Angela Shyr will appear to be professional during the booking process. She went above and beyond by…read morecalling our venue and checking out the space. We were excited to book. When it came time to send her the money, she was pretty laid back and said she would let us know if someone was interested in our day. Shame on us..... She was on vacation and returned - but didn't return our calls or emails. We didn't want to send money that would sit and sit. So she finally got back in touch, we sent the check and the day it was in the mail she passively agressively emailed saying sorry - they took another gig. What? No call, no email to say, "hey, better bring by the money, I am getting other offers." Nope. So, if you're going to book, do it! Alas, on to better and brighter music.

Angie Shyr and her group Strings Calm & Jetset performed at my wedding in July of 2010. The group…read morewas amazing! Everyone raved about it. Angie arranged a song at my request and even made it to my wedding rehearsal. A class and talented act. She's been in touch since and continues to be a part of my friend's weddings. A real find, especially considering most string groups turn their noses up at pop songs. Angie and her group dominate everything from Mozart to Queen to Death Cab for Cutie to Handel to Journey to Pachelbel to Disney to Theater Music to Movie Music and on and on and on.

Pat was awesome! He kept the dance floor packed all night and got our guests really pumped for the…read morenight right at the get go. I can't stress enough how awesome he is. If you are in need of a DJ he is the way to go. My husband and I do not have the same taste in music and he somehow mixed our two styles and also kept guests young and old dancing the night away. He made sure to keep the ceremony exactly like I wanted it and wasn't made when I emailed him a few different times with changes (with only a few days to go). Pat is awesome!!! You should definitely book him...you won't be disappointed.

Pete O'Karma was our DJ for our wedding and he was wonderful! The music selections were great and…read morepeople had a hard time leaving the dance floor! Pete was very professional, he made sure people were aware that they were going to be up soon (for instance, the people giving speeches, parent/sibling for dances, etc.), and did a great job getting people excited on the dance floor. The great thing about Pete is that if he feels like a song isn't working (aka people are leaving the dance floor or it just seems like people aren't feeling it) he will transition the song into a different one. We were very happy with Pete and definitely recommend him!

I can not recommend Willine and her Blissful Sound team enough. We hired a String Trio to play for…read morethe ceremony and cocktail hour for my wedding. I would give them 10 stars if I could. I was very involved with planning my own wedding but absolutely clueless when it came to ceremony and string music. Willine was beyond helpful answering all my questions about logistics and making music suggestions when I came up blank for pieces I would like played. She exceeded my expectations in what a vendor should provide and made sure I was 100% happy with everything before my big day. For the ceremony, she was able to string together traditional compositions such as Canon in D and Arioso by Bach with more of the modern elements I wanted to include by adding the Beatles and the Theme Song from the movie "Up" which we used for the Processional. Blissful Sounds kept the guests entertained during cocktail hour with upbeat but subtle songs that filled the room and delighted everyone. I can not count how many compliments we received about them. They were even able accommodate a last minute change in the program the morning of my wedding when the officiant decided the groomsmen should walk in to the ceremony with official music. I would not consider hiring anyone else after my experience.

My husband and I hired Blissful Sounds to play at our wedding ceremony this past May. I found…read moreBlissful Sounds online and was put in touch with Willine. From the first exchange we had, Willine was very professional and more importantly - helpful! I knew that I wanted a string quartet, but hadn't thought about what pieces they would play, logistics, etc. She was very helpful and walked me through the music selections and made sure that I was comfortable with everything. I had many wedding guests complimenting me on the ceremony music and I am more than happy with the decision to go with Blissful Sounds. I would highly recommend them for your big day!

Gelyn Registre is so professional, so hard working, and also so talented that anyone would want her…read morein putting up their parties. I am a professional photographer and videographer and Gelyn went to me looking for both services. At first, I thought that she was the one getting married. It turned out she was organizing this wedding. She asked a lot of questions about our services before she booked us. She also followed us up before days before the event to make sure we have no issues. As instructed to me and my crew, we covered the ceremony in Malden. Then,we shifted to the Irish American Club where the reception will be. Gelyn and her crew were there preparing everything. They did the decorations, the DJ services and the catering. This is aside from coordinating everything. As to the catering, she has a crew for it and the food was awesome. I would say she must have studied Hotel and Restaurant management to do all these things. The decorations for the hall that they did was awesome. words cannot explain everything. So I am posting some pictures of the things they did. I'm totally impressed and I give her a 5 star. I'm Roland of Roland Video and Photo Services. It's a delight working with Gelyn.

I genuinely wanted to write a glowing review for BEL and the work they did for our wedding at The…read moreOlio this past April. Unfortunately, I can't ignore how disappointed I was with their overall execution and communication. Lighting was one of the few elements of our wedding my husband truly cared about--and entrusted to BEL. We contracted them to provide three key lighting features: a large custom GOBO sign, pin lights for 12 tables to highlight our floral centerpieces, and a disco ball to enhance the ambiance. To be fair, the disco ball was executed beautifully. It created the exact mood we were hoping for and truly added to the atmosphere of the evening. That, however, is where the praise ends. The pin lighting was a major letdown. Despite several conversations with Jason, Fritz, and the BEL team about our expectations--particularly that the pin lights should spotlight our centerpieces for optimal visual impact in person, in photos, and in video--the results fell drastically short. The lighting was virtually invisible throughout the event. It failed to appear in our professional photos and videos, and not a single guest I spoke to recalled even noticing it. I specifically chose this lighting to elevate the look of the tables I had spent a great deal of time and money curating. That effort was completely lost. I reached out post-wedding to get clarity, and instead of accountability, I was met with blame. Their response was that I didn't book a lighting tech with my package. But isn't that the reason we hire professionals--to ensure our vision is executed properly? At no point during the planning process did they offer meaningful guidance or advise me on the limitations or considerations of pin lighting. Instead, it felt like I was being upsold, rather than truly supported. A simple conversation about whether pin lighting would achieve the look I wanted could have saved me nearly $1,000 and a lot of disappointment. As for the custom GOBO, it was initially projected in a way that was visually unappealing--cropped and too small. Thankfully, we caught this during a private venue walkthrough and were able to correct it ourselves before guests arrived. That should not have been our responsibility. To any future couples considering BEL: be extremely specific. Ask every question imaginable. Do not assume that you're hiring a team who will take ownership of helping bring your vision to life. In our case, what we received felt incomplete and careless--all because we declined to hire a lighting technician for the day. We expected a professional service. Instead, we received bare-minimum effort.

We contracted Boston Event Lighting for our association's annual meeting and workshops, exactly…read morebecause of the great ratings and reviews. I am the CEO of a non-profit organization with an international membership, and we discussed our meeting needs (part in-person and part virtual) with this company in advance. They promised a flawless execution and, based on the reviews we were confident that they would deliver. As you guess from my rating, they certainly did not deliver. They messed up presenters' presentations where slides were not displayed well, embedded movies were not played, symbols and letters were skewed (although they claim to have tested them in advance). Their equipment look old and didn't work for half of the time - they didn't even have functioning microphones. Even working on AV for our board meeting (simple zoom connection) turned out to be a half-day program, using their equipment which failed along the way. And the attitude of "I know better" was really exhausting. They wouldn't listen to our needs and tried to tell us how we should be running our meeting. We spent 5 days where everyone involved in the planning of the meeting had to micromanage the AV staff and struggle to get anything done. A very stressful experience. Overall, unprofessional, poor execution, and unacceptable delivery. Definitely a NO!

Mike was an amazing DJ for my daughters surprise 16th birthday party. He was great at picking the…read morewrrite song as she was being surprised and blowing out the candle. He played my requests and accommodated guests requests. Fantastic! I will recommend no other DJ. Crystal

Through out the wedding week, I cannot count how many times I said the words "I love Emilie"... "I…read morelove this girl"... "What would I have done without her...". Words cannot express how fortunate my husband and I were to have hired Pink Orchid Weddings (Emilie). I first met Emilie in 2010 during my good friend Martha's wedding and witnessed first hand the great work Emilie produced. It wasn't until my actual wedding that I REALLY understood how much goes into her job and how good she is at what she does. While my wedding was in Boston, I planned it from Philadelphia. I consider myself a relatively organized and relaxed bride, but even I managed to fall victim to the stress of planning a wedding. Even with the random curve balls that were thrown at Emilie (last minute vendors being added 3 days before the wedding, trolley companies backing out,...etc) Emilie always kept her cool and helped me prioritize and organize myself. While professionalism and attentiveness are just a couple of the many positive traits that she will showcase when you work with her, what it all boils down to is that she is simply a truly good person who loves her job. For example, after a long wedding day. Emilie went above and beyond her duties and gave the exhausted bride (me) a lift to the hotel. While it is strange to say I went home with my wedding coordinator, it honestly was not weird at all! While this is by no means part of her job, it just demonstrates how dedicated she is to her job and how thoughtful of a person she is. I highly recommend Pink Orchid Weddings. I can honestly say that my wedding would not have been nearly as memorable if I did not have Emilie there by my side.

I can't believe that I get to be the first Yelp review for Pink Orchid! I have no idea why they…read moreweren't on here to begin with, but here goes... After getting engaged and deciding to plan a wedding 3000 miles away from my venue and never having been to a wedding as an adult, i realized that I should probably get some help. I had no idea what really happens during a wedding never mind how to plan a wedding! So I found Pink Orchid through my photographer Shang Chen of Shang Chen Photography who HIGHLY recommended this company. I looked through the photos on their webpage and was a little worried that my wedding wouldn't be fancy enough for them but after chatting via email I decided to meet up with Emilie while I was in Boston. I immediately liked her and realized quickly that she placed no judgement on my budget (and mostly DIY) wedding. I hired her as our Day of Coordinator. This was by far the best decision I could have made in my wedding planning process. Emilie sent me a monthly checklist to keep me on track during my year long planning process and was always available via email for any questions I had. A month or so before the wedding Emilie and I had our first phone consultation (this wasn't an in-person meeting because she's in Boston and I was in CA). We spoke for several hours going over every single detail of my ceremony and reception. After getting all of my details in order she set up this amazing list of all of my vendors and what they were providing me and she personally followed up with all of them. She also provided me with a timeline of events down to the minute! Now, this sounds kind of anal (well, it did to me at first...) but it wasn't. She just had a good grasp on how the day should go and was able to put it all down on paper in an orderly way that I never could have done in a million years. The morning of my wedding, Emilie arrived bright and early to our hair appointment and checked in with me before she went to our venue. When I got to the venue she already had everything rolling. She filled me in on what had arrived and made sure that I was doing well. I felt so calmed by her presence, knowing that everything was going to be set up exactly as I had wanted (or better). She worked with my venue coordinator to make sure the food and service went well and worked with my other vendors to make sure that they were providing to me what they had promised. Emilie was there to help fix my flower girl's pomander when it broke. She was there when the lunch hour became a little boring and helped moved the timeline along faster to get the dancing started. It's those little things throughout my day that I didn't want my mom or I to think about or stress out about and Emilie made sure that we didn't stress out about anything. Emilie helped take down all of the elements that they had put up that morning and had it all packed up in boxes ready to be put in cars. Through set up and take down she was amazing. I HIGHLY recommend Emilie and Pink Orchid Weddings for anyone getting married who needs a little (or a lot) of help. The service was a little pricy, but my cross-country planning self needed some reassurance that everything was going to work out that day and it did. My wedding was absolutely amazing and I owe a part of that to Emilie.

Anthony was the DJ for our wedding earlier this month and we cannot rave enough about the job that…read morehe did. Leading up to the wedding Anthony kept things simple and gave us helpful cues to make sure he knew our music taste. On day of, the setup and technical aspect of the audio was stress free. And then last but not least, the actual music Anthony played was incredible. He kept the dance floor bumping all night with a mix of songs we requested and ones he dropped in at the perfect moment. Our guests were raving about Anthony and many asked him for his card at the end of the night. Highly recommend!

Guaranteed an awesome time!!! DJ Anthony came highly recommended and lived up to his stellar…read morereputation. One month prior to the wedding Anthony took time out of his busy schedule to meet with us and learn about our expectations. He was very receptive to our needs and had some great suggestions as well. The day of the wedding he showed up early to set up and was very organized. Anthony was able to read the crowd and had the place rocking the whole night! From the beginning planning stages to the very last song he was a true professional. Anthony is a gentleman and an all-around great guy to work with. I would highly recommend Anthony for any special occasion.