We got married on April 5, we were happy about everything, except 815 events. We booked with Mark about 7 months before, paying for him to also be at the rehearsal. 2 weeks before our wedding, he calls to say he wouldn't be able to be at the rehearsal. He sent another DJ, Matthew (who was INCREDIBLE). He said the two of them would talk over the itinerary the morning of. We still didn't feel comfortable with the situation, but felt we had no choice. For the inconvience he threw in uplighting. We told him we only wanted white lights, we found pictures that our guest had posted, all including pictures of the lighting that was purple, blue, and green. We wanted everything to be classy looking. During the ceremony, the song never switched to the song I was supposed to walk down the isle to, until much later. Which in turn made a big gap before I was able to come down the isle. After the ceremony and pictures, the entire bridal party was waiting to be introduced and we found the DJ outside sitting, (his booth was inside in the ballroom). After we were all introduced a friend of ours sang and played guitar. I didn't find out until later that the DJ didn't bring the appropriate cords or mic stand. The DJ had called me earlier that week and asked for the singers phone number to go over what cords he needed to bring. We found out the day before the wedding, he never called. Throughout the night, the DJ wandered around. A lot of time was spent trying to find him. There were multiple songs and birthday announcements that we requested, that never happened. My bridesmaids and pastor were searching for him most of the night and telling him to play upbeat music. He didn't do much to get people on the dance floor. We told him multiple times that the ONLY person to give a toast was the maid of honor, he calls up the maid of honor and best man. Leaving our best man unprepared and put on the spot. Everything we requested from Mark either didn't happen or had to be reminded. We also requested a speaker to be left outside, were the reception was also taking place. I had to ask him to turn the music on outside. He tells me he wasn't prepared for an additional speaker. We had specifically asked for music outside. We had a special song that was supposed to be played during our sendoff, which was outside. Once we realized the music wasn't on, the DJ tells us the battery died on his speaker. All in all, we were VERY disappointed in our choice of DJ. We felt like everything we requested was not done, and also put more stress on me on my wedding day. read more
