How Do You Keep a Wedding Dance Floor Full All Night? | WDP Ep 79

🎧 Listen to learn:

• How emceeing impacts the flow of a wedding reception
• Tips for keeping guests engaged throughout the night
• The secrets behind a packed dance floor
• Creative ways to approach your first dance
• What couples should look for when hiring a wedding DJ

What keeps a wedding dance floor packed until the last song? According to Jay Brian Kochendorfer, owner of Minnesota-based Adagio DJay Entertainment, the answer goes far beyond the playlist.

In this episode of the Wedding Day Podcast, Iron Diamond Media CEO Sonja Babich and Minnesota Bride Publisher Brooke Beise sit down with Jay to discuss nearly four decades in the wedding industry and the lessons he's learned from creating unforgettable celebrations. From reading the room and managing reception timelines to serving as an emcee and collaborating with fellow vendors, Jay shares why today's wedding DJs play a critical role in shaping the overall guest experience.

The conversation explores how personalized planning, crowd engagement and thoughtful event flow can help couples create memorable receptions that feel authentic to them. Jay also offers advice on keeping guests engaged throughout the evening, making first dances more impactful and creating an atmosphere where everyone feels welcome on the dance floor.

Whether you're planning your wedding, searching for the right entertainment partner or simply curious about what happens behind the scenes at a successful reception, this episode is packed with practical insights from one of Minnesota's most respected wedding professionals.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Welcome to Wedding Day Podcast with your host, Sonia Babbitt, CEO of Iron Diamond Media, a leading wedding resource featuring seven localized wedding brands across the country. Hi everybody, Sony here with Wedding Day Podcast. We are here in Minnesota at Summon Hill Studios in Stillwater. My co-host today is Brooke Vice. She is the publisher of Minnesota Bride. And we are so excited to have you meet Jay, owner of a Daggio DJ. He's been doing this for 40 years, everybody. Like he is, he's just the best human. His hugs are the best, they're big bear hugs. And every time I'm with him, I'm always just jazzing energized. And he's but he's just really good for the Minnesota wedding community, too. But yeah, here's Jay. Hi Jay.

SPEAKER_00 0:48

Hello.

SPEAKER_01 0:48

Hi.

SPEAKER_00 0:50

What a nice introduction.

SPEAKER_01 0:51

I really try, but 40 years.

SPEAKER_00 0:54

40 years.

SPEAKER_01 0:55

I don't know if there's anybody that's been in the Minnesota wedding industry that long. I'm not trying to age you, but I'm like, 40 years is a long time.

SPEAKER_00 1:01

Well, 38 to be exact. So we're close to 40. So near 40 years. But yeah. It goes quick.

SPEAKER_01 1:08

Well, actually, I I don't even know how you started.

SPEAKER_00 1:11

So I started back in 1989. Doing my first event was my um aunt's birthday party. She was turning 40. Or godmother, her birthday party. And then I did my mom's 40th birthday party. And then I started doing the middle school dances in my hometown of Hastings, right? It was a big deal.

SPEAKER_02 1:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:33

Um, those two-hour dances, and then had all my friends and backup dancers. We did a whole production. Fog and lasers. It was fun. That's how the career kind of kicked off and started was in the um school circuit and doing weddings. And 50th, my I did a 50th anniversary party. My grandma, I didn't even have my license. My grandma drove me to the event. Um went shopping at the shopping mall. And it was over in Sunray Mall. Used to be an old Ramada hotel, which is now a senior living facility. But um memories, you know, when you pass by those places, you're like, oh gosh, I was there when I was 15 years old. Grandma dropped me off and went shopping.

SPEAKER_03 2:14

Cute.

SPEAKER_00 2:14

So that was cute. And that was a 50th anniversary party. So when I'm 15 years old and it's a 50th anniversary, we're talking some old codgers in the building, right? Like you need to hit on those old hits that were big hits and um really brought people together on the dance for, which is what it's it's all about, right? Is to see people move their feet, have fun, and leave and say, gosh, that was the best party ever.

SPEAKER_01 2:37

Yeah. So and it's still that way. Well, um, how you were member of the year last year, actually, too, for Minnesota Bride.

SPEAKER_00 2:44

What's that?

SPEAKER_01 2:45

You're a member of the year last year.

SPEAKER_00 2:47

Yes. No big deal. I was a big huge deal. Oh my gosh, it was such a big deal. I cried.

SPEAKER_03 2:53

I know.

SPEAKER_00 2:53

I was so honored. I and it was so unexpected, right? And I'm just always enamored by the production that everybody does in the team and bringing everything together, right? Because it takes a village to pull an event like that together, and I'm just videoing everything in pictures. And of course, I was videoing you as you were mentioning member of the year. And I'm like, oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 3:16

Is she talking about me?

SPEAKER_00 3:17

Yeah, I'm like, uh, maybe. Oh yeah, yeah. We went to launch. Yep. You know, you were hitting on all these notes. I'm like, oh my gosh. And then they started getting sweaty and hot. I'm like, okay, I need to put the video camera down and just focus. I have a feeling it's gonna be me. So that was very kind and very sweet, and just a hum. That's it's just a really humbling moment in my career for what I do and hearing all the accolades, which was very sweet and kind. Um, when you're humble, you it's hard to hear those things.

SPEAKER_03 3:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:48

Um, but definitely knowing that I've made a difference in the community, yeah. Um, and hearing people say that is just always validating. So thank you.

SPEAKER_01 3:58

Well, we're excited to have you back on stage because you're gonna be our host this year to keep it. And that's and that's really popular to have that now, right? With a wedding DJ.

SPEAKER_00 4:08

Wedding DJ for sure. Um, there's a lot of editorial right now. Um, with with you know, it the common asked question is, will you MC my event? And I pause for a second and I think, what makes people believe that a DJ wouldn't MC? It's almost disturbing to me, right? Because my role as a DJ has always been the role of an MC to coordinate and handle an event. But a lot of times people think, well, I already have a day of coordinator. That's great. We work well with day of coordinators. However, you need an MC. You need somebody that's gonna set direction pacing and is gonna make your day of coordinator look really, really good too, right? It's a team. Yeah, so it's a team effort and collaboration to really pull the party together and to make sure your timeline is extremely efficient in running the way it needs to run.

SPEAKER_02 4:58

Interesting. Well, yeah, DJ has so much control over the flow of the event.

SPEAKER_00 5:04

They really do.

SPEAKER_02 5:05

Yeah, which is similar to MC, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:07

And not only flow of the event, I mean, if things are running behind, it's it's it's up to the MC to keep the pacing, even though it's behind that it's okay. Yep, we're good, everything's good here.

SPEAKER_03 5:20

Yep, right?

SPEAKER_00 5:21

But when you go off the microphone and you go behind the scenes, you're cracking with some whips, yeah, right?

SPEAKER_03 5:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:26

So you never want your client to see that.

SPEAKER_03 5:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:29

I always say be a duck. Be super smooth on top.

SPEAKER_02 5:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:32

And pedal.

SPEAKER_02 5:33

Ooh, that's a great amount.

SPEAKER_00 5:35

Always be a duck at events, be a duck, and just everything's smooth. Everything's great here.

SPEAKER_01 5:40

I was a duck a lot. Um, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

The wedding cake tipped over in the back, it's all smashed, but we're good, we're cool. They would never gonna know. Um, hopefully the pictures happen before. Yeah. So I've just seen a lot of, you know.

unknown 5:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:57

I've just seen a lot of things, and then the longer you continue to do it, you just like wow, this is new. I haven't seen this. Or I haven't heard this.

SPEAKER_02 6:05

That's an interesting question. So all this experience, all these years, but like how and you're still you're just one member of the year, you're still very relevant. So, what's the secret sauce to that? Of like having all this experience, having all these years, but like also staying fresh and relevant and new. And I know you add services here and there as you've gone. So, what do you think the secret sauce is to that?

SPEAKER_00 6:25

That's a great question. I don't think there's really any secret sauce other than be yourself.

SPEAKER_03 6:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:31

Be yourself and be a cheerleader for everybody else before you. Build your team. Um I love that. People that are not struggling, but could use a little boost, be that encouragement. Yeah. Right? In a way that, hey, you know, have you ever thought of this? Can I share a perspective with you? Not you're doing this wrong, you should be doing this. More of a confidence builder. Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_01 6:58

When you're the you know, when you're an owner and leader, you have to take feedback, right? How how are you gonna get better if you don't get feedback or ideas? Yes. That's one of our rules. And um, there's no bad idea.

SPEAKER_00 7:09

No, no bad idea.

SPEAKER_01 7:10

There's no bad idea.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

And if it is a bad idea, you're gonna fall down, but guess what? I scrape my knees and I'm getting back up. We're gonna change it up.

SPEAKER_01 7:16

And sometimes the couples are bringing the ideas.

SPEAKER_00 7:19

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 7:20

You know, and that's what keeps us moving forward and keeping leading edge and keeping up is by these couples getting ideas as well. Right. Right?

SPEAKER_03 7:27

Right.

SPEAKER_01 7:28

So what are some of the like, because you like to kind of switch things up sometimes with timelines, right? Like with like when the dance happens, or do you like when it's before dinner or after dinner?

SPEAKER_00 7:38

We're talking about the first dance, right? Yeah, first dance. I like changing it up and doing something different when people aren't used to.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:44

Right? You want the wow factor.

SPEAKER_01 7:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:46

It's not just an average DJ doing average announcements, having the mocarina hokey pokey, and then, well, we're not doing any of that. Yeah. I shouldn't say we're not doing any of that stuff. We'll certainly do anything.

SPEAKER_01 7:56

I'm not gonna lie, I was just saw one of my um family friends this Saturday. I'm like, that was the first time I remember doing the chicken dance. I'm like, Oh wow! Chicken dance. I remember I was like eight years old, I'm like, what are we doing? Right?

SPEAKER_00 8:09

I will tell you, the older generation still loves it. Yeah, they do.

SPEAKER_01 8:13

It's the younger generation. But you know, but some of them love it. They do. It's one of those like happy moments that all generations can enjoy. For sure.

SPEAKER_00 8:24

Yeah. I remember a moment in my career when the Mac Arena came out. And I went to Mexico when they were playing it down in Mexico. It was like my spring break time with all my buddies in college. And I'm like, I'm bringing this song back to Minnesota and I'm gonna play it at events. These people are gonna lose their marbles, they're gonna lose their marbles. So I bring the song back, and people were calling it the macaroni. It was so like we play the macro, you gotta play the macaroni again, you gotta play the macaroni.

SPEAKER_03 8:52

I think so. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:55

And it wasn't once, it wasn't twice. It was a minimum of three times and then they had they had it like on the hour.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

And people And then it brought back the YMCA. I think Macarena helped the YMCA situation.

SPEAKER_00 9:07

Oh, for sure, for sure. But what it did is it brought people together. Everybody was smiling and having fun. The energy of the room always changed. So then we're like, okay, how can we amp this up and make it more of an experience? Okay, let's order 5,000 sombreros. And we did. Sombrero, Mexican sombreros. So we stacked them up, all the DJs took them to events.

SPEAKER_01 9:30

I love that.

SPEAKER_00 9:31

A year later, guess how many sombreros we actually had left?

SPEAKER_01 9:34

A hundred.

SPEAKER_00 9:35

Probably 150. People would never return them.

SPEAKER_01 9:37

No.

SPEAKER_00 9:37

So they wore them all night, warm like we tried, and then like we're not ordering any more sombreros. But that was a fun moment in my career, bringing that back and calling them the macarina the macaroni and having DJ companies call what's this thing I heard.

SPEAKER_01 9:52

You gotta make it fun for your DJs too. Like, you know, you do. This isn't and couples have they know like they have done this hundreds of times, and so you have to entertain your team too to have fun. Right. And not feel like it's a well-oiled machine, even though it's good to be a well-oiled machine, but you gotta have they gotta be excited to go to another wedding and be excited about it too.

SPEAKER_00 10:10

And for a DJ that does consistent events all the time, it can feel very cliche to the DJ, right? You gotta mix it up, you gotta keep it fresh. Um, but to the general public, it's like, wow, you are a rock star at your events and what you do, which is always a good feeling too, because people are happy. Yeah, but when you think, uh, the wedding was it it was okay, it could have been better. But that's again where people I believe, you know, you you're you're your biggest critic as a as a performer. And you gotta believe in yourself that you are what people think you are. Yeah, right. Because that's a disconnect, I feel like, with human beings, where um there's a lot of talk to talk, a lot of talk the talk, and less walk the walk, right? I want to do this, I want to do that. Okay, you want to do this, I heard this, so why aren't we doing it? So that would be my coaching advice, like helping others, but um, and then kind of chunk down why aren't we why aren't we walking the walk that you taught? So there there could be some past regression with like you're not good enough or a previous relationship. And I have that experience through my hypnosis, um and being um, I could have gone through a little bit of additional training to be a life coach, which I never did. Um, but I have all of those pieces and foundations in the toolbox to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_03 11:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:36

So that's been really successful um and fun, but also rewarding where I can use it in my everyday practices with life and in business and friendships and yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:47

So when you're working the room and all that stuff, like and getting vibes again, going back to talking the talking, walking the walk, reading the room. Sometimes you walk into the wedding and you're like, oh, the energy's not in like not vibing in here. How do you how do you train and execute the get the energy backed up to get people on the dance room moving their their toes?

SPEAKER_00 12:09

You just do it. You just when that when the lights, I always say when the lights turn on and it's showtime, it's showtime and you better perform. It doesn't matter what everyone is. 100%.

SPEAKER_01 12:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:22

It doesn't matter what the room's like because to the couples, the room is electric.

SPEAKER_02 12:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:29

Because that's their friends and family.

SPEAKER_02 12:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:31

My friends and family are electric. When sometimes you want to be like, you know, a little bit of a buzzkill. But you know, but you don't say that, of course. Yeah, yeah. But at the same time, you just work a little extra hard to get the oomph out of the people. And there's different ways to do that where people might think, hey, this is kind of cliche. Where back in the day, you did do the bunny hops, you did do the macarinas, you um the bunny hops, the electric slide, and the cha-cha.

SPEAKER_02 12:57

It's like my husband when he'll be playing a show, he'll be like, Oh, I need I need to turn this energy up, buttercup. I'm like, play piano man. I know you hate it, everyone's gonna lose their minds.

SPEAKER_00 13:06

And they do, they do, they do, see, and it's an experience, yeah. But for a performer, yeah, it's cliche, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:12

Right?

SPEAKER_00 13:12

It's like, oh gosh, I do this all the time.

SPEAKER_02 13:14

But they lose their minds.

SPEAKER_00 13:15

Yeah, but everybody loves their life.

SPEAKER_02 13:16

That's what you get hired for.

SPEAKER_00 13:17

Crowd pleasers. Yeah, pleasers. I call them crowd pleasers. Yeah, and I think that's really important in the success of everything that they do when you apply and when you're at events and you're live. When you're live, you're live. Anything can happen. I mean, if a mic goes out, or you know, you gotta also rebound from difficult situations too, or if a song stops back in the day when you played CDs, your CD player skipped.

SPEAKER_03 13:40

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 13:41

Or somebody pounded on the dance floor, like new generation DJs don't have to worry about that stuff anymore. You know, it's all computer-based stuff, but just crazy. That was the art of being a DJ, even cueing cassette tapes.

SPEAKER_01 13:54

Yeah. Oh my gosh, I can't imagine.

SPEAKER_00 13:56

Prior to my gigs. Yeah. I can't imagine. And then the cassette singles came out.

SPEAKER_01 14:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:01

Remember that? Yeah. And then the CD singles.

SPEAKER_01 14:03

Oh, yeah. My first CD single was um J Lo.

unknown 14:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:06

There you go. J Love Don't Cost, I think.

SPEAKER_00 14:10

And they were like expensive, they were seven bucks a single.

SPEAKER_01 14:13

They were.

SPEAKER_00 14:13

You know?

SPEAKER_02 14:14

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 14:15

So I remember as a DJ, I was so happy I got the Music Land discount of 20% off. But it was still all very expensive media back in the day because that was the only way you got it.

SPEAKER_03 14:25

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:26

And music services and you know, to stay within compliance or legality with ASCAP and BMI and um all that stuff.

SPEAKER_01 14:34

So do you um have set playlists before you walk into the a wedding day?

SPEAKER_00 14:38

Yes and no.

SPEAKER_01 14:39

I was gonna say, tell me, tell me, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:41

So the one thing about working with Adagio that we pride ourselves on so much is I always tell people an eight-year-old can sit and play music. Literally. Probably better than me, right? But if you want the art of the MC, keeping the event flowing, the art of the playlist, the BPMs to match one another in a set, you need somebody that knows what they're doing and how to work with people and audiences and crowds, right? So you have an idea, but it is not always effective, so you gotta change it up a little bit. So the nice thing in working or clients working with us is we tell the clients we're we're partnering with you to get what you want, and we're focusing everything we do on your goals and your vision. Everything you call the shots and everything from involvement, DJ selection, music selection, things. I tell clients, I say, hey, tell us all the music you love, and tell us everything you literally cannot stand.

SPEAKER_03 15:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:41

Because we don't want to play the guessing game. Yeah. We don't want to guess if you know Steve and Clara want this in a DJ or we don't want to play that game. We want to know. And if we don't know, a lot of times we'll ask them. So that's how we match our DJs with clients, is through those planning tools and all the stuff that we offer online once they book with us. So couples love it. And I really, really think that's a big differentiator um between Adagio and any other company is that extreme when I say extreme, I mean extreme personalized detailed service.

SPEAKER_02 16:15

Matchmaker.

SPEAKER_00 16:16

Um with detail.

SPEAKER_02 16:18

Yeah. Right.

SPEAKER_00 16:18

Because you you need you can you can put the music as an icing on the cake. If all the details leading up to the icing on the cake are a disaster, the music is gonna kind of be first of all, you're an hour late. You it it just it's not a good ending, right?

SPEAKER_01 16:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:35

You you wanna you want a happy ending.

SPEAKER_01 16:38

Jay, you do the white glove service with your company, right? From the first from the first meeting, you're clean, you're organized, you're nice, you know you're professional, and you're gonna have that experience leading up, and that's gonna make you feel confident on your wedding day.

SPEAKER_00 16:51

For sure. And it thank you for that's that's quite a compliment. I appreciate that. Yeah, but that's the only thing I know since I started the business. So I don't know any different.

SPEAKER_02 17:00

I have always thank you.

SPEAKER_00 17:06

Yeah, yeah, I I agree. And it's it's a little disturbing to see what there is out there in some companies and how they operate. I know when you know the potential of the company and they don't see the potential in themselves to be able to operate the way they should be.

SPEAKER_01 17:21

When we would when I ran the club and they would share who's coming, sometimes I would have to like our team's gonna work overtime tonight to keep this energy up, right?

SPEAKER_00 17:30

Yeah, and that's another thing too, is venues are really starting. I'm just gonna be frank, they're starting to learn that they're tired, they're tired of the messes they have to clean up because it doesn't make the venue look good either.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

Right. And a lot of times I think it's the venue.

SPEAKER_00 17:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:47

A lot of times.

SPEAKER_00 17:48

Well, and here's the deal when venues are realizing, and I do a lot of talking with venues too, and I think this is so critical and important, who you endorse, I don't care if it's the DJ, the florist, the photographer, or whoever, whoever you have on your referral list, you're endorsing them. And if they're super cheap, yet you love the company that's a little bit more expensive and you adore them way more than the super cheap one, you're gonna see the super cheap one all the time. Yeah, because you're endorsing them. Yep. Right? So I think venues are really getting wise to the fact that we need to re really reconsider who we're uh who we're wanting into our house, right? Yeah, um, because if they do want to see a dodge you all the time. So those those are common conversations I have often in off season on you know, just frustrations with venues.

SPEAKER_01 18:37

So all right. Well, this is one of your last questions, okay? Um, because you are also um help the couple with their first dance.

SPEAKER_00 18:45

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 18:46

I bet that has to be one of your favorite parts.

SPEAKER_00 18:48

It it really is.

SPEAKER_01 18:49

Um, how does that look like? Because it's very I feel uncommon for a DJ company to get involved with the first dance with instruction.

SPEAKER_00 18:58

Yes, right? Yes. So I always say make the first dance your spotlight dance. Yeah. Right? That's the moment people love to see. And maybe step outside the box and do it a little bit different. Maybe not do it after dinner or after dessert before the dance starts, because again, as I would say, that's kind of the cliche way to do it. Yeah, everybody does it that way. How about you do it as soon as we get into the room, the energy's high, everybody's standing, everybody's here, the grand march, right? And come into the room because you're the last to come in. Yep. The hoop, the hip-hop, hooray, everything. This the energy is really high. And do your first dance right away before dinner. Yeah, and make it cool and fun, and everybody's there focused on you.

SPEAKER_01 19:43

I love that as the couple for the song. They're all there because some people they all sometimes they dive out after the cake, right? Or the dessert. Never know. So you're making sure everybody's here for that one song.

SPEAKER_00 19:52

Yes, yes. So make it make it impactful. Um, and those are moments that a lot of couples don't think about or know what to do, and they love different ideas. The other thing is amp it up with Krista and take dance instruction, right? Krista's incredible. She's our dance coach on staff, and she's been doing it for as long as I know.

SPEAKER_01 20:11

It's so amazing you offer that. That's so awesome.

SPEAKER_00 20:13

And it's so she's so amazing with the couples and really spends time to get to know them. And you know, I said to Krista once, I said, how do you get like couples that are just they just can't dance? Yeah, like they have no rhythm, and they have so Krista's very matter-of fact, which I love about her, and you know, she just goes to their to their beat, you know. And she's very educational and she asks a lot of questions, and um she just gets their feet to move different, yeah, right? Like do this, and I mean chunks down on getting people to move and um to do what is gonna be really spectacular on their wedding day. But they're feeling comfortable too.

SPEAKER_02 20:53

Well, yeah, and I think too, it doesn't have to be some big choreographed thing, just like a little something to spice it up and feel a little bit special, a little bit more interesting, a little bit more and sometimes it's a quiet moment with your partner, right?

SPEAKER_01 21:06

Yeah, yeah for a for those couple minutes, you're like, you breathe a little bit, you're dancing, you're smiling, and just feeling good.

SPEAKER_00 21:12

I will add with the first dance, there's a lot of anxiety with couples because the spotlights on them.

SPEAKER_03 21:18

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 21:18

But take the dance instruction and feel comfortable within your own body that hey, I can move and I can dance because I got this, right? Believing in yourself. And when you do that, it just shines and everybody has fun, and you're having fun as a couple and you're taking the time together.

SPEAKER_01 21:36

I always say the couple are the they're the lead actors for the day. So if they're they are the lead actors. If they are smiling, having fun, that's gonna help continue the fun on the dance floor.

SPEAKER_00 21:45

You brought up a thing about the dance floor, about keeping it full, and I will add that I think is super important, and I do explain to couples, is they want to be where you are. Couples always want to be where you are.

SPEAKER_03 21:57

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 21:57

And if you're not on the dance floor, that's fine. Your dance floor might be a little bit lighter, but if you're on the dance floor a lot of the time, people are coming. People are coming to the dance floor.

SPEAKER_01 22:06

That's a really good point.

SPEAKER_00 22:07

They want to be around you. And if you can get the bar around the dance floor, that's why they came.

SPEAKER_01 22:10

They came to celebrate you.

SPEAKER_00 22:12

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 22:12

So they want to be around you. This is your chance to be around you. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 22:15

So and if you have the bar on the dance floor, not on the other side of the room, even better, right? Because that brings people together for conversation.

SPEAKER_01 22:22

I'm always about put the bar by the dance floor.

SPEAKER_00 22:24

The bar by the dance floor, 100%. But you don't have all those options all the time at venues.

SPEAKER_02 22:28

No, you don't.

SPEAKER_00 22:29

So yes.

SPEAKER_02 22:30

I could keep talking to you, Jake. I know, right? This is so fun.

SPEAKER_00 22:34

We all have a gift of gab, and you know, we always want to offer advice and be helpful and productive to help other people prospering their businesses. There's just so many incredible wedding businesses here in the Twin Cities that do such an incredible job.

SPEAKER_03 22:47

Yeah, really.

SPEAKER_00 22:48

And I'm really, I'm really proud of our industry.

SPEAKER_03 22:52

I am too.

SPEAKER_00 22:53

I'm so proud of our industry, and I'm really proud you really see the people that step up to the plate.

SPEAKER_03 22:58

Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_00 22:59

And unfortunately, couples only get married once and they don't see that.

SPEAKER_03 23:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:03

As vendors, we see that. And I think it's really important to collaborate with other vendors and really start focusing on working with the people you love that not only make your venue look good, that make couples extremely happy. And I think we're gonna see more of that as we continue in the wedding industry.

SPEAKER_01 23:23

Yeah, it's almost like a family. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:26

As things change and trends change and the way things happen change. Yeah, it's just people want success all the way around.

SPEAKER_01 23:34

They do. Winners like to hang out with winners, that's what I always say. Yes. So winning team, winning pros for a winning day.

SPEAKER_00 23:40

And it should it should be nothing but that, right?

SPEAKER_01 23:42

Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 23:43

Success all the way around.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

Exactly. Well, thanks to you.

SPEAKER_00 23:48

Thank you. Oh, very much.

SPEAKER_01 23:51

Well, thank you everybody for tuning into Winning Day Podcast. We'll see you next time.