Weddings

Your Wedding Day, a once in a lifetime event full of promise and celebration, it takes much planning and many hard decisions to create that special day.

Indytown Party Sounds would love to chat with you about your wedding reception, your ideas, your vision and expectations and whether we are the right entertainment partner for your special day. If we are not right for you, we'd rather turn you down, than disappoint you and your guests.

Keep your eye on this section of the website as it grows to give you helpful information for planning your special day.

Here are some points worth considering Based on surveys taken by:

UltimateWedding.com
Modern Bride
Martha Stewart Weddings
and TheKnot.com.

The following statistics dramatically stress the importance and value of quality entertainment in the modern wedding market:

* 72% of today's brides are using professional mobile entertainers for their entertainment choice.
* 63% of the guests attending receptions don' t remember what was served for dinner but do remember the entertainment.
* 4% to 6% is the amount most brides reserve for their entertainment budget.
* The average cost for a mobile entertainer for a wedding is between $500 to $2,000. The cost is largely dependent upon the experience of a DJ, locale and specific client requests
* The entertainment chosen for a wedding or party is responsible for 80% of the events' success.

The following statistics were published in St. Louis Bride & Groom Magazine in 2003. Sources include:

Simmons, 2001
USA Today, 2002
National Bridal Service, 2001
The Knot, 2002
Brides Magazine, 2001

After The Vows...

* 72% of all brides say they would have spent more time choosing their reception entertainment.
* Almost 100% say they would have spent more of their budget on the entertainment.
* During wedding planning, Brides say their highest priority is their attire, followed by the reception site and caterer - reception entertainment is among the least of their priorities. Within one week after their reception, 78% of Brides say they would have made the entertainment their highest priority!
* When asked 81% of guests say the thing they remember most about a wedding is the entertainment.
* 65%of all couples that chose a band to entertain at their wedding, said, if they had to do it over again, they would have chosen a disc jockey.