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On April 17th, Millennium Productions produced its first relatively big event of the year, providing DJ, Videography, and Design/Decor/Lighting for Tiffany and Ryan’s wedding reception at the Viking Conference center in Sunset Hills.

The design included a Grand Entryway, Head Table Backdrop with Gobo monogram, accent draping in 2 corners of the room, pin-spotting on all centerpieces and cake, and a total of 20 uplights to set it all off.

The experienced Design team was at the venue at 9AM to get it all set up. Our goal is to always be detail-oriented and get everything looking perfect, so the more time we have, the better.

We try to get the venue’s lights out of the picture as much as possible, allowing us to have full control over the lighting in the room. This allows us to achieve the “transformation effect” that our clients are looking for.

Pin-spotting is an important part of the transformation. It provides enough light for the guests to see their dinners and each other, but also allows us to highlight the centerpieces. As you can see, it also produces a kind of “floating” look with the tables, highlighting them individually with darkness in between.

The end result is a completely different looking space. We accentuate the parts that need to pop, and we leave the rest in relative darkness, providing just enough mood lighting to make it comfortable for the guests.

Tom Stuart was the DJ/Host, with assistance from Pat Sullivan. Between the two of them, they created a great party environment, and provided their great expertise in music mixing.

Rick Dilly and Tony Volkman shot the video, following the wedding from ceremony through reception. Always the height of professionalism, they remained inconspicuous throughout the evening, while still capturing the event expertly.

This was a great combined effort among all the Millennium staff, and the end result, as always, made it completely worth the effort!

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It’s no secret that we began providing design and decor services about a year ago with our sister-company Millennium Design. I figured it was worth providing an update with some images from a recent reception that we provide lighting and drapery options at the MAC.  The photos are brought to you by CMAX Photography – A stellar photography company that any soon-to-be bride should check out.  The bride and groom, Nikki and Kris, were tons of fun to work with and I’m sure they’d say the same about us.

Our dearly-dreadlocked-DJ, Jason Clyde was their host for the evening and when I asked him if there was anything he’d like to reflect on for this blog post, he just smiled and said that “it was a blast” (Inside tip: If Jason, the laid back guy that he is, refers to a reception as being “a blast” it can go without saying that expectations were far surpassed … ).

As for the design, we first washed the entire reception venue in a nice dark pink glow with our energy-efficient and vivid LED up-lights, creating a warm and elegant atmosphere for everyone. We furthered the design by drizzling the guest tables and cake with white pin lights, keeping them in sync with the overall flow to the room. We also pointed a few lights at the beautifully ornate chandelier’s on the ceiling; juxtaposing a gorgeous purple-blue hue to the surrounding pink walls.

As for the head table … well, we’re quite proud. Serving as a focal point of the room we lit our white taipei silk drapery with the same dark pink as the surrounding walls, hung clear plastic beading to create a bit of texture, and framed the entire backdrop in black silk drapery, complete with pin spot lights shining down on each individual place setting from above.

Everything turned out perfect, and working with such a fun couple just furthered such a pleasant experience. Special thanks to CMAX Photography for the beautiful pictures and the MAC for providing us with such a flexible and accomodating staff. Of course none of this could have taken place without our fabulous bride and groom, Nikki and Kris!

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New to our Millennium  family is our design/decor division, with its brand-new website at www.millenniumdesignstl.com.

Our custom drapery and event lighting services have been very successful, so this addition to our family has been something that we’ve wanted to do for a long time now.

A couple things you’ll find in addition to our popular LED Uplighting and Drapery:

Contemporary-Styled Couches and Furniture

Custom Hi-Top Bar Tables

VIP Lounge Area’s

Grand Entry Designs

Custom-Designed Dance Floor Settings

Chinese Lanterns and Props

And more!

Click on our logo below to check out brand new website as well as the photo’s in our online gallery – we’ll have it continually updated as we receive more photos from the events we’ve already provided design services.

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