We used Rick and Decades for our wedding in City Park. The brass band for our ceremony was…read moredefinitely a hit with our guests. For the reception Rick played plenty of hits everyone knew including a great set of instrumental songs we requested he play during the dinner. He did have a crowd on the dancefloor during much of the event but he flat out ignored our "do not play" list which was a bit frustrating (Macarena, Cupid Shuffle, etc...). I hope he honors his clients' requests in the future. Based on the amount of selection in such a musical city of New Orleans, there are a lot of other companies out there...

We used Decades music for our DJ, uplighting and ceremony sound (microphones) at City Park Popp…read moreFountain. I corresponded with Rick who was very accommodating, friendly and prompt to reply. Our DJ was Alex and he was the BEST. He called me to make sure everything was all set weeks ahead of time. He responded quickly to all of my emails in the days leading up to the wedding. Alex arrived early to setup and the sound was exactly what I envisioned. The uplighting was perfect and the music he played was right on point. I cannot find a critique if I tried. Do yourself a favor and go with Decades!

We recommend DJ Adam Khan! He did a great job! Adam is detail oriented and really cares that…read moreeveryone has a great time. He is the best!

DJ Adam Khan did an amazing job at my wedding in downtown New Orleans. From finding a great AV…read moreresource, helping with microphone introductions, intro music, uplighting, and great Desi and American music for the dance floor, he really went out of his way to make sure everyone had a great time. He's up on all the latest Desi and Bhangra music and keeps up with it. Adam was patient, flexible and easy to work with and made transitions between events during the night so seamless. One of the best things you can do for your big event is to hire a DJ who you can trust and not have to second guess and Adam was certainly that. Thanks again!

Pick Carol, she is wonderful!…read more I did extensive research when trying to find a wedding planner. I was a destination bride living in Texas, with a father in Baton Rouge fighting cancer, trying to plan my wedding in New Orleans. I had quite a few hurdles. I found Carol through word of mouth. Carol is a native of New Orleans with 15 years in event planning, including large corporate events and with the past 8 years in weddings. She has a large network and strong connections with local vendors. She is creative and determined. She is professional and caring. I had already found my venue when I contacted Carol, who then helped me find my band, florist, cake baker, makeup artist, hair stylist and ceremony music players, etc. She helped plan the rehearsal dinner, bridal luncheon and the day of the wedding. Carol did all the things that I was unable to do for myself. She provided me with options and quotes, helped me to determine the most reasonable budget without sacrificing quality. I would make visits to NOLA during the wedding planning; Carol would arrange all my appointments and take me to meet with vendors. She help me pick out colors for my bridesmaid dresses, colors and types of flowers, venue decor, venue favors, invitations, gift ideas, etc. 5 days before my wedding, Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans. Can you imagine the stress? Carol kept my sanity intact. Carol was without electricity for several days, and was still working behind the scenes to followup with my vendors...(i.e. had they had evacuated, were they safe, would they have power to cook our food, would my flowers be delivered and would the flowers survive without refrigeration?) I had to most amazing wedding. Everything came together beautifully. There were many NOLA brides that weekend without flowers, no makeup artists, no catering, etc. I was very blessed to have everything, to have my dream wedding. I am sincerely grateful to Carol; I could not have done it without her.

I knew I could handle a lot of wedding planning on my own. However, there was no escaping the fact…read morethat we at least needed someone to hep with day of services for our destination wedding. Carol happens to be a friend of my stepmother and seemed like a logical choice. It helped that her reviews were fantastic! My fiance thought that her fees were a little high, but within about five minutes of sitting down with her for our initial consultation, I could tell he was fully on board. Carol is extremely likable, knows New Orleans very well and has a wonderful eye. She seemed to understand what I wanted from the beginning, and knew how to accomplish it. We ended up opting for the package that included 5 hours of advance planning, which was helpful, and Carol also had great recommendations for florists and cake. She ended up letting my borrow a few votives and a sign to use as part of my decorations, which was really helpful! I honestly don't know how I would have managed without her, especially at the wedding itself. She seamlessly coordinated everything and I was able to kick back and truly enjoy the reception. I highly recommend her.

Class Act... from start to finish !…read more We flew into New Orleans a few months before the wedding to meet with various vendors (photographers, bakeries, florists, event venues for rehearsal dinner and more). Being perfectionists, it makes us picky; we met with a few photographers in preparing for our destination wedding and although each impressed us, they unfortunately also unimpressed us each time (high marks for 1 aspect but disappointed at the same time by not hearing our ideas, being unclear with their thoughts/ideas, drinking too much during the interview/meeting, having virtually no experience)... UNTIL, we met Kendra ! She arrived at the Roosevelt Hotel on time; just ten minutes into our first meeting with Kendra reassured us that our first impression was overwhelming and our search was over; even went as far as canceling our last 2 interviews immediately after meeting with her... She dressed classy, spoke well, clearly explained her process but most importantly, she listened and understood what we wanted. A few days later, negotiating our contract over the phone from Florida was a simple process and there was no pressure to add more services or other packages. The day of our wedding arrived and we met with Kendra at our hotel (Le Pavillon) to take "first look" photographs; then Kendra joined my fiancé and I and headed over to the French Quarter for interesting photo-opportunities (dancing in the street, inside shops we love and even got some amazing pictures when a Second Line was passing by). And then the special event at Antiones (down the aisle, exchanging the rings, family members shedding a few happy tears, then married). We left the wedding room and Kendra took numerous photographs of family and fun in our reception room. We loved the way she interacted with our guests to get the best photographs. We never felt rushed to get done by a certain time. Most importantly, our photographs were wonderful and there were no hidden fees to get our pictures. We have already recommended KENDRA JONES to others and will continue to do so in the future !

My husband and I hired The Uncommon Event to plan our wedding which was held in May 2012. Nikki at…read moreThe Uncommon Event did a fantastic job going through the timeline (it was literally minute to minute!) and provided fantastic ideas for our ceremony and reception. The Uncommon Event is an adorable husband and wife team that takes to heart what they do. The rehearsal was a breeze (and my wedding party consisted of twenty-two people!) and Nikki was there every step of the way during the ceremony and the reception. Every detail was in order any everything literally ran smoothly. I cannot say enough about The Uncommon Event, I am even hiring their planning services for my up-coming baby shower this August! Side Note: Don't be fooled by the previous one star review, it seems that what happened there was that the bride thought she had the planning package when in fact she only had a coordinating package. The Uncommon Event provides different packages to suit their client's needs and budgets...one of the reasons why I love them!

New Orleans was a destination wedding for my Husband and me. Although my husband is originally from…read moreNew Orleans, we currently live in California. We desperately needed a professional that was local to New Orleans and well connected in the business to assist us with the wedding planning for our big day. Based on the "Why Higher Us" Points posted on the Uncommon Event website, we hired Nikki Barrow for the month of planning. What I would like to share with our readers is what our expectations were and what types of services were actually rendered. To sum it up, we were truly left disappointed, myself in tears, and we definitely weren't stress free as her services claimed. "Why Higher Us" 1. The venue coordinator cannot be the wedding planner. They coordinate the logistics of the venue. We manage the remaining 90% of the details that go into your wedding to ensure pure perfection. (My Response: It is true that most venues will come with a wedding coordinator. We got married at the St. Charles Presbyterian Church and our reception was held at the Audubon Tea Room. I don't know what the "remaining 90%" consisted of, but both coordinators at the venues handled all of the logistics for their respective venues. So in retrospect, we realized that we would have been fine without a wedding planner.) 5. We provide logical timeline guidance. There are a vast amount of steps in the wedding planning process and we ensure that every task is completed in a timely manner. (My Response: This point is just laughable, primarily because we provided her with the budget, venue and vendor information, logistics and timeline for the church ceremony and the Reception. For the Reception set-up, we found out that for every step of the way, she consulted with some of our friends and guests that was there to take direction from her, but instead she took direction from them. We were very disappointed with this news since we paid for her professional assistance to "ORCHESTRATE" as she calls it, our perfect wedding day, stress free. This unfortunately was not the case. ) 6. We get the job done. Planning a wedding can be very time-consuming. We make certain that all of the preparations are executed in an efficient and effective manner while allowing you peace of mind. (My Response: The website keeps referring to "We", so my husband and I were under the impression that she had a team that she worked with to setup the Reception to our vision. Not the case. She works alone. Once we found out that she was not willing to setup items at the reception (after she had already agreed to) I became very stressed and brought to tears because it was now 1 week before the wedding. I wanted to fire her but my husband convinced me that it was too late to find a replacement person. We ended up having to pay for people to come help set-up the ATR. ) 7. We protect your investment. You have dreamed of this day since you were a child. You want it to be perfect. Think of us as your wedding insurance that virtually guarantees everything will run smoothly on your big day! (My Response: If we did not explicitly tell her to do something then it wasn't getting done. Nor did she provide any advice on how to deal with crisis situations. For example, we needed to find a wedding cake because our original person "fleur de treats" cancelled. All we got was her sympathy but no plan of action. We planned every detail of our wedding from California which was very time consuming and stressful. This required us to take several trips to New Orleans to deal with Vendors because at that point we were just not satisfied with her competency.) 9. We provide peace of mind. We handle all issues that arise during the wedding planning process so that you can rest assured that you will have a flawless wedding day. (My Response: Here is an example of quite the opposite. She informs us that the Gift Box that we had delivered to her home had not arrived. Because we were an out-of-town couple we requested that our guests only provide gift cards and monetary gifts to avoid a huge shipping cost. During the wedding, guests were constantly walking up to my husband and me asking where to put their gifts because they weren't comfortable just leaving money in a card on a table. This could have been easily remedied if our wedding planner would have thought to just purchase a large gift bag from Walgreens, or a colored vase from Wal-Mart or even a large decorative container from the 99 cent store would have solved this issue. Who knows how many gifts we didn't receive because of this failure to provide a reasonable and simple solution to a problem. If it weren't for my husband, sister and close family and friends that helped us through this whole planning, it is our final observation that investing our time, energy, money and reliance on Nikki Barrow from the Uncommon Event was a complete waste.)

As President of the Professional Photographers of Louisiana I chose Neil Ponthier with Music and…read moreLights LA to work our most important event of the year. His expertise, professionalism, and workability was exceptional! He provided music, DJ services lighting and special effects. He is a master of his craft. I highly recommend Music and Lights LA! Terri Eddington M.PHOTOG.CPP

Melanie did a great job with the photos for my wedding! She walked us through the whole process,…read moregiving us ideas of what we could do while also encouraging us to look for our own inspiration. She was also the only affordable option that I could find for the time that I needed. I would highly recommend her for getting any photographs done for your occasion.

Here for Match Day 2024…read more What is National Match Day? Match Day is when the fourth year medical students learn where that have matched for residency including those who matched via the SOAP (Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program). It occurs on a Friday at the end of Match Week. At 11 AM CT/Noon ET, all students nationally receive an envelope and a text/email that lets them know what residency they have been offered and where. Is it dermatology? Orthopedics? Pediatrics? Psychiatry? Family med? Lots of tears of joy for the student that we went to support who matched at a top tier program after a lot of hard work. Congratulations!!! As far as the venue, we walked here from our hotel on Canal. The space was very organized with plenty of tables, cold drinks and trays filled with appetizers and desserts. Convenient bathrooms. Loved the celebratory Second Line which are a fixture at Tulane milestone events. Oh and the name? Club XLIV pays tribute to when the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV. Who dat? Who dat?

It was so nice!! The air conditioning on the concert was amazing! Relief from the heat! A good bar…read moreand lots of comfy places to sit. Also the decorations were very nice. I'm glad there were security and workers everywhere to keep us safe. I'm glad we got to go and it was just nice to be in it! :3