Wedding Vendors are the coolest

The Wedding "industry" is an interesting group of folks. I put quotes around industry because for the most part they are small business owners who in one way or another have a talent that they are trying to find a Bride and Groom who are looking for that talent on a particular day. That particular day usually falls on a Saturday and that Saturday usually falls during the summer.

Why is this? There are a number of very obvious reasons, but I think there are great opportunities available if you have your Wedding during the week, you can have your choice of venues and probably save some money. If most of your guests are coming in from out of town, why should it matter?

It's funny I didn't start out tonight to write about seasonal Weddings, it just "came out".

I went to a party tonight that a local venue puts on each year for all the Wedding Vendors that they reccomend. They really go all out and it is a lot of fun to see all of my friends that I enjoy working with so much every year.

Extra thanks to Tania for the inspiration! (Purell is your friend!!)

Say what? These aren't your seats in the 300 level Mr. Lowder

Ok, I officially have the best wife and coolest brother ever!

How is this for a birthday present:

That is the view from our Suite, stuffed full of my friends and family. A number of which had flown in from around the country to be there, thank you ALL! It was a total surprise and the Mariner's came back and won the game! Yeahhhhhhh.

I still can't believe it!

Ahhhh, what a summer it has been.

I am sorry I haven't kept up on the blog. just too darn busy.

I have had some amazing Weddings and met a lot of really nice fmailes, thank you all.

Tomorrow is my birthday and Cathy, Madi and I are going to the Mariner's game...I can't wait!

ahhh Seafair

I don't know why I start off my post with ahhh, I need to stop doing that.

I love Seafair, the Navy (my Navy) in town, the Blue Angels, the Hydros, etc. etc.

It is Seattle.


Ahhhhhhhh :)

Ahhh, the fun that was 7/7/07!

I did something I only do once a year on Saturday, I DJ'd two Weddings in one day. The were both at The Golf Club at Newcastle so no travel, well except upstairs and I had 3+ hours in between the events.

It was an amazing day, two completely different Weddings and I worked with some awesome vendors.

Here is the menu from the first Wedding:



And here was the sunset:

Wow, thank you all!

4th of July, well almost

I have very fond memories of the 4th of July as a kid. Most of the time the "good" fireworks were illegal, but one year they weren't. Man did we go overboard that year! The next year they were once again illegal, it was actually a good lesson on the "legal" system for me as a kid as it has stuck with me all these years.

Oh you know there had to be a wedding tie in someplace. The Hope Island Inn in LaConner shoots off fireworks at the end of your reception. Really spectacular ending to very beautiful location!

I had two wonderful events this past weekend, a 50th Birthday party for a really great family (a football game even broke out) and Jeremy (my other assistant) helped me with a wedding ceremony and reception on Sunday. Ali and Josh (the Bride and Groom) have know each other since First Grade! Very, very cool. I really enjoyed getting to know Ali's folks as they were very involved in the planning. They were all so happy at the end of the night!

The wedding felt a little like a reunion of some of my favorite wedding vendors. Sharon and Dallas were there from Sharon's Cakes (Sharon made Madi's First Birthday Cake), Craig Larson was the photographer (I am working with Craig's son this weekend) and Barbara Guyll of Weddings! Weddings! Weddings! was the wedding coordinator. We had a lot of fun and it was a wonderful day!

7/7/07 is coming up quick, will the whole country be at a wedding that day? It will be an amazing day for me! More later. . .

ahhh, the Wedding Season

Well, summer is now officially upon us (though you couldn't tell yesterday ugh!) and that means it is my favorite time of the year, Wedding Season! Yes, I do weddings year round, but the end of June starts my busy Wedding Season and I LOVE it! People (you know who you are) ask me what I love so much about weddings. I don't really have an exact answer and my answer will probably change depending on my most recent wedding but I like the emotion, fun, nervous energy, glitz and even the stress. When it all comes together and the bride, groom and their families are so happy and I have helped make their dreams come true. It is amazing!

I had two events this weekend, both on the water with incredible views. Sundays was the last minute booking I mentioned last time. It was a going away party, full of lots of emotion and fun and I met some really great people. Saturday I started something else that I have never done in the same year before, two sister's weddings. Many times I have done siblings weddings, but they have always been at least a year apart. So Erik (my assistant) and I did Connie and Darryl's reception and I am really looking forward to working with Maria and Scott this September. A tip of my hat to Sam their very gracious Father, very very nice!

Speaking of Erik, he worked with me on Saturday until very late (or really early depending on how you look at it) and then got a plane to Mexico with a bunch of Junior High kids from his church. They are helping out a local church and doing anything they can for the town, very very cool! Erik's band is also working on their new CD and touring this summer. I will miss him, but am very proud of him!

I have two events this weekend and next time, I'll talk about how to have "The Best Wedding Reception Ever".


Greg

Number Two

Howdy and Hello (I like to start emails to friends out that way and I am not quite sure why??), I promised to talk a little about my family today. My immediate family is my wife of 7+ years Cathy and our almost 15 month old daughter, Madilynn. Here is a recent picture of them:

Ain't they cute? Yummmmmmm! :)


I know I did it above, but don't you hate it when people like me refer to their kid as being "15 months old"? Why can't I say "just over a year" or "almost a year and a half". Well I tell you it's not my fault and I have a darn good excuse. It's the whole baby industrial complex. They start out by referring to the pregnancy progress in weeks (the last time I measured anything by weeks was "dating" in Jr. High), it used to be trimesters but not so much now. Then they get you to cross all the way to the dark side by labeling all the baby clothes in months; 0-3m, 6-9m, 12m, 18m etc. Next thing I know I am telling y'all I have a 15 month old. I can't wait until she is 18 mont errr a year and a half ummm 2. Two is much easier to type.

As the title to this blog suggests I am in fact a Wedding DJ in the Seattle area and quite proud of it. More about how I got into this and some good stories in future posts.

I had two Weddings (ceremonies and receptions) this past week (one was on Monday!) and something happened that has never happened to me before. We had the same photographer at both events! Her name is April Greer she is super nice, easy to work with and her pictures are amazing! She even posted some from our events on her blog (look at the 6/19 and 6/16 posts). To quote Madi's friend Jack, April ROCKS!

Have I mentioned that I love last minute bookings?! Yeah!

First Post

Welcome to my blog.

I have flirted (can you flirt with a computer?? should I be flirting with a computer, hmmm we'll have to ask Cathy about that, but I digress...) with doing a blog for a number of years. There are probably a number of started blogs out there in cyberspace someplace or another. The problem is I am not a writer, I have never kept a journal and I can't type very fast. So you may ask yourself, Self (I am a bit of a smart-aleck thanks Dad) why do a blog? Well, I want people to know who I am and what I am about and why they should hire me (us) to be a major part of their special event.

Next time I'll talk about my family and a recent wedding or two.