JWI June Social

On Sunday June 29, Signed Sealed Delivered played at the JWI June Social at the Magnolia Hotel in the Pegasus Ballroom. In keeping with the 'Rocco and Gina's Wedding' theme of the event, the band donned some gaudily colored tuxedos as well as some very '80s prom dresses. View more at the carpe vita blog. Special musical selections for the "dances" included 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me', 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and a touching ballad version of 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' arranged and performed exclusively for Gina and Marky's bride/brother dance. Definitely an outrageously fun and unique event with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

New TOP Photos by F8

Once again Gary Donihoo from F8 Studio shoots the elegant, hip and stylish TOP and Rion at their photo shoot last month. You can see and hear more photos, sounds and information about TOP on his website TOP Entertainment.

Absolute Lighting's favorite photos

Go to the absolute lighting website to see more ideas about how lighting will enhance the decor and mood of your chosen venue. Decor sets the tone for the entire event when these spaces are first revealed to your guests. We're lucky to get the opportunity to stand in these perfectly prepared venues before the party begins.

www.absolutelightingdfw.com

From left to right:
The Belo Mansion
The Dallas Museum of Art
Arlington Hall
Lakewood Country Club
Dallas Country Club
Northwood Club

SSD Plays House of Blues in Los Angeles

Signed Sealed Delivered traveled to Los Angeles to play two shows for a corporate marketing event. One of those shows was at The House of Blues Anaheim. We had a few minutes free to see some local sites. Here is a photo of our keyboardist/singer Mary at the Queen Mary and our favorite hamburger clerk at the world famous In -n -Out Burger.

Kathryn & Kyle @ The Crescent Hotel

Kathryn and Kyle had their wedding over Memorial Day Weekend at The Crescent Hotel , which is one of our favorite venues to perform. Freesia floral and Absolute Lighting worked together to create a lounge feel in the main ballroom with a Red perimeter wash and dramatic pin spotting on the Cymbidium Orchids. Something Blue wedding coordinators helped plan a perfectly seemless event with the band Cuvee providing the music and emcee services. Check out all of the photos on Chris Moseley's blog site. Thanks to Chris for providing these photos.

Band: Cuvee

Photo: Chris Moseley
Floral: Freesia
Lighting: Absolute Lighting
Planning: Something Blue
Linens: BBJ
Cakes: Delicious Cakes
Venue: The Crescent Hotel

SSD plays for The Cowboys

Signed Sealed Delivered performed for The Dallas Cowboys' introduction of their new draft picks at The Stadium Club in Texas Stadium. There are already private events being planned at The new facility space at the stadium under construction in Arlington. We can't wait to see it...

D Magazine

Gary Donihoo of F8 Studios helped us out with these new shots for The Absolute Entertainment profile that will be in the next issue of DWeddings Magazine. Thanks to Gary and Brook for all of your advice, expertise and photos of our bands and lighting.

We are also proud to be providing the entertainment for this year's Best of Big D party for the fifth straight year. We can't give you details about this year's party yet, but in years past D has chosen Absolute Entertainment bands including Cuvee and TOP.

Taylor & Mark @ The Dallas Museum 5/31

The DMA atrium is a Dallas landmark. Absolute Lighting worked with Bella Flora and BBJ Linens to create a dramatic transformation of the atrium for Taylor & Mark's wedding reception on May 31st.

The Signed Sealed Delivered band was also highlighted by additional color washes around the stage.

Event Planner: AK Events

Floral: Bella Floral

Venue: Dallas Museum of Art

Band: Signed Sealed Delivered

Decor Lighting: Absolute Lighting

Kristen and Nathan at The Belo

This was a beautiful wedding with many things coming together at two locations to create a memorable day for everyone. Kristen and Nathan had their ceremony at Kristen's family home and hosted the reception in the Pavilion Ballroom of the Belo Mansion. The blue color wash set a majestic mood while the pinspotting really made the arrangements by Freesia pop. Thanks to Mason Jar Films for the footage above.

Event Designer: Holly Tripp

Photographer: Paul Dyer,

Videographer: Mason Jar Films

VIM StudioGown: LuLu's

Tuxedos: Mister Tuxedo

Ceremony Sound: Absolute Entertainment

Reception: Belo Mansion

Floral: Freesia

Cakes: Frosted Art

Linens: BBJ

Rentals: M&M Special Events

Reception Lighting: Absolute Lighting

Valet: Gold Crown

Makeup: Shannon McCall/Kristin Colaneri

Megan & Matt at The Crescent Hotel

Thanks to Chris P Jones for this very cool video clip of Absolute Entertainment's decor lighting at Megan and Matt's Wedding Reception on Saturday May 17, 2008. Their reception was located at The Crescent Hotel with floral design by Junior Villanueva of Garden Gate Floral and music by Dallas' favorite The Emerald City Band . We'll also have some photos up from Andrea Polito soon.


Megan and Matt, Intro from Chris P. Jones on Vimeo.

Venue: The Crescent Hotel
Band: Emerald City
Lighting: Absolute Entertainment
Floral: Garden Gate - Junior V
Video: Chris P Jones
Photography: Andrea Polito

Michelle & James at Rough Creek Lodge

Check out f8studio's photos of Michelle and James' Wedding Reception on their blog. f8studio always capture each event's unique mood with their photography. Michelle and James had their ceremony and reception at Rough Creek Lodge with the band Cuvee as their entertainment. Rough Creek is an amazing location near Glen Rose, Texas with a wedding chapel on site. The first shot above gives a feel of the overall look and feel of the great room at the lodge.

Cuvee rocked the party with the elegant hipness that they are known for. They played everything from Frank Sinatra to Justin Timberlake to AC/DC. And.. Michelle did some singing with the band. It was a blast.

Rosine Hall - Dallas Arboretum

This was a really fun event and a great wedding at The Dallas Arboretum. The guests were ready to have a good time and the excellent food, venue, flowers, lighting and band made it all happen. Outdoors can be a challenge but the weather was picture perfect and the ability to flow from cocktails outside into Rosine Hall for seating and dancing and back outside to enjoy the weather made for a great evening. SSD brought the party music and kept the the dance floor packed. The lanterns outside and colorwashes and floral lighting inside by absolute lighting set a majestic mood. Check back for photos by Rhea-Engert Photography in a couple weeks.

Hello World - First Blog Entry

Hello World and Welcome. Hope you enjoy the scenery and suroundings. We've been a part many cool things and events over a long time and wanted an outlet to share them. Just last weekend was an especially wonderful night at Rosine Hall at the Dallas Arboretum so that's probably a good place to start. Check out some photos of the asain lanterns outside and great colorwashes inside as well as shots of SSD in action at the Rosine Hall thread.