Who is going to help you put together a time line of events? Who is going to line up the bridal party and Emcee introductions? Who is going to be the one person to make sure the photographer knows when the cake is going to be cut and announce it? When the champagne should be poured for the toast and is there someone hosting that? It's a bit overwhelming, but not only as your wedding DJ the other half of our job is to act as the Master of Ceremony. A professional Master of Ceremony cultivates three important qualities: self-confidence, preparedness, and ability to roll with the punches.
Self Confidence
Your Master of Ceremonies needs self-confidence because she will not be able to rehearse every word she says. The majority of the Master of Ceremony role is announcing and introducing people. Introductions include wedding party introductions, best man speeches, bouquet, garter, cake cutting, special dances, etc. It is important that your professional Master of Ceremonies exude enthusiasm without wasting too many words over it-and to sound friendly while stating in no uncertain terms that people need to get themselves settled down for dinner service. Also called crowed control. Our DJ Rocks conveys the right amount of energy, personality and self confidence without being overbearing and cheesy.
Preparedness
Wedding DJ's should usually arrive about an hour to an hour and a half before they are contracted to start playing music. This is to give them time to setup and go over the order of events with your vendors. Once the equipment is all set your wedding DJ should go over the time line that you helped put together with your caterer, your photographer and your videophragher. Our DJ Rocks will print out a timeline and give it to each of these vendors as reference to help keep the evening running smoothly. And let me just tell you that it's all about communication. The more each of your wedding vendors understands and agrees on what you are looking for the easier we can work behind the scenes to make it happen. It's like a director in a play, someone has to use the clap board and say action, but every actor needs a script to know what do to next. For the caterers the most important thing about the timeline is making sure the dinner times are the same that they have planned, when is the champagne toast and when is the cake cutting. For your photographer and videographer it is extremely important for them to know when the first dance, parent dances, cake, bouquet, garter, dollar dance, etc because they are there to capture the moments that your wedding DJ helps to create. And since you are only going to do this one, you do not want to miss a thing. You wedding DJ make sure this happens.
Roll with the Punches
This is the most critical characteristic of a Master of Ceremony. No matter how carefully you plan and how prepared your wedding DJ is there will be elements of the reception that do to go as schedule. This is where a professional Master of Ceremony like Our DJ Rocks makes sure that the bride and groom are stress free and takes care of everything.
Bridal party introductions need to be pushed back by 15 minutes... All of the bridesmaids have decided that they absolutely must do a toast...… the cake cutting will be delayed until after the parent dances… The Master of Ceremony need to be prepared to make a quick recovery and move ahead. A professional MC knows how to adapt to the situation to keep your wedding running smoothly and make sure that you have nothing to worry about.
So what are the ceremonies that you are master of, you ask?
Usually, the Master of Ceremonies takes charge of making the reception run smoothly. Our DJ Rocks will go over exactly what it is that you want during your reception. Every wedding is slightly different. However, the typical announcements, are:
- The switch from cocktail hour to dinner service
- Entrance of the parents, wedding party, and bride and groom.
- The "official" dances: bride and groom, bride with her father, groom with his mother, wedding party as a group.
- The toasts: The first toast is typically given by the best man. After that, anyone can toast.
- Opening of dancing for everyone-and any other special dances.
- The cutting of the wedding cake.
- The bouquet toss and garter toss, or any variations of these, such as a dance that ends with giving the bouquet to the longest-married couple.
- The last dance
- The Grand Exit
There are countless times that I get phones calls from brides and grooms that are in need of a DJ one month prior to their wedding because they have hired "a friend" or a "club dj" and now they are asking questions that the DJ cannot answer. That is because a wedding DJ is not only a DJ but also a MC, a Master of Ceremony, the one who helps your event run smoothly. You've only got one shot to get it right. Do it right the first time!
Learn more about Our DJ Rocks and our Master of Ceremony by visiting us online.
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