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Dear future Bride and Groom,

I would first like to congratulate you both on your announcement to exchange your wedding vows. Whether your wedding date is six months or a year away, you will soon be faced with many decisions about your plans for the perfect day. We at J&S Entertainment would be honored with the opportunity to help you in making a wise choice for your source of entertainment.

Your upcoming wedding and reception will be a cherished memory for the rest of your lives.  Just as you would not have any person with a Polaroid photograph your ceremony, any DJ with a bunch of CDs or a laptop computer should not DJ your wedding reception.   True wedding DJs are professionals.  We do much more than just play music……take a look at what J&S has to offer.

We use state of the art digital sound equipment.

We are always appropriately dressed for your event.

We meet with you in advance to discuss the details of your reception and are then available at any time you may need.

We coordinate the reception and work with the other professionals you have hired to make your day perfect.

We will tastefully emcee your event without being overbearing on the microphone.  You are the main event, not us.

We are always set up and ready to begin at least 1/2 hour before contracted start time.

We will provide you with an interactive party/dance experience that will guarantee that you have the time of your life.

If you haven’t booked a DJ yet, give us a call to check availability and book an appointment.  You will be glad you did.

The first step is a simple one.  After reviewing the information within this site you may wish to look further into our service.  If you do, you and your fiancé can schedule an appointment to meet with our professionals.

To help get the planning started, please read below our condensed version of how the typical J&S wedding reception is run. We are by no means limited to this format. We work quite a bit with caterers, photographers, and many other professionals like the ones that you may have hired for your reception to be sure everything runs smoothly. We will also base what we do on how your guests are responding to what is happening.

Ceremony & Pre-ceremony
If your ceremony is in the same location as the reception, we can play your ceremonial music and provide any P/A and microphones required for your event.

Cocktail Hour
While the guests arrive, we are playing either a light popular jazz, classical, or a light rock-soul and oldies mix. Because your guests are spending this time conversing with friends and relatives that they may have not see in a while, we try to keep the music low-key and the volume unobtrusive.

Bride and Groom Arrive
Usually the photographer will take the bridal party for pictures after the ceremony.  Once the photographer has completed this photo session, it is time for the bridal party to enter the reception.

Bridal Party Introductions
As cocktail hour comes to a close, we will line up your wedding party and make all of your introductions.  Very often, the wedding party will be led to the outside of the dance floor, the bride and groom to the center and we’ll go right into the first dance.

First Dance
The bride and groom select this song prior to their wedding date. This song should be well thought out, and define something special about the two of you. This dance can take place either after the cake cutting, or it may have taken place when the bride and groom were introduced.

Blessing
Once your bridal party is seated at the head table, your entertainer will invite the person you have chosen by name to say the blessing. Once the blessing is complete, your DJ will now draw the attention to the person who is proposing the toast.

Toast
The toast is usually given by the best man who will already have a wireless microphone at his seat.

Cake Cutting
The cake cutting usually happens as dinner is coming to an end so that the venue can slice and serve the cake before the dancing begins.  Music selections for the cake cutting can be endless.  You can specify a song of your choice or we can play a traditional song for you.  We will coordinate with your photographer, videographer and maitre d’ as to when is the proper time to begin the music for this special moment.

Parent Dances
After the bride and groom have danced their first dance as husband and wife, they may want to dance with their parents.  If these dances are occurring, the bride will first dance with her father, and then the groom will follow by escorting his mother to the dance floor for their special dance together. The parent dances can also happen later into the party.

Let’s Dance
After the formal dances have been completed, we will invite everyone to join in on the dance floor. We will always play to the crowd to get everyone involved in the fun.  There is no set recipe for wedding music.  There are always traditional songs that everyone loves, yet what separates a great DJ from mediocrity is his ability to read the crowd and get them moving!  Of course you’re always welcome to provide us with a list of your must-have’s and must-not’s.

Not all traditional activities are listed here and certainly you are not required to make your wedding “traditional.”  It’s your special day and you’re in control of the planning.  We’re just here to help you along the way and make it happen.

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