Sitting in Santa Barbara CA 2 days before my father is to celebrate his 89th birthday at Leesburg…read moreRehab North Campus, recovering from a series of maladies over the previous two months, I was deciding what to send his way to help celebrate. Flowers? A card? Not this time. Both my father and his wife were worn out from the hospital visits, ambulance rides and doctor visits. Then it dawned on me. A singing telegram. I googled and found Merry Minstrels. Michelle made it easy; pulled off the event and made the special request USO singer, 'no big deal'. My WWII veteran father was thrilled. His wife was thrilled and that one simple moment of levity seemed to breathe new life into both of them. On top of that, the performer's husband graciously agreed to capture it all on video -- a last minute request of mine -- and dropped it into dropbox for us to view before the day was out. I watched the video. I sang. I laughed. I cried. Dawnn and Merry Minstrels made my father's birthday one he'll never forget and one we can all revisit as often as we want to.

Merry Minstrel is professional and has great pricing. They maintain and clean their bounce houses…read morevery well, which is important to this mom! They have everything you need from cotton candy machines, to bounce houses and slides, to wonderful face painters and entertainers. It's one stop party shopping!

Met with him two times before the wedding and made it known we had particular songs we did and did…read morenot want played. Gave him a list of songs to play during dinner and for dancing. I don't think I heard even one song on my dinner list, and 75% of the dancing songs were also not what we wanted. I specified that we didn't want country music or any cheesy line dances. He played the cotton eye joe song, and 2 or 3 other line dances and I had people continually going up and asking him to play songs from our list all night long. Even though we told him the reception ended at 11:00, he insisted that we never discussed this and that we would owe him for an extra 30 minutes. He asked one of my bridesmaids to pay for the additional time. When we first met with him he was trying to beat the price of another DJ and insisted that if we needed more uplighting he would provide it free of charge. When we asked about it later he wanted to charge us for it, and also asked my bridesmaid to pay for the 3 additional uplights. She told him that considering he didn't play from my list and had a "booty contest" at my wedding that maybe he should let it go and so he went and got my fiancé and had him pay him for the extra fees. I really liked him when we met; however he was extremely misleading, and seemed to only say what we wanted to hear to get our business and then did things how he wanted to do them on the day of. Very disappointing experience. Definitely would not recommend. After posting a fair and honest review, my husband was harassed by Rob as we were trying to prepare for our honeymoon. When we returned I had received a nasty email from Rob taking absolutely no responsibility for any of the aspects of his service that we were unhappy with. Booking this DJ was the biggest mistake at my wedding....Beware.

As a wedding planner, I have worked with many DJs, but even beyond that I've attended a lot of…read moreweddings and everyone knows the right DJ makes all the difference. So from behind the scenes as a planner to as a guest trying to enjoy the festivities, as well as being a bride myself at one time, I know all the details of a great DJ and MC. I wouldn't write a review if I didn't fully support this team and who they are as people as well as the service they provide. Rob Boylan is BY FAR the DJ I recommend to everyone in the Central Florida area...and beyond...for their events and weddings to ensure they get exactly what THEY envision and the party they want. When it comes to true sophistication, amazing customer service, professionalism, a great DJ and MC, and just an over all wonderful person to work with Rob is my first choice. His manner is easy to work with, energetic enough to get a crowd moving, and classy enough to control the events of the evening from ceremony into the night. He and his wife Michelle are sweet and awesome collaborators. They truly want your day to be what you want and work with you to make it happen. Call him, you will be so happy you did!! Then write a review and send all your friends! THAT'S how happy you'll be. :)

We had Bar-Tini serve at a big baby shower in our home. They were so easy to work with. They…read morebrought in everything before and cleaned up everything after and were very careful in our home. Friendly bartenders that made great drinks for all our guests, they took care of the children and adults. The Strawberry Basil Lemonade - with or without Tito's - was amazing. It was so nice not having to worry about cups, ice, water, and providing a variety for our guests. It made the party much more manageable and everyone really enjoyed it. I recommend them 100%!

Dave and Terrell we're an amazing team at our son's wedding! They were professional, courteous,…read morepersonable and clean and worked hard to make sure our guests had a great time. I would highly recommend them for any event that needed professional bartenders. Thank you Dave and Terrell for making our son's wedding an extra special day!

After attempting to contact the owner of this company by phone with my concerns regarding the…read moreperformance of the DJ at my wedding I received no response for multiple days. After which I posted a comment on the company's social media. Only after this did I receive a email that he would contact me regarding my concerns. I replied to him with a detailed list of job performance issues. To which he called me one time. The duration of the call was less than three minutes. He responded to my detailed email with a list of the DJs responses to my concerns. I replied to him that my concerns were not addressed in detail and attempted to call him multiple times. I never received an answer via phone or call back. His response was via email and stated that the matter was being handled in house. The fee was paid by the parent of the groom as a wedding gift to my husband and I, the parent had no knowledge of the ceremony/reception order as the access for the online planning tools was not provided to that parent and they had no knowledge of the ceremony order for toast, Bride/Dance etc. Also please note, that I never contacted this company for a refund of paid funds. I as the bride did not pay these funds. The payment of the DJ was a gift given by the grooms father (deposit & final payment). I am deeply greatly for the gift and discouraged by the service received and lack of resolution or apology from the company. I contacted the company to get clarification on why the order for my reception was not followed as it was very important to me to dance with my father following the first dance. I was never provided an explanation. This post has taken time out of my day and I refuse to let this company spoil the memory of my wedding and love and support of so many people on that day. Below is my detailed list of concerns. I never received clarification. 1) I completed and submitted the accessible and paid for access and service of online event planning forms. I also time/date stamped the completion of this form which I retained 18 days and 13 week days prior to the date of the scheduled event. The website suggested that as to avoid any room for error to complete these forms within seven days prior to the scheduled event. As such, I did so with 11 days excess to allow for the paid party to review their job details. I can not excuse her inability to do as such. As you will see which was apparently not reviewed or followed previously, I requested the "Father Daughter Dance" to proceed before the "Mother Song Dance" and directly follow the "First Dance". These instructions were not completed. The DJ failed to announce/play the "Father Daughter Dance" until after dinner and at a time completely at her own choosing. When asked by the groom, Chase Bourque why this was done in an incorrect manner she explained that she did not have access to the timely completed online access event planning forms. Please believe that I have allowance to complete my own employment tasks and not the tasks of others and as such it is not my responsibility to ensure that she has reviewed her job duties. 2) The DJ failed to timely announce the toast as detailed on the completed and submitted online planning forms, before dinner or at any relative point after. Individual, Courtney Weeks who also used your service stated to me that the DJ "acted completely different at my wedding" and that when the DJ eventually did choose to announce the toast "all groomsmen were absent of the facility in order to decorate the vehicle for departure".

Marc Burgess is an unbelievable wedding DJ! He was so professional throughout the planning process…read moreand helped us put together an awesome selection of music for our entire wedding, from the welcome drink to cocktail hour to the reception. He kept our friends out on the dance floor partying all night-- and everyone said it was the most fun wedding reception they'd ever been to! We also rented a photobooth, which made for the most amazing, hilarious pictures of our friends and family. Everything was handled so well, and Marc's website and planning worksheets made the process so easy! We highly recommend Marc and his team-- honestly, he made our wedding the most fun day of our lives!

I hired DJ Alex B for my recent Women's Health Month event at Maggiano's Little Italy. It was a…read morelast minute request for music and audio management. He was prompt with his response and answered all the questions I had. He arrived early to the venue to make sure he had everything setup I time for the event. He's the constant professional. However this isn't my first time using his services. I used him for my milestone birthday party and remembered how excellent he was so I reached out again for this event. At my birthday party he was full of energy and kept the party going. He mingled with he guests and folks actually thought he was a close friend of mine. He kept the music going all night. It's why I looked for him when I had my Women's Health Month event. If you need good music and good energy at your next party, CALL ALEX! He's the best!

My parents chose this place at the last minute for a repass for my daughter -- The owner Christian…read more was more than accommodating supportive and staff superb everything went extremely well - I will use this place again. I Highly recommend this establishment.

We had an amazing experience with the Imperial Design Venue! The exceeded all of our expectations…read morefor my daughter's Sweet 16 celebration! Christian was an amazing coordinator, answered all our questions and accommodated all of our needs! We made an awesome family memory to cherish forever at this venue! Everything was spectacular! It was truly a dream come true for my daughter and our whole family! Do not hesitate to book an event with this family owned business!!

Hired them for my 50th Birthday party at Sterling farm Venue. The whole process & communication was…read moreflawless. Had delicious custom signature cocktails for my Old Hollywood Glam Theme party. Absolutely delicious! Loved the beautiful sign & bar set up for my event. Professional, helpful & friendly. All my guests loved them. Very engaging with the guests . Looking forward to hire them again In the near future. Dereck & entire staff was amazing! 5 stars !

My wife and I hired Standing Ovation Entertainment to be our DJ and to do our lighting for a…read morewedding ceremony and reception. We worked very closely with Brian to determine what we were wanting. He was very receptive to meeting and planning things out together. The lighting they used made the reception space look beautiful and the DJ had high energy throughout the night. If I had to say one not-so-positive thing about the night, it would be the music got away from what we were looking for at times. We wanted all 90's music, but there was a stretch where it was 70's/80's generic wedding songs that nobody was really dancing to. I'm sorry! Nevertheless, that did not take away from having one great night with Brian and his team at Standing Ovation Entertainment!