| What Do They Have To Say
About NOT Hiring A Professional?
Found in Mobile Beat Magazine, a
national DJ trade publication, the following quotes are excerpts from an
article about the importance of hiring a professional entertainer for your
event:
"We paid $1,200 for an ice sculpture and had a family friend DJ our wedding.
The ice sculpture eventually melted and our so-called friend never showed
up. Had it not been for a DJ wrapping up a party in the adjacent room (who
we hired on the spot), we would have had no music at all!"
"We had a friend-of-a-friend DJ our wedding for $250. He was late and had
equipment problems. In hindsight, we should have done the same thing we did
with our photographer and caterer - hire a professional!"
"My cousin was supposed to DJ at my wedding. I think he would have done a
great job if he hadn't "flaked out" on us at the last minute. He decided to
go to the Warp Tour concert instead. We had to scramble, but eventually
found a professional DJ. We had a great wedding after all."
"We decided to save some money and hook up an IPod through a speaker system.
A lot of people complained about not being able to make requests, and the
IPod kept resetting itself or something. My husband had to keep going over
to fix it. It was embarrassing. And we forgot all about a microphone for
announcements. We winged it!"
"A friend turned us on to this guy who was half the price of DJs out of the
phone book. We thought this was great! The only problem was he would never
return our calls. About two weeks before the wedding, his cell phone was no
longer working. We had to hire another company, and lost $100 on the first
guy whom we have still never heard from!"
"Oh my God! Our DJ was the worst. He was a friend of my maid of honor. She
said he was good so I hired him. Though the music was decent, everybody
hated him. He was obnoxious and rude on the microphone. I guess he thought
his jokes were funny, but this was MY wedding! My husband asked him to stop
talking. We should have hired the DJ my sister had at her wedding. He was
very professional!"
"I was forewarned about hiring friends to handle important matters at my
wedding. I really didn't think the music was a big deal. It was one of those
things that I thought just kinda took care of itself. My friend was nice but
was clueless about announcements and activities. He didn't have a lot of
music either. My wedding was great... my DJ was just so-so!"
"We didn't budget for a DJ so a family friend did it for us as a wedding
present. There were a lot of problems with the music and not many people
danced. If I had to do it all over again, I would definitely budget for a
DJ."
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