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Seminars At The Grand Wedding Show

Monday, September 5th, 2011

I’m very lucky to have secured two spots in the seminar schedule at this weekend’s Grand Wedding Show at Sky City.   There’s a range of short seminars running throughout the day.   At 10am, I’ll present “How Much Should a DJ Cost?”.  This is a big question, the most commonly asked question that DJs here.  There’s a reason brides ask “How Much” first, and maybe not for the obvious reasons. Before you find out how much the DJ costs, it pays to know exactly what you’re paying for and how you can get something better.

At midday, I will be co-presenting Improve-a-Groom along with DJ Richard Mills.  This is a fun and often eye opening discussion just for the guys.  We share ideas and experiences we’ve seen at weddings over the last two decades and help the guys be as creative as they want to be on the wedding day.  With the tips and advice the grooms can pick up from this presentation, they are able to create their own special moments at the wedding that will stand out on camera (for the right reasons) or simply one of those memories guests will talk about for a long time.

 

Entrance to the seminars is included with the general ticket price to The Grand Wedding Show – Sunday 11 September, 2011.

I don’t bring ovens to wedding venues

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

At one of my seminars at the recent Grand Wedding Show in Auckland, a couple revealed one of the main reasons they didn’t book a specific Auckland wedding venue.

A venue they’d looked at thought they had more control over the music than the couple themselves. Allegedly, if the venue didn’t like their song choices, the songs wouldn’t get played. The venue provides their own DJ, and so I guess that’s how they can have so much control.

The venue says that the songs might make guests think poorly of the place. So what if the song the venue didn’t approve of happened to be the couple’s favourite? Maybe it’s their first dance? Who knows – maybe even the bride’s parents first dance from 30 years ago…?

I know nothing about serving or preparing food, I can’t cook, and if a wedding couple needed me to participate in that area a well as my core role of entertainment, I’d simply turn that wedding down. If something about a wedding couple’s plans don’t match your business or your style, you don’t book the wedding.

The couple ended up booking another venue, and they were put off by the music thing. If I told them they couldn’t have specific types of food because I didn’t like it, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t get that job either.

Why do venues think they’re more important than any other cog in the wedding wheel?

Dunedin host to world’s first Improve-a-Groom

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

As part of The Wedding Show which expanded into Otago this year, the first ever Improve-a-Groom seminar was held.

A great group of guys participated and from all accounts took away some new ideas, direction, and support.  I’m looking forward to seeing how this works with an Auckland audience at The Wedding Show at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, April 19.

Video from the Dunedin show coming soon, so for now view highlights below from The Wedding Show at Aotea Centre from September 2008.

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