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No DJ - No Party?

2013AugustBride2013AugustBride
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Ok so i know this has been posted before but My fi'ance and i have decided to not get a DJ. our venue is on 4 acres of fenced in property with beautiful gardens, an ocean view & a 1920's mansion.
We came to the concusion that most likely only 20% of our guests would hit the dance floor while the others will be taking in the sights.
Our ceremony & reception are on the same grounds so we decided having a harpist play at the ceremony & cocktail hour is where we wanted to put our money towards.
We have two MC's funny & entertaining so we figured we could just rent some speakers & wireless mikes and set up our ipods with hours upon hours of music. This would start from 6 pm - 11 pm  (short hours)

Thoughts? anyone been to a wedding before where they have had this? feedback from guests?

I have been to a morning/afternoon wedding where they did this and it seemed to work as long as the Ipod was managed somehow..
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Re: No DJ - No Party?

  • Pixel'sMomPixel'sMom
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    We're doing an IPOD. Our wedding is 2pm on a Sunday, dancing is very unlikely so we're spending that money elsewhere.

    We've been to several weddings without DJ's and it has worked out amazing.
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  • mgoss228mgoss228 member
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    We also used an ipod.  We had a 2pm ceremony on a Saturday, and used the ipod for cocktail hour and dancing.  We had about 90 guests, and didn't really need a MC.  About half of our guests danced, and the other half hung out by the bar :) 
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  • 2013AugustBride2013AugustBride
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    Thanks for both your replies! I do feel a lot more confident in our decision to not get a DJ. How far in advance do you need to start uploading and making playlists? rent speakers/mikes.??
    Our wedding isn't until August of 2013.
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  • mgoss228mgoss228 member
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    I would start putting together a playlist and downloading music now.  Talk with your venue vendor now, and ask what couples usually do, they might already have a speaker system and you might not need to rent anything.

    I had an 18 month engagement, I would write down any songs that popped into my head and I kept a list going on a Word doc I had saved on my work and home computers.  I separated the songs by type slow/dance/cocktail hour/late night/etc.  Then the ipod was on shuffle.
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  • 2013AugustBride2013AugustBride
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    Thanks appreciate your advice!
    You would not believe how many conflicting comments I found on this subject. Most of the negative ones were from the obvious.. DJ's.. Ipods take away their business so i understand that but to say guests strickly come for the entertainment put on by a professional DJ is not true.
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  • mgoss228mgoss228 member
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    Honestly, most DJs I have encountered at weddings seem like self-absorbed douchebags, and I did not want to deal with some DJ with an attitude, so I didn't hire one.  Their music selection tends to suck, and with an ipod I was able to pick EXACTLY what kind of music got played.  Team Ipod all the way! Smile
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  • 2013AugustBride2013AugustBride
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    so true, Definitely Team IPOD.. 

    I love the idea of requesting your guests to pick songs they want to hear played

    Now to start the playlists..

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