Hawaii

Yes or No to DJ

To brides who had or will have small wedding reception (~25 guests) ... Did you or will you have a dance floor and a DJ??

Re: Yes or No to DJ

  • edited December 2011
    My sister had one in Hawaii in 09'- 30 people...had a DJ and the dance floor was provided. It actually was awesome. Great turn out on the dance floor and she is pretty conservative!
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  • edited December 2011
    We did an iPod reception - people danced the night away, and it was money well saved, IMHO. We only had about 20 people we knew would dance though, so it was nice and intimate.
  • edited December 2011
    We're doing an Ipod reception as well. We are having 60 guests and I know what type of music they like. So going the Ipod route gives me complete contol of the playlist!
  • edited December 2011

    We're also going the iPod route and I have put the money that would have gone to the DJ into rentals for a lounge area. 

  • lamoureux86lamoureux86 member
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    Once I really looked into DJs and how much they cost, it just didn't make sense to me to spend that kind of money. We are having about 100 guests, but many of them are older (FI has lots and lots of "great aunt and uncle" type family members) so I don't anticipate many of them to get down on the dance floor. We'll be doing an iPod reception..and those that want to dance can dance to what we play or can head out downtown after the reception!

    If you can afford it and if you think the majority of your guests want to boogy, then go for it. Otherwise, I think $900+ can be better spent elsewhere.
  • dianab0237dianab0237 member
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We're also doing an ipod reception for our 20 guests. Instead of a DJ, we are getting an MC who will make the announcements and push play/pause/ff on the ipod so that I dont have to designate a guest to do it. He's charging about $75/hour and I will be using him for about 3 hours.
  • arlene654arlene654 member
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    edited December 2011
    We are doing a small wedding to maybe about 50 in oahu....we were thinking ipod hook up too to save some money....thanks for you post... it helped. i think as long as we have a good mc who can navigate it all itll be ok....what did you decide on? But im still kinda nervous about it all
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