12 Sunday Aug 2012
Posted in Blog, Bryston's, Unforgettable Weddings
Tiffany & Craig 08-04-2012
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.
It’s ironic that after you meet someone that you find out that there’s a connection that falls into the “Six degrees of separation.”
06 Monday Aug 2012
Posted in Blog, Tips & Hints on Planning Your Wedding
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When we imagine how long it takes to do something, we plan based on how long it should take when everything goes RIGHT.
We often forget to consider all the distractions and delays, the interruptions and the unexpected time-consuming tasks we don’t know about. It’s human nature. We UNDERESTIMATE how much time we need to complete something.
But when you’re planning a wedding, this mistake can be deadly.
Amanda was a bride and a professional photographer. She planned her wedding for June…her busiest time of the year. She had months to plan and figured she would have more than enough time for everything.
Unfortunately for Amanda, she DIDN’T have time. Her photography business was booming. She was shooting weddings right up until her own wedding date.
Amanda had planned to send invitations to her B list…but she never found the time.
“I regret not having more people at my wedding,” she said sadly. “It would have been so much more fun.”
Rebecca allowed herself eight months to plan her wedding. She was a human resources manager who knew how to manage her time. Eight months seemed like more than enough.
It wasn’t.
Rebecca felt rushed to book by vendors who insisted she had to book NOW or risk losing her first choice. In hindsight, she would have allowed at least a year to plan everything so that she could enjoy it.
Allowing MORE time is always better than LESS.
05 Sunday Aug 2012
The History
We were contacted by Sarah in May 2011 when she submitted a request for information through the CPDJA website. It was great to see her using the valuable tools out there to find a professional DJ.
Booking an appointment with the two of them proved to be quite an adventure due to our schedule and there’s LOL My poor hubby kept being sent out of town for business and for one reason or the other either they had to re-schedule or we had to re-schedule! We were finally able to get together and it’s all history from there. LOL We had the privilege and the joy of also DJing their stag & doe which was a blast!
The Venue
Timberwolf Golf & Country Club is a beautiful backdrop for an outdoor wedding and their pavilion is beautifully set for any wedding!
26 Thursday Jul 2012
If you’re planning on a small wedding at home and you’re looking to provide background music, then pre-programming your iPod may be a cost-effective option.
If your reception involves any kind of special dances, such as your first dance, parents dances, etc, then the timing and presentation of these songs has a direct effect on the flow of your event. Imagine all of your guests standing around you, ready to see your first dance – and your iPod operator can’t find the right song to play.
If you have 100 guests, you’ll have 100 different ideas of what the “perfect mix” should be. Picking the “right” songs is much more difficult than you might imagine. Besides being extremely time-consuming, trying to “guess” what your guests will enjoy in advance is virtually impossible.
Although you might be a fan of a particular type of music, remember that your guests may not share your specific musical tastes. Your wedding isn’t the time to play all one genre of music such as Club Music with the same beat all night. You want to make this a memorable event that includes your Parents, Grandparents and your guests of all ages.
Your DJ carries a huge variety of AVLA licensed music to every event and they’ve spent hundreds of hours developing their music collections to suit a wide variety of musical tastes. They know how to mix the music to the flow of your occasion while it’s happening.
This ability to change the musical direction of your event based on the reactions of your guests is something that a pre-programmed iPod will never do.
MP3 players were never designed for professional application and there are numerous examples of how failures of these units to work at the exact time you need them have ruined a reception.
Professional DJs carry professional equipment – and back up equipment just in case. They know how to adjust the volume so the differences between loud and quiet recordings doesn’t blow your guests out of their seats or make them strain to hear. They also monitor microphone volumes to ensure that people can hear every word of your speeches at a comfortable listening level.
Did you know that if your event is happening in anything other than a private home, you’re going to need a copyright license from the AVLA to play any kind of iPod, computer or burned CD at your occasion?
A professional CPDJA DJ will work with you to ensure the music you want to hear on your Wedding Day actually gets played the way it should.
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