Hiring A Wedding Coordinator? Ask A Bandleader
Band in a box?
Boxing your band in?
Coordinator keeps grabbing the microphone to make announcements?
DJ takes over and everyone runs out the door?
Tsk.
“We’ve worked with far too many semi-professional wedding coordinators, event designers and party planners who have no idea how to to what we do,” says Judy Chamberlain, a bandleader who is also an experienced event producer. “And anyone who pulls a band out of a bar to play music for their once-in-a-lifetime event may not get the results they’d like to have.”
“The musicians may be young and cute, but if they don’t know what a BEO or a power-drop is — or how to establish staging and floor plan details and create a timeline — you may wish you’d known better questions to ask than the ones touted by today’s flock of event website “experts,” says Chamberlain.
“A timeline is a shouldn’t ’stick out’ and be obvious — nor should it be used to replace actual communication between vendors, Chamberlain advises.
“We’ve had coordinators tell us to announce the first dance while the photographer was in the rest room!
“Always have a “point man” and when someone comes rushing up demanding to have your microphone so they can make an announcement, just say NO.”
“Spontaneity doesn’t necessarily have to mean chaos!”
Judy Chamberlain Entertainment is a unique live music boutique presenting jazz, swing and big bands led by Los Angeles jazz singer Judy Chamberlain, who knows her way around a timeline. For booking information, please call 714 319-9242.