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Your DJ and the Big Picture  
Imagine for a moment the curtain opening on the Lion King before the lights dim and the music swells. A brilliant spectacle becomes mundane. Good DJs understand the power of music, lighting and timing to heighten the moment and enhance the mood. The DJ is more than just a disc jockey and his advice, with regard to the procedure, is indispensible. The team work between the DJ, MC and the venue is critical.
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The First Dance  
The first dance is a memorable part of your wedding filled with romance and flair. Unless well planned your vision is unlikely to happen and your wonderful moment could fall flat. This means that all aspects of the first dance need to be planned and practiced in order to make it, for all the right reasons, a memorable experience.
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Showbiz  
The perfect wedding must have all the aspects of theatre and the bridal couple must hold centre stage. This is not as easy as it seems as a wedding is actually a complex order of events with many priorities which do not always work together. Not only must the wedding be choreographed, but one also has to manage the guests, the photographic session, the meal, and also some less than exciting formalities.
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Music for the Moment  
Planning is done at a pre-function meeting with the DJ, but brides tend to battle with their song choices and thus lean on the DJ’s music knowledge and expertise in helping them with choices for ceremonial music.
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So You've Booked your DJ - Now What?  
After selecting the company that you wish to use, the next step is the pre-function meeting with your DJ, where you will finalise all aspects of your music. I have found that this meeting is best held with the bride and groom only, as it is their wedding and other parties simply cause doubt as to the music that the couple like.
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Live or Disco  
Planning a wedding can be quite overwhelming considering the time and effort, not to mention the cost involved. You want to be quite sure that the people offering you a service are professionals who will do everything possible to make your day unique and special.
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The DJ and Your Function - Who Drives your Wedding?  
The setting, the décor and the flowers will determine the atmosphere of your function. None of this can come to life without people. Your guests will want to celebrate your wedding and much of this will depend on the music at your function.
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The Magic of the String Ensemble  
The string trio of two violins and a cello owes its origins to the fiddle, which in its day must have been the “disco” of its time as one thinks of gypsies of Western and Eastern Europe, dancing the night away.
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The DJ and Your Function  
DJ’ing started out as a weekend job providing a little extra income and a whole lot of enjoyment for Barry de Vaal, owner of Soundworx Entertainment. That was ten years ago, but the love of music and entertaining soon became a career. Today, Soundworx is a full time business whose goals are to provide excellence and perfection.
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The Elegant Touch - String Ensembles  
During the last three decades, string ensembles have become very popular in providing music for wedding ceremonies. The most useful combination of string ensembles are a string trio of two violins and a cello or a string quartet of two violins, a viola and a cello. In these two combinations, a flute can replace one violin and a trumpet can be added to these sets for professional music.
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Movers and Shakers - selecting a Disco  
At the tender age of 14, Mick and Karen Landi, the owners of Shattered Glass, began with Mick’s passion for music and Karen’s passion for everything else. By 2001, this dynamic husband and wife team was joined by Sean Bakos. With clients such as 5FM, Coca-Cola, Dimension Data, Vodacom, M-Net and Pop Idols, the company has never looked back.
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Let's Move this Groove and get this Party Started  
Winston Hulley has been a DJ since his early teens, but was cautioned against trying to make a career out of music and advised to pursue a ‘proper’ career path instead. After years of study and subsequently qualifying as a horticulturist, he tried to pursue a ‘mature’ profession, but the siren song of the music industry refused to fade.
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