Common Questions & Details
Although events come in all shapes and sizes, we have found that most people have similar questions when it comes to planning entertainment. While we don’t want to tell you how to plan your own event, we hope you’ll appreciate the following suggestions.
1. The Golden Rule of Event Timing: Things take longer than expected. Think about how you want the evening to run and the schedule of events. When planning your event, always pad the time.
2. For a wedding reception, if you have a wedding cake and you want it served for dessert, think about cutting it before dinner. It takes a while for the caterer to cut and serve the cake and this can overextend the time it takes to serve the entire meal.
3. Think about the timing of any formal dances and events that are listed on your Wedding or Event Information sheet. For weddings, we suggest that you consider running these events one after the other as it is usually difficult to round up the wedding party. Guests are also usually eager to enjoy the events and start dancing.
4. When selecting songs for us to play, try to include something for everyone. The easiest way is to select songs from different categories. Once the dancing starts, we can play 15 to 20 songs per hour, so use this to determine approximately how many songs you request. If you request a lot of songs, we cannot guarantee that we’ll play all of them, so mark a handful of the most important tunes as “must plays.” Keep in mind that guests may make requests and we may throw in a few songs based on what people are enjoying the most.
5. Be patient if the dance floor doesn’t fill up right away. Most guests don’t want to be the first ones on the floor or are enjoying the company of family and friends and may come out to dance a little later.
6. Please use the forms provided when providing information to us. Wait until one month before your event before you fill it out as you may change your mind. (It happens!) Spell names phonetically if they seem difficult to pronounce.
