I love a good show

The Wedding Show is on again at Auckland’s Aotea Centre. Here’s the TV ad due to start in a few weeks. (Careful, the volume seems to be all the way up)

Wedding ceremony music – a basic guide

Looking for wedding DJs in Auckland? Visit my site! The thing about your wedding is that it’s your wedding.  This means there is no right or wrong about any aspect – you can do things any way you like!  Isn’t that exciting?!??! I’ve worked with...

Keeping up with the Joneses

Looking for wedding DJs in Auckland? Visit my site! Over the last 8 years or so, I’ve really “kept up with the Joneses” – the entire family. Before Natalie Jones was even engaged, I was the DJ at her 21st, her older brother’s wedding, her...

Old Elephant House at Auckland Zoo – it doesn’t smell :)

Looking for wedding DJs in Auckland? Visit my site! Auckland Zoo offers a number of options for a very creative and unique wedding reception.   I’ve been involved with ceremonies at the band rotunda, which have usually been followed by a reception down the path...

A wedding day promise that simply “blew away”.

Bad weather nearly ends the couples hopes of a clifftop wedding ceremony at Castaways.

Never too soon to plan ahead!

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had maybe a dozen emails or calls for various November dates, all of them Saturdays. I’ve been booked for some of those nights for the best part of a year. It doesn’t matter if you need a DJ, a band, a venue, a...

A Wedding reception with a unique first dance at Waitakere Estate, Auckland

When planning a wedding, learn to expect the unexpected. So many things can change and usually you can plan around it, make alternative arrangements and so on. One key ingredient though is the venue. Chris and Jenny found out almost by accident that their intended...

Sharing the wedding bouquet – great idea!

March 29, 2008 – Kerryn and Samuel got married. I saw a couple of special things at the reception later at the Pukekohe Indian Association Centre which I’d like to share here. I was the master of ceremonies that evening, and near the end of the speeches,...

A collection of great ideas, observations, and stories from weddings and events

Welcome to the beginning of this collection. It’s amazing how things work when you’re too close to it. For two decades I’ve worked as a mobile DJ with the majority of my events over the last 8 years being weddings. This is the funny part – I...