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1.  A SLOW SONG FOR ALL THE LOVERS OUT THERE
2.  YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: YOUR DJ HAS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT
3.  LADIES AND GENTELMEN : A SPECIAL SONG FOR THE WEDDING PARTY
4.  YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: WE WILL NOW HAVE A SPECIAL TOAST TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM 5.  TAPPING OF GLASS: LET'S GET THE BRIDE AND GROOM TO KISS ONE MORE TIME
6.  THIS NEXT SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE BRIDE AND HER FATHER
7.  LADIES AND GENTELMEN : THE BRIDE & GROOM WILL NOW CUT THE CAKE
8.  WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOLLAR DANCE FOR THE BRIDE & GROOM
9.  IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO GET UP AND DANCE
10. THIS NEXT SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE GROOM AND HIS MOTHER
11. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: THE BRIDE AND GROOM HAVE JUST ARRIVED
12. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: THE BRIDE AND GROOM HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST
13. YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: IT IS NOW TIME TO START THE BUFFET
14. IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR WE'RE GOING TO DO THE   CHICKEN DANCE
15. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: IT'S TIME FOR THE BRIDE TO THROW HER BOUQUET
16. WE NEED ALL ELLIGIBLE LADIES UP ON THE DANCE FLOOR, FOR THE THROWING OF THE BOUQUET
17. WE NEED ALL THE MEN UP ON THE DANCE FLOOR, FOR THE THROWING OF THE GARTER
18. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: THE GROOM WILL NOW TOSS THE GARTER
19. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL NOW HAVE THEIR FIRT DANCE
20. LADIES AND GENTELMEN: THIS WILL BE THE LAST SONG OF THE DAY. THANK YOU
21. A DEDICATION
22. DINNER WILL NOW BE SERVED
23. IT'S NOW LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL
24. IT'S TIME FOR A DANCE CONTEST
25. IT'S TIME FOR THE DINNER HOUR
26. LADIES & GENTELMEN THE BAR IS NOW OPEN
27. PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE
28. SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE TAKE A TAXI
29. THE MUSIC WILL START IN APPROX. 15 MINUTES
30.  THIS WILL BE A LADIES CHOICE
31. WE ARE NOW TAKING REQUESTS
32. WE WANT TO THANK YOU
33.  WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN ABOUT 15 MIN
34.  PLEASE BE SEATED
35.  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF MC
36.  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF MC FOR TODAY

DROPS ARE SERIOUS - NOT UPBEAT

Title: Life As A Wedding Disc Jockey

Author: Rob Alberti

Article:
It must be great. You work on Saturday night for 5 hours and
make $1,000 or more. What a life. It has been equated to selling
drugs - the lucrative wedding disc jockey business is not what
it's cracked up to be. The reality is - this is far from the
easy money that a potential wedding client thinks it is. They
are shocked when they first hear the price that professional DJs
charge and think that they are being ripped off because
"wedding" was in their vocabulary when they called for a quote.

Here are some interesting facts to understand better what the
life of a wedding disc jockey really is like:

Clients call at all times of the day - the phone rings from 8am
until around 11pm virtually every day. For the most part, you
must be available to answer the calls because most people won't
leave a message if you don't.

Most weekday nights are spent away from home meeting with
clients or potential clients.

Most weekends are spent away from friends and family working at
your events. Forget the 4th of July picnic and New Years Eve.

Wedding Disc Jockeys are booked a year or two in advance - so
that last minute call from your friend asking you to dinner or
to a concert is a wasted call. You're already booked.

Your daughter's concert that is on a Friday in May - you will
most likely miss. Again, you are already booked.

Try standing for 5 hours straight and see how your legs and feet
feel.

Did you know one of the most feared things to do is speak in
public? As a wedding disc jockey, that is what we do every
weekend.

Most people bring a cup of coffee to work - a wedding disc
jockey brings over $15,000 worth of equipment and another
$20,000 or more in music to most events.

A wedding disc jockey will haul in about 1,000 pounds of
equipment into and out of the reception - that means up stairs,
across rickety stone paths and through parking garages, through
kitchens and in the cold and rain.

A typical wedding lasts for 5 hours. Your wedding disc jockey
will arrive an hour early to setup, will be there after guests
leave tearing down and typically drives 30 minutes to 60 minutes
each way to the event. They have to spend time preparing
equipment before they leave the office. They have to unload and
put away gear when they return. That adds up to between 8 and 10
hours on the day of the event alone invested in your wedding.

A wedding disc jockey will typically meet you prior to booking
(pre-sales meeting) for about an hour. Most disc jockeys will
drive to meet their clients. Presales and travel to and from
this meeting will add about 2 hours of their time into your
event.

When it's time to discuss details, your disc jockey will again
drive to meet you and spend another hour with you going over
details, they'll return to the office, type up this information
and send you a copy. They'll spend a couple hours organizing
music, talking on the phone and sending/receiving emails from
you over the course of the two months prior to your wedding. You
can figure they've just invested another 5 hours into preparing
for your event.

The total time invested per event will be around 17 - 20 hours
when it's all said and done. That $1,000 for 5 hours is now
really $1,000 for 20 hours of time. A wedding disc jockey will
spend about $2,000 or more each year on music updates. They
might invest $2,000-$6,000 in equipment, repairs and upgrades
each year. They will spend $1,000 - $10,000 in advertising,
bridal shows, printing, etc. They will spend $5,000 - $20,000
for office supplies, computers, and business services. They will
spend $500 - $1,500 on liability insurance policies. They will
spend $2,000 to $5,000 on postage. They will travel to one of
the national DJ conventions to keep up to date with the industry
and spend around $1,500 doing so. They will have a 800 number,
cell phone, fax and voice mail services costing them around
$5,000 each year. They will spend $5,000 each year on health
insurance. They will spend $5,000 in gas getting back and forth
to meetings and events.

A wedding disc jockey will drive 25,000 - 35,000 miles each year
between meetings and back and forth to their events. That will
be approximately 750 hours away from home each year just in
travel time. The reason that wedding disc jockeys charge the
price that they do is simple. It is the cost of doing business.
The value that a professional disc jockey brings to your event
is priceless. Take away the music and you're just inviting
friends and family to eat and drink. That accounts for about 2
of the typical 5 hour wedding reception. Your professional
wedding disc jockey is responsible for coordinating all the
details of the flow of the event - from introductions to the
cake cutting. They are the middle man between the banquet staff,
your photographer and videographer. They are your wedding
coordinator. Without proper quality entertainment - guests will
leave soon after dinner.

If a typical wedding reception costs around $25,000 (or $5,000
per hour!), and your guests leave 2 hours before the end due to
poor entertainment - you've just wasted $10,000 of your wedding
budget. If you're debating between a cheap $500 DJ and a
professional DJ costing $1,500, the decision should be easy.
Trying to cut corners on entertainment could cost you $10,000.
The additional $1,000 is money well spent when the big picture
is in focus. The time and effort a true professional disc jockey
puts into your event will be worth every penny.

About the author:
Rob has been a professional mobile DJ since 1983, performing at
hundreds of events each year including weddings, corporate
events and school functions.