Hiring DJ Flow turned out to be the worst decision we made when planning our wedding. This person bottom line, ruined the reception. We had a very clear timeline set out for all of the vendors involved because of us having our children and elderly family at our reception. We provided our approved timeline to DJ Flo (Stacey) several days in advance after she sent us a timeline she made on her own. Our wedding coordinator even confirmed the approved timeline with her prior to the event so there should have been zero confusion on this.
Reading reviews online it is clear that Stacey is the DJ in this operation. We were told that another person could fill in - and unfortunately for us we got the back up. He had very little understanding of the proper setup of equipment, lights, or following a timeline. On top of this, several people requested the music be turned down and the lights be fixed - but he ignored these requests simply saying he was "just doing my job."
The lighting that was set up was terrible...many guests commented on how the lights were shining in their eyes and no one was able to see us at the sweetheart table or any of the speeches simply because of bad lighting (see pics). The lighting made it hard to see anyone on the dance floor - just a lot of shadowy silhouettes...needless to say there weren't many guest pictures taken. We specifically asked for no fog machine...the DJ found the time to set that equipment up anyway and set it off at one point randomly.
The reception dinner began in silence as the DJ needed to swap out equipment to a backup due to the main mixer needing some upgrade/patches that were going to take 45 minutes. the silence was bad enough, but this delay also ruined the rest of the timeline of events following. Very unprofessional to not have the basic equipment ready for the start of the party.
Because the DJ was very behind, this delayed our grand entrance. When we were finally able to make the entrance, the DJ messed up the order of the wedding party and flat out forgot to announce one of the couples. Nothing could be done to correct this, we just had to go with it.
Since the major delay due to equipment issues, we were unable to share our first dance with both our children. Specifically, the part about our first dance starting at 8pm due to kids' bedtimes. Instead, our first dance began at 9:17p. 1 hour and 7 minutes delayed. Our infant had a melt down and was not able to dance with us which was a huge part of this ceremony and the photos we wanted. We also requested the kids dance part to be quick, just a segment of song as we knew our kids patience wouldn't last a full song. Instead, the DJ had the song play in its entirety, and per the pics you can see why. He left the DJ booth to walk around the dance floor and take photos of us with his cell phone.
Due to the completely blown time schedule, the DJ never was never able to fulfill the rest of the timeline for the Garter/bouquet toss, or the Final dance. Sadly, those are events that can never be re-created. We just lose out. The DJ never announced the photobooth was setup and ready, nor did he mention the cupcakes had arrived, so most of our guests never knew about either of them.
It seems to us that the real DJ Flo (Stacey) double booked our date, so she sent her husband in her place who did not know what he was doing, whatsoever. Guests even commented on how this man had purple hair dye running down his face and looked like he was struggling. This is not what we paid for. This is not what we signed up for with the person who is supposed to be leading our party and following a pre-approved schedule, or at least providing someone competent enough to provide the services we paid for. Our special night was completely hijacked by the unprofessionalism with this DJ - maybe this review will make the next person THINK TWICE before hiring DJ FLO. read more