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Why Booking a DJ First Is Crucial in Your Wedding Planning Process
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Why Booking a DJ First Is Crucial in Your Wedding Planning Process

Planning a wedding is like orchestrating a symphony of emotions, details, and logistics. From choosing the perfect venue to deciding on the color scheme, every decision plays a vital role in creating the magical atmosphere you dream of. Amidst this whirlwind of choices, one decision often overlooked is booking a DJ. However, we argue that booking a DJ should be one of the first steps in your wedding planning process. Let's explore why.

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Wedding Venues Tampa
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Wedding Venues Tampa

From historic spaces to waterside views, Tampa has a lot to offer. Here’s our short list of wedding venues that you should contact for a site visit!

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Wedding Venues New Orleans
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Wedding Venues New Orleans

From elegant ballrooms to riverfront views, New Orleans has a lot to offer. Here’s our short list of wedding venues that you should contact!

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Wedding Venues Nashville
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Wedding Venues Nashville

Nashville is already a destination for your bachelor and bachelorette parties, but it can also host your wedding celebration. Away from the Honky Tonks, you can find these fabulous venues to party with your besties!

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Wedding Venues Atlanta
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Wedding Venues Atlanta

Atlanta is hands-down one of the best places to host a luxury wedding. Nothing is more luxurious than a well decorated ballroom. Here’s our short list of wedding venues that will leave your guests raving!

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Wedding Venues Charlotte
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Wedding Venues Charlotte

From hotels to historic spaces to museums, Charlotte has a lot to offer. Here’s our short list of wedding venues that should top your short list!

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Wedding Venues Richmond
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Wedding Venues Richmond

There are many places in Richmond, Virginia to host a wedding reception. But here are a few fun ballrooms that you can count on to wow your guests.

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Everything Covid-19
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Everything Covid-19

If public health professionals say masks are no longer necessary, then by all means, let's dance our faces off with no masks.

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How To Pull Off an Epic Farewell Brunch
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How To Pull Off an Epic Farewell Brunch

No one ever wants the party to end, especially when you and your crew are killing it and the dance party is lit! Unfortunately, all good weddings have a last call and you’ll need to start thinking about your honeymoon to the Greek Isles. Have your party director ask your guests to head outside to bid you farewell. Here’s a unique idea, take in the day with an intimate last dance, just the two of you. Then, instead of sparklers or glow sticks, you’ll have the gorgeous glisten of sunset on the horizon as your farewell send-off.

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Prioritizing the Party
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Prioritizing the Party

The right DJ for your wedding isn’t going to just show up with a playlist. He or she is going to ask you detailed questions about specific songs for those special moments, what songs to play and not to play, and even help coordinate with your other vendors because music is always a cue for timeline events.

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Bow Tied Brews: 2020
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Bow Tied Brews: 2020

…the past month saw a little bit of new normal for us. We had a couple weddings and we stuck to our commitment to local food banks with Bow Tied Brews. There were some challenges, but we made it all happen and it worked out great.

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Level Up your Dance Party
Matthew Davey Matthew Davey

Level Up your Dance Party

Throughout the years, we have learned from each and every wedding, found ways to improve our offerings, and elevate the experience we provide our couples. The largest take-away we have come to know, is that couples really want to form a tight bond with their key wedding professionals and share in an enduring experience. With that in mind, we try to create that exact relationship from the very first Bow Tied Chat. Here are just some of the ways we do that now.

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Elevating your Experience
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Elevating your Experience

Here are some cool ideas on how you can make your wedding planning experience a little easier, and a little more fun.

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Our Evolution
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Our Evolution

It will always be important for us to be more than your Director of Music and Ceremonies. We love being your wedding experience bestie as much as possible. Without a doubt, the friendships we create with each and every couple is our favorite part about doing what we do.

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Picking Your Wedding Dream Team
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Picking Your Wedding Dream Team

By Matthew Davey with Bow Tied Weddings and Kristine DeWitt with Kristine DeWitt Photographers. The planning process for your wedding has begun and you are ready to find the perfect…

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Let's be Friends
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Let's be Friends

Hire professionals that you can be friends with, treat your vendors like guests, and hire professionals that compliment each other.

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Wedding MBA in Las Vegas
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Wedding MBA in Las Vegas

fter attending Wedding Wire World DC in Spring 2018, we came to understand our real value in the wedding marketplace. In the Spring of 2019, we attended the Wedding Pro Experience Charlotte where we learned to develop a new way of selling our brand to our couples. Our third seminar had it’s most profound impact, and that is Wedding MBA in Las Vegas.

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