Under big oaks near Riverbank, Taylor and Brett married in an open-air grove strung with draped fabric and warm lights — and danced beneath the trees as green pin-lights lit the dark.
Trees did the decorating at Taylor and Brett's wedding. We set up outdoors near Riverbank under a canopy of huge old oaks, with swags of white fabric draped tree to tree and warm string lights woven through them. In the daylight, before guests arrived, it was just our booth, a clean concrete pad, and dappled shade — but you could already tell the place was going to transform once the sun went down.
And it did. As the grove went dark we brought up tall green LED pin-lights, lining the dance area like glowing reeds, and dropped a soft white pattern onto the ground where the couple would dance. The draped fabric overhead caught the warm lights and glowed gold against a black sky. Earlier, out in the field, Taylor had walked the aisle to "Speechless" by Dan + Shay, and Brett — a big, rugged guy — completely went to pieces.
Taylor and Brett's first dance happened right in that pool of patterned light, the two of them alone in the middle of the grove to "Tennessee Whiskey," slow and smoky, the green lights standing at attention around them. It's one of my favorite kinds of setting — no walls, just trees, lights, and open Stanislaus County night air.
After that the grove came alive. The floor opened to "Wagon Wheel" and filled in instantly under the oaks. We ran a country-meets-pop mix that kept both halves of the room going — "Watermelon Crawl" for a line dance, "Dancing Queen" for the aunts, then "Mr. Brightside" for the younger crowd. The peak was a full-grove "Friends in Low Places," everyone screaming, drinks raised under the glowing canopy.
We closed with "Don't Stop Believin'" and a glow-stick send-off into the warm Stanislaus night. Taylor and Brett, thank you for an open-air evening under those trees that we won't soon forget.
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