Wedding Crasher @ Valentine's Day Wedding in Liverpool, NY!

Tonight we had the pleasure of providing DJ services for the Valentines Day Wedding Reception of Russell and Felicia Weber, of Oswego, NY. The reception took place at the Holiday Inn, Electronics Pkwy, Liverpool. The ceremony, was anything but typical. They had a FLASH MOB WEDDING at Carousel Center in Syracuse! It made the local news on multiple stations as well as Syracuse.com.

The Cotillion Room at the Holiday Inn, Liverpool, NY

The reception was absolutely wonderful. Both the bride and groom have been personally touched by the tragedy of breast cancer. Therefore, their Wedding's theme was Breast Cancer Awareness. We provided pink uplighting behind the head table. We also designed a custom dance-floor monogram that was a big hit.

In an unexpected turn of events, in the last 45 minutes of the wedding, a rather drunk gentleman was asked to leave...

After a newlywed pow-wow, it was determined that neither the bride nor groom had any idea who he was. He was there the ENTIRE evening! He ate, enjoyed the open bar, enjoyed a slow dance with the bride, and even caught the garter! I certainly don't condone wedding crashing, but by all accounts, he was a rather fun guy who I'm sure many would call the life of the party! In the end, his scheme came unraveled when the free drinks caught up with him. Strangely, he was there alone! Generally, wedding crashers work in pairs, a couple friends right? This guy was solo, and had a ball. Most of the folks there either found it hilarious, or were impressed by his boldness. Kudos to you wedding crasher, whoever you are. I think you helped make a mid-week Tuesday wedding a little more fun for all.

Thanks again Russell and Felicia, for letting us share your big day with you! It's one we won't forget!

-Kirk @ CNY Select DJs 
Syracuse Wedding DJ

$500 DJ Makes Wedding Day a Living Nightmare

Unfortunately becoming way too common. This is such a sad story...


If you can't see the embedded video, you can view it here. 
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In a nutshell: The DJ they met at a Bridal Show never showed up for their wedding. 
As I often say, there are many different DJ types in the world. This is the absolute worst. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, and try to see the good in people. With a situation like this, it's very tough. In this circumstance, you have a company who obviously invested in their business by renting a pricey booth at a local Bridal Show, likely having a display, equipment, business cards & marketing materials etc. Then to entice potential clients, they offered a rate that was unbeatable, a $500 Wedding Reception.

After spending untold thousands (often TENS of thousands) on a dress to wear once, catering, venue, flowers (that will die in 24 hrs), limousine rides etc... It's tempting to jump at a $500 deal like that. 

In the grand scheme of things though, after all the financial investment and planning and attention to detail has gone into this one day, a whopping 4 or 5 hours of it will be spent with the DJ you choose. $500 is a disproportionate amount to trust that someone will do a good job, will cater to your tastes, will be jovial and friendly to your guests and above all, WILL SHOW UP.

It's quite the gamble to let a $20,000 investment 'ride' on a $500 investment. I'm not saying that every $500 DJ is a bad person. On the contrary, I think that most DJs want to be affordable for their clients. At some point though, after investing thousands in equipment, music, insurance, and countless hours into planning and preparing for an event, unfortunately some poor planning business-people (using the term loosely here) simply cannot afford to stay in business.  They may be able to do a handful of Weddings before it hits home, but when they're out of business, it's over.

That's when a couples biggest day of their lives becomes a living nightmare, a $1500 DJ looks like a steal.

Career Day at St. Rose of Lima, N. Syracuse, NY

Yesterday we had a great time at career day at St. Rose of Lima in N. Syracuse. We were the hit of career day! :) All the kids learned about being a DJ, looked up their favorite songs and learned how to mix them in.

Top 3 most requested Career Day songs:
1. Taio Cruz - Dynamite
2. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
3. Selena Gomez - Love You Like a Love Song

Truthfully, the #1 request was LMFAO - Sexy and I know it, but I had to turn them down on that one (not so appropriate) :( . Thankfully, the music service we subscribe to provides nothing but clean edits without any swearing, since most of the events we do are family friendly.

My wife and I shared a table. She's a Realtor with Keller Williams (her website), and she taught the kids all about buying and selling houses. If it was a popularity contest, I'd have won hands down! Either way, it was a lot of fun! I even met some great folks with NAVAC who have an upcoming banquet and I made sure to tell them about my service personnel discount. It's $50 off any event or $75 off a wedding for any Firefighter, Police, EMS, or Members of the Military. I think it's important to give back in any little way we can, as I tell my son, these are the real life super-heroes of society.

A big THANKS to St. Rose of Lima for having us, and also thanks for the great lunch they provided. Totally unnecessary, but very much appreciated! :)

Also a big thanks to Isabella in 4th grade for this awesome picture!

-Kirk
CNY Select DJs