Alberta Wedding Bridal Show Week

Well, it's that time of year again. Edmonton and Calgary wedding professionals from all over Alberta will be coming out to see a ton of brides-to-be at a number of Alberta wedding shows.

Equinox Sound and Entertainment will be a part of four shows in a thirty day period which means a lot of inquiries and new clients!! We love trade show season.

That said, trade shows do not come without some stress. Couples asking for discounts, comparing apples to oranges in many cases and trying to decipher the good DJ, photography and video services from the not so good ones. So how do we separate ourselves?

Equinox Sound offers:

* High quality equipment
* Professionally trained staff in DJ, photography and video
* Full time staff to help with your planning and customization
* Backup options on all events
* Licensing and Insurance for all of our staff

We hope you come visit us at any of the following shows:

* Bridal Fantasy - Edmonton Expo Centre - January 22, 2012
* Enchanted Bridal Show - Camrose Regional Exhibition - January 29, 2012
* Enchanted Bridal Show - Royal Executive Inn Leduc - Feb 5, 2012

Congratulations Carrie and Philip

Congrats to the happy couple. It was our pleasure to work with you and here are just a few highlights of what we were able to do for you!

Come Sing a Tune or Two!!

We're in the singing mood... are you?

Starting just a week ago, Equinox Sound and Entertainment has added O2's Taphouse and Grill to our weekly karaoke rotation. Both the northside 135 ave and 127st and southside 10390 151 ave will be be holding karaoke from 10pm-2am and they want you to come down!

Over 10,000 songs to choose from, great for parties and bookings and a whole lot of fun.

Call O2's lounge for details or Equinox Sound and Entertainment if you want to reserve a table.

Two New Wedding Video Samples You Have To See!!

It was our pleasure to work with some great new video clients this summer and we're starting to see the end result of the footage we shot with some very happy couples getting to relive their big day! These highlight reels are so emotional and beautiful it's no wonder our video services are growing more and more popular.

Thanks to all of our Edmonton video clients. We truly loved working with you!

Darren and Pamela | October 1, 2011 from James Cadden on Vimeo.

Shawn and Catherine | September 10, 2011 from James Cadden on Vimeo.

Another Happy Couple Edmonton Video Services

Daniel and Ashley | July 30, 2011 from James Cadden on Vimeo.

Bridal Conference Weekend!!

Well it will be a busy weekend for us here at Equinox Sound and Entertainment. Outside of the fact that we have a full load of wedding events to service as DJ's, photographers and videographers, we'll be working with the special guest of honor at this years Bridal Conference.

Jane Dayus-Hinch will be this years guest and as a wedding planner for over 25 years, she has plenty of knowledge to pass along. We'll be at the Enjoy Centre in St. Albert with Jane on Saturday and then following that up with two booths at the show on Sunday.

We encourage all couples to do a few things before the show...

1) Come and visit us at our office prior to Sunday if you're looking at our services. Waiting until the show comes and goes really means you run the risk of us not being available

2) Come see our booth at the show. We'll have our DJ, photography and video services on display and we'd love to tell you more about us!

3) Watch for a new company and product we're launching at the show. It's going to change the face of how we plan weddings in the future. This is something you don't want to miss out on if you're planning a wedding -- it's completely free!

July 23, 2011 Andrew and Cindy Video Highlights

Andrew and Cindy | July 23, 2011 from James Cadden on Vimeo.

Thanks to Andrew and Cindy. Great people to work with! Equinox Sound and Entertainment was pleased to shoot your big day!

How to Understand The Crowd You've Invited to Your Own Wedding

It's not all the time that in assisting with the planning stages of a clients wedding, that we are supplied with more than just a few simple requests of what to play and not to play based on the tastes of the wedding couple. That's pretty standard stuff.

Every once and a while, we send out our two page reception itinerary form and when it's turned back in by a couple, two pages became four or five pages rather quickly. Two pages of the information we asked for and the rest all songs that the couple would like played.

At Equinox Sound, we're all about making the reception, the dance and the entertainment about our couples. But, we urge all wedding couples -- even our own -- that going overboard with requests can have an adverse affect on your goal, which is to ensure a fun evening of dancing!

In many cases we understand that a couple is only trying to help that DJ company out. They want to make sure to share their music preferences so their DJ has a good read on what they like. That's a great gesture and DJ's do appreciate it.

Where it becomes tricky, is if it's not clearly explained to that DJ if the list should be followed to the letter or if these songs (many of which can be inappropriate for a wedding), are just suggestions ultimately left to the DJ to decide on.

Couples need to keep in mind the variations in any wedding crowd. You'll have friends your age, grandparents, sometimes kids and everything in between. Two pages of the newest Top 40 might not appease that range and if you've hired a DJ worth any of the money you've paid, they'll know this. It becomes important to give the DJ a chance to work your room with the music that will get everyone involved.

Special Thanks to Candace and Dustin

It was our pleasure to work with Candace and Dustin on their big day. Our photographers, DJs and video guys all had a blast!!

Thanks again!

Thank You to Leslie and Bill From Equinox Sound - Edmonton's Wedding DJ

Equinox Sound was happy to perform both ceremony services and rock the reception with Leslie and Bill this past Saturday. The happy couple had this to say...

"The wedding was absolutely amazing and your DJ's did a fantastic job, was so much fun and really funny too. Thank you so much for everything."

Cheers,

Leslie"

It's that kind of feedback that we strive for every event.

We also had the honour to work with Renee from Getwed who was organized, helpful and right on cue in assist Leslie and Bill with their wedding plans. We look forward to working with getwed in the future.

Congratulations to Leslie and Bill!