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Caring 101 - Your Vendor Should Care about Your Big Day! I've built my business on one premise. I care about your Wedding Day. I understand the work, money and dreams you've invested in it, hoping itwill be wonderful. Any successful businessman will put Caring at the top of his list. 2 days ago I received a call from a DJ who wanted to work for me (this could be ANY vendor). His resume was

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This is a Simplified version of my Article on Hiring a DJ, to be found on my site, and all over the web (Dior is currently using it on their site, as are numerous Wedding Sites). Here are the important questions to ask... 1) First Question - WHO is playing my wedding? I want to talk to the guy (or girl) who will actually be at my Reception, spinning the Tunes, doing the Announcements.

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    Up-lighting-Alright, here is the subject that makes most Brides-to-Be cringe, and which they invariably pay WAY TOO MUCH to Vulture DJ companies and Venues to provide. Up-lighting is simply those fixtures set around the reception room that shoot colorful lights up the walls. They are usually spaced about 10 feet apart, and under columns to add drama and color to the columns. Some are set

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Don’t Get “Nickel-and-Dimed” to Death! – Alright, I’m tired of hearing Vendor Horror Stories from uninformed brides. Take this Tip to heart, and carry it throughout the nauseating process of hiring Vendors. I’ll use a bride who recently signed me as a cautionary example. Take heed! -          Before she met me, Sarah sat with 3 DJ Vendors she met at a Bridal Expo. All offered “Coupons” – 10%

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Choosing Rings – Sure, you can go to the jewelers and choose from their limited selection, but here are a couple of suggestions that will add romance to your ring selection… -          Wear an Heirloom Wedding Band – There’s nothing more beautiful than to accept your grandmother’s wedding band to bless your marriage. Her long marriage was exemplary, and there’s magic in that ring. It’s a

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   Choosing Bridesmaids’ Gowns – I’ve played about 70 weddings myself this year, and I’ve seen some dreadful bridesmaid dresses (I’ve also seen some quite stunning examples). It seems to me that you want to choose a dress that the girls can wear out to the club the week after the wedding. One bride had an excellent remedy for the Bridesmaid dress dilemma… You (and your maids) choose a

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1)      For the Groom – Tuxedo Junction! ... If your man wants the responsibility of taking care of his (and his Groomsmen’s) tuxedos, share these tips with him… -          When choosing a Tux, remember that you’ll be seeing it (in pictures) the rest of your life! Now is NOT the time to try something outrageous or extremely trendy (remember Tux-T-shirts with sneakers?). Choose a Classic,

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A VERY Traditional Wedding – Do some research, and add elements of, say, ancient Celtic Rituals into your Ceremony and Reception. This adds enormous interest for your guests, and makes the event very memorable.

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Can a Loved One Perform My Wedding Legally?... If you're getting married in 2012, you need to book your wedding DJ and Photographer NOW! ... Remember the Friends Episode when Joey became an Ordained Minister to perform Monica/Chandler's Wedding... You can use a Loved One to perform your ceremony as an Ordained Minister - Many couples opt to have a loved one Legally Perform the

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Some things to Remember When Having An Outdoor Ceremony... 1)      If you’re getting married outdoors, and using the DJ to provide music for the ceremony, make sure he sets up a microphone by default. Not only will it assist the JP, it will allow your guests the privilege of sharing The Most Important Part of the Day (!) – the Ceremony! Also important, your guests will hear those beautiful

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Tips on Choosing your Wedding Party... If you're getting married in 2012, you need to book your wedding DJ and Photographer NOW! ... 1) Choosing your Wedding Party- Obviously, choose friends/family who are very close to you. If you cannot choose one Best Man or Maid of Honor, choose two! It’s perfectly acceptable and can save you lots of anxiety. Also, for small weddings, you

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1)      What matters most about your wedding? What matters most is that the people that you love and value are there with you on your big day.  So the names your write on your guest list create the entire foundation of your wedding plans. From this list you can better understand your Size and Budget. 2)      How to best choose the guests if the list gets too big? It’s best to categorize

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In over 20 years sharing Ceremonies I've noticed a few Great ways to share Vows... 1) Take existing quotes and add to them, to give them special meaning... "Grow Old with Me, The Best is yet to be (by Robert Browning) can be expanded to read, "As we grow old together I know we'll grow even more beautiful and loving to one another. As we look forward to our lives from this point, we know

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INSTEAD of simply numbering tables for your guests, create a theme so they won't be self-conscious if they're sitting at tabe # 104! I played an Italian wedding a few months ago where the tables, instead of being numbered, held an Auspicious Card at center printed with the name of an Italian City...Rome, Amalfi, Florence, etc. Also, If you're a Wine-lover, name each table after a

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1) Don't Forget the Oldies! - You might think that you and your friends will want to listen/dance to Just Top 40, but you must remember that at least half the people at your wedding will be Over 50 years old, and will really share the experience if the DJ is well-versed in ALL music - from the 50's to current Billboard Charts. One main complaint I hear from wedding attendees (not MY

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Starry Nite DJs Best Tip - My favorite Reception Songs... PLUS an Inexhaustible List of All Time Songs! I won't lie to you - I've been DJing weddings for over 20 years now, started back when I had to carry crates of records to each gig (I was much stronger then!), and each album had maybe one song I needed to play. It was the 90's, and Michael Jackson was scorchin' hot (still is), as was Ace of

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Starry Nite DJs Best Tip -Choosing Reception Events - a Short List... Here are some Standard Happenings at Receptions (see "Schedule of Reception Events" link on my site www.StarryNiteDJs.com under Planning). Consider some or all at your reception...Will you have... 1. Cocktail Hour 2. Grand Entrance 3. Video Slideshow Presentation of both of you growing together 4. Grand Entrance

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Hire Local Entertainment to play Cocktail Hour!   Here are some Great entertainment ideas for Cocktail Hour. I've personally seen these at Wedding I've played, and fell in love with them! * Hire a Jazz Trio to play the Cocktail Hour - Call your local High School and find 3 or 4 musicians from their Music Program. OR, go to a Restaurant that presents Jazz and offer the musicians there

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I'll be brief. Today I saw on a Wedding site that a bride-to-be was concerned about my actions. She had initially contacted me for a certain wedding date. We spoke, and I asked her to please get back to me soon, to set a date to meet, so she could get to know me bettter. 3 weeks later she emailed me to tell me she had found another DJ. I replied that someone else had booked the date. The

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip - Day Weddings are Great Too! More brides (and Grooms) are opting for the afternoon/early reception to save some money. I whole-heartedly agree - the afternoon wedding Reception (and Ceremony, which is usually on-site) will cost less. Here are my observations from 20 years in the business...  1) Most Day Weddings (Saturday or Sunday) are smaller 2) The Guests are

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Seating Older Guests... Played a Great Wedding Saturday in Trumbull (Tashua Knolls)... I Noticed that the oldest guests were seated closest to me (and my Equipment!) on the lip of the dance floor.Throughout dinner I'd make frequent trips to their tables, to make sure the Dinner Music wasn't too loud; it's important that guests have the opportunity to talk to each other - long lost relatives, old

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Starry Nite DJs Best Tip - How Not to Dress the Groom! In 20 Years Wedding Experience I've come to one conclusion regarding the Groom - Dress Him Yourself! If it's a Casual Wedding be doubly suspicious! If the Groom is renting a Tux, it's Always worth a bit more money to get a very classic style. Remember, you'll be looking at these pictures 20 years later, and you really want attire that stands

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip - Paradise by the Dashboard Light!Remember - It's YOUR Big Day!* If you're getting married in 2012, you need to book your wedding DJ and Photographer NOW! ...Played a Great Wedding Saturday in Torrington...One highlight for me (being the Procurator of the Party!) was when a Guest requested Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light (great song!).We (guest and I) got

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip #9... A Fun Way to Give Away Your Centerpieces! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! I Use this one all the time, and the Guests always go crazy! Have your MC (me?) announce the Centerpiece Give-away. He then asks one guest at each table to pull out a Dollar Bill and hold it up (again, one per table). When the music starts he tells them to Pass the Buck to

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip # 10... How to Keep the Guests Dancing All Night! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! Here are a few tricks of the trade to keep the Dance Floor packed all night - I've gathered these in my 20 years as an MC/DJ, and they've always translated into a Rocking Reception!... 1) Start slow with Love Songs - Let them warm-up during and after Dinner with a few

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip # 11... Make an Italian Grand Entrance! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! This is an easy one, but very effective, since you always want to involve ALL the guests in your reception activities. Of course you don't have to be Italian to do this, but it can't hurt! Dean Martin works well here. Introduce the Bride and the Groom in to the song "Ain't That a Kick

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #8... Beware the "Bait and Switch"!  It's going to sound dramatic, overblown, but it makes me sooo mad! I hear it from brides all the time (after the fact, of course). The Wedding Vendor (DJ/Photography) promised to put their best man on your Wedding (you may have hired that company because you saw this DJ perform at a friend's wedding) -they handed you

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip # 13... Make the Grand Entrance a Grand Show! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! Why not make the Grand Entrance into the Reception a bit of a show! Plan with the DJ/MC (me!) to play individual snippets of songs for each couple being announced in at the start of the reception - make the songs funny, or have them suggest a funny thing about the couple (for

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Starry Nite Best Wedding Tip # 14... Add a Memorable Moment for a Special Guest! This is a very touching moment for all. The DJ announces that a Very Special Couple are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary next week, and he invites them to the floor to dance to the song they first danced to at their own wedding. It's beautiful, and something every guest at you wedding will

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 - Buffet Line Name that Tune – Most times a wedding venue will leave it to me to decide which tables go to the Buffet first. Of course, I always start with the head table and parents, but then I’ve adopted a fun trick to choose the rest! I’ll play “Name that Tune”! I’ll have the bride and groom, or some other guests, act as “Spotters”, I’ll play a song and ask the guests to raise their

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Fun Twist on Introducing the Bridal Party! – Everyone knows that the Grand Announcements kick off the Celebration. I, with my “Amazing Voice (lol)”, really enjoy this part of the show. However, wouldn’t it be fun to have the Bride and Groom invite in their most loved friends? All DJs use wireless microphones, so this is easy. Have the Bride and Groom hide in the doorway (where the Bridal

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Keep the Bridal Party Guessing during Grand Entrance! – Have the Bridal Party stand in a group – all mixed, by the door, waiting to be announced in. They have NOT been told what order they’ll walk in. Then, have the DJ read a brief set of facts about the couple that’s being announced in. No Names, just the facts! Make each fact less obvious at first, then get specific until that couple

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The Toast – Plan It, Write it, Cut It! You’ve seen it too – the Best Man or Maid of Honor rises, takes the microphone from the MC, and begins to toast the happy couple. Clears his throat, cocks his head, raises the mic. “Uhm, John and I have been friends for about 10 years now, and uhm…I know I’m supposed to tell a story here but I can’t think of one. I remember when we…”, and he proceeds

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How to Handle Stress before the Wedding – I’ve just got off the phone with a bride whose wedding is this weekend. When we first met she was calm, laughing at all my jokes, really looking forward to the Big Day. An hour ago she screamed into the phone that she “Just wants it to be over!” Everything falls on the Bride – the planning, the venue, the vendors, the food, the guest list,

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Here’s the “Great Toast Key Laugh”! – During the Toast, have the Best Man mention that the Groom is now “off the market”, and that anyone in the crowd who has an old house key to the groom’s place should return them right away. Suddenly 20 young women make their way to the head table and drop a key into a basket the Best Man is holding! Then, 2 or 3 of the male guests place keys into the

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #6... Getting Inside a DJ's Head - Song Selection! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! You might think it's easy! Put yourself in my shoes - An Aretha song is playing (or Beyonce), and the whole room is jumping - a hundred of your wedding guests on the dance floor, shaking it, having the most fun of their lives at your Celebration. Then you gaze into my

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Starry Nite Best Bridal Tip #5... Make you Onsite Ceremony Memorable Too! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! You've chosen to have your Wedding Ceremony held just before your Reception, at the same venue. Congratulations! More couples every year are foregoing the traditional church wedding and choosing a simple secular ceremony. It makes sense for many reasons. Your guests will already

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #4... Beware the "Preferred or House Vendor! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! So, you've finally booked your venue, and they start throwing Business Cards at you! "Here's a Photographer we highly recommend (or a florist or a DJ)." Some venues may call them the "House DJ or House Photographer". I know something you don't about House Vendors... The venue

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #3... Rent a Hall, Save Money, Have the BEST PARTY! Here's a Definite Money Saver! This weekend I played a Real Irish Shindig at the Irish-American Society Venue in Glastonbury. It was a hall (opposed to a Formal Dinner Palace) and we had the Best Reception EVER! In fact, every wedding I've played over the last 20 years that was set in a VA or Ethnic

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #2… Be Unique and Creative!  It's your day...we've covered Planning your Wedding above. Now let's add some spice! I LOVE Creative Brides! Once, during the Garter/Bouquet section of a wedding I played, the Bride and Groom thought this would be funny...She sat facing the crowd, the groom ready to reach under her skirt to get the garter.  We planned to have

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Starry Nite Best Reception Tip #1... Sit and Plan your wedding Thoroughly with your Vendors! Remember - It's YOUR Big Day! I've played weddings for over 20 years, and it's amazing how many vendors ask you to "Fax in a Form"! Fax a Form? How is this man (or woman) going to get to know Your Dream from a form? Choose wedding Vendors that honestly cares (check their references/

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Video - September 4, 201 Wedding at Society Room in Hartford - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olup2swATlQ Here's a quick video from a Wedding I played September 4, 2011 at Society Room in Hartford. Notice my Lighting! Great Party! Thanks Sarah and Nuno! www.starrynitedjs.com- Full Reception only $900!

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You might think it’s easy! Put yourself in my shoes – An Aretha song is playing (or Beyonce), and the whole room is jumping – a hundred of your wedding guests on the dance floor, shaking it, having the most fun of their lives at your Celebration. Then you gaze into my booth and see me scrambling! My mission – to find the next great song that will keep this particular crowd hopping. Wow, what a

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All the planning - All the Irish Music to find - All Wonderful! I forgot how much fun a truly down-home wedding can be. This Saturday I played Wedding with Siobhan and Conor,and they wanted full-blown Irish party! Even served Guinness in Champagne glasses! What wonderful people,and I actually played overtime. Nobody left the dance floor at last call! But I had forgotten how a simple wedding -

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Sorry everyone - I write too much (if you know me there's a constant stream of words that bypasses my brain and flies over my teeth). Just wanted to tell you that I am SOOOO LUCKY tobe doing what I love to do, and making a living at it. To me, other than working as a doctor who brings new life into the world, there can be NO better job, AND the doctor doesn't get to blast the Ramones while 50

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I sit with about 60 Brides per year. my one goal is to find a creative aspect in that bride that will make her wedding unique, and therefore memorable. Generally, since brides have been dreaming of this day for years, they have a few great suggestions. But the obstacle to a Great Wedding is that the brides simply don't know what happens at a Reception - they envision only the Announcements and

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Here are a few tips for Cutting the Cake...(below are some fun songs for the ocassion!) 1) Even though the DJ is making all the noise (!), listen to the photographer. He/She will set your hands properly so she can get a good angle 2) Pause - You're doing this to get Great Pix, not eat the cake! Plunge the knife in slowly, then pause a second and smile, look at either the photographer or each

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Here's my initial Hodgepodge of Great Planning Advice! * Indispensable Tip...PLEASE do not wait to book your vendors! I got 3 calls last nite and this morning - I was highly recommended by their friends as a DJ. Only problem, I'm BOOKED all 3 dates! 1 in June, 1 in May, 1 in September, and almost another on 11.11.11 (it opened up late for me). If you know what you want for your wedding, book

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