I am noticing all my weddings having hardly anything going on these days. There is not much to really structure as couples seem to want just the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner with 2-4 speeches speeches, first dance, parent dances...Then Open Dancing to the end of the night (No big last dance announcement - they rarely choose a last dance any more) There isn't much detail or patience needed to flow these weddings any more as the DJ.
A typical wedding back in 2011 was like this:
Ceremony, Cocktail hour, Big Bridal Party Intro with Grand Parents, Parents, 7 couples, flower girls, sometimes ring bearer, then the couple. First Dance. There was an actual blessing of the food (Hardly happens with my weddings), Dinner/Speeches, Parent Dances, Open Dancing, Newly Wed Game (at probably 1/3 of them), Announced Cake Cutting, Apron/Dollar Dance (at probably 1/4 of them), Bouquet and Garter Removal and Toss, Big announced Last Dance, then after party mentions, then bride and groom send off usually sparklers.
Grand parents and Parents in a bridal party intro? I don't think I have done one like that since 2022 at this point.
On the wedding I am deejaying this upcoming Sunday I am not even announcing the bride and groom. They told me they are very low key people. They are having a SILENT Cake Cutting...as ALL my couples are pretty much doing these days. In the last 2 years, I have only announced maybe 3 cake cuttings.
No more Garter. No more Bouquet Toss. All out the window. They don't have anything in their timelines any more that we need to focus and remember.
Weddings use to be a little more "intricate" and detail focused, but today's couples are throwing all the stuff that used to be done at weddings out the window. They are even shortening the parent dances down to 90 seconds or less, and that is literally all my couples LOL.
There might be an announcement about an after party, or that desserts are available. My couple for next Sunday is asking me to announce for people to start to order their UBER RIDES 1 hour before the end of the reception, and to make a 2nd announcement 25-30 minutes prior to the end about the Ubers that people will need.
I guess there isn't much we need to discuss when it comes to the details and events occuring at the reception any more. I feel like weddings are becoming easier these days. Selling Master of Ceremonies services seems to be a moot talking point with today's couples. There isn't much to be a master of. As long as you can speak clearly on the microphone most of today's couples will be satisfied.
I used to view wedding as a Major all important type of event with all this stuff going on during the reception, but it seems like they aren't anything to fret about any more since they have been made simpler to facilitate by today's couples. Don't get me wrong, they are still important events and a couple's big day, but they just don't feel as important any more to me deejaying it.
To me the hardest part is simply setting up the 3 sound systems today. The actual announcing/playing of music, sticking to a time line is the easiest it has been since I have been a DJ.
A typical wedding back in 2011 was like this:
Ceremony, Cocktail hour, Big Bridal Party Intro with Grand Parents, Parents, 7 couples, flower girls, sometimes ring bearer, then the couple. First Dance. There was an actual blessing of the food (Hardly happens with my weddings), Dinner/Speeches, Parent Dances, Open Dancing, Newly Wed Game (at probably 1/3 of them), Announced Cake Cutting, Apron/Dollar Dance (at probably 1/4 of them), Bouquet and Garter Removal and Toss, Big announced Last Dance, then after party mentions, then bride and groom send off usually sparklers.
Grand parents and Parents in a bridal party intro? I don't think I have done one like that since 2022 at this point.
On the wedding I am deejaying this upcoming Sunday I am not even announcing the bride and groom. They told me they are very low key people. They are having a SILENT Cake Cutting...as ALL my couples are pretty much doing these days. In the last 2 years, I have only announced maybe 3 cake cuttings.
No more Garter. No more Bouquet Toss. All out the window. They don't have anything in their timelines any more that we need to focus and remember.
Weddings use to be a little more "intricate" and detail focused, but today's couples are throwing all the stuff that used to be done at weddings out the window. They are even shortening the parent dances down to 90 seconds or less, and that is literally all my couples LOL.
There might be an announcement about an after party, or that desserts are available. My couple for next Sunday is asking me to announce for people to start to order their UBER RIDES 1 hour before the end of the reception, and to make a 2nd announcement 25-30 minutes prior to the end about the Ubers that people will need.
I guess there isn't much we need to discuss when it comes to the details and events occuring at the reception any more. I feel like weddings are becoming easier these days. Selling Master of Ceremonies services seems to be a moot talking point with today's couples. There isn't much to be a master of. As long as you can speak clearly on the microphone most of today's couples will be satisfied.
I used to view wedding as a Major all important type of event with all this stuff going on during the reception, but it seems like they aren't anything to fret about any more since they have been made simpler to facilitate by today's couples. Don't get me wrong, they are still important events and a couple's big day, but they just don't feel as important any more to me deejaying it.
To me the hardest part is simply setting up the 3 sound systems today. The actual announcing/playing of music, sticking to a time line is the easiest it has been since I have been a DJ.
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