Amazing! Mike was the DJ for our wedding in July of 2007. We knew from meeting him that he was the…read moreman for the job. He has a huge catalog of music and was easily able to meet our selections for each part of the reception, even editing one of our favorite songs (lengthening the intro and then splicing in the chorus) so it would work for our introduction. He has a web form brides (and grooms, if they care) can access to enter in all the information for the day, including names and pronunciations of the wedding party. He makes everything a breeze and he's incredibly friendly to boot. And his prices are reasonable. He played every song we asked him to. He refused to play the songs we told him not to play. (And you'd be amazed how often stuff from the DNP list ends up getting played at weddings I've been to.) He played enough slow songs to keep the day romantic but not so many to keep everyone from dancing the afternoon away. Our reception started at 1pm but many of our guests later told us that our wedding felt like a "night wedding." The dance floor was always full and everyone had fun. Mike was probably the biggest reason for that. I'd say it was 50% Mike, 40% the open bar and 10% the masks. (Don't ask.)

The best! Our wedding was April 2017. From first meet through the end of our ceremony Mike was…read moreon point. He portrays complete confidence in every aspect of putting together the perfect wedding reception atmosphere based on our ideas and input. Mikes confidence is well founded, because he freaking nailed it! The guests at our wedding were tearing up the dance floor all night long, and the transitions between wedding introductions, dinner music, speeches, and perfect dance music was seamless to the point that all of the guests were smiling and happy the entire night! Mike's website interface is simple, yet very thorough. Every song we requested was played, and more importantly the songs that we intentionally nixed were absent!! Mike also integrated songs that aren't available for download via the internet. All we had to do was send him digital files through DropBox. Piece of cake! Equipment is all top end. Sound was excellent. His crew was integrated but also unseen. Setup of equipment was on time, and perfect. I would recommend Mike Connolly as a top DJ for any event! I'd also recommend Mike Connolly as a really fantastic guy!

My husband and I used Ace Audio for our June 11, 2016 Lace Factory wedding. After booking our very…read morenon-traditional and amazing wedding band (Dustbowl Revival), we were responsible for coordinating the wedding sound and the band's technical rider requirements. Ace Audio provided the sound equipment as well as the stage lighting for the band and exceeded our expectations. Working with Mike was a pleasure. The day of the wedding, everything was set up where we wanted it and the band sounded absolutely amazing. The guys on site also accommodated my husband's request to play the music he put together to play during the band's breaks. The communication and pricing with Ace Audio was awesome. Mike always answered our emails promptly and were very easy to work with. They coordinated things well with out venue the day of the event as well. So happy we hired them! I would highly recommend Ace Audio to any bride out there that books a non-traditional wedding band like we did and are in need of professional sound equipment and technical sound team on site.

Incredible. I can't think of any other word to describe…read moreKonrad and the team at VO other than "incredible". they made our engagement shoot fun and very "us". This was followed up tenfold at our wedding. I never felt uncomfortable and my HUSBAND and I are so excited to see the photos from our fairytale day. 10/10, would HIGHLY recommend! Thank you so much again!!! :)

Konrad and Anna photographed our wedding on 10/14/18. We met with a several photographers before…read morechoosing VO. I am honestly blown away by our wedding photos. My husband and I are not photogenic people, but somehow Konrad and Anna captured us beautifully. They did a great mix of candid and posed photos...they even caught some shots of us dancing with my dress twirling which are truly magazine worthy! I highly recommend VO. They are worth every single penny!

DJW Entertainment donated their services and time for our charity event to raise money for the…read moreVeterins and Kindship 4 Kids. They did an amazing job. The MC got right out there with the crowd and played the games. They even provided Karaoke for us. What an amazing caring company. I highly recomend them for any event your planning wedding, birthday party, anything you won't be disappointed.

My daughter's wedding was June 16, 2018 in Mystic. We wanted a fun youthful vibe, relaxed and…read morecelebratory. William put together a great show. He provided atmospheric lighting that complemented the theme and Jeremy the emcee was high energy and kept the evening on track. William handled all the special music for the ceremony and timed looping and fade outs with the key events. During the reception he also got all the cues correct and the timing of fade outs to avoid awkward lyrics. He got all our choices correct for special dances, including last minute updates the week before the wedding. He was also able to handle our home-made intercut songs from garage band. One song we sent in a bit late was played out a bit too long, so overall I would say 4.5 out of 5, but yelp doesn't do half stars--so overall I went with 5. We were working within a modest budget and his pricing was fair. Also, the final amount due was precisely as expected. I would highly recommend.

I hired SHO Productions for my shower and my wedding. The…read moreShower (Location: Plainville, CT): We hired SHO because the first karaoke DJ we tried to book, was giving us a difficult time about the song book. We contacted Scott a few weeks before the shower. He had someone available for that day, and was so accommodating with all our questions and concerns about the song book. Julius was the karaoke DJ at the shower, and he was the best we've ever seen. He's sweet and pleasant, and he really knows how keep everything moving along nicely. The Wedding (Location: NYC): Our original plan was to not have a DJ, and just have a playlist. As the wedding got closer, I started to feel like it was becoming too much. I'd had such a good experience with SHO for the shower, I decided to see if they would be able to do my wedding. Thankfully, it was the only Saturday they were available. Over the 2 months from the time I booked them to the actual wedding, Scott handled my LONG emails with class. I'm terrible at explaining what I want, and think more about the style and feel than the actual songs. Scott is REALLY good at understanding the vibe you're going for. I had him handle all my ceremony music, which he did perfectly. The cocktail hour was a great combination of classic songs and the hipster music my husband loves. The reception music was PERFECT!! Scott really understood the feeling I wanted, and made sure the guests had fun. He was definitely paying attention to which guests were the dancer, and played music that kept them on the floor the whole night. SHO Productions is the only DJ you should hire. I could not be happier with how my music went. At the brunch the next day, the first thing everyone mentioned about my wedding was how good my music was.

My wife and I got married this past September at the Branford House and the DJ was incredible. He…read morekept the dance floor going and was very fun, as well as professional. He did a great job at MC'ing the event, as well as playing our selected songs. Thank you for helping to facilitate our special night. A+++++

To the couple below: I'm sorry your experience wasn't a positive one. You seem pretty committed to…read moretrashing Lisa as you have posted on pretty much every platform which makes me start to question your accusations. I would say your circumstances are very unusual. All my vendors, family, and guests raved about their interactions with Lisa. My personal interaction is below and My brother recently got engaged and the first thing I said to him was you need to hire Lisa. This is the easiest, most heartfelt, and important review I have ever written. If I am honest, I started writing this review before my wedding because of how important Lisa was to me and I didn't want to miss a thing. Outside of saying yes to my husband, Lisa is the best decision I have ever made and I don't say that lightly. Despite getting pushback on hiring a planner, the minute I met Lisa, I knew I needed her. She's a complete powerhouse. I wanted someone showing up that day focused on my husband and I. The venue has priorities, catering has priorities, our families have priorities and I wanted someone in my corner covering my tracks if I dropped balls, and a sounding board as I navigated a once in a lifetime event. That's scratching the surface of what I got with Lisa. She is all I could have dreamed of plus a million more things! DON'T THINK, JUST BOOK LISA! Lisa is a masterclass on professionalism, kindness, organization, crisis management, and finesse. She keeps it real, highlights things that are important, and things that you can pass on all along with a nonchalant and humorous approach. Separately, we had an especially difficult vendor who brought me to tears on multiple occasions and could have derailed our entire event. If I had been in this alone, I would have been a basket case. Lisa would show up to any adversity in our process with a proactive assess, and say "Don't worry, I got this" and she did. She showed up direct, professional, and continued to tell us "you two are my priority, I don't care about anyone or anything else". To hear that during such a stressful time when you are getting pulled into a million and one different directions, is invaluable. I have tears in my eyes writing this review and thinking about how much comfort, knowledge, solace, support, and invaluable expertise Lisa provided me. I don't know what my day or mental state would have been like without her and thank my lucky stars I had her by my side. A perfect rating doesn't just happen, it requires expertise and commitment to your craft, a strong work ethic, and top notch customer service. That doesn't even begin to cover it with Lisa. She is hardworking (probably too much so, I don't think she has had a day off in years), attentive, accessible, knowledgeable, all along with a sense of humor and easy going, we got this kind of approach. Not to mention, her team!! Lisa was my right hand for planning and the sound of her voice on my wedding day made me burst into tears but HER TEAM, MY GOD!!! Shout out to Kelly, Chelsea and Marcy! Talk about complete ROCKSTARS!! There are no weak links with Lisa's team, they are the smartest, warmest, most boss ladies you'll ever come across. Given her perfect rating, she doesn't need my review and there aren't words to the fully capture the impact she made. I struck gold twice. Once, finding my husband then finding Lisa. She saved me, truly.

My husband and I had a terrible experience working with Lisa. As a person of color, my experience…read morewas especially hurtful. We felt that she was pushy, sarcastic, and condescending and did not have our best interests in mind. We also felt that she was inconsistent in responsiveness (sometimes taking a few weeks to reply and other times replying immediately) and while she helped us find a few vendors (photographer, DJ, catering), we had to follow up multiple times over months with her and ultimately ended up finding most vendors ourselves (venue, hair and makeup, videographer, florist). She was also inconsistent in recommending vendors that fit our budget and in helping us establish a realistic budget in the first place, and multiple times complained to family members about our budget being too small, but never mentioned that to us. Additionally, we got the sense that she kept brushing off our smaller wedding for larger events and was not very invested in planning our wedding. We also felt that she was not on our side when we ran into issues with vendors, and that she was not supportive of non-Western wedding traditions. For example, our caterer, who had said they could do a Chinese entree (whole grilled fish) and had scheduled a tasting for us, changed the tasting menu on us last minute. Lisa took their side and told us "nobody wants to eat that." Anything that was not a traditional American wedding, she judged, critiqued, and made a huge spectacle of, to the point where I felt uncomfortable integrating any cultural elements into our wedding! It's hard enough planning a Chinese-American wedding, and to have our planner actively dismiss my culture like that was beyond frustrating. Most hurtful was Lisa's response to our feedback. When we politely mentioned these concerns to her, instead of apologizing, she insulted me and blamed me for her behavior. She said I made her feel dumb and feel "like poo." Never once did she care about my feelings, and never once did she acknowledge how her behavior was hurtful. While we had been nothing but friendly, patient, and accommodating in our strained relationship, she lectured me on how to be nicer to her instead! We ultimately ended our contract with her due to the many difficulties in working with her. Even now, we are saddened that she has made several attempts to dispute or delete our reviews, and has not sincerely apologized for her behavior, instead continuing to be defensive and blaming me for her behavior. If you'd like to take a look at an interesting trend exemplifying what we suspect Lisa does to retaliate against those who speak up for themselves, take a look at her recent reviews posted in June 2023, especially after these negative ones. See how many directly contradict the negative reviews, to the point where it's an uncanny correlation, almost as if they were expressly written to dismiss our reviews. We are not accusing her of anything, and we are sure she knows soliciting reviews in bulk, and selectively soliciting reviews, violates most company policies. This is just a VERY interesting pattern!

Susie was amazing during our planning process. She answered all of our questions and made us feel…read morelike we were her only customers. Our photographer Dawn was the perfect fit for our wedding. She got every picture I asked her to get and then some. When I (the bride) got cranky she moved on to take pictures of other people so I could have a break but made sure to still get all the good shots. We loved the whole process with Wedding Couture!

If you are looking for the best photographer in the area, look no more! Susie and her husband Tom…read moreare not only professional, they are outgoing and energetic. They didn't just photograph our wedding, they became a part of it. They also shot our engagement session and the pictures from both are nothing short of AMAZING! So much so, that my husband and I couldn't narrow down our favorites for our wedding album because we loved them all so we had them choose. We approved their suggestion without any changes. The finished product is INCREDIBLE- the quality is unbeatable. They listen to your ideas and incorporate their own creativity and experience to capture moments you would never think would be captured. Another important thing is that they are QUICK yet EFFICIENT. We got every single picture and pose we could have asked for and more but were still able to enjoy our cocktail hour. I cannot stress enough how satisfied my husband and I are with this company- we are overwhelmed with compliments from everyone who has seen our photos. Their work is INCOMPARABLE. You get what you pay for, and Wedding Couture by Netmartin is worth every single penny.

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