After the initial shock of the proposal, then the excitement of choosing your bridal gown and the groom’s suit, the next big decision will be your wedding reception venue.  Brilliant!   Your wedding is now planned and booked … other than you have overlooked the one thing that will make or break the party – your wedding DJ.   Just look in your Yellow Pages; there are hundreds of them, each offering you the party to remember.  But beware!  Many of them are part-time and only DJ as a hobby.  That’s why some will quote as little as £50.00 per night.  Some will take your booking and then wait , hoping to get another booking on the same night for more money, totally uncaring in the fact they could leave you stranded and panicking, perhaps, only days before the Biggest Day of Your Life.

Few have public liability insurance and others- the worst kind in my book – will only play the music that THEY like.  So here are a few points that you need to check BEFORE booking your wedding party DJ.

1. Ask them if they have any gigs booked locally, so you can go and spend an hour listening to them and watching how they interact with the audience.

2. Ask to physically SEE their public liability and electrical p.a.t.  test certificates.

3. Ask them to supply you with a playlist where you can add or remove any genre of music that you do or do not want at your wedding.

4. If your wedding breakfast is early afternoon, as if they will play background music until the party starts in the evening and, if so, if there is an extra charge for this (when I take a booking, it is for the whole day.)

5. Beware of the cheap DJ as the sayings go “you get what you pay for” or “buy cheap and you could pay twice”.  By this, I don’t mean go for the most expensive, but if they are too cheap, this should start alarm bells ringing as they will be cutting corners somewhere along the line.

6. And the last question should be to ask for clarification on what you will actually get for your money.   Most DJ’s will  tell you that they have different packages for different prices, this is normally the adding of a few more lights and your wedding quote increasing by a few hundred pounds , so beware!!!  (For example, if I take a booking, you get a top of the range speaker system with crystal clear sound, a state of the art led light and laser show and even karaoke if you require it -  all for one set price).

www.weddingpartydj.co.uk Neil Partridge has been entertaining in and around the Midlands for the last 6 years and will supply quality discos to a wide variety of events and parties, which not only include weddings and civil partnerships, but also engagement and anniversary party night’s, birthday parties, corporate event’s, prom night’s, under 18’s discos, karaoke parties and individually themed party’s to name but a few.  We also carry 10 million pound public liability insurance for your peace of mind and our FIRST CLASS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE starts from the very first no obligation phone call or email.

Maybe you’d just like a list of the most popular first dance songs?  I’m happy to oblige.  For further information please email info@weddingpartydj.co.uk or call my (always with me mobile) 07977 491075 or leave a message on the land line Hednesford 01543 426619.

Neil Partridge is the
www.weddingpartydj.co.uk
For a First Dance that Lasts a Lifetime
4 Coppermill Close | Hednesford | Staffordshire | WS12 4SQ

Well my folks have been in France for the past fortnight and have been trying out lots of wines and champagnes for the wedding breakfast. It is traditional to call it the wedding breakfast but in reality it will probably be around 5pm after the ceremony and most of the photographs.

The wedding breakfast will be the time we have a bit of a laugh with speeches and toasts and lovely food and alcohol. We’ve been lucky to get corckage on the alcohol so we are choosing our own wines and buying them in bulk over in France where you can get a better quality wine for half the price.

My Mum has been taking her role of wine tasting very seriously whilst she has been in France and even taken the wines up to the bar for second opinions from the locals.We now have the champagne and red wine sorted and my folks drove back yesterday with a boot full of alcohol.

Looking forward to tasting the wines and champers but think we’ll have to wait till the wedding.