Emcee Services | Tips in Hiring an Emcee for Your Event

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Tips in Hiring an Emcee for Your Event
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• A lot of wedding couples choose a friend or
  family member to be the EMCEE at their wedding.
• While this can be a good option in some cases, it
  can also be a not so great decision in other
  cases.
• It's important to carefully select who will be
  the EMCEE for your wedding as they will be in
  control of the flow, making sure that the
  reception stays on time, set the tone for the
  evening and run all the introductions, speeches
  and any other activities that will be happening
  throughout the reception.

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• Here are a few things to consider before asking
  someone to be the EMCEE at your wedding
• Do you want to give them the responsibility of
  being EMCEE which may take away from them
  enjoying themselves at the wedding reception?
• Are they going to be in the bridal party? If so
  this could interfere with the Grand Entrance and
  possibly other reception activities.
• Do they have experience as a professional emcee,
  using a microphone and speaking in front of large
  groups of people?
• Are they familiar with coordinating details
  between the vendors, venue and guests to insure
  timing of all activities and events that should
  happen during your reception?

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• Hiring a professional emcee will take this burden
  away from one of your wedding guests and relieve
  stress on you that everything will be taken care
  of.
• Depending on the involvement and duties of the
  EMCEE, most DJ companies can offer this service
  and most will charge additional fees for this
  service. In order for an EMCEE to properly do
  their job it is difficult for them to also be the
  DJ so they will need either an assistant or a DJ
  alongside to help them with the audio, music
  cues, volume levels, etc.
• If you are not having a grand entrance, limited
  speeches, no kissing games, centerpiece game and
  just having basic announcements or introductions,
  then most likely your DJ should be able to look
  after this themselves with no additional fees.

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• Having a fun, upbeat grand entrance with a
  professional DJ EMCEE will really help set the
  mood and atmosphere of the reception.
• Ability to politely get people's attention over
  the microphone
• Knowledge of checking to make sure the bridal
  party, parents and other important guests are in
  the room and ready for the speeches before
  introducing them (you would be surprised how
  often we see this happen when the EMCEE
  introduces the parents of the bride and both the
  parents and the bride are not in the room!)
• Experience with public speaking and using a
  microphone

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• Coordinate details of everything that is
  happening during the reception with the DJ,
  Venue, Caterer, Photographer, Videographer,
  Performers and anyone else that is speaking or
  taking part in the events that are happening.
• Experience and knowledge of the best timing of
  when to fit announcements and activities into the
  reception schedule.

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