With the end of the Houston Bridal Extravaganza Show, many reception venues are hosting their open houses and the season of Bridal Shows in the Houston area has just started. This is the time when brides can finalize all their planning needs. They can go to the bridal shows and get to meet the DJ’s, the Cake Bakeries, Photographers, Videographers, and Venue personnel.

Here is a Small list of upcoming Bridal Shows and Open Houses courtesy of Premiere Bride Houston’s Jennifer Schafer.

	January 20, 2008 WHAT: Agave Road Bridal Open House WHEN: January 20th from 4pm-8pm WHERE: AGAVE ROAD 1010 FM 1463, Katy, TX 77494 (281) 395-5070 WHY: Join us for food, drinks and fun while mingling with Houston’s Top Wedding Professionals!
	February 3, 2004 WHAT: Bride to Be Cruises WHEN: Sunday February 3rd 2008 OR March 2nd 2008Boarding at 1:30pm WHERE: FantaSea Yacht Charters-South Shore Harbour Marina 2551 South Shore Blvd. Suite C, League City, TX 77573 (281) 538-9600 WHY: Enjoy a beautiful criuse on the Galveston bay with FantaSea yacht charters. Meet and greet wedding vendors from the area and enjoy catering and beverages from 1:30pm until 4pm.
	February 8, 2008 to February 9, 2008 WHAT: ENZOANI BRIDAL TRUNK SHOW WHEN: February 8th & 9th, 2008 WHERE: Parvani Vida Bridal and Formal 7107 Hwy 6 South, Houston, TX 77083 (281) 498-9292 WHY: Features gowns from designer Enzoani Bridal.
	February 16, 2008 WHAT: Bridal Fair 2008 WHEN: Saturday February 16th, 2008 10-6 WHERE: Mall of the Mainland 10000 E.F. Lowry Expwy, Texas City, TX 77591 (409) 986-7000 WHY: Visit with wedding vendors in the Galveston, League City, Seabrook, Kemah, Clear Lake, LaPorte, and surrounding Bay Area.
	February 17, 2008 WHAT: Lake Houston Bridal Show WHEN: Sunday February 17th, 2008 11:00 am-5:00 pm WHERE: Humble Civic Center 8233 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble, TX 77346 (832) 515-3860 WHY: Third Annual Bridal Show in the Lake Houston and Humble Area. Meet and greet fabulous bridal vendors and plan the perfect wedding in Houston!
	February 29, 2008 to March 2, 2008 WHAT: CYMBELINE TRUNK SHOW WHEN: February 29 & March 1, 2008 WHERE: Parvani Vida Bridal and Formal 7107 Hwy 6 South, Houston, TX 77083 (281) 498-9292 WHY: Features gowns from couture designer Cymbeline.
	April 5, 2008 to April 6, 2008 WHAT: The Bridal Symposium WHEN: Saturday, April 5th 10:00 am - 6:00 pm & Sunday April 6th, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm WHERE: Reliant Hall A One Reliant Park, Houston, TX 77054 (713) 686-5770 WHY: There will be three (3) Major Bridal Fashion Shows a day by America’s leading Gown Designers and Men’s Formal Wear. The Bridal Symposium has fabulous exhibitors in every category, giving you the best varieties of exhibitors to choose from.

Courtesy of Premiere Bride Houston’s Jennifer Schafer.

If you have a Suggestion for an upcoming Bridal Show or Open House that you would like to Promote, please feel free to leave a comment.

–
Francisco H. Perez
Houston’s Elegant Bilingual Wedding DJ

Today, is Monday, January 14th and I am here at my office early reading all my weekend emails and making a to do list for this week. I have about 10 website submissions for people wanting to use my DJ Service here in the Houston area. That’s a good number and January is always a month where people start looking for their DJ. The holidays have just passed, they’ve gotten all their family time in, and they decided to wait until after the holidays to search for their Wedding or Quinceañera DJ.

I’m also sorting through all the Brides that stopped by my booth at the Houston Bridal Extravaganza. So I have a good foundation to build my business early in the year.

January is usually for the same reasons above. People want to spend the Holidays doing Holiday related stuff and very few people want to schedule their wedding right after the Holiday season because of all the spending and traveling that happens then. Then to add to that more Spending and Traveling! This month, I am doing a lot better then last January. I have an event every week of the month and they are all weddings. All these events are a result of my great Rank from Google and Yahoo! for they keywords “DJ in Houston” (Click on the links for proof).

January 12th, 2008

This past weekend’s event was a memorable one. The Bride and Groom Carol and Cory were very happy and very loving towards each other. I met them at their house about 3 weeks prior to their event. Not that they waited until the last minute for to search for their DJ, but the person they left in charge to find them a DJ found a good one, but there was one little bitty problem…. He was NOT a Bilingual DJ… When you have a Latin and African American, you sorta need that… So they hit their local Search engine (Google, I believe) and found their Ideal DJ. Me

Anyways, the Ceremony and Reception was amazing and people had a great time all night long. The place of the Ceremony and Reception was Houston’s Ballrooms which is only about 10 minutes from my home. That was a great thing since their Reception ended at 1:00 am!!!!!

Songs for the Ceremony!

• Canon in D - Pachabel: for the Sitting of the Mothers and the entrance of the Bridal Party
• Bridal Chorus - Wagner: Bride’s Entracne
• Hallelujah Chorus - Handel: Recessional Song

Special thanks to the officiant Lynn Turner of Weddings Performed. This is about the 4th or 5th wedding that I have worked closely with her and would recommend her services to all that ask!

The wedding songs!

• Bride and Groom’s First Dance: Alicia Keys - (Love me) Like You’ll Never See me Again
• Father and Daughter Dance: Heartland- I Loved Her First
• Mother and Son Dance: Boyz II Men - A Song for Mama (Very emotional for both Linda and Cory)
• Father Daughter Dance: Paul Simon - Father and Daughter (Cory and his daughter Megan)
• Bouquet Toss: Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
• Garter Removal: Next - Too Close
• Cake Cutting: The Four Tops - I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
• Dollar Dance: Selena, Brooks and Dunn, K-Ci and JoJo, John Michael Montgomery…

Again, this was a memoral wedding even for me, all the guest loved Carol and Cory and it showed from their Bridal Party Introductions all the way to their last song played. I feel blessed and honored to have been a part of their special day.

Happy Planning!

–
Francisco H. Perez
Houston’s Elegant Bilingual Wedding DJ

The 2008 Houston Bridal Extravaganza Show (H.B.E.) has come and gone. It was held January 5th and 6th of 2008.

Right after the busy December Schedule us vendors are blessed with a bliss of brides to bee. There is an estimated 4,000 registered brides that walk the George R. Brown Convention Center every January and this year was no different.

The layout this year was different and it was something new that the organizers of the H.B.E. show tried. Bigger lanes for the brides and their entourage to walk in so they would not feel to crowded. Which was good for them. I saw it as a two edged sword, brides stopped less frequently at my booth, maybe for that same reason. I fell like I talked to less people this year than in previous years. I guess once the brides picked up speed there was little that was going to stop them.

I did notice that if a brides is still looking for a DJ, or any other vendor, they are more than happy to stop and talk to you; or to take your literature for further reading at a later time.

This year I decided to raffle off an 80 gb Ipod Classic Black. That was my motivating idea to try to get more brides to stop at my booth at 744. And like all giveaways, it works for the purpose intended: get bridal leads.

The drawing will be held January 21st and the winner will be emailed all the information on how they can pick up their prize. There is still time to register, but that web page is only found by those who visited my booth (744) and picked up our pricing and information. The web page was printed on the back of a postcard and cannot be accessed any other way. Maybe later I will post the information on this blog for others to register… who knows…

Overall, this was a great show for me, as a DJ, I got enough leads to keep me busy this year.

I hope you got the chance to pick up an FHP Entertainment postcard with the 80gb Ipod Video Registration Information!

Happy Planning!

–
Francisco H. Perez
Houston’s Elegant Wedding DJ