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Picking the right music
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Picking the right music
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Save time picking your music with our guides.

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How Long Should a Wedding Reception Be? The Case for 5 Hours
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How Long Should a Wedding Reception Be? The Case for 5 Hours
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Here’s our time-tested advice for how to time your wedding reception to maximize the fun. You’ll get a fill-in-the-blank timeline and our best insight into how we’ve seen weddings go.

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Turning Your Event into a Dance Party in 7 Steps
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Turning Your Event into a Dance Party in 7 Steps
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How the room is set up can help or hurt how much fun your guests have. Here’s how to alter the environment to encourage people to dance.

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How to pull off a surprise wedding flash mob: Mia & Aaron at Bosona Events, Bennet
Real Weddings, Lincoln Wedding Recaps
How to pull off a surprise wedding flash mob: Mia & Aaron at Bosona Events, Bennet
Real Weddings, Lincoln Wedding Recaps

The best flash mob we’ve seen happened at a little wedding venue in Bennet, Nebraska. We loved it so much that we put together a guide on how you can organize a flashmob at your wedding. See inside.

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How to Write a Do-not-play List via Dan & Ken’s Wedding at The Admiral | Omaha
Real Weddings, Omaha Wedding Recaps
How to Write a Do-not-play List via Dan & Ken’s Wedding at The Admiral | Omaha
Real Weddings, Omaha Wedding Recaps

Most couples obsess over their must-play songs and forget the list that protects the vibe. Here's a real do-not-play list from a wedding at The Admiral in Omaha, and how to write your own.

Real Weddings, Omaha Wedding Recaps
How to plan a wedding surprise for the dancefloor: the sax drop at Ellie & Christian's Cottonwood Hotel wedding | Omaha
Real Weddings, Omaha Wedding Recaps
How to plan a wedding surprise for the dancefloor: the sax drop at Ellie & Christian's Cottonwood Hotel wedding | Omaha
Real Weddings, Omaha Wedding Recaps

Only two people in the room knew the saxophone was coming. Here's how the best surprise I've pulled off this year came together, and how to build one into your own reception.

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Tiburon Golf Club Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Tiburon Golf Club Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha

The outdoor ceremony site at Tiburon Golf Club has zero shade, and a June sun will cook your guests if nobody plans for it. Here's how we kept everyone cool, got them to their seats on time, and packed the dance floor after dark.

Le Bouillon Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Le Bouillon Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha

Le Bouillon ends every wedding at 10 p.m. sharp, and after years of doing this, I think that's the best thing about it. Here's how to throw an unforgettable five-hour wedding in the Old Market's best restaurant.

Bohemian Gardens Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ
Bohemian Gardens Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ

It's all outdoors, which sounds risky for a DJ until you know the room. Here's how we run the courtyard, what happens when it rains, and why 50 people in this garden out-party 150 in a ballroom.

Empire Room Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ
Empire Room Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ

I tell most couples not to bother with their venue's in-house sound system. The Empire Room is the one place I say yes, but it takes an experienced DJ to make it work.

Kimpton Cottonwood Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ
Kimpton Cottonwood Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ

The Schimmel Ballroom is a 10 to look at, but has difficult acoustics. We’ve set the DJ booth up in every corner of it, so here's where it sounds best, why you can skip the rented dance floor, and how to run your ceremony up top.

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Wilderness Ridge Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Lincoln
Wilderness Ridge Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Lincoln

How this room nails 2 of our 7 steps for a wonderful dance party, and other room insights that’ll get you familiar with the space.

Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ
Apothecary Lofts & Ridnour Room Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ

A nightclub DJ's guide for wedding couples at the Apothecary Lofts and Ridnour Room in Lincoln: the two-floor layout, the built-in DJ booth, and what to plan for.

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Riviera Ballroom Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Lake Geneva
Riviera Ballroom Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Lake Geneva

A nightclub DJ's guide for wedding couples at the Riviera Ballroom in Lake Geneva: the blank-canvas ballroom, the lake-view veranda, sound, and what to plan for.