An Out Of This World Wedding
A 550 guest wedding at the IXL Events Centre with a space theme: a curved stage with LED built into its fascia and a 7.5m curved screen behind it, portrait screens either side, a printed dancefloor and walkway, a feature bar, d&b Q-Series sound for the band, and low fog and CO2 for the first dance.
A 550 guest ballroom, styled for another planet
The brief for this wedding at the IXL Events Centre, Dallas Burston Polo Club, was a night out of this world: 550 guests under crystal chandeliers, planets suspended over black and gold tables, a moon filling the screen, and a room washed in deep blue and violet. Krystal Wedding Decor styled the tables, florals and suspended planets; Kudos AV, as the venue's in-house production team, built and lit everything the styling sat on.
For a room this size the technical build is the architecture of the evening. The stage, the screens, the walkway, the dancefloor and the bar were all designed together in pre-production so that every one of the 550 seats had a clean line to the stage and the screen behind it.
LED in the fascia of a curved stage
The stage was a curved build with an 8.5m by 0.5m LED screen set into the front face, so the stage itself carried content: stars and nebula rolling along the fascia through dinner, the couple's names for the entrances, and full-motion visuals for the party. Behind it, a 7.5m by 4m curved 2.6mm Unilumin LED screen filled the back of the stage, and two 3.5m by 2.5m portrait screens either side carried live camera and content for the guests furthest from the stage.
A walkway ran from the stage into the room and onto a bespoke printed dancefloor, both printed to the space theme so the couple's entrance and first dance played out on a continuous surface from stage to floor. A large rectangular feature bar with backlit cosmic panels anchored the far end of the room.
d&b for the band, low fog and CO2 for the first dance
Live sound for the band ran on a d&b audiotechnik Q-Series system with B2 and Q-Subs, designed and tuned for the IXL Events Centre and handling the band, the DJs and the speeches on one system. The lighting design moved from lilac and blue dinner washes, pin-spots picking out the chandeliers and centrepieces, to a full moving-head beam show for the party.
For the first dance, low fog rolled across the printed floor so the couple danced on cloud, and CO2 jets punched through the beams as the room went from dinner to party. Cineture captured the film and Didar Virdee the photographs; Sanjay Foods catered and Syrup Bar ran the bar.
Weddings at the IXL Events Centre, Dallas Burston
As the in-house production partner at Dallas Burston Polo Club, Kudos AV designs and delivers weddings across the estate and the IXL Events Centre, from staging and LED to lighting, sound, special effects and print.
If you are planning a wedding at Dallas Burston, this is the scale the room can carry: 550 guests, a stage with LED built into it, three screens, and a floor printed to your theme.
The room, before the guests
A walk through the IXL Events Centre as built: the curved stage with its LED fascia, the 7.5m screen and portrait side screens, the walkway onto the printed dancefloor, the bar, and the room under its dinner lighting.
The Room
Dinner under the chandeliers, a moon on the screen and the room in violet.
Three screens, one walkway
The 7.5m curved screen behind the stage, the LED fascia along its front edge, and the walkway running from the stage into the room between twin chandeliers.
The Bar
The feature bar: a large rectangular build with backlit cosmic panels, lit in purple.
The Party
Then the beam show: moving heads through haze, CO2 on the drop, the room on its feet.
Curved Stage, LED Fascia
A curved stage build with an 8.5m x 0.5m LED screen set into the front face, carrying content through the night.
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A 7.5m x 4m curved 2.6mm Unilumin LED screen filling the back of the stage.
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Two 3.5m x 2.5m portrait LED screens either side of the stage for live camera and content.
Explore this service →Printed Dancefloor & Walkway
A walkway from the stage onto a bespoke printed dancefloor, both printed to the space theme.
Explore this service →Feature Bar
A large rectangular bar with backlit cosmic panels as the room's second focal point.
d&b Q-Series Sound
d&b audiotechnik Q-Series with B2 and Q-Subs for the live band, DJs and speeches.
Explore this service →Lighting Design
Blue and violet dinner washes, pin-spots on the chandeliers, and a full moving-head beam show for the party.
Explore this service →Low Fog & CO2
Low fog across the floor for the first dance, CO2 jets to open the party.
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