Weddings by Paris Entertainment

h sorry and surprised to hear that your reception experience was less than your expectations and am extremely surprised at this review. I’ve had 247 other couples who’ve experienced great communication, no missed songs, and no "do not plays" being played. My surprise arises from the fact that nothing was said to me almost 9 months ago during the night of, at your reception, no contact from you or Casey or any guests indicating dissatisfaction with any music that might have been played, as well as receiving a very generous tip from you at the end of the evening. I heard nothing from you until your email three months after your wedding, in December, at which time I did attempt to contact you but did not hear back. The very extensive “survey” that you mention you were given is my Reception Entertainment Planning Form, which you did not use, but rather sent back your own Google or Word document formatted your own way. There is a reason my form is set up the way it is: made for the ability to follow in a logical and sequential manner to cover all the important details of the day, based on my years of wedding entertainment experience. For reception introductions, when there's more than one intro song for everyone being introduced(or even if it’s one song for everyone), each song either gets reduced in volume or stops after each intro so that the name of the next intro can be heard clearly before starting the next song. I’m not sure I understand how selecting additional songs, as you say, would have "better represented" both sides. For the speeches, you did have an unusually large number of people speaking, all of whom I had listed on my planner in front of me and yes, I unfortunately glanced over your dad's intro for making a speech, and you came over to me, pointed it out, at which time I got back on the mic and said something like "Ladies & gentlemen, please forgive me, we have another very important family member to speak, please welcome Steven's dad". I am truly sorry if that caused him or you heartbreak or stress in believing he was excluded. For music that was played, a client's do not play list is always adhered to and I would certainly never, and have never, played a line dance when it's been expressly forbidden(line dances get played only if they are on the client’s playlist). If you wanted to communicate with me at any time, all you needed to do was just tell me, it's not easy to read eye contact or body language or detect discomfort when as the DJ you're concentrating on programming the music and keeping the flow and energy of a wedding reception for 100 guests. I’m glad your guests chanted for one more song, that’s always an indication of a reception that’s gone well and been high-energy and enjoyable, in fact all of the videos that I captured on my phone show exactly that, with you & Casey on the dance floor having a good time. If there were any songs left on your playlist that hadn’t been played, and I can’t recall now since that was almost 9 months ago, I might have felt that none of the remaining ones weren’t high-energy enough or appropriate to make a great one-more-song grand finale. Perhaps moving forward I’ll ask my couples what song they’d like for one more song (to follow the official last reception song that my couples choose) should their guests chant for it. Please know that I do appreciate your business and I wish you & Casey all the best that life & love have to offer.