wvupharmer13

We are getting married on April 5, 2017 at the NOW Sapphire. I've been reading this forum for DAYS, and I've came up with some questions that I have for all of you past and future brides. Our ceremony will be on the beach with our reception on Tequila Terrace. I think $350/hour for the DJ is insane and the $180/hour rental if you just used the speaker system seems high to me too. I have seen numerous brides post that they used a Bluetooth wireless speaker and made their own playlists and I'm highly considering doing this as well (because as you all know, these extras add up QUICK). My concerns.. 1. Is a Bluetooth speaker going to be adequate? We are thinking 25-30 guests. Wanted to make sure it would be loud enough. And if the sound was fine, did the ipod playlist and speaker still allow people to have fun and dance? I want to make sure my guests will still have fun. 2. How did you do introductions without having a DJ or renting the speaker system? Who introduced you guys when you came into the reception? Who said when the first dance, cake cutting, etc was going to happen? And all of this without a microphone? This question is my biggest concern 3. Any speaker recommendations?