Thanks Vintage.
I am not an MC and I feel that could have helped by encouraging more dancing and engaging with the crowd. I made the bride + groom aware of this and they were happy to go ahead as they were keen on someone who plays an accessible mixture of soul, funk, latin, disco and chart.
Yes – weddings are a completely different ball game. The last one was a character building experience. Even though I managed to get everyone dancing at some point, I was unable to have everybody dancing all the time and everyone left by 10:30 pm. Bride and groom and few guests were chatting in the adjacent room which was the quiet area. I’ve done weddings before for people that I know, with much less prep work and musical knowledge and they were a success. So it was a disheartening experience. Like you, I always cater for the young ladies. There were only two young ones in the wedding party (both 40) . Everyone else was 50 – 70. While both of the 40 year olds were the energy magnets of the party and were dancing for most of the night, I did not achieve what I set out to do.
Will be looking to invest on this course as I need to master this area before performing at another wedding.
