Black Tie Events

I truly wanted to give this review 5 stars, but I couldn't. Our DJ was Bill, and I would make sure that you go over everything with him in detail if he's your DJ, because we were disappointed with his service. During our bridesmaid/groomsman procession during our ceremony, the wrong song was played. The song that was played was supposed to be played for the mother/son dance during the reception. And even when our coordinator told our DJ to change the song, he continued to play the wrong song. We had to stop the processional to get the correct song played. When my husband talked to the DJ after the ceremony, he told him that he knew there were two songs by the same artist on our planning sheet, and he chose the first one on his list instead of looking at his notes. Furthermore, our officiants microphone stopped working shortly after the ceremony started and guests were unable to hear the majority of the ceremony. We also had our ceremony live streamed on Zoom so our grandparents that were unable to attend could still be a part of it, and they were also not able to hear. These events were disappointing and really put a sour note to the start of our wedding. When we walked into our reception, we also realized that we did not have any of the lighting we had paid for. We were able to get a refund for that. We also got a photobooth through this DJ company. Our attendant was amazing, but we had no idea that no one was going over to use it because there were some technical difficulties with getting the booth started. We heard from a bridesmaid at 9:15PM that he was going to close at 9:30, well before our reception ended at 11. Our DJ made an announcement to our guests and they didn't even know the photobooth was there. The attendant stayed a few minutes later than he should have, thankfully! Lastly, our DJ messed up on some small, yet important details. Bill allowed my husband's extended family to do karaoke, and they didn't ask for the microphones to do that. He also did not calm down our guests during our Matron of Honor and Best Man's speeches, and the microphones did not work well. And he completely messed up our last song. We initially thought that our last song was going to be a private last dance, but he played it for everyone. While this was a bit of a happy accident since we enjoyed that moment with our guests, it was not what we expected. Then, when we thought that our guests were going to go outside for our sparkler exit, our DJ announced that our last song wasn't actually the last song and proceeded to play another song (which also turned into karaoke again). This is not what we discussed on our phone call with the owner and we were upset while our guests were on the dancefloor. When my husband went to talk to the DJ again about the mess ups, our DJ said that my father-in-law requested the song. While we didn't mind our DJ taking and playing requests, we specifically asked for a specific song to be our last song. On a positive note, our DJ apologized for his mistakes and our dancefloor was never empty all night. We were able to get a refund for the lighting and were compensated for the mishaps. However, I wanted to be honest in my review. Make sure you triple check during your planning call that everything is how you want it.