We had our wedding on a Sunday, October 2012 at the Swan Club in Roslyn. According to many of our guests, it was the best wedding they ever attended! Guests kept raving about the food, music and entertainment. This was due to the hard work of our vendors, who made the entire event a huge success! MVP Productions provided the MC/DJ, additional mood lighting, music for the ceremony/reception and Zap Photos. In addition, Mike Hope, the owner, choreographed our first dance, which was a hit! My husband and I are absolutely thrilled on how well everything turned out and definitely recommend the Swan Club and MVP Productions for your needs. Here is a detailed description of everything MVP did to make our day special:
Lighting and accessories - Mike offers several different packages, and is pretty flexible on meeting what we wanted. We went with one of medium packages, which include the mood lighting for the reception room. This really made a difference to the atmosphere and is a lot less distracting than disco lights. We decided to add on the Zap Photos option, which at first we had reservations about. It turned out to be a huge hit, with our guests hamming it up when the photographer came by. Throughout the night, we can hear them cheering whenever their photos came back up on the monitor. Plus, it is a great way to get photos that your professional wedding photographer will miss since they are too busy following you around. After the wedding, Mike provides all the photos to you on a disc so you can start sharing them to friends and family. One more addition we requested was glow necklaces, which he can provide at a great price. I had looked online and in stores for options and found that the cost adds up and plus you would need to find someone to distribute them during the reception. Mike does all this for you at a very reasonable price.
Music - As for music, at first my husband and I went a little nuts over-thinking what we would like and had a long list of songs, but at the end, we ended up just trusting Mike and DJ Ian's judgment on what to play for the reception. For our ceremony and key reception events, we had specific songs in mind, and they did a great job on the timing and coordination. During the reception, DJ Ian did a great job sticking to our play and do-not play lists. I was at first skeptical about having rock songs since they are kind of hard to dance to and wanted more hip-hop, however DJ Ian managed to play a wide variety of genres and not lose people on the dance floor. Everyone was up there dancing, young and old and having a great time. Mike's outgoing personality really got the party moving as well as he emceed the entire night. Many guests complimented on what a great job the dj and emcee did and how they never had more fun at a wedding before.
First dance - Being non-dancers, but willing to try, my husband and I decided that we wanted to do something different and fun for the first dance especially since I am not one for slow dancing. We looked into many different song options until we decided on Richard Cheese's rendition of the Star War's Imperial March. Mike definitely thought this was an interesting choice when we first told him, but I could see his mind whirling when he listened to the song. At the end, he determined that a jazz swing dance would be most fitting. I warned him that we are not coordinated and can't do anything too complex, but after 10 dance lessons, you never would have guessed it. The short, less than 3 minute song included several twirls and a dip and we pulled it off with all the guests cheering.
Centerpiece game - As part of the program, we wanted to have a mini scavenger hunt game to give away the centerpieces instead of the traditional pass the object game. While we created the game pieces and rules ourselves, Mike and his team coordinated the participants, judged the winners and pass out the prize tickets. Mike used his game show host personality to persuade everyone to participate and the guests had a lot of fun with this twist to the giveaway. read more