The Wedding Band vs Wedding DJ conundrum

[Gooch]

i remember fighting with my mother & aunt who was our caterer over this for my bat mitzvah. all i wanted was a dj & they felt for the older crowd a band would be better. i always thought bands were so horrible & i think i threw a tantrum, but in the end we just wound up with both. band for half the night, dj for later on in the night. my mom was happy, but the band idea still sucked.

just think about what it would sound like for a bunch of whiteys singing "it's gettin' hot in here". not as good as you would think. i've experienced that at someone's wedding & it was quite embarassing.

trust me...we've seen a few of those already. we are having the wedding at one of those turn-of-the-century mansions (the Vanderbilt to be specific), so trying to not crowd the space and keep to the elegance...not decimate it with Beyonce tunes or Buster Pointdexter.


the only band we have considered is a quintet or quartet of jazz/swing/cajun types....not your regular rock n' roll.


heres a few...

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But a DJ might be what we need, in the end. You are all correct in the advantages...keeping people happy, etc etc. Plus, Galt is dead-on. A cover, in the end, always kind of sucks.