Another unfortunate showing of a DJ on TV.
I was watching the show “Rich Bride, Poor Bride” and once again the media shows DJs in a bad image.
If you’re not familiar with this show, it follows a Bridal couple around as they plan their wonderful wedding day showing all the details that lead to that magical moment of marriage.
If you haven’t already noticed, on most of these shows on the WE network (Women’s Entertainment) they almost never show any details when it comes to the Disc Jockey and when they do they typically play music that the show had written specially for it and own the rights to and not the song that was actually being played at the time.
The only time they show the DJ is typically when something goes wrong by the DJ. .
On this particular show the Bridal Party was lined up and waiting to be announced for the grand entrance. The DJ began his announcements but unfortunately the order he was announcing them in was not the order that they were lined up in. This caused panic and frustration for everyone in the Bridal party and defiantly made the DJ look unprofessional. With a few minutes of planning and preperation this mistake could have been avoided.
Of course the cameras filmed this mistake and showed it as their one image of what a DJ is like. They never showed another second of the dinner or dance where the DJ was involved. For this show they didn’t even tell the viewers the cost of the DJ as they normally do, I wonder why?
A few days ago there was a show that the theme was an Asian motif mixed with a Disco Party Theme. The Groom was a big John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever fan. The Bride & Groom even took dancing lessons so that for their first dance together they would recreate the slow dance Travolta did during the dance competition in the movie.
I couldn’t believe it when the Wedding Planner said she had "no idea" how to mix Disco and an Asian theme together. You would think that she would get a DJ involved to plan for a special “Disco Dance” theme with a lit floor and 70’s clothing. All she did was get cardboard cutouts of disco mirror balls and use them as the numbers on the tables.
They never even showed the DJ but added their price in with the photographer & limo.
Why is it that the only time any of the TV programs show the Disc Jockey it’s when they mess up and do something wrong?
These things wouldn't go wrong at weddings if the wedding planner took the time to actually interview the DJ company and work with them to plan the perfect reception but it seems like they just ignore the whole entertainment portion of the event and leave it up to blind luck and the cheapest DJ they can find.
Here's a little surprise for you. Many of the shows they tell you the cost of the wedding planner and most of the time it's between $1200 and $2000.
On this one perticular show the Wedding Planner who has made it "big and famous" because of the show is now charging.......$12,000. What's the difference between a $1200 Wedding Planner and a $12,000 wedding planner?
Some would say $10,800.
Some would say talent, skills, experience and the guts to ask for it!
Sounds like a DJ to me.
Jeff Richards: Party Time Productions