Corinthians did an excellent job with our ceremony. We were pleased with the flow of the music and timing. The mic was a little off, but I believe that was because of the distance which was totally out of his control. However, we had several is...sues with our reception. There were two extra people with him (his wife and daughter) who were in attendance and then proceeded to act as guests. It was a complete surprise to us that they would be present at all as we were never asked if that would be ok, nor was it mentioned in the contract that anyone other than Corinthians would be there. The daughter is young and very sweet, and it is absolutely not her fault, but we feel that her parents should have been respectful of our wedding and not brought her at all. Every other adult or child present was an invited guest, and I am very upset thinking about all of the photos and video moments that these strangers are going to be present for on my big day. Especially at the end of the night when he was packing up and it was just us, our parents, and our bridal party hanging out at the fire (but also our DJs three-year-old daughter?). We feel it is very unprofessional to bring extra guests to a wedding, uninvited at any time, but that is particularly true during a pandemic. Part of our COVID mitigation plan was a set guest list limit with "bubbles" of people at each and every table, and we did not account for any additional people being present. We also feel he did not read the room well at all, as he continued to play music way too loud that no one was dancing to. I heard from multiple guests that he never played their requests and several bridesmaids shared that they witnessed him calling my MIL aggressive for trying to request older songs. I was also told he did not have songs that would be considered by many to be new, popular music (Lady Gaga?). I got to a point where I was so annoyed with the music being played and the complaints I was getting from my guests that instead of requesting any more songs, I requested that it all just be turned down. After about four requests from me, it took my husband asking before it finally stuck. We had asked for a specific acoustic song to be played in the background of my father's speech. I watched my dad confirm the song as Corinthians handed him the mic, and then multiple incorrect songs were played instead, some with lyrics and all way too loud (a bridesmaid seated near the booth later shared that others had to ask he turn the music down so they could hear the speech). Songs were not faded appropriately for the first dance or the mother/son dance, as was requested in multiple places. Also, we felt he spent just as much time away from his DJ booth taking photos with us and his child as he did at his booth doing the job we paid him for.
We gave a tip at the end of the night because we had already planned to, but I do not believe we should have or that it was earned. I will be beyond upset if I get my wedding video and/or photos back and he/his family is in them, as I believe that is intrusive behavior from a vendor. We had initially been very excited to work with Corinthians after our first meeting as he made mention of valuing many of the things we were looking for from our vendors (professionalism and perfectionism), but would not recommend working with him now that we have had the experience.