Weddings choose your poison!

[Ausumm]

okay,
my wedding this Saturday is at the Barrister's Club in Allentown, PA.
Beautiful old hall with a spacious floor and a very large stage.
I hate being on a stage, especially when it's so TALL
and so difficult to get to for guests' requests.
I have an overhead view pasted below...
If you did NOT want to be placed on the stage....where would you choose to set up?

1- on the dance floor, directly in front of the stage
2- off to one side, opposite the cake table, but right next to the dance floor
3- the bathroom (not pictured)
4- New Jersey
5- somewhere else I didn't think of...

There is no right or wrong answer.
Just want a little ammunition when I talke to the manager later this week.

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[ittigger]

I pick option 1. I'm not a big stage fan either.

I have a wedding coming up where I 'have' to be on a balcony - while my guests are downstairs on the main floor. Oh yeah - no part of my equipment can be on the main floor neither. This is gonna be a doozey!

 

[djrox]

First question, Will the stage be used if you opt to be elsewhere? Head table, video presentation, etc.?

 

[JPDJSC50]

front of stage sounds good,,,because either left or right side would look awkard

 

[Hank Davidson]

Me on the stage and the speakers on the floor of the stage, because this will happen....



The stage is a good vantage point, but too high for proper sound.

 

[DJ Dr. Drax]

I would pick on stage with speakers on floor or #2 in the corner, with speakers each side of the dance floor.