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Posts Tagged ‘grand entrance’

First Dance Nerves? Here’s An Idea

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Imagine – you’re introduced, everybody is standing and applauding your entrance to the reception.  You both head straight for the dance floor as your entrance music transforms into your first dance song.

Sometimes my clients just want to get their first dance out of the way.  They may be nervous, or just plain excited because they’ve practised it so well.  Others want to make an entrance to their reception that just a bit different and unexpected.

Whatever their reason, I love this when it happens.  It’s just so different – I’ve only done this maybe 3 or 4 times in my 20+ years.  It also means the dance floor is “open” for guests later at their leisure instead of politely waiting for that first dance to take place, and even your most senior guests will see that dance no matter what time they retire for the evening.

Just an idea.

Your Wedding Venue. Service provider, or just a room?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

This is something I just can’t figure out. You hire a venue for your wedding, you pay them money, but what are they really providing you?

Do you expect your venue to know all the little details of your wedding day? Or is the role of a wedding venue simply that – a great looking location for you and your guests to enjoy?

As a wedding DJ that cares about the little things, it astounds me that so many venues or more to the point the venue staff simply see your wedding as another event, another job. While the majority of venues really do a great job of looking after their clients, there’s a few around Auckland and the rest of the country that almost act like your wedding is an inconvenience.

Listen for the red flags – perhaps staff using words like (more…)

Old Elephant House at Auckland Zoo – it doesn’t smell :)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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Auckland Zoo offers a number of options for a very creative and unique wedding reception.   I’ve been involved with ceremonies at the band rotunda, which have usually been followed by a reception down the path at the Old Elephant House.

Strangely when I mention this the Elephant House to people, a common response is (more…)


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