DJ etiquette?

Is he a professional DJ? Let him do his job, if he does this for a living he will know how to work the crowd.

Did you meet him in person and hear his voice? Did you check his reviews to see if anyone complained about that?

Doesn't he have a mic?

He has all the equipment, he's a professional, been doing this for decades. I work with him so I hear his voice all the time. His voice doesn't carry, he just sounds like an old man. I'm not worried that he doesn't know how to do his job, I'm worried no one will understand him. Thus the question about someone else doing announcements.

Well it's honestly up to you, we never know how he might take it, but if you're worried no one will understand him then I understand you.

Then don't hire him. Don't have one of your friends make the announcements etc. This is part of what a trained DJ does. If you don't have the confidence, pick one of the others.

We hired a dj who was a professional but we had a friend do the announcements bc it was special to us. If you put that spin on it , it won't seem offensive

It still disrupts his job.

FH is a DJ and I know he would be very put out if someone said he couldn't do the announcements because it totally disrupts the flow and the time line if they have to track down whoever is supposed to make announcements.

Let your friend enjoy himself and not work during the reception

Your DOC could possibly make announcements.

Have you seen him work at any events before?

What's DOC? And the DJ isn't a friend, just a co-worker.

With a mic it shouldn't matter if his voice doesn't carry and usually guests will catch on and tap glasses if needed. Your paying for his services. Let him do his job.

I think he might get kind of offended. Him having a mic should fix the problem though.