Chris Saraiva Entertainment & Lighting

Chris dj’d our wedding over Columbus Day weekend 2015 and I have to say — he was the vendor we worried least about. We met with him very early on in the wedding planning process (about 15 months out, he was the second vendor we chose) and at that point we knew basically nothing about wedding planning. (At this point I think I have a PhD in wedding planning but back then I was a freshman.) But fortunately, he did — and at our first meeting he asked us about 1,000 questions — which helped all 3 of us figure out what kind of wedding the 2 of us wanted. Over the next year he kept in touch to make sure we were all still in sync — and we always felt very confident that he would kill it on the big day. To be totally honest, I don’t think I could remember one individual song that he played — the day itself is blurry about details. But one thing I do remember is that at one point in the middle of the reception I was getting hot in my suit and wanted to go outside to cool off, but it was a good song, so I was like, «Well, I’ll wait a song.» But then the next song was great. And the next. I never did get that cool-​down break. As we’ve talked to our friends, each and every one has commented (unprovoked) that they have never been to a wedding with such good music (and we are talking about people who have been to 20 wedding over the past 3 years.) Every song was awesome and even as they spanned genres and decades, they all flowed, kept the party going and got everyone on the floor and having fun. One of my favorite parts of looking at the pictures so far has been to realize how packed the dance floor was and how everyone was hot, sweat, smiling and grooving. He also did a great job at the emceeing stuff (introducing the wedding party, the toasts, etc) and the uplighting looked AWESOME. The venue went from glamorous mansion (during the cake cutting) to nightclub with the flick of a switch — exactly what we had requested. FOUR THUMBS UP FROM NYC!