To MC or not to MC

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Personally I would MUCH RATHER MC a wedding then let uncle Bob do it.:sqerr:

However the "norm" here is to let a friend or family member do the MC work. .... SO, as it is more work, We do charge for Master of Ceremony duties.

I’m going to echo what Dave mentioned... When we MC, it allows out Personality to come out much earlier in the evening, and allows our guests to get to know us better before we are "sprung" on the guests for the dancing.:sqeek:
 
lets dance said:
These two books helped me alot (keep in mind I did not know much in the first place was just used to showing up and playing the music):sqwink:

1) The Master Wedding MC By Ken Day & Peter L Miller

2) The Wedding MC by Tom Haibeck
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I sat next to Tom on the way back from Mobile Beat not realizing he actually lived in Vancouver. He is one very prolific MC's he even has been credited for helping Regis Philbin MC his own daughters wedding. He is also a very nice guy. He gave me his new book to read on the flight home. Perhaps he heard of my famous phone calls and thought he might get some sleep on the flight. LOL!!
His new book here in my hand as I type.
''Wedding Toasts Made Easy.''
 
Keying in on what Scottie just said. I have done more than 2/3rds of my weddings as MC having performed in California, Washington, Oregon and my prior to Canada in Las Vegas at many of the LV Strip venues. Here in BC it seems natural to have someone MC who knows the bride and groom and family as well as friends. So far though due to my past experience with MCing I find more and more I am being asked to do these duties.

It has increased my skills in this area since I must be even more personal knowing more about the clients and guests so as to allow the same typical feel of the previous style with MCs amongst their group. It is actually an awesome part of my event.
 
Here it is the norm to have a dj/mc all in one person up north in the DC area MC was an additional option most often for the same person.
 
It's a given here as well that if you're the DJ...you emcee the gig too! The only exception is at some of my corporate functions. Sometimes the mgmt likes to pick up the emcee duties, whether good or bad, I've dealt with both.
 
I feel that MCing is part of our job. I rarely refer to it as MCing when I am talking to a client. Normally I ask who will be making the announcements. At that point I usually I find out that they either don't have anyone or expect some family member to do it. I MC 100% of my events. I don't charge extra for it....but I charge several hundred more that most of the DJ's in my market.

If you perfect it, go to toastmasters, and learn to control your voice you will begin to notice that your referrals will start going up, your crowd response will will be faster and more attentive, and you can charge more and they are willing to pay you for your services.
 
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