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DH and siblings are planning a surprise party for their parents for a milestone event . Fairly small gathering (currently less than 50) and other than memories of their life together the couple in question aren’t especially huge music fans so it’s really just background music required with maybe a few key songs thrown in like their first dance song, that type of thing.
So - is it worth paying for a dj? Over recent years the ones that have done parties I’ve attended have been nothing special for the ££, don’t particularly read the room well and change tune’s accordingly and basically seem to work from a playlist anyway.
Using a playlist such as Spotify though, you cant really adapt the mood at all, the tempo could be chopping and changing all over the place?
Any thoughts? I've no issue with us paying for a Dj if it's going to be amazing (I've a big birthday coming up myself and am already researching a DJ as music is HUGELY important for me and the person I choose is going to have to be happy with me basically choosing the music but use their skill to play the perfect song at the perfect moment) but over the years I think many of them have just got quite rubbish.
A band is also a potential alternative too.