From our first meeting in May 2013 to our wedding day in May 2014, everyone at Jimmy Dee was a pleasure to work with!
When we first met with Jimmy Dee we met with Corey, who was very thorough going over all of their services and helping us come up with a package (DJ/photo booth) suited to our needs and desires - even trying to match his best MC and DJ to the kind of crowd we were going to have! Corey was also honest in letting us know that they were almost fully booked for our date (which was nearly a year away) but put no pressure on us to hurry a decision, and when they still ended up coming in with the lowest price for what we requested among the 5 or 6 companies we met with, we knew we wanted them and booked them not five minutes after our last meeting with another company.
Along the way, we met with Alex to go over music, intros, etc., and he was both very helpful in offering suggestions (which, to be fair, these guys do hundreds of events a year, usually those are going to be goof, right?) as well as understanding and accommodating our requests. We also had a phone conversation with our MC, Neal, about a week before to go over everything, and all along the way it seemed like everyone knew everything we had told the previous contact, which made us feel good!
Come wedding day, Neal, DJ Tommy and our photo booth attendant were punctual, professional, accommodating, and excellent from start to finish. We requested that our MC not be too involved in the proceedings, and Neal knew perfectly how to pace events, how much to get involved, and when to be more low-key - and, like Alex, also had some great suggestions for tweaks to intro songs and other moments. DJ Tommy read the crowd very well and had a great knack for pacing and flow of songs, and he was also easily amenable to our requests within that! He kept the entire crowd dancing all night long, and several of our guests mentioned that night or since about how great the whole entertainment package was. The photo booth was a hit (and you get both an album and the entire flash drive of photos afterward), and they even brought a little extra uplighting (which we hadn't originally had) at no extra cost to make sure the setup didn't look awkward. Being told that by your MC 15 minutes before your wedding starts may throw you off a bit if you're a total control freak (which, to be fair, I am at times), but the setup looked great, and to be honest, that shows me a knowledge of the venue and a desire to give you the best they can more than anything else.
We couldn't have asked for a smoother working relationship from start to finish. As it turned out, all of our vendors turned out to be venodrs that had come with a recommendation from couples we knew that had used them previously - and Jimmy Dee was certainly an excellent recommendation! read more