Speaker 1: 0:15

What's up guys? Dj ESG on Sweating Advice, season number 12. And today I'm talking about can you DJ and officiate at the same time? And the answer is, like I've been telling you for 455 plus days yes, you can do it. You can be the DJ and the officiant at the same time. And it happened again this weekend.

Speaker 1: 0:37

At the biggest spot humanly possible to have a wedding when it comes to outside interference or people that are walking around, and that's peddler's village, there were 2 000 plus. There had to have been 2 000 people out there. I mean, from the left to behind me, to the in front of me, to the right side of me, there was just people lined up. And we're talking about a bride that does not like attention. She got married at Peddler's Village. So I'm sitting out there. They're walking down the aisle. Now, mind you, it's like 5 o'clock, so it's getting dark out. Now the lights in the village if you've ever been there before, it's gorgeous. They light it all up for Christmas. They're all up and ready to. I'm sitting there and here comes the bride and here comes the groom, or switch that around here comes the groom, the groomsmen, parents, bride. The bride comes down the aisle. I tell the bridesmaid.

Speaker 1: 1:25

I said listen, start fluffing around a little bit, the song is going to fade out. And as you fluffer, I'll walk over six steps over. And I was there, ready to go, had the whole ceremony. It was beautiful. I made sure the microphone was perfect because, as a DJ, I know where the mic needs to be. I know how the mic has to be set up. So when they did their vows and I did my stuff, there was no audio issues whatsoever. I don't do the lapel, I hate the lapel, but I sat there and I was like, listen, here's my mic, she's doing her vows, here's her mic, here's his mic. I put it up there. I had it exactly where it needed to be. I said hold went, she went, everything was great. Came back.

Speaker 1: 2:01

Ladies and gentlemen, at this time I now pronounce them husband and wife, you may kiss the bride, they're kissing. As that happened, I walked over six more steps. The whole audience is screaming. I even made a joke. I said, ladies and gentlemen, because they didn't like attention. They're peddlers, village ladies and gentlemen, uh, vendors, guests, people of the village, travelers, everybody that's watching. On the count of three, one, two, three, boom, and everybody starts yelling and screaming and applauding and they're kissing, and then I start playing the music. And the music's playing in the background and they're facing the photographer.

Speaker 1: 2:32

And, ladies and gentlemen, at this time, because I don't want to officiate in the photo anyway, neither does the photographer I now pronounce them, you know, for the first time, you know Mr and Mrs Diana, and they started walking, napped on the aisle and music's playing, everything's great. And as I'm walking back afterwards, people are telling me what a great job. You know, yada, yada, yada, because I, you know, sometimes, you know I do do funny ones, but I, you know, if you want a heartfelt wedding, I'll do it for you, just like that, and it was gorgeous. There's no need to pay. It's part of my package, it's free. I don't charge money to officiate a wedding. If I'm already there doing the ceremony, why not? I don't care. I'm not going to write the script from cover to cover. I'm going to give you six pre-produced scripts and you can pick the one you want and I'll tweak it. But it's one of those things where being the officiant, being being the officiant, being the DJ, is not hard to do these days, and if you want to have a friend do it, that's even better. Have a friend come up and do it. They'll do it for you. I'll help the friend. I'll help him sign this and everything. I have an officiant friend, love him to death. Other than him I don't really care.

Speaker 1: 3:38

But people are like I pay $500, $600, $700 for my officiant. Why? Why? Why, I mean in these days, in this day and age, why, like, what's the point? There is no point of paying that much money for somebody to marry you because you can have a friend do it. You can have me do it free. Um, you know, there's people that are out there like judges will do it for 150 bucks if you really want somebody. That's, you know, formal. But to pay 600, 700 for an officiant nowadays is ridiculous. It's crazy For somebody to write something up and say something Like no, it's dumb, I'll do it for free. And all my officiant friends who are out there. If you hate me and want to throw me out of a window right now for saying this tough shit, I don't know what to tell you. It's a dying profession and it's dead. So unless your name is Reverend Kent, I love you. He's worth every single penny. But if that's not your name, sorry, sorry, just sorry.

Speaker 1: 4:32

You can do as a DJ the ceremony and you can be the officiant at the same time. I came in the room, did the great entrances, the first dance, all the rest. Something goes with it, from soup to nuts. I was all the entertainment needed. Anytime there was dead air, it was me talking or somebody else, it was perfect. Anytime there was something else going on, there was music going. So there was never any time where there was downtime, where there wasn't something happening. I don't take breaks, like I tell you. So you know, hiring an officiant for your wedding, get a friend, get me, get somebody really cheap, because nowadays to spend four or five, six hundred dollars on somebody to come out there and read for 15 minutes ain't worth it. Telling you it's not worth it. Sorry guys, sorry ladies, it's not worth it. No-transcript.