Gate City Sound will help you with your wedding service and reception. We work with you to ensure that Gate City Sound is the perfect solution to your special day. We help you develop your plans for each phase of your wedding and its reception. Flow from one reception procedure to another smoothly, effortlessly while maintaining energy and fun! We are in the background when necessary, offering a pleasant atmosphere for you and your guests. Let us help to make your wedding an unforgettable evening.
Ceremony
Let Gate City Sound provide music for your wedding ceremony. We can accomodate your needs such as the prelude, processional and bridal music as well as recessional music. Whatever you need for your ceremony, we can provide a wide selection of music for you.
Reception
We pledge to work with you to provide a professional, fun filled event with all your favorite songs and a Master of Ceremony to enhance YOUR special day! We are totally committed to creating an exciting event customized to meet your every need. We offer reception plans to help with your introductions, dinner music, bouquet toss, garter toss, first dances, cake cutting, etc to be fun, unique and memorable! We promise to work closely with your photographers and wedding planners to help ensure that things run on-time and according to plan.
Our music selection is one of the largest around. with over 100,000 songs, so we should have whatever you want to hear. In addition to the music collection, we at Gate City Sound have one of the best sounding production systems available. Everything is state of the art and will exceed your expectations.
Shocking Wedding Statistics!
These Wedding Statistics may shock you but they are from well known reliable sources! Read them all here and learn from other Brides & Grooms mistakes! It will make you rethink your Wedding Reception Priorities!
According to UltimateWedding.com, Modern Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings, TheKnot.com and the American Disc Jockey Association, 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 these functions do not remember what was served for dinner but do remember the entertainment.
4% to 6% of their total wedding buget is the amount most brides reserve for their entertainment needs.
Rates for the DJ industry vary greatly, ranging from $350.00 to over $5,000.00 with a US average of $1,200.00 for a 4-5 hour reception. The cost is largely dependent upon the experience of a DJ, locale and specific client requests. A Professional Wedding Entertainment company will normally invest 12 to 30 hours into preparation for your event but it may appear that you are only paying for "4 hours". Consultations, music purchasing & editing, preparation, set-up & tear-down, education, phone calls, travel & other business related endeavors add up to the overall success of your special once in a lifetime day.
The entertainment chosen for a wedding or party is responsible for 80% of the events' success.
After the Wedding Reception…
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 wedding dress, 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 (Band / DJ).
65% of all couples that chose a band to entertain at their wedding reception, said, if they had it to do over again, they would have chosen a disc jockey!
Entertainment is 5%-10% of your wedding budget, but TWICE as many guests will remember the entertainment more than anything else.
*These 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.
When you're spending thousands of dollars on a once-in-a-lifetime event, doesn't it make sense to reserve the finest entertainment?