I got married in June 2024 at Garden Tuscana. My fiancé and I worked very closely with the Garden…read moreTuscana team and we opted to leverage many of their preferred vendors, one of which was AZ DJ Entertainment. My fiancé and I had a few meetings with Jerry, the owner, a few months before our big day. He had a questionnaire to fill out, which was more daunting than I'd expected! But Jerry was very understanding and patient with us in the few meetings we had with him. I could tell quickly that he understood our vibe and vision. It was even a few weeks before our wedding and we still hadn't selected the first dance song, and he played multiple songs for us, trying to help us narrow it down. I was also appreciative that Jerry allowed us to make a Spotify playlist of many of the songs we wanted to help showcase the vibe we were going for. It was much easier than having to write down a bunch of song names and artists.
I was excited to have Jerry there for the big day since he had been the one we'd had all of the convos with and he was the owner. However, unfortunately about the week before our wedding, he let us know that he wasn't going to be able to make it and had another team member of his, named Los, take over. I was a tad hesitant about this, but Jerry and I spoke live the day before my wedding and hashed out all of the details (I'm not gonna lie, I was kind of stressed that day, so I appreciate him taking all of my questions, some of which I asked multiple times just to double and triple check that we were on the same page!).
Things ended up going really well with Los and he was a good stand in for Jerry on the big day. I feel like the dance floor had many folks on it at all times and Los knew what to play. Many times, he'd play songs that weren't on our Spotify playlist, but he knows better than us what's going to get the crowd going. Even a few months after our wedding, I was at another wedding and someone who was a guest at ours went out of her way to tell me how amazing our DJ was. It made me happy to hear how much fun people had on our dance floor. Thank you, Los!
Only a few minor things that I wish would have happened differently: 1) When we met with Jerry, he walked us through the "Anniversary Dance," which I was familiar with as it's common at other weddings I've been to. He said that at the end of the anniversary dance, the last couple standing (which I knew would be my grandparents who have been married over 65 years and had traveled from Ohio) gets to share a few words of wisdom/advice for the couple. I was excited about this and wanted to know what my grandparents would say. Well unfortunately, Los must have a different approach because that didn't end up happening. It was kind of like "Ok last couple, great! Now moving onto the next thing!" I was bummed my grandparents didn't get to give a brief speech. 2) My husband and his groomsmen did a coordinated line dance and it was NEVER announced! I only found out about it after the fact, even though I was right in the vicinity. If the groom and his groomsmen are going to do a line dance, it should be announced so that we can all watch. To this day, it's the main "regret" I have at my wedding (which I can't even call a regret because I didn't even know it was happening!) I had to relive it though other people's videos and I am very sad I missed it. This may have been more of a issue with my husband communicating to Los; however as a DJ, I'd hope they'd at least get on the mic and draw attention to the dance floor and say that the groomsmen have something special prepared, etc. 3) The last thing is that they never announced that there were leftovers and people could get seconds. Which again, may be more of a Garden Tuscana thing than a DJ thing. But given these two companies work together often, you'd think they'd have that figured out. We had SO many leftovers and a few guests talked about how they wish they could have gotten seconds. So there is definitely a missed opportunity in how that could have been announced (which is usually something the DJ does).
Other than that, we really enjoyed the atmosphere that Arizona DJ Entertainment provided for us and our guests the day of our wedding. I would recommend them for your wedding needs. And if you get married at Garden Tuscana, I'd definitely use them because they are part of the package and are in that location often, so know how to use it. We also upgraded to the enhanced lighting, which I loved! Really elevated the mood, and it's only something you can do if you go with them as your DJ vendor.
