Stagehands & Hands
Reliable, badge-ready hands who have worked hotel docks before. They know what a road case costs and how a ballroom turns over at midnight.
Load-in · Push · Strike
VS Vandelay SoundLive Events Division
Reserve a Crew Grand Ballroom · Salons A–D · Dallas–Fort Worth
Twelve hundred people. A crew that already knows the room.
We crew corporate events across Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston — stagehands, A/V techs, audio, video, and lighting. Labor for load-in and strike, or the full technical department for the entire run. We are not the house AV.
100,000+Guests in rooms we’ve crewed since 2023
100+Venues worked
Full CrewAudio · Video · Lighting · Hands
2 MarketsDallas–Fort Worth & Houston
Crew Call
We staff the whole technical crew, not just the audio.
Stagehands, A/V techs, A1s and A2s, video, lighting, and hands — for load-in and strike, or the entire run of show.
A/V Technicians
Techs who can run a breakout room solo — patch a laptop, ring out a speaker, fix a presenter's clicker, and not need supervision to do it.
Generalists · Breakouts · Support
Audio — A1 & A2
General session mixing, wireless coordination, IFB, comms, and ISO capture — the department we came from.
Console · RF · Comms · Playback
Video & Playback
Switcher operators, camera ops, and playback techs for general sessions, IMAG, and hybrid streams.
Switching · Camera · Content
Lighting
Board operators and lighting techs for stage wash, uplighting packages, and gobo work that makes a beige ballroom look intentional.
LD · Board Op · Uplight
Full Technical Department
Skip assembling five vendors. We scope, kit, crew, and run the whole technical side, with named leads in each discipline.
One contact · One invoice
Two ways to hire us.
Request Crew Labor only. You have the gear and the plan; we bring qualified, badge-ready people who have worked these rooms before. Or full department. We scope it, kit it, crew it, and run it.
Run of Show
What the room needs, hour by hour.
Every line below is a service. Open one for the full brief — scope, crew, and what comes through the loading dock.
5:30AM
Crew Call & Load-In
Hands on the dock before sunrise. Push, uncase, and set — with people who have turned this room over before.
Dock 3Stagehands
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7:00AM
Room Check
We walk the room before the room fills. Power, RF scan, sightlines, and where the house system will fight us.
Grand BallroomProduction
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8:00AM
General Session Audio
Not the house AV. A crew, our own kit, and the reflexes of a location sound team pointed at a twelve-hundred-seat room.
Salons A–DMain Stage
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9:30AM
IFB & Comms
Producers in the ear of the person on stage, and a comms plan that doesn't collapse when the schedule moves.
Salon CProduction
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11:00AM
ISO Recording
Isolated tracks off the show, labeled and delivered. Because someone always wants the keynote afterward.
Salon BCapture
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1:00PM
Wireless Coordination
Large channel counts in a hotel full of two-ways, house wireless, and a convention next door.
House LeftRF
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3:00PM
Livestream Feeds
A clean feed for the stream that isn't just the in-room mix with the fader up.
BoothBroadcast
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4:30PM
Video & Lighting Crew
Switcher ops, camera, playback, and board operators — the rest of the technical department, staffed from the same bench.
Salons A–DTechnical
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6:00PM
Galas & One-Offs
Awards dinners, receptions, and the event that needed a PA yesterday. Short notice is a category, not a problem.
Foyer / Off-SiteSpecial
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Registration Desk
Booking, in six moves.
Rates and the crew names go in writing before you confirm. You get your lead tech's contact before call time.
Vandelay Sound · Live Events
Your Show
Grand Ballroom · Salon C
Same-day: 469.290.2043
Lead time: booking@vandelaysound.com
Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm
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Reach Out
Phone or text 469.290.2043 for same-day. Email booking@vandelaysound.com when there's lead time.
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Send the Details
Dates. City — Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Frisco, Las Colinas. A one-liner on the show.
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Crew Match
Tyler and Jack up front, with a deep bench behind them. Request someone specific if you have a preference.
04
In Writing
Rates and the crew name go in writing before you confirm.
05
Reinforcements Ready
Crew and kit scale with the show. Add a second unit, another mixer, or more channels mid-run and we staff it from the bench.
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Settle Up
Invoicing preferences, plus office space at Empire Central if you need it.
Who You Get
You’ll know who is walking in the door.
Named leads on every show, and a vetted bench of techs and hands behind them.
Tyler Faison
Founder
Started Vandelay Sound Exports in 2013. Location sound first, which is exactly why the ballroom work sounds different from house AV.
Jack Cline
Co-Founder
Joined after several shows working closely with Tyler. Runs crew scheduling and keeps the calendar honest across both markets.
The Guest Book
Production stills, room by room.
Turn the pages. Every spread is a room or a shop floor we’ve actually stood on.
Vandelay Sound
The Guest Book
A record of the rooms we’ve been trusted with — ballrooms, general sessions, and the shop that packs the truck.
Turn the page →
General session, room fullLive event · DFW
Load-in before sunriseEmpire Central
A1 at the mix positionCorporate ballroom
Kit pulled for the callThe cage
Comms and RF on the benchShop
Office before the room fills2043 Empire Central
Bag work on setTV & film
Spares labeled, not hoped forShop
Home base after wrapDallas
The crew, before doorsDFW
Coverage
Two markets, one crew list.
Based in Dallas, working the ballroom corridors of both metros. Travel beyond on request.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Home Market · Based at Empire Central
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- Irving
- Plano
- Frisco
- Arlington
- Las Colinas
Minutes from Love Field, with the gear cage and office suites at 2043 Empire Central. Same-day availability is realistic here.
Greater Houston
Second Market · Regular Runs
The big-ballroom corridor — convention hotels, resort properties, and the conference centers that fill them. Crew travels as a unit.
Press Room
Notes from the back of the room.
The same blog that runs on Channel 3 — filed here under the working title.
Comms
Cue the Crew: How Communication Devices Bring Shows to Life
How stage, booth, and truck stay on the same page when the schedule moves.
Kevon Marshall
On Set
What an IFB, Earwig, and Voice of God Are on Set
Three ways into a performer's ear, and the tradeoffs nobody mentions until the take is ruined.
Tyler Faison
Preparedness
Stay Ready So You Don't Have to Get Ready
Why the kit is packed the night before, and what goes in it.
Tyler Faison
Maintenance
Polish Party: Make Your Gear the Star of the Show
Cleaning and maintaining equipment that lives in a truck.
Tyler Faison
Craft
The Art and Heart of Making Documentaries
On the particular challenges of doc work, where you don't get a second take.
Tyler Faison
Wellness
Sound Body, Sound Mind: Balancing Work and Wellness On Set
Mental health on crews, written by people who schedule their own turnaround.
Tyler Faison
Tell us the dates and the room.
We’ll come back with a crew plan, named leads, and a rate — in writing, before you commit to anything.