Bruce P. Mitchell |
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Bruce P. Mitchell is a Washington - Baltimore Based Special Events DJ |
| Bruce Mitchell brings many years of diverse experience to the stage. He has been a musician and performer since 1964, and since 1991, a popular local and regional Special Events DJ, and Sound Technician. As a DJ, Bruce combines over forty years of stage experience with music performance. This brings a depth and understanding of music rarely seen in today's Special Events DJ. |
| Planning your special event? |
| Bruce will meet with you to personally discuss your
needs and music tastes. Combining your needs and desires with his experience,
Bruce will then help you select the perfect music mixture to enrich your event
and make it truly yours. Bruce has extensive experience in the area of planning and officiating special events. Bruce also has several resources at his disposal to include: Wedding Day Coordinators, Wedding Officiates, Catering and Cosmetic Professionals. Package deals are available... You are invited to call and discuss your event with him at your convenience. |
| Bruce has a simple price structure based on an old principle... "Good value at a reasonable price." $800.00 per event - Including Weddings No additional pricing for extra time!!! |
| Bruce can be extremely competitive because he has no agent or extra mouths to feed. In these times of fancy talk and complicated pricing, it's nice to have just one thing straight forward. There are no hidden costs even for extra time. Believe it or not, if your wedding and reception are at the same venue, Bruce will provide music and sound for your wedding, coctail party and reception, all for the same $800.00 price. If you can find another DJ with like experience, for a lower price, better hire him now... |
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Trying to do your event on a tight budget? Let's Talk |
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those who feel they have to pay more to get more, Bruce will be happy to
charge more. (or... you could simply call his competitors) |
Wedding Reception Music and DJ Announcement Planner
We will talk about all these things at your convenience after you have had a chance to consider the various issues. Probably you already have most of the issues worked out in your head. The list of questions below represents some things to think about. All the questions regarding time will help establish a realistic time line, and the relative pace of the reception.
Wedding Date ___________________________
Do you have a rain/snow/flood/wind/hurricane/road closure etc. contingency plan?
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Mistress of Ceremonies: Please consider assigning a trusted friend or family member to your wedding event. This position is a very important one, and can assist immeasurably on your wedding day. Her job will be to liaison between the Bride and the outside world such as the photographer, DJ or Caterer. Theoretically, the Bride has attendants called Brides Maids to attend to her needs, but in fact, they get caught up in the event and can usually only take care of themselves. Things go much smoother if you have an organized, trusted person to take care of things like: locating the limousine driver and telling him to wait in a certain place; Gathering the wedding party for pictures; Lining up the wedding party at the door in order for the DJ to announce the grand march; Standing with the DJ to make sure he knows if members of the wedding party are out of order; Reminding the bride it’s time to cut the cake or throw the bouquet, and communicating this to the Caterer or DJ as appropriate, etc...
What is the earliest time I (the DJ) can get into the reception hall to setup? _______________
Wedding Scheduled Time to start ____________
Is the Wedding likely to start late given the personalities of the Wedding Party? ___________
Approximately how late ___________
Wedding scheduled to end _____________
Are there pictures after the wedding? Approximate amount of time _____________
Do you plan to have a receiving line after the Wedding? _________
Approximate amount of time for receiving line ___________
Approximate time it will take to get from Wedding location to reception hall ________________
Published reception hours From ________ To _________
Can the reception run overtime? __________
Is it likely to run overtime? __________ Approximately how long? _______________________
What time must I (the DJ) absolutely be out of the reception hall? _________________________
Time the Bride and Groom expect to leave the reception hall. ____________________________
Do you have a staging area for the wedding party to gather prior to entering the reception hall?
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Do you plan to have a receiving line at the reception hall? _________
Approximate amount of time for receiving line _____________
Do you plan to have a Grand March at the reception hall?
Announcement prior to start of march (if any) _________________________________________
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You need to provide a person who knows everybody in the wedding party to stand with the DJ, in case the wedding party doesn’t march in, in the listed order.
Be prepared to provide the list of marchers in order. If you want specific things to be said about each or any member of the party, (This is not customary...) I need the wording and pronunciation of names.
How do you want to structure the Grand March? ______________________________________
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Please put the following reception events in the order you want them to occur.
_____ The Toast/s (Who will give the first toast) ______________________________________
Are others allowed to give toasts? _________________________________________________
Do you only want specific persons to toast? __________________________________________
_____ The Wedding Dance (Song)________________________________________________
Who joins in next, next, next...
_____ The Dinner
_____The Bride Dances with Daddy (Song)__________________________________________
Sometimes, the groom dances with his mother while the bride dances with daddy. (Not always...)
_____ Guest Dancing
_____ Cutting the Cake
_____ The Money Dance (First Song if any choice)___________________________________
_____ Throwing the Bouquet
_____ Throwing the Garter
_____ The Catcher of the Garter puts the Garter on the Catcher of the Bouquet.
_____ Other _________________________________________________________________
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_____ Other _________________________________________________________________
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Think about Music...
We will talk about music when we talk about this planner.