The DJ

Ok, where do I begin on this one?

We did not have good luck on this front.

Trevor called five DJ companies. Only one called him back: Starlight DJ Services. We met with the owner of the company, he showed us his superb references, we gave him the list of music that we wanted played, we signed on the dotted line.

Can you smell a problem?

First of all, we did not find this company through a word of mouth reference. I highly recommend finding a DJ by a reference.

I hope that our experience is unique, and I think you will too.

Our DJ arrived late (a man hired by the company, not the man we met with...little did I know to ask). No big deal, I was very calm that day. He started asking me all sorts of setup questions, I made sure to tell him that just because we had line dances on our "must play" list that we DID NOT want lots of country played, and then I pointed out our emcee to him and asked him to cover all of that with her. Ok, mini-crisis averted.

After dinner and speeches and cake cutting, the fun was about to begin: the dance. Trevor and I danced to "You and Me" by Lifehouse for our first dance, and then invited everyone there to join us on the dance floor for "Accidentally in Love" by the Counting Crows.

Then the DJ played four country songs in a row. One or two, fine. But four? After we specifically said not much country??

But then the issues began - the music would screech, skip, jump, be fuzzy. It was awful. And this did not happen just once. It happened every three-four songs. It didn't ruin our evening - I was prepared for the worst, for I wanted to have fun no matter what happened. It was funny - our guests booed. We laughed and kept dancing.

I didn't think to go talk to the DJ about it because I didn't want to get upset. It was that simple.

A few weeks later though, I could not get this awful service off my mind. I was worried that other brides would have the same experience, and I did not want that to happen.

I emailed the company, letting them know what happened, and letting them know that unfortunately I would not be able to recommend the company. The owner of the company called me, to tell me that my memory must be foggy because he talked to the DJ after our wedding and the DJ said everyone had fun and that only one song skipped.

Well, yes, everyone had fun. But WAY MORE than one song skipped. The owner refused to hear what I was telling him. Although bad news is hard to hear, I thought that the owner would be greatful to hear my experience - I naively expected an: "I'm sorry this happened, thank you for letting us know so that no one else will have to experience this". Instead I was argued with and told that I was wrong.

Starlight DJ Services would never give me as a reference - but I think everyone should know about my experience. Hopefully my experience was unique. Hopefully it won't happen again.

We did have a blast at our wedding. We did not let the imperfections ruin our party!