As a professional MC the most valuable lesson to be learned is that audience interaction is always with one person.  It’s a conversation.  You don’t have to hold the mic like you’re a rap star or pull your voice to sound like some parody of Ronnie Radio and sometimes you don’t have to say anything at all.  The hardest lesson of all is how to be yourself.

For years I have struggled to with what to call myself.  Am I a DJ?  A wedding planner? Bridal show producer?  Both associations of which I am a member, CPDJA and WPIC, have hosted my seminars to train the next generation of wedding professionals, so am I a trainer?  In more than twenty years of living in Sudbury, I have filled all of these roles.  But what do I DO?

I worked an amazing wedding Saturday night.  It was one of those that you couldn't put your finger on any one thing but the sum total feeling of the day was exactly what the Bride wanted.

Being a wedding DJ in Sudbury has some amazing advantages. It's a small enough town that I can get to know my clients. It's not just a contract about music, lights and times. The pace is different so there is time to ask questions and ask the next question. And that is the key to a great wedding:the next question.

A reprint of an article posted in the October 10, 2010 edition of the Canadian Professional DJ Association Newsletter.

Reprinted with permission.

Planning a  Bridal Show is a lot like planning a wedding and "A Day with Jane" Bridal show September 19th will be unlike anything Sudbury has ever seen.

Brides are not the only people reading this from the logs.  Hopefully other wedding professionals find the information helpful.  For example:  On the topic of drinking...

It’s always good to have a reason.  A raison d’être.  It took me years to discover mine.  Weddings.