When we first met with DJ Woody, we felt positive and reassured of how our wedding reception would be. We anticipated that the entertainment portion of the reception would go well and that anytime the dance floor died down, a quick transition ...would take place with some pumping up and MCing. Unfortunately that was not what took place during the open hours of the dance floor. We sadly saw many moments where the dance floor was empty. Even though a moment off the dance floor was expected to rehydrate, the dance floor was dry many times due to the inability to read the crowd and his lack of effective transitions with music and song selection. Due to this, a large number of guests were leaving early because the music was just not up to par and he wasn’t able to work the crowd. Even during the “happy song” with the kids he did NOT verbally open the dance floor to people. I ended up stopping dancing and trying to pull people up to the dance floor to make the announcement myself.
During our meeting, we were assured that if a song did not vibe with the crowd that a quick transition would take place, but that night that was not the case- the song continued to play to an empty dance floor. Many guests were trying to request songs to help revive the dance floor, but that did not even help. Even Hector and I were approaching him and In the end guests were expressing disappointment in the music and dancing portion of the night and that is the part We wanted to be perfect and remembered in a positive way. Many songs from the Must Play list were not played, and even a song our son requested to be played was not played. Unfortunately the cake song was not the correct song either. DJ Woody had a truly difficult time blending the right music and feeling the crowd out and to be honest we feel like he just gave up.
We paid for an extra hour of DJ time so it was supposed to go until 11:30 but he shut it down at 11:00.
In regards to the photo booth- we were highly disappointed. The booth was so small that you could not hold a prop up and still have your face be seen. I even asked if we could move the seat back so I as the bride could hold a sign and still be a part of the picture and was told no it can’t because of the curtains. On top of that, after speaking to many guests, we realized people were not being told to leave a message as the photo booth was meant to be used as the guest book which you and I already discussed. At one point when I finally went up there and noticed only one sheet was full, i expressed my concern about this and was told they were telling guests, but as I mentioned guests told us they did not know and were not told. We do not even know where all of the photos went, as we do not have anything from the photobooth from that night. So We are hoping you guys have it and we will be receiving it.
We did not expect a perfect wedding. But we did expect an enjoyable wedding. Due to the lack of skills that DJ woody displayed that night, the entertainment portion of the night was a disappointment and letdown. Our guests and ourselves certainly did not leave saying “wow the music was amazing and so much fun to dance do”.
Upon discussing this with the Company the owner assured us that they only had positive reviews. They refunded us one extra hour that we paid for but other than that they were unreceptive to our feedback.