DragonRidge Country Club – Brooke + James – Las Vegas Wedding Videographers

Blog post by Las Vegas Wedding Videographers, Memory Lane Video.

“We own a dance studio in Henderson named B. Sharp School of Dance. James is also a bartender at Wet Republic pool at MGM Grand.” shared the newly married couple.

Let us take a trip down memory lane to when Brooke and James met. As stated by the couple, “We met in the dorms at UNLV in 2004. We lived in the freshman dorms and our rooms were across the hall from one another. When we went on our first date neither of us had a car so we took the bus to New York New York and ate dinner at Chin Chin. We then walked to the Bellagio and watched the fountain show. During the fountain show I looked up to the top of the Bellagio and told him that someday we would get married up there. Well, we didn’t get married up there but on the night of my 26^th birthday we had a room in the Bellagio and James said to me as we watched the fountains from our room, ‘Brooke, I know we can’t get married up here, but we can get engaged.’ Then he got down on one knee and proposed.”

“One moment I always think about is how I held it together all day, but when Memory Lane interviewed me about two minutes before I walked down the aisle, I completely broke down!” confessed Brooke.

The couple’s three favorite details from their wedding were:

“The way our reception looked with all the decorations that we picked out. I loved that we picked out every detail on our own and it was completely our vision.”
“We absolutely loved our cakes. Yes, we had five cakes. Five of the most amazing looking and tasting cakes I have ever seen or tasted.”
“Our food…now I am hungry.“

One piece of advise Brooke and James have to offer is to “Have fun, and take your time. It took us three years to plan and actually pull off our wedding. I still feel like I needed more time, but you have to pull the trigger sooner or later! Don’t let anyone talk you into anything. It is your day, decorate how you want, eat what you want, and listen to the music you want! Also, pick the vendors you click with. Don’t worry about who the venue wants you to use, if they want your money then they will work with you, if not, leave and go somewhere where you are comfortable and are able to use who you want!“

Brooke and James actually explained the key factor that helped finalize DragonRidge Country Club as their venue. The couple admitted, “We wanted a view of the strip; that was number one. Since we were not having any events on the strip we at least wanted the view. We loved the way Millie worked with us at Dragon Ridge and how we were 100% able to customize our menu, tables, etc.”

“Apart from Memory Lane, we chose Gimme Some Sugar, as their cakes are out of this world. They took my creative vision, and made it come to life! They were wonderful.” said the couple.

“James insisted that we find the best for our wedding video and spend a lot of our budget to do so. When we saw what Memory Lane Video produced at a Dragon Ridge event, we said that we had to secure them for our wedding. We can’t wait to see our video!” exclaimed the couple.

According to the couple, the most important thing to them was, “Making it our day, and not caring what anyone else wanted for it. We were able to focus on one another and know that everything was handled by Millie and her team at Dragon Ridge as well as all of our other vendors. It was all worth the stress!”

To future couples planning their wedding, Brooke and James advise to “Have fun and take your time! Anyone that makes you upset during your wedding planning can take a hike!”

“The quality of Memory Lane’s work was very important to us. We made sure to spend a lot of our budget on our video because it is something we will have forever. We liked how professional they were and how they went with the flow of our day. Memory Lane Video wasn’t stepping on our toes or having us do things we did not want…but they did make me to share my emotion! ” added the couple.

The married couple found great necessity for Videography. Brooke and James included that, “Video and pictures are something you can keep forever. In fact, the only real flowers we had at our wedding were the boutonnieres for the groom and groomsmen; otherwise we had no real flowers. We took the flower budget and put it into something we could keep forever!“

“We will be taking a Caribbean cruise as well as go to Disneyworld. We both have very high stress jobs and we work 6-7 days a week for most of the year so picking something relaxing was important, plus I’ve never been to Disneyworld. So for me, I thought that we should do both since we don’t get away much. Also, we will be waiting almost a year before our honeymoon because we own a business and it is impossible to get away so I want to do as much as possible!” concluded the couple.

Memory Lane Video wishes both of you a healthy and beautiful like together. Congratulations Brooke and James!