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    Kayla E. Sent on 02/07/2020
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    Steve and Dave were great!

    When we booked our wedding at The Riverhouse, we received a list of preferred vendors and A&B Entertainment was first on the list for DJs. When I reached out, Dave got back to me immediately. He took several nights to speak with me to go over everything and ultimately ended up making a trip to meet my mom and I so that we could pay for the deposit and get some paperwork - we LOVED Dave - such a nice person. As the wedding got closer, we got to meet his colleague, Steve, who would be joining him for our wedding. We also got a chance to meet Steve and held several calls to finalize all of our details. Their online portal is great - it allows you to view music and make playlists and to leave notes. It also allows you to fill out all of the paperwork, such as introductions and other details for the day. They even provided uplighting for our venue. Overall, we were BEYOND thrilled by the service and professionalism from both Dave and Steve. They were lovely. Thank you for making our ceremony, cocktail hour and wedding reception an event that we will never forget. We highly recommend to all looking for a wonderful DJ. THANK YOU!!
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    Emily Sent on 06/21/2016
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    Dave from A&B Entertainment was excellent! He DJ'ed our June 2016 wedding, and guests were on their feet all night! He knew how to read the crowd, and he played music people could dance to. He paced everything perfectly, he wasn't cheesy, he didn't dominate the wedding... he was just great. And guest continue to rave about the uplighting! We would highly recommend!!
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    Dave from A&B Entertainment was wonderful to work with. Not only was he a great DJ on the night of our wedding, but we really appreciated the time and attention he paid to us prior to our event. He was very knowledgeable, not only about music, but about all aspects of a wedding and even asked us questions we didn't know we needed to answer. He sat with us for more than an hour for our initial appointment and then was in frequent contact with us via phone and email (since we were planning from a distance). He also had lots of song suggestions to help guide our music choices as well.

    Unlike other DJs that I spoke to, Dave was NOT going to nickel-and-dime us for things like using a lapel microphone or having wireless speakers. I would definitely recommend A&B Entertainment for DJ services. We had a really positive experience working with Dave and his company.
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    Jennifer Sent on 07/08/2013
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    Dave Gianni with A&B Entertainment was a hit from the start. He had great recommendations, knew the venue very well and could easily help us with any selections we needed. Between music, lighting and keeping the party going, he remained organized, professional and overall had the greatest value between all other DJs we researched. He met with us as many times as we needed and was very patient while we changed our minds on song selections. He listened to every detail and the timing was perfect for every piece of the wedding day. We are so happy that Dave threw the greatest dance party on our special day, thanks so much!
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    Mindy Sent on 06/04/2013
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    Dave Gianni at A&B was a pleasure to work with. He does a wonderful job with mixing music to accommodate everyone's tastes in music. He is very passionate about music and wants everything to come out right on your big day. If there are songs you don't want played he will make sure they don't get played. Dave really enjoys what he does which makes your day that much more fun and perfect!
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    Cynthia Sent on 01/17/2012
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    We would highly recommend this company.
    Dave and his company provided us with everything they promised. They provided music for our ceremony as well as our reception. He worked well with our venue and kept the evening moving along smoothly.
    Music set the tone for the night of romance, fun and excitement. All three notes were hit.
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    Kelly F. Sent on 09/04/2019
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    Professional & accommodating

    Stephen from A & B Entertainment DJ’d our wedding reception recently (Saturday 8/24/19). Leading up to the event, he was always available for questions that came up along the way and was good about checking the shared online client portal. We used the online client portal to share notes about special requests along with specific song requests for the night generally as well as for the key moments like the dances and cake cutting. He was very accommodating for all of the nuanced requests in the night like coordinating a large group alumni photo in the middle of the dance floor, planning for 5 reception speeches, creating a mash-up father/daughter dance song, and even converting song files into a useable format in order to surprise a friend during the reception. On the wedding day, he arrived hours early to ensure set-up was perfect, including coordinating with the ceremony solo guitarist & singer, officiant, and videographer to ensure sound checks and mic needs were addressed. There is no question in his professionalism between his responsiveness, care, and punctuality. Throughout the evening he used the mic sparingly to make logistical announcements and kept his focus on the music. He had great suggestions on event flow around slow songs and how to effectively wrap up the dancing at the end of the night to respect the venue’s strict music stop time. He also, respectfully, stuck to our ‘do not play’ list and the dance floor was packed all night -- with an impromptu (and hilarious) conga line to boot! There were a few too many line/group dances like the cha cha slide back-to-back but we didn’t explicitly talk about that during the planning sessions so I think that could easily be mitigated in a future event by setting expectations upfront. Overall, Stephen is very open-minded to customizing the event to fit your needs so with your ideas and a shared understanding on execution, he can make it happen.
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    Christine Sent on 06/10/2013
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    I am a wedding planner, and it was such a pleasure to work with Dave G. as the DJ for our mutual wedding. He was skilled, easy-going, diligent in getting all the songs that our couple wanted, and provided his professional opinion whenever he felt it could make the experience better. Way to go!
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    Awesome!! Dave did a great job at my wedding! He was very flexible with last minute changes and he really knows how to keep people out there on the dance floor!! The DJ is the life of the party!! It is probably the second most important thing when planning your wedding (the first being your other half) :)
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    Dave did a fine job the day of the wedding. The music choices were a little bit different then what we had asked for but not bad at all. He had difficulty remembering what had been discussed. For example, we had to send him our time line at least 3 times and he kept asking the same questions. My fiance met with him days before the wedding and just 3 days later, he had to be reminded of several things that were just discussed. He didn't follow through with one of the very few things we had specifically asked for which was disappointing.
    He didn't do a great job moving the wedding along and needed a lot of hand holding. I probably wouldn't recommend him because it just seemed like he wasn't paying attention to what we were telling him.
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    Andy B. Sent on 11/20/2022
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    Unprofessional

    Everything was perfectly planned out on our wedding day, however, David did not follow our basic instructions, which led to various problems. His service lacked organization, his equipment was faulty during the ceremony, he was rude when confronted and he misled us to believe he could fulfill our requirements. Extremely disappointed. Buyer beware.
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    Amanda B. Sent on 11/04/2022
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    Hire anyone else- worst service ever received

    We had major issues with Dave Gianni and the service he provided on our wedding day. We gave every other vendor 5 star reviews for our wedding- we are not difficult people; however, Dave ruined our wedding ceremony with static during the entire ceremony. A list of the problems we encountered by hiring Dave:

    *static during the entire ceremony such that it was hard to focus on what was the most important moment of our lives

    *did not have our playlists on deck and ready; multiple times played random songs even though we explicitly stated during phone calls and emails that we wanted only our playlists played

    *he uses an outdated platform to pre-select songs ahead of time that took hours to utilize. Assembling the playlist should have only taken 20 minutes tops; it literally took us 6 hours to use his archaic system.

    *refused to put out the lighting color (white) requested and instead utilized purple. He kept pushing purple option on us and we kept telling him no-- I believe that he may not even have white lighting because I do not understand why it could not be completed.

    *failed to put out the lighting such that it wasn't present during our first dance; was only put out later in the evening even though we discussed the lighting being set up for the first dance. He had all of cocktail hour to complete this task; I do not know why it was not done.

    *was rude to us when we had to ask him multiple times to stop playing music that wasn't on our playlist; even the catering and event staff were shocked by how rude he was to us and said so.

    *zero announcements heard during entire event; music was too loud during dinner and had to be requested to be turned down

    *refused to move more speakers outdoors to the patio where everyone was dancing even though chance of rain was at 0% after the ceremony

    *was entirely unaware that we had a rain plan and kept asking us questions on the day of our wedding regarding set up as he failed to properly prepare (he did not return calls to event planner at Wadsworth the week of wedding to even know that we had a rain plan)

    The service was so horrendous that we contacted him after the wedding and asked for our money back for what was the worst service I have ever received. He continued his lack of professionalism by not responding until I sent a second follow-up email. When he did finally respond, he made excuse after excuse as to why things occurred the way they did instead of admitting fault in what was a total lack of preparation and professionalism. He made statements like, "I noticed the lights weren't white but since there were no complaints, I left them." I should NOT have to complain to him ON MY WEDDING DAY about an item that we discussed ahead of time in order for it to be taken care of. He also responded that the missing including the bus arriving, cake-cutting, etc. were never requested when I have an email I sent him outlining every announcement that we wanted including the ones he alleged were never requested. He again failed to prepare appropriately and/or just did not read the email.

    I sent him a follow-up email to his response and never heard back. The lack of professionalism is just beyond belief. So, if on your wedding day you'd like to have your ceremony filled with static, a vendor unprepared & texting you due to lack of preparation, not following the playlist made in advance, and being rude to you- Dave at A&B entertainment is your guy.