My wedding was in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 3, 2015. I had been planning for 14 months, and we booked our "best ever, for one wedding only" DJ, who's main business is high end, well-known clubs and other events, months in advance of the big day.
Our playlists and order of things had been discussed and emailed, and our DJ was going to play for the entire event: ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception. The DJ was also going to supply equipment for the venue because there was absolutely none there.
It wasn't until 8:00 p.m. on May 2, the night before the wedding, that I got a phone call from our DJ informing me that he was running a fever and was unsure of whether he would be able to play our wedding. He then indicated that he might be able to pull it off, but he was not going to be top notch.
Reason number 137 that I love NY is that it is home to one of my best friends who happened to be a bridesmaid in my wedding, and she immediately thought of her friend, Ri, who is a DJ. Her words were, "Wait, let me call my girl, Ri. She's an amazing DJ."
Of course, Ri was in New York, around 8 p.m. that Saturday night, and we were in Baltimore...things did not look good. Thankfully, DJ Rimarkable was reachable and she was the most accommodating, I'm sure as a favor to a friend, but her professionalism was beyond that of even my best vendor, thus far. She calmed me down and convinced me to trust her to make the wedding what I wanted it to be. I emailed her the previously worked on list of songs, etc. and that was ALL she needed. She even phoned my original DJ to get more specifics of what we were looking for and they arranged for the proper equipment to be delivered to the venue, without any issues.
I've been to a lot of weddings...some, where the music is static-filled or stops, abruptly, as someone is walking down the aisle. Weddings where the DJ would play the wrong song, at the wrong time, and be surrounded by stares and whispers of this and that.
NO ONE knew that our DJ had been replaced at the last minute. DJ Rimarkable did not miss one, single beat. She played everything perfectly and at the perfect times. Nothing was off...at all. I would book her, again! My husband and I talk about how great our wedding was, almost every day, and she definitely comes up in the conversation. read more