The Lighting & Sound Company

I booked the Lighting and Sound Co to provide uplighting in the ballroom of my October wedding at Dover Hall. They threw in bistro lighting free of charge and gave us a discount on the stage we added the week of the wedding! Their attention to detail with lighting and design added a lot to the ambiance of our wedding!

The Team at TL&SC exceeded my expectations which is VERY hard to do as I am a major perfectionist. They draped the entirety of Dover Hall with the most exquisite fabric, they provided soft strung bistro lighting and then they uplight the drapes in a soft orange to create the desert glow that I desired. Honestly it was the most magical transformation. Their draping and lighting expertise made every other detail of my wedding perfect, EVEN my makeup! It created the mood, softened the room, draped and lit everything in fantasy and magic. I never actually saw them do any work, haha. It was up and perfect by the time that I arrived. Dylan was easy to work with, patient and super kind with my a million questions. They were one of the best decisions I made in my whole wedding. Super super recommend this company and drape your wedding dreams away :)

I planned my own wedding by myself, while living in different city than the wedding venue and working a full-time job. (Avoid doing this, by the way.) So, when I encountered a vendor highly responsive to emails and/or willing to work with my schedule for calls or onsite visits, they generally got a boast during the interview and hiring process. Nearly every event lighting company in the Richmond area were pretty unaccommodating. They always insist that you coming into their showroom during their business hours, no video conference calls, and basically talked to me like me I could not possible understand the difference between various lighting options. (Please. I can goggle and read.) They keep telling me that what I wanted wasn't possible then either trying sell me expensive, un-romantic uplighting (was not going for a tired nightclub look) or change the proposed layout ans scheme to one they had done before in that venue. They acted like I was asking for some massive engineering feat to be performed because the venue's ceiling wasn't over 10 ft, but I know from the restaurants and bars frequent you don't need cathedral ceilings to a create beautiful, romantic lighting schemes. Finally, I found Dylan and The Lighting and Sound Company. Dylan was open to new ideas and not afraid of a challenge. He tested a proposed scheme out at their warehouse ahead time and then gave me a reasonable quote. Day-of, his crew created two white-corded mini-string light canopies for the dance floor that fit perfectly into the venue space. The result was magical and down right exciting for all the guests.