Four Things You Should Cover with Your Wedding DJ
While professional DJ's are familiar with the flow of a wedding, they aren’t mind readers! If there is a certain expectation or tone you want to set for your reception, you should definitely go over this with the DJ so you can set realistic expectations together. Below are a few other things you should absolutely cover with your DJ prior to your reception:
1.) What you don’t want – if the electric slide makes you cringe or there is a popular song you don’t want to be a part of your night, make sure you inform the DJ. This way, even if he/she were to get requests for those songs, they know to skip them.
2.) Formalities – you can ask your DJ to give you ideas for the cake cutting or the garter toss (that’s what they are for!), but make sure you still cover these details with them before-hand. Asking them to pick the song and not reviewing it before the actual event could be a recipe for disaster.
3.) Timeline – a professional DJ with extensive experience will be able to guide you through a suggested timeline or they will be able to work with one you have created. Either way, because the DJ is the person hosting your event, make a point to cover every detail of the timeline.
4.) Interaction – let the DJ know what you expect from an interaction perspective. How often they are on the microphone, the amount they interact with guests etc should be discussed before the event so his/her performance is what you expect it to be.
14 May 2016
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