Ameritune is the DJ of choice for Willowbrook Ballroom Weddings. On September 5th, 2010 Ameritune’s Al Mitchell played for the wedding reception of Cassie and Rich Facko. I was booked from 6 pm to 11:30 pm, but unfortunately, they only had the hall until 11pm. That was a little uncomfortable, because I was booked to play till 11:30. I’ve never seen a banquet package that was only 5 hours long, but every hall is different. Something to keep in mind for those of you who are planning a wedding- make sure everyone is on the same page as far as start and end time goes. I’m not sure why the hall wouldn’t let me play that last 1/2 hour anyway, but they were pretty firm to say the least…. BTW- The food at Willowbrook Ballroom was really good! They had family style and everything was top notch! Atmosphere was cool too. A little dark, but they had lots of stage lights that could be turned on to brighten things up. After the exciting entrance of the bride and groom, (on a tandem bicycle mind you) they immediately had their First Dance which was Long as I live by John Michael Montgomery.
Dr. and Mrs. Rich Facko
The cake cutting was immediately after the first dance and got a little messy
Getting a little messy
…then on to dinner with 3 beautiful toasts by the Mother of the Bride, Best Man, and Man of Honor. Dan, the Man of Honor was feeling a little tipsy so he delivered his toast while seated at the head table, he had everyone laughing and set the mood for some wacky animal sounds. If you wanted Cassie and Rich to kiss, you had to make an animal sound in my mic! One little snafu during dinner was the video presentation. They made it themselves and were going to use the house video system at the ballroom to show it. I’m not sure what the problem was, but they could never get it to work. BTW, did I mention that Ameritune offers a video montage service? Yes we do. ’nuff said…..
Anyway this was an A+ group, they danced like crazy, I played tons of requests and 11:00 came way too soon. They would have gone till 1 or 2 am if we had more time. The last song was Holidae Inn by Chingy, cause that’s where everyone was going. I thank Cassie and Rich and their parents for having me and for their more than generous tip at the end of the night . My camera ran out of batteries, so I couldn’t take many pics but there are more pics on our facebook page. Just do a search for Ameritune. If you’d like to read more DJ Tips click here. Call (630) 372-TUNE (8863) for booking and availability.