Weddings

How Do You Make Sure You Get The Best Wedding Disco

First, be sure to book your DJ and entertainment early!

Why?

Well, if you really do want the best, this isn't something you can leave until the last minute, quality Wedding DJ's and entertainers are often booked at least a year in advance. You might be able to find a budget or less experienced ones a few weeks before your Wedding day but it's one hell of a risk to take on something so important and you'll be left with precisely the type of average DJ or entertainment you didn't want.

You may want to take time to meet or watch the DJ or entertainment perform and to discuss ANY ideas for your Wedding Reception and make sure every T is crossed and every I is dotted so you can relax on the day.

You can be assured that we put almost as much care and attention into our Wedding discos as you're putting into your Wedding plans. Your Wedding Day is one of the most obvious and extremely important days of your lives and both your family's and this is where our past experience gives us the edge over other DJs.

When you book DJF Promotions to perform at your Wedding Reception, you're getting a company with years of experience in the entertainment industry, providing an elegant and professional disco service for brides and grooms all over the UK as well as providing party mobile discos for a variety of other events and functions.

I'll get into deeper detail in a moment about how we intend to make your big day the most special and memorable time of your life, however the basic details run something like this:

• Free home consultation upon request
• Up to 5 hours performance
• Music request list available

If you'll bare with me a little longer, I'd like to explain more fully exactly what you get when you book DJF Promotions for your Wedding Reception... After all I'm going to be asking you to part with your hard earned cash, I want you to be totally clear about what we're offering in return, but more importantly, I want you to feel happy that we're the best possible choice for you.

Planning Your Party

From the moment you book us for your Wedding Reception, I want you to feel that your evening is in safe and experienced hands and that you have full control over every aspect of the Reception details.

Once you have completed the booking form, you are immediately emailed your login details to your own private area of our website. This private area contains the interactive tools that will help you organise the details of the Wedding Reception.

Planning Form

the Planning Form is there to help you supply us with important information about your Wedding Reception so that we can deliver a slick and seamless performance. this is especially important if you would like us to provide music for the Wedding Breakfast, introduce the bridal party, provide music for specific events during the night, for example, special dances, cake cutting etc, or anything else that doesn't necessarily fall within the disco performance itself. You can also specify how much you would prefer us to speak on the mic. How much audience interaction is very much a personal thing and we don't want to spoil your night by doing either too much or too little.

Home Consultation

If you have selected our home consultation option when filling out your information, Once we have received your signed Booking Agreement, we will contact you to arrange to meet to discuss your Wedding Reception. This can either be done in your own home, the function venue or any other place you choose.

This is a free service we offer for Wedding bookings and gives you the chance to take advantage of our extensive experience in performing at Weddings of all types over the years. Meeting before your Wedding day also gives you the chance to put faces behind the company and hopefully reassures you that you're dealing with experienced professionals. I do hope this is something you will take advantage of and let us help you design the most wonderful day.

Please note we cannot provide this service if you live outside a 25 mile radius of Liverpool. But rest assured we will talk several times with you on the telephone to make sure that you are happy with the plans for the evening's entertainment.

Music And Requests

General Music Requests

During the disco, we make several announcements inviting you and your guests to come and ask for songs as well as distributing requests slips around the function room.

We always do our best to play requests, however it is almost inevitable that one or two people may be disappointed when their request isn't played. This could be down to a simple lack of time, but it may also be due to the requests not being suitable for your Wedding Reception. some of the most recent rap and R & B music might contain material that may be considered offensive to some of your guests. At the end of the day it's very much a judgement call on our part, we want to please as many people as possible but don't want to ruin your night, or damage our reputation, by playing unsuitable or undanceable music.

So What Will Happen On Your Wedding Day

What happens on your Wedding day as far as the disco is concerned will very much depend on what we have discussed during the run up to the big day itself. It is in the nature of Weddings to not run exactly to time and we're flexible enough to understand how to adapt to such changes.

However, to give you an idea of how a typical Wedding disco runs, if there is such a thing, here is a fairly standard format for one of our shows.

This assumes a performance time of 7.30 pm till midnight and that everything has run like clockwork so far...

1. DJs arrive between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm. Don't be alarmed if we turn up in jeans and t-shirts, lugging heavy equipment around and setting up is not a job to be done in tuxedos or smart clothes.
2. Set up time 45 minutes to an hour. It's worth remembering that we can set up earlier in the day if you wish. this may incur additional charges dependant on the distance from our business address in Liverpool to the Reception venue.
3. 7.30 pm disco starts - this is the time when we place request slips on all tables for guests to fill in and hand to us. We would normally play fairly middle of the road music at a listenable but non-intrusive level while your evening guests arrive.
4. 9.00-9.15 pm is about the time when most newlyweds prefer to have their first dance. This has usually given people enough time to arrive and have a drink and a bit of a natter. After the first dance, we invite other couples onto the dancefloor for a couple more slowies before we get the party started.
5. 9.15-9.30 pm buffet time and the chance to play some of those less danceable requests I mentioned earlier.
6. 9.45-10.00 pm and now it's time to party! The kind of music we play will very much be dictated by the activity on the dancefloor and we've become extremely good at reading a crowd and adapt to suit the mood.
7. Midnight, disco ends and everyone goes home shattered and maybe even a bit drunk. Function Managers are normally very strict about finishing times so we're not usually allowed to play past the agreed end time, even if the party is rocking.

Obviously, every Wedding function is different and we can easily alter the show's content to reflect any overruns or change of plan, but I hope it gives you an idea of how we try and do something for everyone to ensure the success of your day.

Added Extras

In addition to the primary features you receive from our Wedding Package, you can also request other services, subject to additional fees.

Site Visit

The site visit is a useful addition to the Wedding Package and gives us a chance to meet with venue staff and assess the function area for access, as well as being able to plan in advance what equipment we will use on the night.

It would be advantageous if you were present during this site visit as we can give you guidance regarding seating arrangements for your guests. For example, we can advise you where to seat older members of your family who may not wish to be put near the sound system.

Dinner Music

Let us provide suitable background music during your meal to create a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere and the perfect start to your Reception. Alternatively, you may wish us to play music that is designed to create an air of anticipation for the coming evening's disco. Whatever your choice of music, rest assured the volume will be kept discretely in the background and only serves to make you and your guests feel at ease while you eat.

DJs In Full Black Tie Atire

Upon request, and subject to an additiona charge, we will come dressed in full black tie atire. This will normally only apply if you're holding a very formal Wedding reception.

The only reason we charge for this dress code is to cover our dry cleaning costs, there is no profit made whatsoever.

What Does It All Cost

Ok, there's no putting it off any longer, we've come to the nitty gritty...

It is estimated that the average Wedding costs £11,000 to organise and that less than 5% of that sum will be spent on the evening's entertainment. And yet, it is the entertainment that is largely responsible for the success of your big day and the aspect most of your guests will remember more than any other.

So the entertainment isn't something you should be cutting corners with -- it will leave the party feeling very flat and reflect badly on you if you get a less than outstanding Wedding DJ.

When you compare the disco against other Wedding services, even the most expensive Wedding DJs are an absolute bargain...

• Wedding cake - £300 to £500
• Food - £1,000 to £5,000 or higher
• Photographer - £800 to £3,000
• Flowers - anything from £500 upwards

And that's not even mentioning the car hire, Dresses for the Bride, Bride's Maids etc and all the other services that you're paying out for.

So, when you look at the hard figures, baring in mind what your entertainment is going to bring to your Wedding day in terms of lasting memories, the DJ's fee really should be up there with the photographer which is another vital part of your day.

Trust me, a Wedding cake doesn't make a good entertainer and won't get people dancing...

Book DJF Promotions for your Wedding disco and it will still cost you less than half than the price you're likely to pay for the photographer.

In fact, based on a guest list of 100, the price for our Wedding disco package is less than £5.00 per head, and that's even if you select all of the additional options!

How's that for value!?