The Happy Bride.

Keep the bride happy.

That is what its all about, after all. The right Wedding Entertainment Professional (also known as DJ) will make the day perfect and keep the bride happy. What happens when the bride doesn't want to be happy? Sometimes, to the casual observer, it can be difficult to tell if she really wants to be happy on her wedding day at all.

I once saw a bride come into the reception hall and look at the tables and absolutley freak out because the cakes that were on each table were round instead of square. It took her mother almost 20 minutes to calm her down.

DJ: "Melissa, we need to line everyone up for the grand entrance"
Bride: "NO, EVERYTHING is RUINED!"
DJ: "No its not, we haven't even started the reception yet. What's wrong?"
Bride: "You don't understand! The cakes were our gifts to the guests!"
DJ: "Soooooo, why can't they STILL be gifts?"
Bride: "Because GIFTS come in SQUARE BOXES!"
DJ: "Melissa, this is your wedding day! We can do one of two things. We can sit here and cry and let this ruin everything, or we can go in there, smile, laugh, and dance the night away. Your husband is a lucky man, and he loves you, and he wants nothing more than to walk into that hall with his wife and show everyone the beautiful woman he is married to."

10 minutes later we introduced the bridal party into the room. We smiled, laughed, and danced the night away.

Brides spend weeks, months, even years planning the perfect wedding. Every detail is planned out, and when a vendor messes up those plans, it can be devestating.

Mellissa's grandmother had told her stories of her wedding day 48 years earlier, and of the square cakes Melissa's great-grandmother had made for that wedding, and how those square cakes were gifts. Her fondest memory is the square cake story from her mammaw. Melissa wanted to pay homage to her grandmother for putting the idea of an ideal wedding day into 8 year old Melissa's head.

The lesson learned? Well, for vendors, we need to pay attention to the details. What might seem inconsequential to us could very well be a lifetime wish for a bride.

For brides, its difficult to understand that once things are out of their control, and in the hands of the vendors, the best bet for a great dayis to just go with whatever comes. Deal with the issues after the honeymoon, cause you only get this day once.