I was thinking about how I would write 5 new blog entries for Madison’s Best DJ blog last Wednesday.  I mean, I think it would be cool to have an entry for every wedding I did while also inviting the other staff members to chirp in whenever they please.  Really though, it is not a reality.  Business pulls me away from my blog along with family responsibilities.  Yes, my garden is officially weeded after 3 full hours on the hottest morning of the year last week and I am catching up on some other personal household chores like tiling my kitchen (well not really, I am putting that off!)

June has been a really good month for Madison’s Best DJ and the crew.
So here is what my schedule looked like the week of June 13:

Wedding, Saturday, June 13 for Jeff & Marissa Schloesser.
Wedding, Sunday, June 14 for Maria & Greg Anilao.
Wedding Tuesday, June 16 for Mikaela and Anthony Figueroa.
Wedding Show, Wednesday, June 17 in West Madison.
Wedding, Saturday, June 20 for John & Kate Vasudevan.

That was just me and none of our other staff.  We also booked everyone out for the past few Saturdays too.  So I’ll just talk about me, I’m selfish….

So what is the best way to tell you about my busy week in the “usual way”? Let’s do a quick summary for each event, talk about some of the vendors and hit the highlights.

Jeff & Marissa Schloesser – Saturday
Large wedding at the Comfort Suites in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin.  I arrived early as I wanted to ensure we had our Montage Equipment set-up in time while also preparing to record all speeches and ensure a quality wedding reception video. (Early = Usually about 3 hours before the first guest)

It was quite apparent that their guests had a great time as we had a few referral calls the Monday after the wedding reception.

Vendors:
Heidi Lee Photography – Jason
Comfort Suites, Johnson Creek – Kim Mungen
DJ Magic Entertainment – Matt Long

Maria & Greg Anilao – Sunday
Andrew and I left early around 12 pm Sunday. This was a super special day for Greg and Maria.  Their facility, Parkway Banquets, is nicely located near Lake Long in Ingleside, Illinois.  Plus it is highly recognized by many national wedding publications such as The Knot dot com and Wedding Channel dot com.

Our first order of business that day was to assist providing ceremony music, wireless microphones and audio recording services for their wedding ceremony.  Our banquet manager, Jerry, was handling almost all of the coordination activities.  We were happy to work with Jerry that way but also recognized that this was highly out of the ordinary. Bottom line though is that we are highly flexible and able to adapt to various ways of business.

Greg and Maria’s wedding had a few special needs and was quite culturally diverse. Fifty percent of our wedding guests were of Mexican heritage while the other 50% were of Philippine backgrounds.  Plus, Maria, who had an unfortunate disability, was deaf.  One of the ways we accommodated everyone was to not only provide our emceeing by microphone but we also had a person who knew sign language and was able to speak both Philippine and Spanish. Through all of these unique additions and special accommodations it did not stop everyone from having a great time.  It was great to see everyone using all of their senses that evening.

Did you know we not only played Salsa, Meringue and other South American music but we also played a lot of Philippine music.  I can honestly say that we are probably the most flexible entertainment company you will have the pleasure to work with in planning and following-through in a wedding.  Don’t believe me, check out our references! Click here.

Vendors:
- Parkway Banquets – Jerry
+ Sharrett Studios – Tammy Sharrett
+ DJ Magic Enterprises, Inc. – Andrew Accola

Mikaela & Anthony Figueroa – Tuesday
A Tuesday wedding occurred at the beautiful Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin.  Being that it was a Tuesday, we did not let that stop us from providing the absolute best customer services in Southern Wisconsin!

Let me tell you a little about our bride and groom.  Mikaela comes from Wisconsin and within the last few years fell madly in love with Anthony.  Anthony’s family came all the way from New York.  Many people of Puerto Rican decent came from the Bronx to help celebrate.  It was great to see the two sides, who were of completely different backgrounds come together.

We kept everyone on the floor the whole evening.  One of the custom services that we were able to offer Mikaela and Anthony was our custom recording services.  When Mikaela initially contacted us she wanted to take 20 songs from totally different genres but with similar lyrics and sounds and mix them together. Check our her customer service survey, we exceeded her expectations.  Are you interested in doing something like this?  Let us know, we have the whole compilation on Audio and we also made the extra effort to record the event so you can see us in action.

Vendors:
+ Monona Terrace – Sales Manager: Edit Lonkay
+ Images by Joe – Joe DeGroot
+ DJ Magic Enterprises, Inc. – Andrew Accola

Madison Summer Wedding Show – Wednesday
So at this point you are probably thinking we are running out of gas.  Nope, we filled up last night and we found a good deal on East Washing Avenue near Blockbuster. Anyways, this show went really well to the point that we have set-up several meetings and have reserved a handful of new customers.

Below is a link to a picture of our ice sculpture that we made for showing at our booth.  By the way, we do Ice Sculptures too.

Awesome Wedding Ice Sculpture Picture Link

John & Kate Vasudevan – Saturday
Classic scenery for a wedding in a good way is what we had at Madison’s Masonic Center near beautiful downtown.  Our bride and groom were originally from Wisconsin and had worked with us planning their wedding all the way from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Definitely call me if you are reading this and are from out of state wondering how the dynamics might work.  I would be happy to direct you to John and Kate for their opinion on our awesome experiences together.

The evening started upstairs at the Masonic Center for a Cocktail hour.  Although a bit warm that day, it did not stop their guests from getting to know each other and preparing for a fun celebration downstairs in our main reception hall.  Our cocktail hour music consisted of great artists like Harry Belafonte, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” Cole and Tommy Dorsey. Timeless music!

Once our cocktail hour was over, I led our guests to our wonderfully air conditioned reception hall (and if you were there you would also agree that it was wonderfully cool and a nice change).  All in all, our speeches and dinner went well. Dancing started and we kept everyone on the dance floor all evening.  Our groom, John, commented that he noticed we played their must play list and he was worried because some of the songs he listed he advised he was not sure if his crowd was dance to all night.  No worries, that’s our specialty in knowing when to play the right song at the right time and reading crowds.  It’s priceless!  Anyone can go our and purchase the equipment but do they have the skills to motivate your guests? May be worth the money to pay for the Best Service in Madison – DJ Magic Entertainment!

Check out John and Kate’s customer survey.