AV/Tech
A custom gobo monogram thrown onto the dance floor itself: an event av lighting element for wedding receptions in Dublin, California. The booking runs four hours, with the projection live through dinner and the dancing that follows.
What arrives at the venue
- Setup and breakdown of the specialty projection light
- A custom made gobo, the metal or glass cutout that forms the projected design, produced from your own monogram artwork rather than pulled from a stock pattern library
- Operation of the projection through the dinner and dancing portions of the reception
- Commercial grade lighting equipment throughout
- Coordination with your wedding coordinator on placement, with the gobo typically positioned directly above the dance floor so the image lands centrally for the first dance entrance
One technician handles the fixture for the run of the booking. General liability insurance is carried. Set against most audio visual rentals for a reception, the scope is narrow on purpose: a single fixture doing a single job, booked as an av rental rather than a full production.
Why the floor version reads differently
Dance floor projection uses a specialty gobo light positioned overhead, which throws a strong, sharply focused image straight down onto the floor surface. The design becomes part of the dance floor rather than a backdrop behind it, with guests dancing on top of and around the monogram. The result is more cinematic than a wall projection. The trade is real and worth knowing before you book: this format does not support real time color changing or moving graphics. The gobo is cut in a fixed color, font and graphic chosen ahead of the wedding, so you are buying stronger visual impact and giving up interactive flexibility.
Artwork, color and material
Designs can take in florals, scrolls, geometric borders, modern typography, hand lettered styles, or a simple two letter monogram. White is the most visible choice on a standard dance floor; gold, ice blue, soft pink, or a color drawn from the wedding palette are the other common calls. The material follows the design: metal cutouts handle white and single color projection, while glass carries full color graphics. All of it is settled during the planning meeting, alongside the placement conversation.
The three week production deadline
The custom gobo must be designed and produced at least three weeks before the wedding date, so the monogram design is confirmed during the planning meeting rather than left to the final fortnight. Treat the artwork as a dated task in your planning list, because once the cutout is made the design is finished.
Bilingual delivery included at no surcharge
Bilingual delivery in Portuguese and Spanish is included at no surcharge, a stated inclusion rather than an add on line, which matters for families running a reception in two languages. The same operation carries multicultural experience across Filipino, Mexican, Brazilian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian and African American family traditions, and is unreservedly welcoming to LGBTQ+ couples.
Building the rest of the floor around it
The monogram is designed to sit inside a wider dance floor look. Uplighting and moving heads are sold separately and pair naturally with it, and the available add ons run to fog or haze effects, a moving head capacity of one to four fixtures, DMX control and power distribution.
Travel, inquiry and date changes
Service covers Dublin and the surrounding Bay Area, with a free travel radius of thirty miles. Further out events carry a transparent mileage fee quoted up front, events must be in the immediate Bay Area, and Peninsula and San Francisco dates are quoted separately. An inquiry carrying your date, venue and approximate guest count opens the process, then a signed agreement and deposit hold the date. A planning questionnaire follows so the monogram design and color preferences are correct on the day. One date change is accommodated subject to availability with no additional fee, later moves carry an administrative fee, and cancellations inside thirty days of the event forfeit the booked amount.
Venue access and how the listed price is set
Adequate access is required at the venue: parking, a doorway of thirty six inches or wider, and a table or power within twenty five feet. Listed prices reflect events of one hundred guests or fewer during morning and daytime hours; evening events, or events with more than one hundred guests, are quoted at adjusted pricing on inquiry. Inquiries for Friday to Sunday weekend dates ideally arrive at least three to four months in advance, and weekday events often accommodate two to four weeks notice subject to availability.
The listing's booking panel shows a group size of twenty to three hundred guests, which is wider than the vendor's own guest count and time of day term above. The two do not agree, so treat the larger range as subject to a quote rather than as covered by the listed price.
