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So here goes with our recollections of your contribution to making our day so amazing:

Jeff was the DJ at my daughter’s wedding in Kelowna in June 2008. It was a magnificent event in every way with so many incredible memories. But the one common thread in every ones memory is still being heard two years later: “That DJ was incredible”; “He made the day”; ” That was the most fun wedding we have ever attended”.

And so, the following year, when my partner of 14 years and I decided to plan our own wedding celebration, there was no disputing the sentiment: “We must see if we can get Jeff Hay to be our DJ”. We knew he was booked well in advance so we contacted him in January of 2010 and fortunately he was free for our chosen date, July 21, 2010. We were so relieved, because we knew from our previous experience in 2008, that once we had Jeff Hay on board, everything else would fall into place.

Anyone planning a wedding knows that the costs can get out of hand very quickly, and many couples are looking for ways to save money. But through our two recent wedding experiences, our advise would be, you can cut corners here and there, but don’t cut out the DJ. Especially if you can get Jeff
Hay.

Jeff helps you through the planning stage, encourages you to personalize your day and has great suggestions to help you along the way. On your special day, he shows up well in advance and is incredibly organized and professional with his set up of equipment and attention to detail. From the moment your wedding begins, he takes charge to ensure that your ceremony and reception flows exactly as you had imagined. Whatever songs you request, he provides. He will read your crowd and he will ensure that everyone
becomes a participant.

You will know that he has listened to what is important to you, because he will remember even the smallest details. He will even remember the names of people in your crowd and he will ensure that everyone feels included. He has a knack for incorporating funny stories with impeccable timing and he will make sure everyone has a good time. You will feel like he is part of your family.

Thank you Jeff for making our wedding day so memorable. We hope you will be around in 20 years when our grand daughter gets married!

We say this with all sincerity.

All best wishes for your future success
Dianne & Kevan Worsley

PS.. Jeff, As you probably recall, we had a friend who videographed our service and parts of the reception. And as you know, the day goes by so fast, so being able to sit and watch the video has been amazing. To relive our experience through photos is one thing but being able to hear the birds chirping, the water lapping on the shore and the sound of people’s laughter during the reception is amazing. It was like being there all over again. We are so glad you incorporated the games again. Everyone had such a good time!

It’s a few months after our wedding, and the one re-occuring theme that keeps coming up from our guests and family members is how fabulous our DJ/MC was. He was what made our wedding.

It may seem like a strange idea to have your DJ be your MC especially when traditionally the MC is someone who knows both of you as a couple… It is the best decision you could make. Jeff is a professional who takes the time to get to know you as a couple and your family and friends so when that day arrives, there are no slow transitions, inappropriate jokes, and awkward silences. He had our guests laughing so hard they were crying before dinner even started.

He is charming, well-versed, tactful, and the best I have ever worked with. Our guests were all from Vancouver and were asking if they could fly him in for their next big wedding. They couldn’t believe how much his cost was since they were willing to pay over $10,000 for him.

Jeff interacted with all our guests, and learned a lot of our 200 guests names within only a few hours of time. He was witty with the games he played, he had my oldest guests staying until 1:30am not wanting to go home. He was the best decision we made for our wedding… we were laughing days later remembering our guests fun-filled experiences, and the best day of our lives.

Ever single guest has said to us that this was the best wedding they had ever been to, and now, no one wants to get married because they don’t want to follow it up with a flop…. that is unless they get Jeff!

Thanks for everything Jeff, you were amazing! I hope to have you at every other wedding I go to afterwards, otherwise I’m leaving right after the cake is cut!

Hey Jeff,

We wanted to send along this testimonial for you… Thinking back to our big day I get all giddy and warm and can’t help but smile and laugh, it was more amazing than I could have ever imagined it! THANK YOU for being a part of it, you played such an important role and it really allowed us, the wedding party relax and soak it all in, you took the stress off my shoulders so I could spend the night dancing with my loved ones!!! the verdict’s in and it’s unanimous, our family and friends keep telling us, it was the best wedding they’ve ever been too! I just can’t get over how blessed we are to have had a perfect day, I’ll away remember it, every sweet detail and feeling all the love in the room, a union of cultures, a true celebration.

Jeff had come highly recommended by our venue manager at the Harvest, she spoke not only from her client’s feedback, she was also speaking from her personal experience having had the pleasure of Jeff as her DJ at her wedding as well.

Now, this bride loves to dance and have a good time but a wedding is so much more than that a song list and host bar, in our case, it was a destination wedding and a formal outdoor ceremony of two beautiful cultures uniting and in order to have a sincere celebration, there must be an organized platform in place so that the day’s events run smoothly, and we wanted to treat our honoured guests to the time of their lives so we were willing to “put our money into all the right wedding expenses”, this meant investing in the services that will make the most positive contribution to the whole experience.

I had researched the recommendations list and I knew visiting Jeff’s site that we had to have him at our wedding and I am serious when I say that I made the necessary arrangements to change my wedding date to a day this MC extraordinaire was available to entertain us. Our investment in his services was one of the best decisions we made, not only for our day in which he provided the utmost peace of mind so that I could actually relax and soak up the overwhelming joy of each and every sweet moment, it was his effort to get to know us personally and the guidance he provided along the way that helped us to make informed decisions and set the stage for the main event that reflected us as a couple.

There is something to be said about people who love their jobs, they do it with so much passion and vigor it that illuminates the people around them and on the night of our wedding, I witnessed a night so full of laughing, smiling, fun dancing people who came together like old friends at a very special reunion. Jeff was the catalyst that keep the energy high all night and no one wanted that night to end.

We are so grateful to Jeff for hosting our guests and treating them to a night to remember, to exceed every expectation is unheard of and to continue hearing from our guests that it was the best wedding they had ever attended, is not only a compliment to Jeff, it’s music to our ears and joy to our hearts.

We love you Jeff!

Hi Jeff,

We just returned from our honeymoon and wanted to provide you with some feedback on our big night!

Our first impression of working together with you, came on our first call. You were full of positive energy and seemed just as excited as us. We were thoroughly impressed with your initial packages and were pleased that you made it more personal by trying to get to know us. I think all bases were covered and it was a bit reassuring to us. When we met for the first time, we loved that you took the time to hear our thoughts, provide your feedback and reassure us that you are happy to help us along the way. Your follow was always fabulous as I know we weren’t the best as being on top of getting back to you.

Our wedding day was amazing. Every detail was covered. We loved how we didn’t have to think about a thing on our day. You were on top of everything, keeping the flow of the evening going with maintaining the interest and excitement of everyone. We loved the tickle trunk of costumes. We had some great laughs at the different characters. All of our guests had a great time and there was a lot of positive feedback about you.

Everyone loved you and thought you made the night a great party!

Thanks again for everything. We are still smiling 🙂

Jeff absolutely made our wedding reception a dream! Because we were combining Western and east Indian cultures we were worried that our guest would stay separated and not talk to eachother. Jeff took care of that concern within the first few minutes and had everyone in the room in stitches just by introducing that head table. It only got better from there with different games and comments and by dinner time everyone in the room felt like they knew one another. We received complements all night on our amazing wedding reception, with special mention of our great dj! My uncle said he was going to throw a party just to have Jeff come! My husband and I have personally never had so much fun.

Jeff takes so much care in the details of the wedding and really does take the time to get to know the couple. Jeff and his wife even came to our traditional Sikh ceremony during the day! I have no doubt our families will be talking about this wedding for years to come. Thank you Jeff for making both of our families have a blast!! We couldn’t have asked for anything more!

Hey Jeff,

Here are a few thoughts from our wedding…

The wedding was fantastic except for one thing: not enough time to dance to your awesome music!!! We are quite the party bunch and despite all the fun we had, it went WAY too fast!!!! …mind you if it was any longer I would’ve passed out from being dehydrated or drunk!…or both!

Before the night was even getting started, some of our guests were saying how awesome our DJ was! By the time the party was over, several people thought you were a family friend of ours because you were so involved with the crowd. Everyone loved the games and your original ideas!

My brother even posted on facebook your company sign and a comment “I bet that 99% of the crowd would say this is the best DJ they have ever seen.” It was an incredibly fun night and you organized things well!!

I hope you are happy to know I have already referred you to my friend who got engaged last week. She was at our wedding and will also be getting married in Kelowna. Her name is Janet Henry…so hopefully you’ll be hearing from her soon!

Thanks for making the wedding so much fun Jeff!

Hey Jeff!!!

Wow, what an awesome night!!! We cant thank you enough, we are still hearing remarks about how wonderful you are and how much fun it was!

We appreciate all the work you did and i don’t just mean the music but helping me find vendors and people that were suited to our style, and you we bang on. You made our day stress free as you were kind of our wedding planner lol, the timeline for everything was perfect, the music was incredible and the games, were way too much fun!!!

I loved playing the newly wed game and survivor was hilarious especially since everyone was wearing one of your hats from your tickle trunk!!! The pictures are awesome. I appreciate you staying later than normal and I’m sure as long as you playing music there would have always been someone on the dance floor.

A few of our guests wanted to know whose side you were from as you remembered peoples name and you acted like you had known us forever. I am sure there are a lot more things i could tell you but these are i the ones that came to mind and i will definitely pass you name on to anyone i know i agree with all the other reviews you are the best!!!

eff was the best part of our wedding day! PERIOD!

Jeff took the time to meet with us in the months before the wedding to get to know us, and he also helped us do bios for the wedding party and our parents. Our guests have asked us if we did bios on everyone, because Jeff would learn our guests names and then would remember them all night long. Some guests asked how Jeff knew everyone’s first names, and he is just that amazing!!!

The music for the ceremony was so us. We received compliments after the ceremony, saying it was the best ceremony ever! (We were going for ‘Best wedding ever’ in the reception department, and snagged ‘best ceremony’ too!!! Nick and I had a good idea of the music we wanted to have played at the reception, but we could not find the perfect first dance song; Jeff was able to find that perfect song for us!

We knew that we had a good group of friends and family that would have a great time at our wedding, but Jeff took the fun and the party to this whole other level of awesome! There were great ice-breakers that got everyone to know each other better, and our guests got to know Nick and I better too! One of Nick’s Aunts said that it was the first wedding that she has ever been to where she felt like she got to know the us (the bride and the groom) better.

We knew it was a good party when our older guests (>80 year olds) stayed after 1pm, and our dance floor was packed right through to 3am!!! Our Aunt Helen (age: 87) raved that it was the best wedding she’s ever been too, (she requested the “HUSTLE”, taught everyone how to do it, and danced so much that she could barely walk the next day!).

I have received feedback that we had the ‘wedding of all weddings’! My Dad and his friends partied like they were 20. Our parents have been thrilled by all of the positive feedback they are receiving! When we first met Jeff he said that he would make sure that we had the ‘best wedding ever’, and our wedding was better than we ever imagined!!!

Our wedding was the ‘best wedding’ we had ever been to as well!!! Thanks Jeff!!

Hi Jeff,

Chris and I wanted to thank you so much for the amazing job you did at our wedding.

Everyone we talked to said it was the most fun wedding they’ve ever been to. One guest said during the dance, “Wow, I’ve never been to a wedding like this before! It’s awesome!”.

At first I was worried the games would take up too much time, but they were the highlight of the night! Everyone had so much fun during Survivor and loved watching the Newlywed game. The dance was a riot, but remained classy and full of energy. Even my grandpa was up dancing!

We ended up staying until the very end. You also worked very well with our MC and played off of each other perfectly. You came highly recommended by numerous people and now we recommend you to anyone who is having a wedding or event. It was such an AMAZING night!! I don’t think I stopped dancing for more than 5 minutes….! Generally, I only dance when I’ve had some wine… but I barely had a sip all night. Nice job! 🙂

We feel so blessed to have been able to book you for our big day. Thanks for helping us make our wedding so incredible.

Hey Jeff, attached is a letter I wanted to write you to say thank you for everything you did for us.

As you’ll read in the letter – Kyle and I were blown away by you! Everything you did was AWESOME…for real! I couldn’t even come up with one tiny little criticism….everything was perfect. The music, the games, the hats, the timing…absolutely everything.

You made our wedding the best wedding I think a lot of people will have ever been to including us. We told you we wanted above all a fun wedding and one that was going to be unforgettable and you delivered that! It was hugely because of you that our wedding was SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You really have a gift for entertaining….i am happy to have met you and worked with you and we hope to see you again soon. I cant wait to recommend you to future brides and party plannersJ

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,

Amber and Kyle Jones…..ooohhh how exciting it is to say that!!!!!

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Dear Jeff…aka DJ Haymaker,

Kyle and I just wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

We just got back from our honeymoon in Mexico and we spent so much time talking about the wedding…well gushing really! We both said that one of the best things about our wedding was you! You made our wedding one to never forget…even in Mexico I was getting emails constantly from family and friends telling me our wedding was the best they have ever been to and one of the most fun nights of their lives….WOW, WHAT A COMLPIMENT HEY!!! and they all said that one of the reasons it was so good was because of the DJ…everyone commented how fun all of the games were….especially Survivor!! and everyone LOVED the hats and costumes you had in your little tickle trunk and said the music was perfect!

I really think if we didn’t have you as our dj our wedding wouldn’t have been nearly as fun and memorable as it was. I really cant say enough good things; you spent so much time with us in the planning process – getting to know us individually and our love story and using that at the wedding – it was so great and you always made me feel at ease and super pumped about our day. the first night we met you we left the coffee shop and said how cool you were and how we were so excited for the day and knew right then we absolutely made the right choice!

Some highlights for me were the newlywed game — which I know not only kyle and I had so much fun with but both our parents too – it was awesome that you included them to join in the fun. the questions you asked about us to the tables to find out who would eat first was awesome, I loved too how you had something special up your sleeve when guests starting clanging their glasses…we all know how monotonous that can get. The survivor game was definitely everyone’s fav…what a cool idea!!! it got everyone interacting with each other and laughing — at one point I stood up on the head table and looked around at everyone in the room – not one person wasn’t laughing and looking like they were having a blast! now the tickle trunk — SO AWESOME! it seemed everyone at some point had a funny hat on or wig…my 85 yr old Opa, my 5 yr old niece, co-workers….it was so fun!

And the music – i cant say that at any point in the entire night you played anything that was just ok…it was actually PERFECT! the dance floor was packed the whole night and you just kept coming with one perfect song after another – you read the room and knew exactly what to put on at what time. Kyle and I left at 3:30 in the morning and the party was still going because of you.

All I have to say is to all future brides out there – you are making a HUGE mistake if you do not get Jeff for your wedding! Jeff you are way way beyond a DJ – you are an entertainer all the way through – you have a special gift and are amazing at what you do.

I will recommend you to anyone I know getting married or hosting a party and I hope to PARTY with you again in the near future 🙂

Thank you again,

Amber and Kyle Jones…married May 29, 2010!!!! 🙂

P.S. it really was the most amazing day of our lives and a huge part of that is thanks to you Jeff!