Wow. Just Wow.

Thanks to the fantastic wi-fi connection here at the Burton Manor, I can now blog in real-time as the party actually happens!  That's amazing.  And so efficient.  

So I'm djing the wedding of Steve and Casey tonight.  I'm working in Suite 5 at the enormous Burton Manor in Livonia.  The place is really decked out quite nicely, they have the chair covers, beautiful flowers, the whole wedding-works.  Their guests have all pretty much arrived and I'm just sitting back chillin' playing some good background music and waiting for the bridal party to arrive.  Suddenly, this very loud male voice comes over the built-in room PA system screaming "ALRIGHT, COME ON PEOPLE SIT DOWN!  SIT DOWN!  WE GOTTA SIT DOWN BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET SOME SPEECHES GOING!  AND WE GOTTA EAT!"  

{brief pause}  "NO I'M SERIOUS A**HOLES, WE GOTTA MOVE LIKE CATTLE AND SIT OUR A**ES DOWN NOW!  THE POLICE ARE ON THE WAY!!" 

So I am of course freaking out (but still trying really hard to appear as calm as possible). A venue's PA system is totally out of the DJs control so there really is nothing I can do about this, but meanwhile all of the guests are staring at me in my DJ area. I want to crawl under the table and die.  The screaming male voice stops.  People seem to resume the drinking and conversing. The mother of the bride comes over to talk to me about the incident..."no it wasn't me I swear!".  Then the mother of the groom... "nope not me. don't worry I promise I won't scream at your guests.".

Everything is now back to normal, but I was a nervous wreck getting through the bridal party 

introductions and toasts.  The interesting thing is now, FINALLY, I completely  understand some of the concerns that our prospective clients have before they book dj services with Platinum Mix.   I am in total and complete shock that there is actually a DJ who would scream on the microphone, swear and threaten guests to simply sit down.   I've heard stories, but never really witnessed it like that.  WOW.   I'm so tempted to run over to the room next door and beat that DJ over the head with his microphone...he's giving all of us wedding djs a really, really bad reputation.   

On the bright side though, Steve and Casey's wedding guests seem like they are going to be a blast tonight.  I can't wait to get through dinner and get this party going!

Custom Gobo's

A couple gobo's came in today for upcoming weddings! Here's how they look shining on my living room wall.....

Wedding Brunch at Polo Fields

Sunday afternoon weddings seem to be becoming alot more popular suddenly. This past Sunday I had the pleasure of working an afternoon wedding ceremony & reception at the Polo Fields in Ann Arbor. I've worked at the Polo Fields several times but this was the first afternoon event I've had there. I was really impressed! They had food stations set up around the room for brunch, including an omelette's station where you chose the ingredients for your omelette and a chef cooked it up right there on the spot for you. All the food was delicious and the guests seemed to enjoy themselves. For me, its really strange getting off work at 4:00pm, but it was kinda nice....I think I like the sunday afternoon brunch wedding idea! :)

My Saturday night wedding was held at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit. I can't believe I've never been there before, the Crystal Ballroom is gorgeous. If you are looking for something a little different than your standard hotel reception room, most def check out the Masonic Temple. The roller derby girls were skating upstairs on a different level, I was so tempted to put the music on auto-play and sneak up there to check them out. It was really nice meeting and working with Ana Skidmore from Twofoot Creative who was Bettie and Ryan's Day of Coordinator and Joe Nicoloff from Nicoloff Photography. Check out a few pictures from their wedding on our photo galleries.