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Joey
WeddingWire Admin May 2015 Maryland

Splurge or Save: Entertainment

Joey, on September 9, 2019 at 08:05 Posted in Wedding reception 0 27
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Are you pulling out all the stops for a lavish reception with live music, performers, games, and entertainment for your guests to enjoy? Or are you sticking to the basics - good music, good food, and good company?

Are you splurging or saving on wedding day entertainment?

Splurge or Save: Entertainment 1

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Latest activity by Annette, on October 1, 2019 at 07:55
  • Annette
    Newbie September 2021 Ontario
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    Oh thank you for sharing this. I'll reach out to him as well.
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  • July
    Frequent user July 2021 Ontario
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    Hi Annette, I did manage to find a steel pan musician. His name is Kenn Lewis. This is his website link https://kennlewis.com/home. He also has reviews on wedding wire too which is nice. Here is the wedding wire link https://www.weddingwire.ca/wedding-music/kenn-lewis-caribbean-entertainment--e6202 . I have not contacted him yet but I’ve written his name down on my “things to do list”
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  • Annette
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    Have you figured out the steel pan musician? I'm looking for one as well.

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  • July
    Frequent user July 2021 Ontario
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    Maybe a bit of a splurge - a DJ is a must have for us coming from a Caribbean background and my FH being from an African background, music stems deep in both our cultures. No playlist would ever suffice. We may also hire a live musician to play the steel pan for the ceremony.
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  • Nelly
    Devoted October 2021 Ontario
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    Saved we are having a dj, light show, and indoor fireworks but no photo booth or live entertainment

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Saved. We didn’t even hire a DJ
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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Saved!

    We went with a preferred vendor from our wedding venue, which turned out to be the most affordable option for us. Though we saved loads of money with them, the quality of service we got was worth so much more!!!

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  • Chelsea
    Super June 2020 Alberta
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    Saving! we’ve hired a friend as our dj!!
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  • Andrea
    Devoted January 2021 Ontario
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    Save. My godfather will be our DJ. Bless himSmiley heart

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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Save. Our DJ was pretty affordable.

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  • A
    Super September 2020 Ontario
    Amelia ·
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    Saving mostly. Our DJ was priced a little higher than we anticipated but we'll probably make something to take photos with and get some games for guests to play.

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  • Alix
    Expert June 2021 Saskatchewan
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    Save. We will be making our own playlist and rent a speaker.

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  • A
    Devoted July 2023 British Columbia
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    Splurging a bit for the DJ.

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  • M
    Expert September 2019 Ontario
    Meaghan ·
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    I think we saved. We had a ceremony musician but we didn't have anything more since there was no dancing.
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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Splurged on a Dj that was fantastic.

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    I bit of a splurge with our DJ - they are also providing photobooth and uplighting

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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
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    SAVE! We had our laptop set up and rented some speakers and some lights and made our own playlist from spotify.. it was great! we ended up leaving it open for people to make requests and if we thought of a song we would go play it. the party was seriously bumping which was awesome

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  • Becky
    VIP September 2019 Ontario
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    I would say slurge? Its something people should have but I spent an average amount on it- didn't go cheap on it or expensive.

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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
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    Saving. We just have our DJ which is reasonably priced.

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  • R
    Devoted November 2019 Quebec
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    Splurging. Our DJ is a little more then we budgeted but I feel he will really liven the party.

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  • Veronica
    Super October 2021 Alberta
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    Saving! FH really wants to DJ his own wedding so that is what we are doing.

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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Sticking to the basics of just a DJ, so I guess a happy medium between splurging and saving!

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  • Seleena
    Super September 2019 British Columbia
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    Saving 😬 we don’t have much in the entertainment department.
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  • Rayanne
    Master June 2022 Ontario
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    Saving. I just going with good food, good friends and good music.
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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    Saving - we are really trying to have a budget conscious wedding. My FH has a family friend who is a DJ so she will be giving us quite the discount!

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  • Katelyn
    Super October 2019 Ontario
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    Saving big time. Our DJ cost us only $500 for the whole night. It took us forever to find someone that inexpensive in our area.
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  • Kelsie
    Master July 2021 Ontario
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    We’re saving here - no entertainment aside from DJ and Photobooth, and food and drinks!
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