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Tips for selecting a Wedding Disc Jockey Wedding General Party Tips

-Start looking 6-18 months before your wedding date (depending on the date). The more popular companies and dates get booked in advance. Sometimes you can hire quality performers at short notice, but don’t risk it.

-Try not to cut your reception costs by hiring an inexperienced DJ

-How much wedding experience does the company have?

-Do you get to choose the DJ style you prefer? Outgoing, Quiet, or In Between

-What will be the DJs Attire at the reception? (Tuxedo, Suit, or something else)

-Do they use professional, commercial sound equipment or a large home stereo

-Do you get to choose the music selection?

-What is included in their package price?

-Does the DJ provide a wireless microphone?

-What is the overtime charge?

-When will the DJ set up and test his/her equipment?

-Does the DJ take breaks?

-Do you need to provide a meal for the DJ?

-Does the DJ do more than play music? (Make Announcements, Play Games, Participate on the Dance Floor, Instruct Dances)

-Can they provide recent references?

-Do you want the DJ to take guest’s requests?

-Do they offer a light show?

-Do they have back-up equipment?

-Is the DJ fully insured?

-What happens if the DJ has a personal emergency?

-Do they have a written contract? What is the deposit?

Courtesy of Night Magic Entertainment
www.nightmagicentertainment.com 618-235-5800, 314-602-5800

Written by Night Magic Entertainment of Belleville, IL

How important is your Wedding DJ? Wedding General Party Tips

WEDDING FACTS:

• 72% of today's brides are using professional mobile entertainers for their entertainment choice.
• 63% of the guests attending these functions do not remember what was served for dinner but do remember the entertainment.
• 4% to 6% is the amount most brides reserve for their entertainment budget.
• The national average cost for a mobile entertainer for a wedding is $1,200. The cost is largely dependent upon the experience of a DJ, locale and specific client requests.
• The entertainment chosen for a wedding is responsible for 80% of the events' success.


AFTER THE VOWS:

• 72% of all brides say they would have spent more time choosing their reception entertainment.
• Almost 100% say they would have spent more of their budget on the entertainment.
• During wedding planning, Brides say their highest priority is their attire, followed by the reception site and caterer - reception entertainment is among the least of their priorities. Within one week after their reception, 78% of Brides say they would have made the entertainment their highest priority!
• When asked 81% of guests say the thing they remember most about a wedding is the entertainment.
• 65% of all couples that chose a band to entertain at their wedding, said, if they had it to do over again, they would have chosen a disc jockey.
*These statistics were published in St. Louis Bride & Groom Magazine in 2003. Sources include: Simmons, 2001; USA Today, 2002; National Bridal Service, 2001; The Knot, 2002; Brides Magazine, 2001; Modern Bride 2003***

Courtesy of Night Magic Entertainment, Inc. Specializing in weddings since 1982 and providing the successful entertainment at over 8,000 weddings since our inception. We have grown our business though the referrals of happy brides and grooms. Our business depends on the success of your wedding!

Written by Night Magic Entertainment of Belleville, IL