The DJ was the only thing I was less than thrilled with at our wedding. The company was booked through our coordinator months before the wedding, and our coordinator asked for times during the week that my then-fiancé and I would be available ...to chat with him on the phone. The DJ never called us. Due to my school schedule (I’m a medical student), this was the last thing on my mind- it didn’t even occur to me that we hadn’t talked to the DJ until after finals were over (nine days before the wedding). I then called our coordinator making sure that we did still have a DJ booked- she apologized profusely for them not calling, and said that she was ticked they hadn’t called when she’d asked them to (stating that she didn’t want me to have anything to worry about this close to the wedding, which I thought was sweet of her). Someone from Nightlife’s office (Devon) did call me back that same day, but was defensive about why they hadn’t called earlier and stated that they “normally wait until this time period, so that things are nailed down and no more changes might be made to the bridal party”. Seriously? You wait nine days before someone’s wedding to have any kind of contact with them? Okay, whatever, I was willing to let that one go. I did, however, have a ridiculously hard time connecting with him to talk about what songs we wanted, etc., and we only spent five minutes talking on the phone before the wedding, and then played phone tag the last few days, leaving each other short messages. Terrible communication.
The day of the wedding, our DJ was okay- he played decent music, and didn’t screw anything up until at the end of the night, when he called my husband and I out to the dance floor and asked everyone to stand around us in a circle, holding hands. I had no idea what was going on, it was unplanned, and my husband was in the bathroom at the time. When my husband got out to the dance floor, he was a little upset- he quietly told the DJ that we had made it clear to them we hadn’t wanted anything cheesy like this. But he joined me on the dance floor and the DJ started playing “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. To be fair, our guests seemed to like it, I mean, who doesn’t like Journey? But I was a little upset because 1) I don’t think it’s a very appropriate song to play at a wedding and had been on my Do-Not-Play list (which I was never able to give to the DJ, since Devon and I only spoke on the phone for about five minutes prior to the wedding) and 2) we had specifically told him we didn’t want any kind of group dances.
But overall, people danced, and we had a fun time overall, so I’m giving a C for average.