We found Pete Carroll because he was a DJ at my cousin's wedding in San Diego. Pete Carroll and…read moreGenerations Entertainment positively MADE our wedding. He was just incredible. Pete was everything- the music, the peace of mind, the "Ryan Seacrest," the host, the mood, and the event coordinator! Pete has a natural talent and great sense of organization, plus, great taste in music. After we signed Peter on to our outdoor wedding and ceremony in Palos Verdes, we payed a deposit and paid the rest a few weeks before the wedding. His rates are reasonable adn very very worth it! Given our outdoor ceremony, we asked Pete to also handle the microphones and sound amplification for the ceremony. He was there super-early, and made sure that despite wind and many moving parts (a string trio, a friend singing, friends doing the readings, 2 ministers and lots of wind) all 179 of our guests could hear the ceremony perfectly, could hear our vows, the music sounded great and there were no technical difficulties! Then, Pete transitioned to the tent for our reception! He did such an incredible job of welcoming everyone to take their seats, announcing our first dance, our friend who sang our first dance song, making light of our adorable dogs who joined us on the dance floor and getting the party going. He had wonderful dinner music (and has a great web site that my husband, my family and I combed through with our requests in the months preceding the wedding). Pete had fun lighting for the dance floor and just perfect equipment. The sound was brilliant! Everything was top-shelf perfect. He is a classy, good looking guy and should be DJ'ing the most elite of Hollywood events!
What I liked most, actually, besides his charm and talent, is that, about 6 weeks before the event, Pete met my husband and I up at the wedding site to check it all out and then we went to a restaurant for dinner and drinks and he took the time to get to know us! From there, he walked us through how the day would go. He helped design a Wedding Timeline (where everyone needed to be and when), and how we wanted the flow of the night to go, from introductions, dances, bouquet tosses. He had some really nice interesting ideas about how to invite guests to the buffet tables (bride and groom trivia) and special acknowledgements to make over the course of the evening. Here's what was so great about it... up until that meeting, my husband was kind of out of the loop with the planning. But, Pete is a "guy's guy" and made my husband open and interested in planning the day, so not only did we loop in our DJ on all my big ideas, I looped in my future hubby, and finally got to take the time to hear his fabulous ideas as well. Pete is really good at hearing us out and taking our visions to actual reality. He was so reliable and personable. It was obvious that he took his job very seriously and very passionately. I cannot say enough about Generations Entertainment!
Thank you Pete!