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After four consultations with DJs throughout RI, we finally found THE ONE! I was so excited because by the time we went on our drive to the fourth consultation, I was starting to think we would never find the perfect DJ, but we did.

We met with Larry from Engagements D.J. Entertainment, out of East Greenwich, RI. He was absolutely perfect for us. We were looking for someone who is low key, has experience, will work with us on the playlist, has a great personality and who has decent prices. He has the whole package. He will even play the Cha Cha Slide, which I never thought would be an issue, until a consultation with another DJ.

We had met with four DJs total—the most vendors we had met with for anything. I know four isn’t too many (I think 3-4 is a good number), but we originally thought we would need to find more people to look at before making a decision, since the first 3 consultations didn’t work out so well.

DJ # 1 had a lot of pros. I thought he had a nice style, experience, personal touches, but he was a little pricey. He never responded to a follow up email I sent to thank him for meeting with us. I was a little turned off by that. I don’t know why; I know he isn’t required to respond, but I like working with vendors who really like us and want to work with us too, and I felt like the lack of response made it seem like he didn’t feel the same way, although the meeting went great.

DJ # 2 unfortunately there wasn’t anything we liked about him. The meeting was a nightmare and total waste of both of our time. I felt bad for the guy, he didn’t have a chance with us, and I should have known how to communicate this with him earlier in our meeting.

DJ # 3 had a lot of pros, I REALLY liked him. He had everything going for him, buttttttt he would not play the Cha Cha Slide, and I couldn’t get past that.

DJ # 4 was THE ONE. We went in with doubts, as he was recommended by the same person who recommended DJ # 2. I actually almost canceled the appointment! We decided to give him a shot, after not being fully on board with the others. I am so glad we did! He is someone we just felt a connection with and after an hour meeting, I really feel like we can trust him to do an excellent job of keeping our guests entertained and making the reception run smoothly. He has a lot of experience with our venue, and had wonderful things to say about working with our coordinator in the past. He also has worked with our other vendors on numerous occasions, so I feel like they all have relationships and will work really well together.

I am so relieved that we found him.

Did you have trouble finding a specific vendor? Did you have to meet with a lot of vendors before finding THE ONE? How many?