you accents of color around the room, allow us to light your cakes and put that beautiful free custom monogram on either your dance floor or a wall in the reception room. Call us at 214-206-1724 or 817-410-8399 to schedule a consultation.

Review: 06/21/08 Stephanie & Phil Boriak (Bazik)

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:21:00 +0000

Mark Pederson, fellow disc jockey and the newest employee here at Randal Stout Entertainment was the master of ceremonies and disc jockey for Stephanie & Phil Boriak (Bazik).

You can read the review here.

Their reception took place at Winfrey Point out on White Rock Lake in Dallas. The catering was provided by Stephanie at Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?. The party went into overdrive and Mark ended up with two hours of overtime.

Review: 05/23/08 World Brahman Congress Cattle Auction & After Party

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:08:00 +0000

We received the review for our efforts at the World Brahman Congress Cattle Auction & After Party. You can read the review here.

Dr. Kevin Bryant hired us to help produce an auction unlike anything ever seen here in the states. We were to provide lighting similar to what you might see on a television show such as "American Idol" and keep the excitement up as each of the cattle was auctioned with a musical soundtrack and heartbeat. This is very common in other countries, but had never been done in America. This was the first auction for the brahman breed in the U.S. as well.

For the after party, we provided uplighting around the Renaissance Worthington's Grand Ballroom, which changed in color throughout the dancing portion of the evening. Randal acted as the disc jockey and played opposite the band that was on stage. Behind the stage we hung our beautiful white drape and lit it with high-powered LED color changing fixtures. Above the dance floor, we hung eight moving-head fixtures to keep the dance floor lit like you would see in a night club and washed the dance floor with LED par cans.

The auction was spectacular and the after party was exquisitely decorated. Kudos to Dr. Kevin Bryant and the team that he hired.

Pictures will be posted soon.

Review: 04/05/08 Renee & Roderick Capelo (Lorenz)

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:39:00 +0000

I received my review from Renee & Roderick Capelo's wedding. You can read the review here.

What a wedding! The reception was held at the Adolphus Hotel in the Grand Ballroom. Roderick had planned a surprise for Renee--he sings opera and after their first dance, got down on one knee and sang "O So Le Mio". The photographer that evening was Humza Yasin, who gave me some pictures that are a part of a gallery on our lighting website, Lumen.

For the reception I was the master of ceremonies and disc jockey. For the room we provided accent uplights all around the Adolphus Grand Ballroom, pinspot lighting for the table centerpieces and cakes, and a custom monogram that said "Renee & Roderick" on the dance floor.

Review: 03/29/08 Jessica & Chris Hudak (Johnson)

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:31:00 +0000

My review from Jessica & Chris Hudak's wedding was received from them. Their wedding was great! Over 250 people at Timarron Country Club. To read the review, click here.

randal@randalstout.com (randal stout) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:13:00 +0000

Our new lighting website is now up and running! Everyone please check out www.l-u-m-e-n.com. We have posted several galleries showing the different types of lighting we offer.