Pre Wedding Activities

Planning pre-wedding activities is a little something extra that's not required, but certainly fun and entertaining for the guests. If the bride and groom keep in mind the distance some guests have traveled and keep activities relevant to that level of fatigue, they're sure to hit on some winning activities.

As you go about planning activities for the wedding, keep in mind other factors as well. Do many people have children with them? Will you provide childcare or will the children be participants in the activities? If you have several guests who are older, perhaps activities can be tailored in a way they can participate as well.

Some of the more popular pre-wedding activities include things like a group manicure. All the women in the wedding party or those that are close to the bride (and certainly this could include men if they like manicures and want to hang out with the ladies) head to a nail salon and get their nails done. This can be relaxing for many women and provide a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the wedding weekend. The men might choose to golf or play a game of tennis or cards while this is going on.

Many brides and grooms choose to provide structured activities for their guests prior to the wedding. If the wedding is on a Saturday night, for example, they might choose to provide a Friday activity, especially if most guests are local to the wedding. You might have a wedding luau. Many times pre-wedding activities center around bachelor and bachelorette parties, but what about a stag party that includes all the members of the brides and grooms families? You could plan some fun (and appropriate) games and head out to a restaurant for a night of fun and games. Be sure to limit the drinking and carousing as this might not sit well with some family members.

Here is a fun activity that can be done right before the wedding. Have someone begin a gift basket. The theme of the basket is "advice for the couple" and could be started by the best man or maid of honor. They take the basket to someone else's house, perhaps an aunt or cousin and leave it on the doorstep. That person adds an item (a book on how to end spousal arguments? Or a CD of romantic music?) and brings the basket to someone else's house. This activity can begin a week or two before the wedding and everyone should know it is coming around.

The basket can also be circulated the weekend of the wedding, but this will only work if everyone is local and if they know the basket is coming. In this case, it also might be helpful to have someone bring the basket to a house, collect the item and the take the basket to the next location, reducing the need to have each person take the basket to its next location. Once it's full, someone can be in charge of putting the basket items together, wrapping it all up to make it look nice and bringing it to the bride and groom. It can be delivered right to the wedding as a gift in and of itself.

Whatever activities you choose, be sure to keep in mind the needs of your guests and the limitations of those guests. If you want to plan an activity that includes everyone, and you choose golf, but grandpa is in a wheelchair or uses a walker, that might not be the best activity to plan.

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How To Protect Your Wedding

We have all heard the endless horror stories about mobile events , weddings and many Toronto wedding djs . Here are a few ways to make sure to protect your once in a lifetime event . 

Meet your DJ
-you will know if they are the one for you

Hire a Professional DJ
-a hobby dj is not what you want to trust for this occasion  

Have a binding contract.

-all parties know what is expected

Have professional equipment as well and staffing for your function.
-quality equipment mean no surprises

Have an insured entertainer
-To protect you and all your guest if the need arises . Why leave things to chance ?


DJ XTC Entertainment Services gives you all of this plus more . Guaranteed to bring you an event that you and all your guest will be raving about for years


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Canadian DJ Show 2012

 In this age of technology there are so many ways to expand what you know. I have been a dj for the better part of thirty years and I still try to learn all I can. I am not a fan of reading but I do my best to grab pertinent books. I watch youtube.com endlessly for pointers and tips for specific topics. This past weekend I thought I would try something different and go to The Canadian DJ Show here in Toronto.

It was by far the best thing that I could have ever done as a Mobile Wedding Entertainer in GTA. To say that I learned "some" things would be a gross understatement. Being a mature statesman I in no way would want to ever go back to sitting in a class room and listen to endless lectures by professors. The Canadian DJ Show gave me none of that . Instead there were several informative seminars by some of the industries top professionals.

Industry Insurance, DJ Marketing , Website critiques , Expanding your markets, Interactive On a Mission  and Stepping Up Your Game were just a few seminars that I had the pleasure of attending. There were other as insightful topics being discussed. I wished I could have been able to attend them all. Integrating all that I have learned into my new Wedding DJ business will take a bit of time but in the end it can only help to improve what I do.

If there was one thing that I took away from the whole weekend it would be that the GTA Mobile DJ and Wedding DJ industry just raised the bar . With the amount of quality djs that have been developed it can only serve to increase the standard of events moving forward .

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The Art Of Story Telling- A Musical Journey Of The 80s-90s

Kamakacci Juice™ Presents...

"The Art Of Story Telling" Volume 1

... (A Musical Journey From The Mid 80's To The Early 90's)

For those people who know me personally or don't know me at all, just know that i am a fan of real music, and by real music i am referring to the music that we fell in love with from the 80s-90s all the soulful classic hits that many artists today have sampled to make there hits! Let me give you an example of what to expect at this party, musical hits from such groups as... Rick James, The Mary Jane Girls, Cameo, New Edition, Kool & The Gang right into the classic 80s hip hop songs from artists like Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, LL Cool j & Many More !

Saturday Dec 10th 2011

Inside The Intimate 2 Floor Grotto Lounge (647 College St West, Downtown Toronto)

The Official Birthday Celebration Of DJ XTC & All Sagittarius

23+ Event With ID

Musical Journey By;

-DJ XTC (The Old Skool Guru) http://www.djxtc.net/

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Malachi Streets

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Music;

-New Jack Swing

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Club 404 Ol Skool Reunion 2 year Anniversary

Club 404

not your average Ol Skool Party!

This 404 will be a tribute to the fallen soldiers (our personal friends) of Brampton. Please call us for details if you are the family member or members who has lost a Brampton soldier.It's a place where friends from over 20 years come together once every 3months to re-live our childhood from 20 years inside the ever so famous

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Was an all ages non-alcohol club for teenagersWith Music by the Guru himself 

DJ XTC

Club 404 Ol Skool Reunion was brought to life by DJ XTC, Fidel a.k.a Malachi Streets and Patricia Mae.2 YEARS LATER & CLUB 404 IS STILL THE BIGGEST WEST END OL SKOOL PARTY EVER. WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 8TH PARTY!THIS IS OUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SO WE DECIDED TO GO ALL OUT!CLUB 404 OL SCHOOL REUNION - 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARYTHE VUE - 195 GALAXY BLVD (NEAR THE AIRPORT)MUSIC BY: DJ STARTING FROM SCRATCHDJ MALACHI STREETSDJ XTCDJ P-PLUSHOSTED BY: GQ DA MC & TAJ THE BLACKLION$10 ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE RIGHT NOW!(FIRST COME FIRST SERVE) 

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