Cliff Notes Review:
Freddy Fresh says that he will keep the dance floor full and he means it. If dancing at your reception is important to you, then go with Fred! He was very easy... to work with, his prices offered a great value. He has been doing this for many years and his knowledge of the wedding process is spot on. He needed very little guidance and was self sufficient taking a *huge* load off our shoulders on the day of. The music was a home run, there was not a single moment the floor was empty all evening!
I'll offer a more in depth review for people that may be on the fence. Freddy Fresh did such a good job we feel we owe him a proper review.
Communication:
From the first point of contact Freddy Fresh was on the ball. I contacted him three separate times until the wedding day and he responded within hours all three times if not immediately. He is an easy going guy, and an effective communicator. There was no gray area in my understanding of the process or what he needed from us to make things go off without a hitch.
Master of Ceremony:
From the moment he stepped onto the wedding/reception site you can tell that Fred has done this many times. He found the owner of the venue, and figured out his power situation for the reception as well as the ceremony. He had himself set up an hour+ in advance with little to no guidance from us. Which is a massive help, as we had so many other things on our plate. He is very self sufficient, and this took a lot of stress away. After he was set up he came over to talk about specifics for the ceremony, bridal party entrance, speeches, cocktail hour music, etc. And then he took it from there. His timing was spot on for the entire evening, and everything went off without a hitch.
Music:
When you hire any vendor you see the reviews, but you just don't know how it's going to go until the day of. I can say with 100% confidence that Freddy Fresh surpassed all expectations. The DJ was one of the most important decisions for us since a wedding is a celebration after all. He has an great website where you give him 20-50 songs that you want to hear throughout the evening and then he will build an evening of dancing based off your tastes. We had Country, Oldies, Rap, EDM, the classics (cha cha slide), etc. And he was able to mix them together so that the dance floor was hopping at all times. He is an extremely attentive DJ and reads the dance floor constantly. If the crowd wasn't feeling a genre change, he'd change it back or try another. If people weren't ready to slow down, he'd pick the pace back up. I said it above, but if dancing is important to you. Freddy Fresh is a sure bet!