Brown Paper Packages Tied up With String - A few of my LEAST favourite things!

Who doesn't love a package?  Well, obviously nobody - we all like to receive a package, but I feel a little rant coming on about packages in the wedding industry!

Disco Packages

Gold package, Silver package, premium package... why sell a range of levels of service?  Why offer a service (package) that is deliberately inferior?  In my opinion your disco offering should be the best that it can be - you shouldn't be charged extra to make the disco look a bit better, to carry more music, or (and I've seen this!) to allow more requests?  

Then there are the add ons that aren't really add ons.  Pay for early set up, pay to use a radio mic, pay a DJ to play background music (seriously?  For mealtime you literally just need a playlist, you don't need a £50 per hour DJ!)  Suddenly your cheap price DJ isn't so cheap after all!

Of course this is just my opinion - but I don't sell packages, I sell the best that I can be.  I don't add on extra costs, I tell you the price from the outset.  Sure, we offer optional extra services - three to be precise:

Mood lighting

Giant Games

Event Management

That's it! No gimmicks, just honest prices

That's something we all like to receive! 

Package Discos

Ok, this may sound like sour grapes, but bear with me!  So many times at wedding fairs when we speak to couples we are told "The disco comes as part of the package with the venue"

I can't speak for all venues, all discos and maybe this is how you want to book your wedding reception, but look at it this way...

You are planning the biggest day of your life, a true one off event and you want it to be perfect.  You've chosen a beautiful venue, looked at dozens of dresses until you found "the one"  The cars suit your personalities, your photographer offers amazing pictures, great albums.  The flowers, the colour scheme, the cake - oh! The cake will be magnificent.  Every single detail of your day has been handpicked by you to suit your perfect day.

Except one.

And its not a little detail.  Its the party to celebrate your wedding, its the cake cutting, the first dance, the last dance, its the dancing with your friends, its the waltz with your Dad, its one of the parts of your day that everyone will remember and talk about.

And its the one part you haven't chosen.

Its the one part that's been chosen for you.

And as an events professional that worries me.

Its your day.  Have it your way.

I Bet That You Look Good From The Dancefloor - Wedding First Dance

Think about a wedding you have been to recently.  Take a look at the photos that you took of the happy couple.  I bet you got one at the ceremony, during the speeches, cutting the cake.  I know you took photos during that so romantic first dance - everybody did.  Now look at the background.  Its the disco.

I know that this is true for every wedding, and I know that the disco becomes the backdrop for some of the most important moments of the day.  It is with this in mind that I have constantly reviewed the look of the disco so that every moment, every photo has the most elegant background that I can achieve.

How do I go about this?

Well, particularly for a wedding, it is all about you, not about me!  Whilst the rear of the disco is set up for me to operate, the front is set up to complement your day, your decor, your glamour!

The difference comes from years of experience in DJing and events.  The simple white screen and white lights, or lights matching your colour scheme, means that nothing detracts from the stunning Bride and Groom, and nothing affects the photos - so now fast moving lights, no coloured lights and no dots or lasers - that's all saved for the party!  Extra highlighting means that the guests can get good shots, and careful set up means that there are no ugly cables causing a distraction - you won't see cables curled round speakers, extension leads hanging from lights - you've probably seen it many times, but not here!

The last step, after setting everything up, is to take a photograph.  By looking at this I see what you will see.  And if I don't like it - I change it!

You have made every effort to make your day perfect - and so do I!

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