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Sparkler Send-Off Secrets: DJ ESG's Guide to Keeping Your Wedding Dance Floor Alive

DJ ESG Season 10 Episode 11

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Ever wondered why your epic wedding party suddenly fizzles out? Picture this: your dance floor is packed, the vibe is electric, and then—bam!—a sparkler send-off leaves you with more empty space than a Monday morning subway car. Join me, DJ ESG, as I share an unforgettable tale from a recent wedding where the bride and groom's quest for the perfect photo op led to a dance floor exodus. This episode is a must-listen if you're planning a wedding and want to keep the party pumping all night long. 

Discover the ins and outs of orchestrating mock endings like sparkler send-offs without sacrificing the party's energy. I'll share experiences from the dance floor trenches, lessons learned, and strategies to navigate these wedding party dynamics with finesse. From keeping the cameras rolling until the last guest leaves, to understanding the timing of these iconic shots, I’ve got the secret sauce to keep your celebration lively and the dance floor packed until the final note. Whether you're a bride, groom, or planner, don't miss out on these candid, humorous insights to ensure your party is unforgettable.

Peace, Love & God Above! :-)

Speaker 1:

What's up guys? Dj ESG, season 10. And today I'm talking about what do you do when you have a mock ending and you have to bring it back from the depths of despair? So this past weekend I had a bride and groom that wanted to go outside and do like you know, like a mock ending, like they wanted to have a sparkler send off and they wanted to have pictures and everything. But they wanted to do it before the photographer, videographer left, which was an hour before the party ended. Happy for the party ended.

Speaker 1:

So I take everybody. I'm like, listen, we're all going to go outside, we're all going to stand in there for the line for the pictures, we're going to get the sparklers. And I said you're going to get bombarded with people that are going to want you're giving people an out Like this is the out to go home. So now you're saying, okay, we're all like you're gonna get bombarded because they're not gonna come back. You know your friends will come back, the drunk young ones, but the older ones are gonna go home because they're waiting for an excuse. Dessert's over. And now they want to go outside because you guys want them to hold sparklers. So what happens? Riding groom, hang out in the room we do like a mock last dance so they can have that last dance, that Jersey thing that was on TikTok. That won't stop. It's just driving me up a wall still years later. And now I put everybody outside the venue puts everybody outside, they close these big barn doors and bride and grooms in the room by themselves. Nobody else Send them outside for the sparkler shot. 15 minutes later they finally start coming back in the room.

Speaker 1:

I lost 75% of my party because what happened outside? All the people that were leaving were like, oh, it was a great party all this and that Bombarded the bride and groom and I lost 75% of my party. Now, was I able to play all the grunchy shit like Pop Lock and Drop it and my Neck, my Back and all those hardcore rap songs that no grandparent in their mind should listen to? For the younger crowd of 20 that stayed, yeah, was it a twerk fest? Yeah, did it get really grunchy for the last hour? Absolutely. But the point of the matter is I had a great party of like 150, 175 people up until that point where we went outside and did that Listen.

Speaker 1:

I understand it's cool for pictures and everything and I understand some people want to get that shot. But if you want to do that, keep your photographer and videographer till the very end of the party. You know, don't stop the presses to go outside and then to do something that you know is going to lose part of your party or 75% of your party. It's terrible, it was, you know. Listen, I love the bride and groom for this event. I fucking love them. They're fucking amazing people and I've done like 12 weddings for this group, but that one particular instance she could have had a fucking banger up until the end of that party and they had the picture.

Speaker 1:

I mean, it's going to be a good picture, good video. I saw the videographer's work. It was cool. But, you know, could have had that fucking big ass dance floor until the end and it took about 20 or 30 minutes to bring it back. So you know you trade one off for the other. But that's my point. My point is, if you're going to do something like that, understand that that could happen, and it probably will, and I knew it was going to. So, hey, it's great advice Take it or leave it. I'm DJ ESG.