Fun & Memorable Wedding DJ Entertainment.
$1,100 starting price
Northern Michigan (West)
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Sugar Sand Sound is an experienced and energetic wedding DJ company located in Traverse City, Michigan. Sugar Sand Sound is a father and son collaboration that combines over 50 years of audio expertise. They know how to make sure a wedding goes off without a hitch. They have the experience and equipment to make sure your guests are dancing all night long!
Experience
After honing his craft of installing audio systems and doing events both professionally and personally, Josh Beechraft and his dad formed Sugar Sand Sound; a client-first DJ company. Their combined years of experience gives couples a world-class audio experience that is uniquely customized to fit your style and budget.
Services Offered
Sugar Sand Sound provides one simple wedding package so couples can get everything they offer for one price. Their standard package includes:
Reception entertainment (ceremony audio also available)
Premium sound system
Wireless microphones
Lav microphones
Dance lighting
Up lighting
Professional DJs and Emcees
Nearly unlimited music selections
Custom playlists
Do-not-play lists
Photo Entertainment
Contract
Backup sound system
Backup DJs
Liability insurance
One event per day
Veteran-owned Business
Prices & packages
Couples usually spend $1,495
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Audio/Visual Equipment
Sound Equipment
Music Genres
Country
Dance
Disco
Jazz
Polka
Pop
R&B
Rock
Music Services
MC Services
Recorded Music
Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
Wedding
Ceremony
Reception
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Reviews
4.1
out of 5.08 reviews
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Marianne S
5.0
6/03/2024
Lyle Powers is a fantastic dj for weddings! He is very laid back and personable. My favorite part was he got every age group on the dance floor and played different genres of music. We were dancing all night! He also knows different types of games to play during your reception as well. Highly recommend!!
Michelle W
5.0
8/16/2022
Lyle did a wonderful job as our wedding DJ. From the first initial phone call months before to the actual day we knew he was going to be great. He is very professional and very thorough with his questionnaire. He has a great understanding of all aspects of a wedding. He went above and beyond when we (last minute) needed to find a keyboard to rent. He got us in contact with a vendor within minutes and we had a keyboard secured for our ceremony music. We rented a photo booth (GIFFY) through Sugar Sand Sound and it was a hit! Everybody had fun with the props and the photos were great. Lyle was very attentive and made sure we had a signal to indicate our song change during our special dances. He really worked with us and all the vendors to make sure things ran smoothly. We highly recommend Sugar Sand Sound for your event!
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Rosemary K
4.0
9/15/2021
Sean F. was our DJ for our wedding at Boyne Mountain. He was great and communicative throughout the whole day.
There were a couple moments of slip ups and we had some sound issues due to the wind, but other than that, everything was great.
The dance floor was packed all night, and that is exactly what we wanted out of our wedding!
Emily K
2.0
8/25/2021
Lyle was very friendly but unfortunately we didn't have the best experience. We put together a whole timeline, and not many of the songs were played correctly. The wrong song was played when I walked down the aisle, when the bridal party exited the ceremony and our closing song was neglected to be played. The music didn't fit well with age group of the guest. He seemed a little bit too laid back, and didn't take our request very serious.
response 08/25/2021
Emily,
Sorry to hear that you didn't have the best experience. As I recall your father w...
ho walked you down the aisle as well as officiated your wedding spoke to me before the ceremony it was my understanding that he would be giving a prayer after you were pronounced husband and wife. But after being pronounced I recall that you then proceeded with the recessional.
I was waiting for the prayer, but after some awkward silence as you were back down aisle, I played some music. It was my error to not play the correct song as it should have been. That was my fail.
We try to make sure to play a variety of music to appeal to as many of your guests as possible.
A few of your guests were making quite a few request, and we tried to accommodate them as best we can. As I recall, there was a song requested by the groom, which I played. I got feedback that you were not happy with that song choice. I am not sure how I should of handled that. We always make the bride & groom's song request a priority.
Sorry we didn't play the last song of the night from your timeline. The groom was requesting songs at the end of the night and we simply ran our of time.
The overall impression I got from your guests, as well as your father's feedback was very positive.
Your guests were pressing me to keep playing past our contracted end time.
I would have gladly played a few more songs, but the venue owners (which I have worked with many times past) require us to shut down at 11pm. This is non negotiable with them.
If you still feel we deserve a 2 star review, then I understand. I accept full responsibility.
With over 200 wedding clients served, we have received very favorable reviews. Unfortunately, there are times that we don't live up to expectations. For that I sincerely apologize.
Very Best wishes for your future together..
Kind regards,
Lyle
Jordan R
2.0
9/10/2019
Lyle knows how to keep the party going and is a super nice guy but we met with him a week before our wedding to make sure everything was set, make sure he had our timeline (which he did), and went over all the little details to make sure the day went by flawlessly. On the day of our wedding he decided to perch himself on top of a stage where he was in every picture that was taken of the entire bridal party after he told us he would set up in a spot where he wouldn’t be in our pictures. The timeline my husband and I put together had everything on it to make the night go by seamlessly and he lost the page that had all the reception events in detail. When we came to make our grand entrance for our reception at 5:30, we had to wait an extra 10 minutes after our set time to enter because he decided that he needed to run out to his car at 5:30 when he was supposed to be announcing us to come in. For the rest of the night I had to have my maid of honor rewrite our timeline for him to make him stop trying to cut out everything we had planned. For our shoe game, there was never a discussion where he told us that he was going to ask the questions so I had my maid of honor write the questions and our dj insisted that he ask his questions instead with some of hers mixed in and you could blatantly tell which questions came from his generic questions and which ones came from my maid of honor. To end the night, my mom has to go tell him twice to play the last song and after the second time he told her that I had never given him a last song to play so he refused to announce it when our conversation beforehand was that I did not care what he played for the last song just as long as it was announced at 10:45 so we could do our sparkler exit and get on our limo before our time ran out. All in all, the service we received was completely unprofessional and added a lot more stress to my day then I needed.
Jasper C
5.0
6/22/2019
Simply AMAZING!!! Lyle coordinated with my husband and I who live out of state. He sent us a questionnaire to ensure that he knew exactly what we wanted on our special day. Once in state, a few days prior to the big day, we met with Josh. Josh was professional, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable. My husband and I had concerns about not having enough people to do a bouquet/garter toss; having more older guests who are not the dancing types; and guest not being able to hear during the ceremony. Josh immediately put us at ease with his solutions. It was evident that Josh was experienced in this line of work and could come up with creative solutions. The music selection was perfect. I did not want to leave the dance floor. All our guests said the music selection was great and they enjoyed the variety. I am so happy and grateful that we hired Josh for both the ceremony and reception. I would not have changed a thing. Thank you for making our day perfect!
Dan B
5.0
8/28/2018
Being a professional officiant I can say that Sugar Sand Sound is one of the best. Their ceremony sound is second to none with state of the art equipment. They lapel mic’d the groom and I, everyone could hear what was being said. They watched me very closely and are constantly adjusting the sound when I’d speak, tuning my mic down or off when the bride and groom spoke.
I’ve also watched them as DJ’s, and there again, they have perfect timing when it was time for wedding reception functions.
Sugar Sand Sound are absolutely top notch professionals.
Allen B
5.0
12/06/2016
Josh did an incredible job and he kept our guests dancing all night. He is very funny and makes an excellent MC as well as a DJ.
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