I Couldn't Believe What I Was Seeing!
I was watching one of those wedding shows when the host/planner wanted to drop the DJ because he charged too much (in his opinion) and use the money on decorations!
I won’t name the show, but it was one of those wedding planning shows where the host/planner helps couples on a limited budget, plan and put together their wedding for them.
On this show the twist was that the groom and two friends were planning the whole thing without any help or any knowledge of what was to happen by the Bride.
The other item was that the Bride & Groom only had $10,000 in the budget and the show won’t let them spend a dime more.
Of course the first thing they selected was the location. They spent one third of the budget on the location alone. That doesn’t include anything else, no food, nothing, just the location.
Then they selected the Brides dress and the costumes (A Renaissance Theme) The Brides dress ate up a huge portion of the budget followed by the costumes for the bridal party.
The third thing they picked was……THE FLOWERS!
This host thinks that flowers were the next most important item to the wedding planning! The groom didn't want to spend much if anything on flowers but the host/planner insisted on it. He then kept pushing to spend more on flowers. "You can't have a wedding without flowers"
Next on the list was the food. They went with a “Fast Food” style restaurant to serve the food because the budget was low.
Unannounced to the host/planner, the Groom & friends bought BOOZE and a DJ.
This really angered the host/planner because of the little amount that was in the budget they spent on a DJ and they didn’t have any decorations yet.
He asked the groom how much for the DJ? The groom said it was a friend of his who normally would charge $1500 but was going to do it for only $700. (Helping them stay in budget)
That’s more then half off the normal price but the host wasn’t happy at all. This ate up the budget and left nothing for decorations, and according to him, “You can’t have a wedding without decorations”
He wanted to get rid of the DJ completely and spend the remaining budget ($700+) on decorations. The best man told him that the DJ is supplying the ceremony music, the dance music and also microphones for the event & toasts.
The host/planner was really angry and didn’t care. He refused to allow them to go even a penny over the budget so something would have to be cut for decorations and the only thing they could cut at this point was the DJ. (He must not have had a signed agreement)
The two friends then said that they would pay for the DJ as a “Gift” to the couple. He agreed to allow this as long as the money saved would be used on the decorations.
He then spent the $700 and more on the decorations. For some reason it was alright with the host/planner if they went a little over budget on the decorations but not on a DJ.
I was so angry I wanted to throw something at the TV!
The Groom and the friends knew the importance of entertainment at the wedding but the host/planner just wanted the wedding to look pretty for TV. A pretty wedding would look good on TV and help make him look good, where the entertainment can't be used because of the music copy writes and wouldn't do anything to help this host/planner image and possibly get more work.
They only showed about five seconds of the reception where the DJ was introducing the group. The TV show didn’t use the Audio, just the video as the host talked over the intros.
I really couldn’t believe this guy and that the TV show would promote dumping a DJ for balloons and crape paper!
Jeff Richards: Party Time Productions