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Review Date: 10/15/2009 Services Used: DJ, Ceremony Music
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
(5.0/5.0)
Responsiveness:
(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:
(5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost:
(5.0/5.0)
Flexibility:
(5.0/5.0)
We want to start off by saying that choosing Rick as our MC was by far the best decision we made in the whole wedding planning. We considered putting together one great playlist from iTunes and hitting play for the entire ceremony and reception. That sounded very economical, but would have been a horrible decision! We are so happy that we did not do it this way. Rick really made the whole show run, and run smoother than we ever thought that it could.
We just want to give a couple real life ratings of why Rick deserved a 5.0 rating on everything.
Quality of Service: Rick really was a MC. I remember at one point in the Reception, I (The Groom) went up to Rick to say that we planned on eating first and then moving on from there to the list of stuff that we wanted to get done (First dance and such). I think that he could see that I was a little rattled, which I was, big day and all. He looked at me and said; ?Scott, sit down and relax, enjoy your day, I will take care of all of this!? Being the Type A spazz that I am I responded, ?Do you want me to tell the servers when to serve the champagne?!?!?? With out a blink of an eye he just laughed and said, ?Have and beer and go mingle with your beautiful bride, I?ll take care of the rest.? This was the best thing that he could have said. I took him up his offer, grabbed a beer and went on to not worry about a thing for the rest of the night.
Responsiveness: During the Maid of Honor speech there was a comment made about watching the movie ?Night at the Roxbury? during high school. At that point my Best Man and I started doing the Doug and Steve Butabi side head nod, which created a stir with the younger attendees. After that reference the Best Man gave his speech. Rick then remembered that comment and to start the dance floor said ?Heard the Maid of Honor loved Night at The Roxbury, so this one is for her!? At that point the chosen softer music faded into ?What is Love? by Haddaway. The crowd yelled, the dance floor filled, and remained full for the entire night!
Professionalism: Funny story but pissed me off at the time. Outdoor wedding in Oregon, in September is a bold move. Mother Nature scared us enough to rent tents two days before the ceremony. The tent company (Not to Be Named) decided to get there very large truck stuck in the mud no more than 20 feet from isle we were walking down in 2 hours. Rick had to laugh as he told me, and then said ?I?ll pull him out.? Then proceeded to unhook his trailer and pull out the stuck truck. Then he hooked his trailer back up and politely showed the drivers how to properly back something up without destroying a flower bed.
Value for Cost: Admittedly there was a little bit of a sticker shock going from an iTunes playlist (free) to a professional MC. Rick was very flexible and has packages for every budget. I knew that it was money well spent when I stuck my head out to see how many people were there and I heard a string version of Stairway to Heaven. It was awesome. One piece of advice; Fill out his survey on what you listen too and take it serious and at the ceremony/reception just sit back and enjoy. I promise that you will hear more songs you love and forgot about than you have never heard or do not like.
Flexibility: Back to being Type A, and a slight perfectionist, I decided to make the isle that we were walking down twice as long 1 hour before the ceremony. Rick not only moved the speakers, but proceeded to loop the chosen song for the bridal party to walk down to back into itself for a seamless transition when the song ended a bit prematurely.
I could honestly sit here and write about this all night. It is sort fun reminiscing on what was a crazy, emotional, beautiful, amazing and stressful day it was. Instead of rambling on I will offer this: I gave Rick permission to give potential clients my personal cell phone number. If you are on the fence call me and I will give you 100 more reason?s why Rick and Bass is Loaded is the right decision for you and your ceremony.
Thanks Rick, it was a night that we will never forget.
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