dj or no Dj?

We had 52 people and we had a DJ and it was amazing. That was near the top of my list of priorities

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The dj is also the mc of the night that keeps things moving. He would also be able to read the crowd and know when to play different songs to get the party going. You don’t want to be messing with your phone trying to find the right songs all night. I would definitely get a dj

DJ... make sure you trust them and they aren’t lame!

We had 15 guests at our DW, a violinist for the ceremony and a strolling accordionist for cocktail hour. We switched to our playlist for dinner & dessert which worked out fine.

I would go with a DJ. I wouldn’t worry who was there just as long as y’all have fun!!!

We built a play list and had a friend fill the role of DJ (reading the room and changing songs when the mood changed or no one was into a music style). It worked great for the dancing part. We are really into dancing and it was nice to just be free of planning and doing and just enjoy the night. I wouldn’t recommend being your own DJ.

We didn’t have anyone sort of move the night along as master of ceremonies and that worked fine. We just did that part ourselves by telling people it was time for toasts etc.

However, it turned out that it did stress our friend out to have this duty as DJ and she didn’t dance as much as she would have as a result, so if you ask someone for that favor make sure they won’t mind. We had about 90 guests. Oh, and our friend hasn’t ever been a wedding DJ but has DJ’d big house parties so had a little experience.

Our reception venue had a built-in sound system, so we made our own playlists and just used the fade-in/out feature on iTunes. We had separate lists for cocktails, dinner, first dances, and dancing. It worked out super well and literally no one noticed that we didn't have a DJ. So it's definitely doable if you want to take the time to make playlists. A DJ would never hurt though if it's in your budget!

No dj, playing our own preset music list.

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Planning on doing this!

Did you guys download all your music, or did you use Youtube playlists (with add-block of course)? Also, did you use a phone/iPod or did you use a laptop?

Any advice is much appreciated!

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We had quite a bit of music already and actually spent a lot of time getting CD's from the library for specific songs to supplement. We had "backup" playlists on spotify that were almost identical just in case itunes was acting up for some reason. Highly recommend using the fade option on iTunes - it made it sound more professional because the music never totally stopped - just faded in and out of each song.

I did use my laptop just because it was easier to control switching between lists and first dance songs, and we wanted our phones with us! We didn't do big announcements or anything either, so one of us just announced when the dinner buffet opened, and we had a friend announcing/manning the first dance music. It worked out really well!

Thank you... did you have anyone MC your dances? First dance etc?