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The Bell Tower on W34th is coming soon!

The Bell Tower on w34th

The Bell Tower on w34th

A few days ago I made a short post about the New Bell Tower on w34th street. Today I decided to see if I could fin a website or anything else where I could post some information about the venue. I imagine if they attended the Houston Bridal Extravaganza Show in July, they would more than likely have a website up and running, and they sure do.

First place I found them was in Bride.com and after that it lead me to their actual Bell Tower on w34th Street website where they just have a flyer letting people know they will be open for business soon.

If you want to get a much better idea of what the place actually looks like and how beautiful it is inside… visit their ad on Bride.com.

Happy Planning!

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|o| Simply Frank |o|
Professional DJ in Houston

Brady’s Landing Pictures Wedding DJ Venue Review

Brady's Landing

I had the pleasure of returning to Brady’s Landing on Sunday June 28th 2009 for the wedding reception of Nelda and Marvin Itzep.

Nelda and Marvin are very down to earth and simple people. Both of them had the biggest smiles any person can have and they just looked absolutely happy together. Every time they were together you could see and feel the love they had for each other, it was truly a pleasure to be able to be of service to them.

All the wedding professional present there were able to see that love, capture it and help me provide Nelda and Marvin with an amazing night that they can remember for the rest of their happy lives together.

One of those professionals was Photographer Julie Wilhite, from Julie Wilhite Photography who was very professional about everything and stayed in contact with me the whole time.  She made sure I knew if they were going out of the room to, sitting down to eat, or anything that might involve them missing the formalities of the wedding. Again, very professional and their pictures are just some of the most amazing photos that I have ever seen; Very vivid and colorful.

Pictures at Brady’s Landing by Julie Wilhite Photography for Nelda and Marvin’s Wedding Reception

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… For more pictures of Nelda and Marvin’s Wedding, visit the Julie Wilhite Blog.

The staff at Brady’s Landing is always so accommodating, make the DJ feel welcomed and are very helpful when pointing out where to go what time to set up and even offered me some water early in the wedding reception. The room captain came up to me and presented himself and offered to be of assistance. That is always nice and not all room captains have that initiative. Most of the time I have to go looking for him and asking different people who is the person in charge of the room.

As a wedding professional, I truly recommend both Brady’s Landing and Julie Wilhite Photography.

Happy Planning!

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|o| Simply Frank |o|
Professional Bilingual Wedding Dj in Houston

Up Light Rentals Houston: PAR Cans vs. LED PAR Cans

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I’ve learned so much about up lighting, looking at it from the technical side of it.

PAR Can lights, or Parabolic Aluminized Reflector light, were initially used (and still are used) as up lights.

Traditional Par Can

There is, however, a draw back to using PAR Cans. You must use a very high wattage lamp (anywhere from 500 watt to 1,000 watts) in order for them to look good and to shine a perfect ray of light against a wall.. High wattage lamps  emit a lot of heat and are pretty dangerous to the touch. When I was at the Westlake Club, Jennifer, the coordinator, mentioned that during a previous wedding reception, the traditional PAR Cans actually caused a fire at her Venue. They were placed too close to some linens and they were so hot that they eventually started a fire… I’ve touched these lights and if you have kids at your reception, that’s another thing to look out for… very serious skin burns…

I didn’t want anything to do with anything that could cause bodily injury or cause any fires…

So I moved on and researched more and came to find that there were some LED PAR Cans as well…

Even when a vendor offers you LED PAR Cans there are a few things you should know…

LED PAR Cans have a fixed array of lights, meaning, they can never be changed out for a brighter LED. Once you purchase an LED PAR Can, you are stuck with the level of brightness forever.

There are 3 Common Brightness Values to look at.

  1. 1/4 WATT LED
  2. 1 WATT LED
  3. 3 WATT LED

LED PAR Cans usually contain many LED’s, or Light Emitting Diodes, to project a strong beam of light. And in comparison to the traditional par cans, they do as good a job of projecting a great looking ray of light against a wall, without the excessive heat.

  • 1/4 watt LED PAR CANS

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    Out of the lights listed above, 1/4 watt LED lights can be found for anywhere from $100 to $200 per LED PAR Can. They are listed at Guitar Center for $199, however in the technical details, they claim to have only a 5 Milliwatt LED, which is way less that a 1/4 watt, or 250 Milliwatt LED. Honestly, I don’t think they will emit a strong enough beam for up lighting. I would stay way from them. Actually I would stay away from anything under a 1 watt LED.

  • The 1 watt LED PAR CANS

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    can run anywhere from $250 to $500 per LED PAR Can.  Guitar Center lists the 1 watt LED for $499.  These are very similar to the ones we have here at Elegante Entertainment and when we purchased them we made sure to do our research well and not buy something that would end up useless after we tried them out at an event. As you can see by the video below, LED Uplighting at the Tuscany Villa in Katy Texas and on the pictures on our DJ Upgrades Section, these are more than bright enough to light up a room and add a great ambient to your venue.

    If you are considering a LED Uplights at your event, make sure that you can see them before they install them. If they don’t look like the ones in our video (Notice that the sun is still out and you can see that through the windows, these are very bright), you are getting the cheap lights.

  • The 3 watt LED PAR Can

    will costs well over $500 per LED PAR CAN. I wish we could  afford these, but these are the ultra high end LED Lamps. In the future we will definitely buy these, for now our 1 watt LED’s will have to do. I’ve never seen thse in real person, but if the 1 Watt LED Par Cans can do what they do, I can just imagine how these will shine… very bright…

So in conclusion, I embrace the future and stay away from anything that has over 750 watts as it may cause bodily injury or even start a fire, and I doubt any bride would want either to happen at her wedding reception.

Go with the LED Uplights, they may be a little bit more expensive to rent (or own) but in the long run, the upgrade is definitely worth it.

Happy Planning!

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|o| Simply Frank |o|
Professional Wedding DJ in Houston