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My name is Barbara Esses and I do events for a living. I'm Ruthie Hecht; I'm an event planner
and I work with and for my mother. We're going to teach you the do's and don'ts for the perfect
wedding. Today there are many clubs all over America
where DJ's are spinning music. If you go to a club and you see a DJ there you will see
that the DJ is spinning and looking at what he's doing, not at the crowd. The way to pick
a DJ for a wedding is to make sure this DJ has eye contact with the crowd when seeing
him in action. When visiting him and deciding whether to use him, ask the DJ what he's doing
and how he presents because the most important thing is to read the crowd at a wedding. No
two weddings are the same. No two crowds are the same. Some music make go over very well
with some crowds and it may not go over well with others. What the DJ has to do is look
at the crowd and see if they're responding to his music and if they are, fine, and if
they aren't know how instantly to change gears so that he gets the dance floor full. So when
interviewing a DJ make sure that it's not a club DJ necessarily but somebody who does
parties and weddings all the time so they're accustomed to reading the crowd. It's not
about being famous. It's not about being well-known. It's about knowing how to read the crowd and
playing music that will make your crowd dance all night.