A while back some nice folks from Illinois booked us to do their wedding entertainment. A few weeks later they called and said that the venue needed to be change It (Castle Farms) was too expensive for one half of the wedding funding commitee. So they asked my wife what she could suggest. Mind you it was on a saturday in july (good luck finding an open venue) on the same date. NO GO. My Wife found them a new venue (Bay Harbor Resort), a week later than the orginal date. AWESOME!
So the Mother of the groom asked Stacy (my wife) if she would be their wedding planner. Stacy explained to the lady that although she could probably "figure it out" she had never actually planned a wedding. The Mom says to her "this could be your first one" After a few days, Stacy agrees to plan their wedding for the measly sum of $500. (to be fair Stacy thought that a pretty fair price considering she had NO EXPERIENCE doin it)
So after a few months the wedding week is here. Sunday before the wedding they decide to have a welcome party for the oput of town guests at the Bay Harbor Yacht Club. The problem is the catering staff would not return the Mom's phone calls. So Stacy got in touch with a caterer we have worked with before and had them cater the event. We are invited to attend the party as guests (something new for me) and everyone has a great time with great food and drinks and conversation.
Rehearsal and hall setup are on Friday. We get up bright and early, pack up the van, and head to the reception location. NOTHING is setup according to the "plan" SO I am roped into moving tables, chairs, etc. Then i setup MY equipment and head home. I take a shower, change, and I go setup for our wedding at Castle Farms (funny) and wait for Stacy to show up. We have agreat wedding Friday night and go home. Weddings with a lot of law enforcement personel in attendance are usually pretty fun.
Saturday. THE BIG DAY! Stacy heads to the resort to make sure everything for the ceremony and reception are ready to go. I head over there a few hours later (hey...I'm just a DJ!)
I get to the resort and setup the sound system for the ceremony. It was on the beach, sunny day, I forget my camera. Figures. Ceremony is ok...Had some wind noise but otherwise it was wonderful. I had to tear down, rush back up the hill with my stuff on a luggage rack, and start music in the reception hall asap. I stepped in a hole, fell, and started rolling down the hill in front of the recieveing line. I went down like somebody SHOT me. With the cart rolling right down the hill after me. Thanks to some kind people waiting in the recieving line I was not run over. I got back up, brushed myself off, and headed back up the hill. (side not...although it was not funny to me at the time, I would have been LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY if I had seen it happen to someone else.)
15 minutes later, I am in the hall playing music (I love my Passport) Sore ankle and all. Dinner is in an hour and a half. So I tell all the guests that I hear telling their friends that "Dinner is almost ready don't get up" to go get a few drinks and mingle. The bar is all TOP SHELF (except for the bottle of R&R requested by the FoB.) After the reception we heard rumor of the bar tab being over $10,000.
For dinner my wife and I are seated at the Groom's parents table (woohoo hot food) and the rest of the night goes off perfectly.
As I am tearing down, the Father of the bride and groom walk up to Stacy and each hand her a thank you card. At the bonfire (Stacy thought it'd be nice if we had the resort staff build us a bonfire after the reception so the guests could go have smores and sit around the fire and relax) As she is sitting there she opens the cards and to read them. Then the tips fall out. A check fell out of each card. The amount on EACH CHECK...FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!
SHE got a ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR TIP!
She was also told by the FoG that when she decided to go full time as a wedding coordinator to call him if she needs a "Cash infusion" to help start her business.
I jsut wanted to share that with you...I knew you'd appreciate it here.
p.s. sorry for the long post. I just wanted to get all the little details in.
So the Mother of the groom asked Stacy (my wife) if she would be their wedding planner. Stacy explained to the lady that although she could probably "figure it out" she had never actually planned a wedding. The Mom says to her "this could be your first one" After a few days, Stacy agrees to plan their wedding for the measly sum of $500. (to be fair Stacy thought that a pretty fair price considering she had NO EXPERIENCE doin it)
So after a few months the wedding week is here. Sunday before the wedding they decide to have a welcome party for the oput of town guests at the Bay Harbor Yacht Club. The problem is the catering staff would not return the Mom's phone calls. So Stacy got in touch with a caterer we have worked with before and had them cater the event. We are invited to attend the party as guests (something new for me) and everyone has a great time with great food and drinks and conversation.
Rehearsal and hall setup are on Friday. We get up bright and early, pack up the van, and head to the reception location. NOTHING is setup according to the "plan" SO I am roped into moving tables, chairs, etc. Then i setup MY equipment and head home. I take a shower, change, and I go setup for our wedding at Castle Farms (funny) and wait for Stacy to show up. We have agreat wedding Friday night and go home. Weddings with a lot of law enforcement personel in attendance are usually pretty fun.
Saturday. THE BIG DAY! Stacy heads to the resort to make sure everything for the ceremony and reception are ready to go. I head over there a few hours later (hey...I'm just a DJ!)
I get to the resort and setup the sound system for the ceremony. It was on the beach, sunny day, I forget my camera. Figures. Ceremony is ok...Had some wind noise but otherwise it was wonderful. I had to tear down, rush back up the hill with my stuff on a luggage rack, and start music in the reception hall asap. I stepped in a hole, fell, and started rolling down the hill in front of the recieveing line. I went down like somebody SHOT me. With the cart rolling right down the hill after me. Thanks to some kind people waiting in the recieving line I was not run over. I got back up, brushed myself off, and headed back up the hill. (side not...although it was not funny to me at the time, I would have been LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY if I had seen it happen to someone else.)
15 minutes later, I am in the hall playing music (I love my Passport) Sore ankle and all. Dinner is in an hour and a half. So I tell all the guests that I hear telling their friends that "Dinner is almost ready don't get up" to go get a few drinks and mingle. The bar is all TOP SHELF (except for the bottle of R&R requested by the FoB.) After the reception we heard rumor of the bar tab being over $10,000.
For dinner my wife and I are seated at the Groom's parents table (woohoo hot food) and the rest of the night goes off perfectly.
As I am tearing down, the Father of the bride and groom walk up to Stacy and each hand her a thank you card. At the bonfire (Stacy thought it'd be nice if we had the resort staff build us a bonfire after the reception so the guests could go have smores and sit around the fire and relax) As she is sitting there she opens the cards and to read them. Then the tips fall out. A check fell out of each card. The amount on EACH CHECK...FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!
SHE got a ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR TIP!
She was also told by the FoG that when she decided to go full time as a wedding coordinator to call him if she needs a "Cash infusion" to help start her business.
I jsut wanted to share that with you...I knew you'd appreciate it here.
p.s. sorry for the long post. I just wanted to get all the little details in.
