Graduations
Graduation sound
in Fargo.
Names read clearly to a seated crowd, or background music and a microphone for a toast at the open house. Two different jobs, and we bring the right setup for the one you are planning.
What you get, and what it costs
A system placed to cover a seated crowd, with levels set using your reader's actual voice before you start.
Your base rate
- Weekday, Monday to Thursday $400
- Friday, Sunday, Saturday daytime $550
- Travel in Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo, and Dilworth Included
Add only what you need
- Each hour past four +$125
- Announcing on the microphone +$200
- Power, if your site has none +$250
Both rates buy four hours of event time. Setup and teardown are free on top of that, never counted inside it.
Saturday evenings are usually reserved for weddings. Ask and we will tell you honestly what is open.
Anywhere farther is quoted plainly up front, never added to your invoice afterward.
Not for: Full bands with drums or separate monitor mixes.
Two different events
A ceremony and an open house are not the same job.
A ceremony is about clarity. Names have to reach a seated crowd, in order, without anyone straining. An open house is the opposite problem: music that people can comfortably talk over, plus a microphone ready when someone wants to say a few words.
Tell us which one you are planning and we will bring the setup that fits. Bringing the ceremony rig to an open house is as wrong as the reverse.
What we plan around
Four things that decide how it sounds.
Where the crowd sits
We place the system to cover the seated crowd rather than blasting the first three rows.
Who is reading
Levels get set with the reader’s real voice, because every reader is different.
Indoors or out
Outdoors there are no walls to carry sound, so the same crowd needs noticeably more system.
Your slideshow audio
We connect your laptop and set the level ahead of time, so nothing plays back too quiet to hear.
Clarity
Names people can actually hear.
Clear speech comes from speaker placement and level setting, not from volume. We put the system where it covers the seated crowd rather than blasting the first three rows, and we set levels using the reader's actual voice before the ceremony starts, because every reader is different and a level set to the wrong voice is a level set wrong.
Outdoors
Outdoor ceremonies need more speaker.
Outdoors there are no walls to help carry the sound, so an outdoor ceremony needs noticeably more system than the same crowd indoors. We size for that. Power has to reach where the sound needs to go, and if your site has none, we can bring our own as the add-on listed above.
Still choosing music? We keep lists that might help: anniversary dance songs and mother daughter songs both get used for graduation slideshows more often than you would think.
What you are really booking
Their name, heard by the people who came for it.
Grandparents drove in for this. The one thing that cannot go wrong is the moment the name is read, and that comes down to placement and levels set before anyone sits down.
FAQ
Graduation sound questions
How much does graduation sound cost in Fargo?
Weekday events start at $400 and Friday and Sunday start at $550. That buys up to 4 hours of event time, which suits most ceremonies and open houses, with setup and teardown free on top rather than counted inside it. Additional event hours are $125 each. Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo, and Dilworth are included with no travel charge.
Does setup and teardown count against my 4 hours?
No. Your 4 hours is event time only, measured from when we start running sound to when we stop. We are usually on site 60 to 90 minutes before your start time to set up and test everything, and we stay afterward to pack out. None of that is billed to you, and none of it eats into your hours.
Do you cover graduation ceremonies or graduation parties?
Both, and they are different jobs. A ceremony needs names read clearly to a seated crowd. An open house needs background music people can talk over, plus a microphone for a toast. Tell us which one you are planning and we will bring the right setup.
How do you make sure the names are heard clearly?
Clear speech comes from speaker placement and level setting, not from volume. We put the system where it covers the seated crowd instead of blasting the front row, and we set levels using the actual voice of the person reading, before the ceremony starts.
Can you play a slideshow or music from our laptop?
Yes. We connect your laptop and set the audio levels ahead of time, so the slideshow does not play back too quiet to hear.
Can you do an outdoor graduation?
Yes, as long as there is power within reach. Outdoors needs more speaker than indoors because there are no walls to help carry the sound, which is why we bring a system sized to the space rather than one small pair of speakers.
Check your graduation date.
Tell us the date, the space, and whether you need names read or just music and a microphone. We will send an honest quote.