Attending A Wedding 5/27

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HiDefDJ

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My finacee and I are attending a wedding tomorrow for two of her friends. They are high school sweethearts and are 27,28 now. Not sure what took so long. lol

Anyway, a lot of the same people that we at OUR party last week will be at the wedding tomorrow including the bride/groom.

I am anxiously awaiting to compare events.
 
Aw Jon... I about fell out of my chair when I read that. :D
 
First off I was a little scared when I saw the DJ. The ceremony was outside at the hall and the DJ looked to be about 20. He had on black pants (I think) and a pink button down shirt with the top 3 buttons undone. He was wearing sunglasses and chewing gum throughout the ceremony and the officiant and readers didn't have a mic. That made it very hard to hear considering we were on the water and it was a little breezy.

The ceremony was fine and I even took a pic of the DJ for the board. Once the crowd left the ceremony I looked over and saw the name of the DJ on a road case. It was actually from the top multi op around here that is on basically all the halls referral lists. I've seen them in action numerous times and always had a blast. Basic 4 hour receptions start at $1,500+. I'm sure this event with ceremony and cocktail was over $2,000.

The DJ did throw a jacket on during the reception and the MC was actually wearing the same exact thing I wear to gigs, black pants, red shirt and black vest and tie.

These guys are #1 and I tip my cap to them. Always using EAW speakers and keeping the crowd going all night. They even played a lot of songs that I would never think to play that went over well. Off the top of my head were Jump for My Love and Let's Hear It For The Boy. Even Jump On It made an appearance and I only play that for sweet 16's.

I have no problem saying that these guys are better than me. They are. That's why they charge a lot more than me too.

All in all the wedding was awesome and I have no complaints.
 
HiDefDJ said:
I saw the DJ. He had on black pants (I think) and a pink button down shirt with the top 3 buttons undone. He was wearing sunglasses and chewing gum throughout the ceremony and the officiant and readers didn't have a mic.
I'm sure this event with ceremony and cocktail was over $2,000.
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Hmmm! Did that appear professional for such a high price event?
Wow! That is alot of money! That price range around here is impossible! I would starve to death. I am sure that the cost of living up there factors into that price. As long as they danced their booootys off, sweet gig!
I agree, that is a very humble thing to say about how great they were. That shows great character Chris; very nice. Don't sell yourself short, I am sure you are better that you give credit...thx
 
Chris did the company name start with a T and end with an s?

I use The Apache at almost every party. I even used it this past weekend at a 70th birthday:sqrolleyes:.

What's funny is I also wear all black and wear a red vest sometimes (similar to the shirt you were at your engagement party). If I knew I would have matched with you and your fiance:rofl:.
 
DJ Koz said:
Chris did the company name start with a T and end with an s?

I use The Apache at almost every party. I even used it this past weekend at a 70th birthday:sqrolleyes:.

What's funny is I also wear all black and wear a red vest sometimes (similar to the shirt you were at your engagement party). If I knew I would have matched with you and your fiance:rofl:.
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You got the guys. lol
 
HiDefDJ said:
I have no problem saying that these guys are better than me. They are. That's why they charge a lot more than me too.
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Learn from them. Incorporate into your performance those things that you believe make them better than you.
 
Very nice of you to compliment the work.....Chris. Shows your Class....

I will have to say, and agree on the point of "playing different music, and it going over well." I do this all the time, and even some of the songs I have mentioned here in the past, that many here feel would not do well, have done very well when I have played them. We all need to step outside the box, every now and then...........
 
Good to hear Chris. I also attended a few events where the DJ's that performed blew me away. It helps me step up my next event. Can you PM the name of the company to me? I would like to check their site.
 
Why not just post the name of the company with their website link? After all, they are being talked about in a very positive light. I can see how if they were getting bashed it wouldn't be a good idea but why the secrecy? We can all learn something from someone good right?
 
Another song that went over well was "Higher and Higher." That's Jackie Wilson, right?

Lots of songs that I wouldn't have played they they went over well. I'm sure when we see the video I'll hear more songs.

They also played a LOT of songs since they were beatmixing and only playing about a minute or 2 of some songs. That's something I'd like to work on.
 
HiDefDJ said:
Another song that went over well was "Higher and Higher." That's Jackie Wilson, right?
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Rita Coolidge also did that song in 1977.
 
Def...I went to his website and under the "showcase" tab he has some days (like May 16) where he is at the Port Jeff CC. It says you can meet with an entertainment advisor to schedule a private consultation. Do you know what that is? Looks like he has an agreement with the CC that he can meet with walk in clients to not only show them around the cc but to also talk about dj service? I'm grasping here but it's a unique idea...
 
Isn't Higher And Higher also the song used in Ghostbusters 2 to bring the Statue of Liberty to life and spread goodness and cheer to defeat the bad guys.

Or something like that?
 
djdawg said:
Def...I went to his website and under the "showcase" tab he has some days (like May 16) where he is at the Port Jeff CC. It says you can meet with an entertainment advisor to schedule a private consultation. Do you know what that is? Looks like he has an agreement with the CC that he can meet with walk in clients to not only show them around the cc but to also talk about dj service? I'm grasping here but it's a unique idea...
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It's a showcase for the hall itself. They have these a few times a year and all the "recommended" vendors are there. The DJ's usually preform a little bit and give out prizes like free light shows and such.

These "recommended" vendors are only recommended because they PAY to be there.
 
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