Dave Barry On Grooms
From my June 10th Dave Barry calendar: "Don't tell me that the groom can help with the wedding plans. Please. The groom is useless. Statistically speaking, something like 92 percent of all grooms are male. If you let males plan weddings you are going to end up with Skee Ball at the reception. No, the groom dropped out of the picture minutes after he proposed. For all the bride knows, he has been kidnapped by aliens. It does not matter. The bride must pluge grimly ahead, making decision after decision, day after stressful day, night after sleepless night, until she has, ...
Dave Barry On Brides
One of my favorite humorists is Dave Barry. He writes often of weddings and always cracks me up. From my Dave Barry calendar on April 24th: "With spring upon us, you may find yourself near a woman in the throes of planning a wedding; if so, you need to recognize that she is under severe pressure, and above all you need to do exactly as she says. If she wants you to wrap yourself in toilet paper, or purchase and wear a bridesmaid's dress that makes you look like a walking Barcalounger, JUST DO IT. You should do it even if ...
Traci & Brett’s “Musical” Wedding Reception
Traci & Brett Misquez were married on Saturday, April 17th at the beautiful Newcastle Wedding Gardens on a spectacularly beautiful day. Traci’s background as a musical performer, as well as her time spent working for Sacramento’s Music Circus led her to create a unique and fun wedding reception, themed around musicals. Traci's follow up comment on our evaluation included, "Thank You! We're so glad Randy was available and could give us so much attention. He "got" me. It was defintely customize and had great flow. ,I did "get her" and I got Brett as well, as evidenced by the comment, "Brett thanks ...
Vino Con Brio: A Superb Wedding Venue
Vino Con Brio, located just south of Sacramento in the vineyards of Lodi is one of Premier Entertainment’s favorite wedding locations. Because we work so hard to make every wedding unique, we’re always looking for locations that don’t look like just another wedding ballroom, and Vino Con Brio fits that bill! Owned and operated by Renae and Mike Matson, and run with the help of their daughter, Anne, this is a beautiful, comfortable oasis, perfect for an outdoor wedding with no pretentions. Ceremonies are held on one side of the house, which doubles as an changing room and gathering ...
Come To Your Senses
Over the past 15 years, I’ve had the opportunity to attend countless DJ gatherings, conventions, confabs and trainings. More often than not, I’m a speaker, but at last year’s Mobile Beat Conference in Las Vegas, I was just an attendee and I had the opportunity to listen to a fellow WEDGuild member, Jim Cerone, from Indianapolis, give a terrific three part seminar called “The Perfect Host.” Jim broke down the keys of what he calls a “Perfect Host,” and what the WEDGuild calls a Wedding Entertainment Director™, into ten senses, and talked about how we use these senses to give our ...
It’s Not Background Music
The term background music has always made me crazy. It implies that it’s unimportant, a thing to be glossed over, like the music playing faintly but softly in an elevator. In fact, “background music” can be critical to the success of your wedding. Instead of “background music,” let’s think in terms of “soundtrack music.” If I were to blindfold you and sit you in front of a movie screen, within the first few seconds of hearing the music, you’d know what kind of movie it is, and what your visceral reaction should be. Comedy Romance Suspense Action Horror Think of your wedding ...
New Father-Daughter Song
A new father daughter song is here from Edwin McCain. It's called Walk With You. The song, sung from the perspective of a dad to a daughter, is a powerful song written specifically for weddings and can be used as a father daughter dance song or for those who want something less traditional for the ceremony, a great song to walk down the aisle with your dad, especially if you're at a facility with a long walk, like Sun City Lincoln Hills (Orchard Creek) , Vino Con Brio, Valley Hi Country Club or Forest House Lodge, As always, we'll keep you updated ...
We Chose Christopher Kight Photographers
When planning my own wedding, I had a big advantage over most brides and grooms. I had already been in the wedding business for a few years, so I knew most of the other vendors pretty well. I didn’t have to worry about getting any bad vendors, because I knew who they were. I had only to choose from the good ones. For my photographer, I quickly narrowed the list to just a few, and then my fiancé and I quickly chose Christopher Kight. Now Chris won’t like me saying this, but I didn’t choose him because of his artistic skills ...
It’s “The Same Thing.”
It's very difficult to sell our service to those who haven't seen it. It's difficult, because all "DJs" do "the same thing," but only in the same sense that a running faucet is "the same thing" as Niagara Falls. It would be unlikely that someone would describe a running faucet as breathtaking, or travel very far to see it. Imagine an amateur magician doing "the same thing" as Penn & Teller. Now imagine an amateur DJ at your wedding reception. Ouch. Analogies abound, but like any other kind of performance, "the same thing" doesn't mean the same as "the same result." I play golf, just like ...
Dave & Karin’s Wedding Reception
Dave & Karin (not Karen – Karr-in) Danielson kicked off 2010 with an awesome wedding reception at the fabulous Vizcaya. What a fun couple and what a great day! Over 200 guests arrived as we played an eclectic mix of Beach Boys, Eagles, Nat King Cole, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Coldplay, Motown and more fun stuff chosen during our planning sessions. The weather was great and the mood was festive. Their photographer, Christoper Kight, had Dave and Karin there less than a half hour after their guests, so we were ready to roll. We began the introductions with Karin’s parents, Eric & ...
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