(Maui, HI) Rijad & Liwei

Intimate Wedding has a new meaning after the Wedding of my best friend and his wife, Liwei. June 10th, 2013 marked the date for the Wedding closest to me, my closer group of friends and my family. My best friend since Freshmen year of High School has played a big role in the life of my little brother as well as my parents. I hope choosing me as their DJ did not take too much thinking, but even if it had, I would probably have not allowed anyone else to take away the honor.

My responsibilities were cut down to half, since they had arranged for sound and lighting services and I was to just hook up my mixer and my macbook to play music. I had created a pre-made mix for some time so I could join my newlywed best friend and his wife along with their families, my Mother, my little brother, our closest friends and of course my wife-to-be.

Every detail of the Wedding was just perfect. The location, the setting, the timing, the colors, the decor, the collage of pictures hung on a tree along with a delicious meal were all as great as it could have been. We had days and days of celebrating leading to the Wedding as well as after. Most Weddings go in the books, a good percentage are etched in my mind, this is one of the few that shall remain in my heart.

Photographs by L'Amour Photography.

Coordination & Design by Platinum Weddings & Events

(Paradise Valley, Sanctuary) Heather & Jeremy

There are a million ways to start off this blog post. I put off blogging about this wedding for a while even though I had the pictures I had been waiting for. Main reason being: there was just too much to say about this Wedding. This will definitely make other brides a bit jealous, but appreciation sees no limits when the wonderful couple are super into music and super enthusiastic about the person who is in charge of entertainment for their event....rather than the DJ. From day 1, Heather & Jeremy both had won my heart, and since in my personal life I surround myself with the best people, I hope the same for my professional one too. Heather & Jeremy passed all expectations and blew my mind away with their amazingness, enthusiasm, energy and warmth-ness. To add, they are just one of most amazing looking couples, and to add more, they are just two of the most fun people I have the privilege of knowing. From the initial meeting till today, both Heather & Jeremy have been wonderful at keeping touch and talking more than just music and the Wedding. However, for most couples the Wedding is the most important thing, but to me something just as important is closure with your vendors, and definitely the one in charge of entertaining your guests. The funniest thing, I feel I contributed the littlest to entertain the guests that were unlike any others I have seen. The Wedding of Heather & Jeremy was quite intimate, with the guest list of approx 80 people, this set the record for my smallest Wedding, and boy, this Wedding was unlike any other.

Hmm...before I continue, let me finish bragging about my two new friends Heather & Jeremy Broffman. Fitness and Music enthusiasts. Heather during one of her visits in AZ to plan her destination Wedding also fit in her schedule a 4AM hike with me. The hike we chose was at the mountain on which sits the venue for her Wedding, Camelback Mountain. Followed by a very fun meeting/brunch/breakfast regarding Wedding and more. On the second visit, Jeremy joined us both on another 4AM hike followed by another meeting/brunch/breakfast. Days before the wedding, I was invited to join them both to meet their Bridal party and Family members, which was very heart-warming and they both insisted on me bringing my future bride.

The day of the Wedding!!! The Jewish ceremony overlooking the amazing Arizona sunset was simply breath-taking. The guests...mostly from the east coast, got to see what the west coast is all about with our sunsets while having cocktails in the terrace of the ballroom. When the time came, all curtains of the windowed-out (mostly windows for walls) ballroom were opened and guests got to peek into a room filled with elegance, modernness and every attention to detail. White dance floor, white leather DJ booth, chandeliers and white uplighting around the room were just some of the features for this decked out room designed by the fabulous Suzanne Taussig. I helped the wonderful couple put together a mix for their entrance emceed by one of the groomsmen, who did a terrific job getting everyone on their feet welcoming the couple, followed by a choreographed dance which again took the guest by surprise. House and electronic music played throughout the evening until another surprise performance by the Maid of Honor which kicked off open dancing. And the rest just makes this Wedding just that much awesome. Hoping to edit and upload the video I have recorded online. But for now enjoy the images by the wonderful Ruby Rideout.

Hoi & Nick

The last wedding for this spring was for the wonderful Hoi & Nick. Throughout the booking process both Hoi & Nick were fabulous and very enthusiastic about their Wedding. Since Nick was not from AZ he was definitely not used to the brutal heat. However the ceremony took place under a tent at the Isle Of Capri in the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge. I was only overseeing equipment at the ceremony, which required almost no work, so I sort of attended my first ever Wedding, and that too, my favorite kind. At Hindu weddings, words are all in Sanskrit (equivalent to Latin of South Asia), so understanding words is difficult, however, the words in the Christian Ceremony were in English, and very heart warming. Ceremony, short, sweet and featured beautiful string quartet by the couples friends. There was nothing I could think of to make this ceremony any more perfect. After the ceremony was over, I did not even realize that we had just sat through 30 minutes or so under 110 degree weather.

Hoi & Nick were just so awesome to work for. Their friends all were so pleasant, the speeches, the games that they played, their first dance and their cake were all just perfect ingredients for a perfect Wedding. The following are a teaser pictures from John Yao of Simply Two Photography. Hope to be able to share more in the future.

Divya & Peter

I do not even know where to begin about this event. So many changes, yet we made everything happen, delays yet we got everything in order, we overcame glitches and we took care of all that needed to be taken care of in the finest way we knew how. From the beginning of the inquiry, the clients were a pleasure to deal with. A very fun couple who were not just easy to work with, but very enthusiastic about the details of the event as well as our services. I knew from when we signed, that this event would be one of a kind. And I was right. Felt super happy for them to see such a couple.
   

Even went out into the dance floor to dance with this delightful woman. :)

P.S. I usually do not write as much about a blog, and if you're a reader/previous client, please do not take this post offensively in anyway. We simply had a great event working for a family that became more than just clients. :)

Chris & Erin

On the evening of March 20th, 2010 I was honored to be a part of Chris & Erin's wedding reception at the Ponite Hilton. The reception was greatly put together, great location, weather, food and drinks. The toasts by the best man, maid of honor and the bride's father were all sweet and funny. The first dance featured something I had never experienced before, FIREWORKS. Both the bride and groom seemed to have enjoyed the wedding and their guests as well. I was able to put together very raw footage of the event with the help of my friend Rijad. I hope you all enjoy the video and pictures by Melissa Dunstan.

-DJ Adi