Weddings News Flash: "Love Story" add-ons are Cheesy

No offense, but I would be likely to cancel with a vendor if they were going to solicit all that information from me, especially on a piece of paper. There are a lot of questions on there for which the answers are very private, between me and my fiancé. Do you really have a lot of couples answer all these questions and allow this information to be broadcast to a full audience? I'm sure that most of the reception attendees know at least the gist of the story. :sqerr:

I love my cheesy music but when it comes to skits and things of that nature count me out. That's my defination of cheese, along with DJ's that talk on the mic too much. There is no need to comment on songs or tell people the names of them.

DJ Ducky said:

No offense, but I would be likely to cancel with a vendor if they were going to solicit all that information from me, especially on a piece of paper. There are a lot of questions on there for which the answers are very private, between me and my fiancé. Do you really have a lot of couples answer all these questions and allow this information to be broadcast to a full audience? I'm sure that most of the reception attendees know at least the gist of the story. :sqerr:

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Well, it isn't on a piece of paper, it is a questionaire I have in DJEP.

I make the Love Story an optional part of the standard package; that is, they book me for a wedding then the Love Story questionaire is included in the planning forms. They don't have to do it if they don't want to but if the choose not to I don't lower the price.

The ones that want to do the Love Story answer the questions.

As indicated in the questionaire,

The Love Story is your opportunity to have your story told the way it should be – with romance, humor, sentiment and surprises, all set to music and delivered at your reception. It is also a way for me to get to know more about the two of you and get to know a little more about your personalities. In order to help me create your Love Story, I will need some information from you. The following is a checklist of basic information I need. I won’t use it all, but having it all will help me to find the perfect blend for your Love Story. Please feel free to add more, but make sure I have everything in this checklist before your Reception Planning Session with me, your Master of Ceremonies.

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There is a music bed behind it that changes withe subject. For example, a few years back we had a groom that had a dog walking business. He emphasized this in the questionaire. When I started talking about it the music was "Who Let The Dogs Out".

GoodKnightDJ said:

Well, it isn't on a piece of paper, it is a questionaire I have in DJEP.

I make the Love Story an optional part of the standard package; that is, they book me for a wedding then the Love Story questionaire is included in the planning forms. They don't have to do it if they don't want to but if the choose not to I don't lower the price.

The ones that want to do the Love Story answer the questions.

As indicated in the questionaire,



There is a music bed behind it that changes withe subject. For example, a few years back we had a groom that had a dog walking business. He emphasized this in the questionaire. When I started talking about it the music was "Who Let The Dogs Out".

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I find myself intrigued by all this, but it's great that you keep it optional. I think I'm just going to leave the whole love story idea to the toasts.

If I were going to do this, I would tell my client not to answer any questions they do not feel comfortable about or they feel is too personal.

DJ Ducky said:

I find myself intrigued by all this, but it's great that you keep it optional. I think I'm just going to leave the whole love story idea to the toasts.

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Actually, it can be quite fun and humorous if presented properly. I've actually had parts where the bride, groom, and other members of their family had a part in it.

It goes over even better if you put it on an iPod, hook that to a separate speaker, and loop it. (j/k)

djsarge said:

If I were going to do this, I would tell my client not to answer any questions they do not feel comfortable about or they feel is too personal.

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I do. I just have not put that on the questionaire.

In all honesty, I haven't done one in about a year. But they still have the option if they want it.

Tom: Do you pre record the entire Love Story then play it back or do you do it live? Just wondering.

It sounds as though it might be a regional thing. I've never once had anyone even inquire about it.

I searched youtube and found a few Love Story clips.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
This one seemed to be mostly a video production. The DJ doing the actually Love story was just a guy reading from a script. Seemed a bit cold, cheesy, and not so personal. At about 5:30 into the clip, I think the guy crawling around on the floor between the couple and DJ really made that personal touch to the production.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
This one, well I guess you'll just have to decide for yourself. At about 1:50, I envy the guy who got up and left the table. At least the guests were having dessert serving during the dinner show. What a great way of keeping them at their tables. After watching almost 10:00 min. of that all I can say is no thanks. I'm sure that others could have presented that in a much more entertaining way but if this is a graduate of the Marbecca Method I think he's owed a refund.


YouTube - Wedding Love Story Introduction
This last one is a better example of a love story introduction. It's much more entertaining and performed in the right place of the reception. I would say this is more of an extended introduction but I like this one ten times better than the other. This method is something that doesn't take hundreds of dollar wasted on a workshop to learn but if one's never performed it before I suppose you've got to learn somewhere.


Again boys and girls these are only my opinions. Your's may differ a bit but not everyones perfect. Thanks for watching and goodnight.

Ron Auger said:

Tom: Do you pre record the entire Love Story then play it back or do you do it live? Just wondering.

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Always pre-recorded; minimizes mistakes.

Well, at least a lot of the guys here can appreciate the BOOBage in video#2.

Seriously though, I couldn't pull this off. It might be this DJ but it seems like it's too impersonal - no connection between the DJ and the couple, IMHO. And it might bore most of the guests. Again, just my opinion. Other DJs like Goodnight probably make this look better. And Ron, I agree, that guy is owed his money back - no confidence on the mic and you can tell he's reading from a script.

Okay, so I watched as much as I could tolerate of the videos. I am dumbfounded as to why anyone would put their guests through all of that. I'm also pretty certain that if someone where to do these kind of things at weddings in my area, they wouldn't be getting many referals at all.

In my humble opinion, if these are the kinds of techniques that are being added and pushed by the likes of Mark Ferrell and his cronies, that explains oh so much about the perceptions of DJs.

I say......It's not cheesy until "Allie" says it's cheesy.