What Guests Actually Remember About Your Wedding| A Wedding MC Perspective

Most couples spend months planning how their wedding looks… but that’s not what guests actually remember.

In this episode of Behind the Veil, I sit down with wedding MC Crespo, who has over 11 years of experience hosting weddings across different cultures and countries, to unpack what really makes a wedding feel amazing from start to finish.

From guest experience to preparation, team dynamics, and common mistakes couples make, this conversation gives a behind-the-scenes look at what truly shapes a wedding day beyond the aesthetics.

We talk about:
What guests actually remember about your wedding
Why preparation and clarity matter more than you think
Common mistakes couples make when planning
Why a bigger budget doesn’t always mean a better wedding
The importance of having the right team around you
How to create a wedding experience that truly reflects you
If you’re currently planning your wedding, this episode will help you think differently about what really matters.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Welcome to Behind the Veil. I'm Daphne. I will be your host and guide through the journey of weddings, faith, and marriage. Get ready to go behind the veil. Today's episode is part of our wedding vendor insight where I sit down with industry professionals to look into lessons and perspectives that couples don't often get to hear or see. So today I'm joined by MC Crespo. Welcome to Behind the Veil, MC Cresper. Hi, Heidi.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

I've been looking forward. I'm good, I'm good, just looking forward to this interview and just involve my conversation, just to contribute my quota to what you do here. You're doing an amazing job. So it's just a privilege to see you here.

SPEAKER_01 0:42

I appreciate it. And I'm looking forward to hearing all the lessons that you have to share with couples. But before we get into any of those lessons, right, you've been in the wedding industry for over a decade, right? So I want to hear about how you got into this role and what that journey has been like over the past 11 years.

SPEAKER_00 1:00

Alright, so I would say that the journey has been an interesting one, to be honest. I would just describe it as one that is as that has been a gradual growth and a continuous learning. Over the past 11 years, things have changed regarding the way we do things. Alright. So I started way back in Ghana. So started uh doing local events. But naturally, I was I think it's an endowment. Like that's what I tell people because right from uh primary school, I was used to uh hosting our school events and those. So you could see that it was there. When I go to church, I always wanted to do the recite the Bible quotation, and so I've been a people's person. So we started from local, went to um regional, and then we went to doing national events. Okay, and then after union in Ghana, we just decided to go. But the target has always been to go international, and then with hard work and God's grace, I think I've just gotten there. It took a long time, but I can imagine God has made it possible after a decade. So it's been 11 years, journey. That's what I would say.

SPEAKER_01 2:13

Okay, so you're saying like from when you were younger, you could see that you were very much into seeing, being part of a vest, and all of that. How did you know how did your parents take to that? I know you come from an African background, you're Ghanaian, right?

SPEAKER_00 2:27

Yes. So the whole thing is uh my mom, the funny something is very, very funny. Now my mom asks me, okay, so where are you going next week? That kind of thing. But I remember the same woman didn't want me to um do get into media or even doing events because I was uh in a business school at the union level. So um she thought I wasn't going to study and then still do this because every day older she could see was me on TV, me on radio, me here doing this. So I was doing that whilst I was in school. Yeah. All right. It was, you know, when you have passion for something, yeah, it's you cannot you cannot abandon it. Yes, you cannot abandon it. So um my mom didn't really like it from the onset, but I think now she she really likes it. Yeah, yeah, especially when I gave her what she wants, which is going to school, get back, you know, the degrees, and then after that, being able to do something with it, and then to discover myself as well. I think she's proud of me now. That's what I was saying.

SPEAKER_01 3:31

I love that. I love that. How did you then? You said you were doing kind of loads of different events. Yes. How did you then choose to go to the wedding industry? What drew you there?

SPEAKER_00 3:39

To be honest, it's money. I wouldn't want to lie. Yeah. Um, and even before the M scene, I was a spoken word artist. Okay. I have more than 100 poems. I made headlines in the graphic. I did South Africa conference. I used to perform rehearsal. I can perform even most of my pieces, even after now. But um, I realized that at one point it wasn't fetching money than the M scene. That was in Ghana. Okay. So um I was like, okay, fine. Now let me focus on that. But then I thought I was so good with the spoken word. But when I started doing events, I could see that I was even extra old when it comes to hosting events and then being the life of a party. So I decided that okay, fine, let me focus more on that. Yeah, and so gradually that talent faded, and then MC took over. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 4:36

So that is it. Alright, so for those that are planning weddings, right? I think we all have kind of like an idea of what we think the role of an MC is supposed to be. Um, you know, you pick up a mic and you're supposed to entertain people, make sure that people are laughing, people having a good time. But can you go more in depth in terms of like what you do as an MC? What is your role?

SPEAKER_00 4:58

To be honest, it goes beyond that. Um before, like I told you, these things have changed over the years. Um, 10 years ago, I remember that people booked me if will book you if you are able to raise money for them.

SPEAKER_02 5:13

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

Yes. So in Africa, like if my phone maybe later, I'll show you. Those days, my first event was my ability to get people to buy balloons at wedding. Anybody who grew up in who grew up in Africa would know that clients will tell you, MC, um, in our local language, MC, so it was more of um your ability to raise money for the couple 10 years ago when I started.

SPEAKER_01 5:40

So wait, when you say raise money for the couple, so people are coming to the wedding.

SPEAKER_00 5:43

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 5:44

And they want to get money from.

SPEAKER_00 5:46

Okay, so people, the guests that were coming, yeah, you have to find a way, a strategy to make sure that by the time the event is over, you'll be able to raise enough money for the couple. And so, what we used to do is strategy. So sell balloons, you invite guests to come and just pop the balloons or sell champagne. I have pictures of me doing all that. Yes. So I think um as time went on, and then people begin to just understand that this one is more of like you are forcing people to give you give you money. And so it changed. Then it got to a point in time where MC was how eloquent you were, how your ability to use big English, and so those things I would learn the dictionary, learn big words just to impress. You were judged by your ability to um use certain words, and they'll say, Hey, Charlie, the guy is good. That was how it was, and then it switched to vibe, which it has been um what is actually keeping it because now people look at your energy level, and then that is what they used to book you. So over the last decade it has changed, and then all the time you need to strategize and then know what the client wants, and then you do that for them. Okay, but the whole tennis, it all has to do with what the client wants.

SPEAKER_02 7:06

Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:07

So even though people see us taking the microphone and everything, which is just the everything that people know, but behind the scene, the work that goes into it. Yeah, clearly, for now, I can tell you for a fact that it would be difficult for my event to flop. The reason being that I would make sure that we do the homework. But not everybody can do that. The reason being that before, if you are an upcoming MC, you don't have the leverage. Yeah, you cannot tell a client that is rather giving you money that, okay, if you want me to do it, can we do this? Can we do this? Can we do this? Can we do that? Yeah, it was difficult at the beginning because you want to grow. And so once we book you, you just come. But now, every client watching me now know that they went to at least a minimum of two Zoom meetings. You have to. They receive a template where you need to, it's gonna take an hour for we to go through everything to understand your concept and inspiration. And then on the day, what you saw me do there was something that they wanted. Okay, even though it doesn't sit well with you, we've sat down, we've had meetings, and so me talking on that day is just a part of it. That's not all.

SPEAKER_01 8:19

So the the meetings that you have, obviously, I don't want to I don't want to go anywhere, give us all of your your tips or whatever, but like what what information are you extracting from the couple? Is it, you know, what kind of vibe are you looking for for your wedding? Okay, you know, what what is it that you're kind of?

SPEAKER_00 8:33

Okay, so clearly I take everything line by line. So even for entrances, yeah, I give you, I recommend different entrances. And I am going to tell you that, and even before that, I've even gone to your page. Yeah, I know your friends, I know your personality, I've gone to your Instagram, I know how I've watched a few videos of you going out, the kind of people you hang around with.

SPEAKER_02 8:58

Fair enough.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

To decide that if a concept is not working for you, I'm going to tell you this won't work for you. But then I always end with one phrase. However, if this is what you want, I will do it for you.

SPEAKER_01 9:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:11

And I make sure it's being recorded.

SPEAKER_01 9:14

Okay. Yes. Yeah, that sounds good. Okay. So a couple books you right. And um, let's say I book you, for example. My wedding is coming up.

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:24

All right. What how do you go about finding out what my vibe is, or what or what, in terms of when you say concept for your wedding, can you just explain a little bit?

SPEAKER_00 9:34

All right, okay. So um, once you start talking to the person, they are usually looking for once we start talking, you'll clearly understand whether the person is looking for a more comical event.

SPEAKER_02 9:47

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 9:47

Or the person wants um a late event. And then usually anybody entering my DM or sending me that email, yeah, probably out like he or she has seen me before. Yeah. So I do ask, okay, is there a particular wedding that you met? Somebody will come and tell you that oh, I want my wedding to look like this person's wedding. How you did this. Yeah. So from there, that's when I'm coming to tell you that okay, now let's get to the drawing board. You want this one, okay? This one was possible because um they had a Gen Z guest. Are you having a Gen Z guest? Um, this happened because the bridal party, there were three people that were dancers, and so I built the concept around them. Can you also make sure that you have at least dances?

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Dancers, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:40

Like in your bridal party. So these are things that these questions will help me know that okay, fine. Because if you are young, you can get some young people, yeah, and then their guests are above age 50. Clearly, I'm telling you, you know what? Yeah if you need a lifeband.

SPEAKER_02 10:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:57

Because you have 60% of them above age 50. Yeah. Because your mother and your aunties took over your wedding. And so if you give them only a lifeband, it's not going to be fine. Now, these are things that I would I would tell you. Sometimes they have the resources to get it, sometimes they don't have. But then once I have it on record that I make that recommendation, it's that's it.

SPEAKER_01 11:22

That's it. Fab. So I know that for weddings, obviously, I've planned my own wedding, and I remember like the thing that kept my head going around. It was okay, what am I going to wear? How am I going to look? All of those things. Um, and I think we put those things at the very forefront. What would you say to couples that are planning their wedding in terms of some of the things that they have to consider aside from like their outfits, their looks, and all of those things from an MC perspective?

SPEAKER_00 11:48

Yeah, from an MC perspective, you need to, like I said, but let's go back to what we said earlier on. It's just the inspiration and understanding your guest demographics. All right. Um, these are things that you need to put into consideration for a better experience. You understand? Because um, let's look at you are a Christian bride. Yeah. Right from day one, you don't want um Afrobeats to be played at your wedding. So, right from day one, don't be inviting people that love Afrobeats. You need to invite people that think and behave like you. If not, you are just going to ruin your own day.

SPEAKER_01 12:31

That's a very interesting perspective.

SPEAKER_00 12:32

No, because the truth of the matter, I've seen it before. Yeah, where I told them, I said, you know what? People are there to have fun. In their mind, they are coming to your wedding to come and have fun. And then they got there, the DJ start playing holy gospel music, which they don't behave like you. You have accepted that certain music it's it's something that you don't want. However, you are having friends that want to vibe to everything, and so clearly you've got something wrong there. As an MC, do you know what I do now? I will need to make sure that a guest understands that this is the concept you want. Because once I enter a venue now, you see a guest, one guest to say, Oh, MC Crest, will you see you? Oh, then today here will be fun. And on paper, I know this is not going to be fun.

SPEAKER_02 13:23

Wow.

SPEAKER_00 13:24

You understand? I know it's not going to be fun because I know the music that you are going to hear, these are not the music that you were expecting. You are expecting.

SPEAKER_01 13:33

I guess I guess gospel music can also be fun. I've seen that you've done a wedding, right? Yes. It was a gospel music.

SPEAKER_00 13:39

Yeah, because, like I said, I've gone to the drawing board, I've told them what to do, even the selection process.

SPEAKER_02 13:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:47

I can tell you for a fact that sometimes a play rule would I'm the reason why some of you didn't get invitation to a particular wedding. Oh, God. Yes. Because I've right now, what I've been able to do is that most of my clients, they actually trust my judgment.

SPEAKER_02 14:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

And so for the bridal party, if you want a late entrance, I can tell you that please don't allow any boring person to be part. And funny enough, I just say it jokes, and they will do it.

SPEAKER_02 14:13

They will do it, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:14

So that is the kind of influence I have now.

SPEAKER_02 14:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:17

But then because I've seen that too, I'm trying to be a little bit laid back now. Because now when I say something, they want to do it, even if it's not something that they want. But the long and short of it is that you, as a person, right from day one, think about yourself, yeah, look at yourself, your personality, yeah, and then you'll base on that one to decide on certain things that you are doing. If you have classy friends, then on the night you need to include things like ballerinas, jazz music, even the atmosphere, the environment. Because you have a Porsche friends, and so you know their taste. If you want to sell something classy, it means you need to be coming out with the dress code, the atmosphere, the ambience, essentially know yourself and and know the things that make sense for you and building.

SPEAKER_01 15:12

Yeah, and build your experience, that whole experience around that. I love that. So, for when it comes to like working with an MC, whether it be yourself or any MC, at what point do would you tell the couple to start looking at booking an MC and how involved on how early will your involvement be in the process?

SPEAKER_00 15:30

So um there are certain months, like let me just chip this one in. If you've invested so much and you want a top-tier MC, you shouldn't wait till the 11th hour to book them because then by the time you are ready, they are fully booked. Okay. Um two, you need to understand what you want. Even me, um, what I try to do is that once I read your email, I don't like to be selfish. I could tell that this is an event I don't want to do. Yes, because their email was given um funny, tell jokes, um humor. And I've built my brand based on vibe. I can I can be very funny, but I don't I don't want to tell more than two or three jokes at a wedding. I am it's to me, it's not a comedy show. So if you want um an MC who is funny because that's what your guests will like, I normally respond with okay, you know what? I know a friend, and yes, I always do that. Because in my mind, it's it doesn't fit my profile. Yeah. So why do I force myself to go and create jokes that will not be funny?

SPEAKER_01 16:40

Yeah, and it's better for the couple because I think when it comes to booking vendors, it makes sense to find a vendor that fits the vibe that you're looking at. Exactly. So it's there's no point in also as vendors, I think that's one thing that couples probably don't even understand. That sometimes you may be looking to book a particular vendor, even myself. I have a selection process, even when I go through my consultations, I'm like, is this a wedding that I see myself doing? So yeah, we have those processes that they may not necessarily know. So even when you're reaching out to vendors, it's important for you to know that okay, is this vendor going to be the one for me? Yeah, do we so yeah, it makes sense. So for you, where would you stay in terms of is it six months, uh, 12 months, in terms of maybe of your booking, how booked up you get?

SPEAKER_00 17:23

Yes, what we do. So so so to me, I think if you reach out to me six months, because um what I've realized is like before um before 2023, I could see that my clients were not prepared by the time it was on the wedding day. And and so um the results as when I just opposed it were now, I can see the difference in the quality of projects I've done. Because most of them now they reach out to me a year ahead. If I take my phone and show you that some people are even in 2028, it will shock you. But those are the clients that I'm attracting now, and it's making the job more easier. Because if I have my I actually have a meeting with you, we had a meeting this year, and your wedding is 2027. Clearly, you had enough time to do certain things that you cannot do if you have three months.

SPEAKER_02 18:19

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:20

Because I'm going to recommend things like um rehearsal. I want you to be creative. I want to do more creative style of wedding of late. And so I give them a little bit of pressure to rehearse their even their entrances. First dance was something that I could see that people didn't know how to do first dance. Now I tell you, I send you videos because you need to learn the movement, the hand gesture, the connection, the eye contact, especially for the first song where we have all the sparkles, the smoke, and everything. If you don't rehearse, you're going to look like, sorry to say, I don't want to give any example, you know. The violence in me wants to come out, but let me just save it there.

SPEAKER_01 19:01

Okay, thanks. Um, so I think obviously you're talking within your mind, you have uh a certain caliber of client or weddings that you want to do. Now, what I would ask is what makes a really good wedding from your perspective as an MC, or what is the the best type of client for MCs?

SPEAKER_00 19:22

To be honest, the the client that looks um prepared um when I say preparation in terms of everything, you know, there are two types of clients. There are one, there's there's this type that thinks, okay, fine, me putting vendors together, it's alright, everything will fall in its place on the day. And then we have another client that wants to ask every simple question. Uh, like they go into details, they they are involved, they are very intentional. I like clients that like to worry me.

SPEAKER_02 19:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 19:58

When when you tell me, come and do oh, just make it fun. Now then I then I see that there's something wrong here. So such a person, such a person, yeah, I need to uh find a way to message you all the time, test you all the time. Have you done this? Because I could clearly see from the onset that you're not too um excited about what you're about to do. You only have the resources, but you are not into it. But then there is this client that will tell you, oh, MC, how's this thing going to look like? How is the entrance? And then I'll send them videos of what I've done, and I'll say, Okay, this person did this this way. This is how they did it. Yeah, so you can decide which one you want. Then they will get back to you. MC, we've we've selected these songs for our entrances. What do you think about them? And then I'll say that okay, fine, let's change the arrangements, okay. Get the DJ to do and make an already mix for that. Because this one, if you pause it and then you have to play a second, so the transition wouldn't be good. So clearly, I like clients that are ready to be part of the whole planning process.

SPEAKER_02 21:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 21:10

Yes, yeah, not the one that because you've paid me, yeah, and then because you think I am good, um, you leave me just to show up on the day and then um create something nice for you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:23

I think there's that understanding that the excellence comes with us working together to be able to figure out yeah. So what you the final product that you see is because we've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes.

SPEAKER_00 21:33

Work behind the scenes, yes. Yeah, and then even before the day, I see them as my sister, like the bride as my sister. Yeah, so that's why usually some of them would tell, oh, can you come to my hotel? When you see me at a client's hotel, I didn't go there alone. They invited me there because most of them they feel comfortable when they see you, especially they know that oh, Cresper wouldn't keep quiet when he he sees these things like this. So I would want him around just to come and look at something. So sometimes. I try to book a hotel closer to where my client is. Just in the morning, just to go and say hello, hi, for you to be comfortable. Especially when they see you flying around. I know they are scared, they are thinking, hey, this guy is gonna be at my wedding. So in the morning, I try to make sure that deliberately try to show myself so that you'll be calm that okay, fine. The guy is in the country. So on the day you will see me. That's why I like writing down my story that on the day, because everything is being planned ahead, but not to deviate from your question. The whole thing is that there are certain kinds that you you could see that they they trust your brand. There are certain emails when I read it. I want to even um in fact I just can't wait for the day to come. Yeah, you could see that such a person loves you, loves your work. They followed you even before they even pay you.

SPEAKER_02 22:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 22:59

The kind of uh which gives pressure a little bit. Yeah. Because they it does, it does. Because of, oh, I've seen your work, you're amazing, and I can't wait to have you, I saw you here, and I know you're going to. You've already given me pressure to work. So I love those clients that really show appreciate our work. If you don't know me, then you come, then the question becomes too much. Oh, can you do this? Can you send me videos of this? Then I'll be like, oh, the person doesn't know me.

SPEAKER_01 23:26

Okay, so you're basically recommending that. No, I hear what you're saying because also when I get certain um DMs or emails, and they're like, oh, can you show me a portfolio? Yeah, you've skipped so many different there's the website, there's Instagram, there's the TikTok, and you so you haven't done your research to even come and approach. So I think, yeah, it's one thing that clients should know is do your research before you reach out to vendors.

SPEAKER_02 23:49

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

So that's very important. Yeah, so that they can see, okay, they've done their research and we can see how we can work together. So for the for those who are planning weddings and they're like, okay, I've got a list of people that I want to book, make sure to do your research. Yes, make sure to do your research.

SPEAKER_00 24:04

That's the truth.

SPEAKER_01 24:04

So, in terms of um, let's look at, I guess, this uh myth, if you would. Um, the more money a client has, the better the wedding will be, or the less money they have, the worse their wedding will be. What do you think of that in terms of like even guest experience? Do you has that been true for you? The more money a client has?

SPEAKER_00 24:23

No, so uh I don't believe in that because I've seen a wedding where um so much was spent, but it didn't come out good. Then a wedding where if I compare to that wedding in terms of budget, yeah, um they were no near them. Um what happened is that the truth is that when you're having the resources and you have a good team, then clearly the money will talk.

SPEAKER_02 24:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:52

Because you could see that apart from the money, you had um professionals on board putting the money into good use. Yeah so if you have the money and the budget, and then you don't have, let's say, a planner, professional planner trying to tackle every aspect, you could realize that when when somebody's having money and having a good team, you could see the results in terms of the catering, the entertainment, the venue, the decor, everything looks on point.

SPEAKER_02 25:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 25:26

You understand? And then with with the ones where the the budget wasn't enough, you could see that certain aspects didn't actually go on well. Of course, money fixes a lot of a lot of things, you understand. And we cannot we cannot run away from that. But I think just having the money alone cannot give you a successful wedding. The money should be put into good use. And how do you do that? Finding the right team, yeah. Because it's just like um the Galacticos, if you watch football a little bit, Madrid having superstars.

SPEAKER_01 26:02

Yeah, and then yes.

SPEAKER_00 26:05

So having a coach that can make sure that the Mbappies and the Vinicius Juniors are actually on top of their game.

SPEAKER_02 26:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:14

But if you have those stars and you don't have a strategy, yeah, then that's what I'm just gonna say. That's my opinion with regards to that one.

SPEAKER_01 26:22

In terms of you've mentioned other vendors, like do you would you recommend like couples having a planner? Or what has been your experience when there's been a planner, when there hasn't been a planner, and how has that affected you as an MC?

SPEAKER_00 26:33

Yes, when it hasn't even you you when you want something so nice, and then you you know yourself that you are not so you've not done this thing before, you don't have so much insight into wedding planning. It's it's different from putting vendors together, it goes beyond that. There is an emotional, physical, even spiritual aspect of it. There are certain things that um one day I asked I told one client that do you have a planner? Oh no, um, I did everything myself. Do you have a coordinator? Oh, my sister will do it for me. And I said, Okay, let me ask you a question. Right now, if there is a um shortage of chairs, who is your sister going to call? Um I don't know. So that is the difference between the the plan the professional because if you ask me right now, if I can get somebody who is gonna do a kick for you in less than two hours, yeah, just by looking on my phone. I can get a DJ if your DJ doesn't show up. I can call at least five DJs that will be willing to come to your house right now and play for you. We can put that to test. Yes. So that is the difference between having professionals on board to step in into fine. You are saving costs, yeah, but it can cost you more. You're saving money, but it can cost you more. And there was an incident that happened, and I know that definitely if there was a planner, it wouldn't have got into that level. Because these Arab whores or Asian horse, yeah, they will keep quiet. They asked you how many guests are you having? You said 250. And you know, Africans, we think we are very smart. And then on the day, we know for sure that our guest count is more than 250.

SPEAKER_02 28:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:34

Now that wedding, what happened was they kept quiet. On the day, over 400 people showed up. When I took the microphone to do my intro and everything, the venue manager came and said, There's a lot of people here. This is not what they told they told us that we're gonna do. Yeah, so unless the guest, everybody, the overflow leaves, we can start the event.

SPEAKER_02 28:59

Oh wow. No, wow, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:03

Now, this could have been avoided if I was their planner. Because I'll clearly, because I I I know these people, you use the experience to do certain things and tell them that, and then you end up paying more because for the program to continue, they took them another thousand just to allow the people to stay. But with the same money, you could have gotten it a little bit cheaper, yeah, but you were trying to cut down cost, I would say, but now you've paid more.

SPEAKER_01 29:33

You've paid more in that in that instance, in that example, did they tell you what the real the actual numbers of of people was going to be?

SPEAKER_00 29:42

I remember that they told me it was 250.

SPEAKER_01 29:44

250 or so.

SPEAKER_00 29:45

Yeah, 250. And then they they had bounces, even the 400 that were in, yeah, a lot of people still wanted to come in. Yeah. So that was the day that I did magic. Yeah, to be honest, it's definitely going straight into my book. I don't know how funny enough, that wedding I would say is also one of my best weddings that I did. Despite that, we only had three hours. So by the time we up and down, who will pay, who wouldn't pay, and when you're dealing with a professional and there is any problem, I'll use my money to pay and later take it from the client.

SPEAKER_01 30:23

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 30:24

Rather than even telling you.

SPEAKER_01 30:26

Really? Yes. Is that not risky? Because I've I've heard of people doing that, and the client will say, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't ask you to do that.

SPEAKER_00 30:35

Okay, no, before you do that, you have a meeting with a with a with a client. Okay. That hello madam event is something like a live production. Anything can happen. In a case where things like this, things go south. Yeah, are you okay for me to use my money to finance it, get receipts, and later pay me off? So this is something you do before handing. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 31:02

Yeah, you okay. Oh, that's interesting.

SPEAKER_00 31:04

And all these discussions, like I'm telling you for a fact, me, my meetings are being recorded.

SPEAKER_01 31:08

Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 31:10

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 31:11

And your clients know that. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:13

You have to know. Yeah. Even if you don't know, it's being recorded. Because we are talking business. You understand? You are talking business. And I don't record them not because I think maybe something will happen. It's just for me to go back and listen to what we discussed. Because I'm dealing with a lot of people. Yeah. And so if you're going to do this, because I have the belief that on the day, don't worry your clients. Yeah. Fix certain things.

SPEAKER_02 31:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:40

And then later, if they are not going to give it to you, so be at the end of the day, you've put up a very successful event. Yeah. You've prevented the chaos, you've prevented the embarrassment that would have happened. So if I did this to save your event and you're not going to give me my money, I think it speaks more of your character.

SPEAKER_01 31:59

Yes. No, I think that's that's good. Um, in terms of again, vendors and yourself as an MC, who do you work closely with, you would say, in terms of like other vendors as part of?

SPEAKER_00 32:09

So my job cannot be complete or I cannot do an excellent job without the DJ, yeah, and then the coordinator. So I always tell my coordinator they are my bosses if you if you speak to them. I'll I'll I would I'll always say that. And then I will tell you that just tell me what to do. Because at the end of the day, I will be marked differently on how I was able to bring life to the event. Yeah, you will be marked from how you were able to coordinate the event. You understand? At the end of the day, they would say the MC was good, but the coordinator was terrible. Uh uh, this thing had to delay, and all those shoes had to be delayed, and those things. So, uh, two people that I don't joke with that I will make sure that now you have it. Or usually, sometimes I will I will find a way not to come. Yes, yes, like you don't have them. Oh, no, because you'll be stressed.

SPEAKER_02 33:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 33:10

Before I used to do, it's like I'm the MC, but on the day I get there and I'm doing a coordination. Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_02 33:18

No, yeah, I hear that.

SPEAKER_00 33:19

You need that. You you have to. Even if you're not having a planner, please have a coordinator.

SPEAKER_01 33:25

Shout the stuff.

SPEAKER_00 33:25

And even coordinator, it depends on the number of guests. For anything more than 300, you need a lead coordinator and supporting coordinators.

SPEAKER_02 33:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 33:34

And even you would need ushers as well.

SPEAKER_01 33:37

Yeah. It's a whole production, like you're saying, isn't it? Like, I think that's one thing that people often don't understand. Yeah. It's a whole product, and you're putting a lot of money into the day. So it has to run well, and for it to run well, you may have to bring more than who you think you would be. Yeah, I think it's it's really, really interesting. So, in your 11 years of doing wedding MC, what are some of the the things that you've you've seen that has made weddings not go so well for couples? Um, just like maybe a list of things so that people can take note and be like, okay, maybe I should be mindful of this, I should be mindful of this.

SPEAKER_00 34:18

Yeah, it didn't go well uh for uh one I would say the preparation.

SPEAKER_02 34:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:26

And then the clarity, too. Sometimes budget. Because I know people that would love to do their weddings again.

SPEAKER_02 34:35

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:36

But at a time when they first I spoke to them, I told them that um you need to do this, you need to do this, you need to do this. They didn't want to do. But the 11th hour when they wanted it, it was too late. Yeah, they are saying things that um as a person, whether I know you, I wouldn't know there are areas where I would want you to put the money into something like a backdrop. You can never go wrong with your backdrop. Yeah, you understand? Yeah, for the pictures, and yeah, for the pictures and stuff, even if it's expensive, and there are certain things like let's say you know the the dance floor.

SPEAKER_03 35:18

Yeah, the dance floor, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:20

It's either you go for the best or don't do it until you understand. These are things, and then two, not know, and the fourth point will be not knowing what they want. Okay, you could see people changing things as they go. So initially they wanted to do trad and reception, later they wanted to do white and reception, then they want to do three in one. But I will say this, even though I'm working on projects like that, three in one is always dangerous. What's three in one? Okay, so three in one is doing traditional in the morning, yeah. Then you do ceremony, oh, and then you do the reception.

SPEAKER_01 36:05

Okay, yeah. Those are stressful days. Yes. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 36:08

If you take uh 90%, it doesn't go the way it's supposed to go.

SPEAKER_01 36:15

Oh, that's high.

SPEAKER_00 36:16

It's a whole topic. Yeah. And then you've saved money, but usually don't expect a very late wedding for three in one. Let's talk more about that.

SPEAKER_01 36:25

What what what does yeah, what's what's wrong with the okay, because I know people are trying, they think they're trying to save money, but I I'm I'm I'm of the same mind because yeah, you're you think you're saving money, but yeah, yeah, it's not, it's it's not.

SPEAKER_00 36:37

Okay, so I have a strategy now to, and even despite that strategy, it will still not be the same as somebody who did white and reception.

SPEAKER_02 36:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 36:52

Now, um, so for the last two years, I've introduced, I think this one was already there, the eight o'clock guests.

SPEAKER_02 36:59

Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:00

So what you try to do is that if you're doing trad um ceremony and then reception, usually trod is beautiful when you have most of uh your aunties and people in their traditional way. Yeah, the five years. And so if you have, let's say, 400 guests, I will just ask you to invite 150. Okay for just the trad. Um, the rest of your guests should come from the ceremony.

SPEAKER_02 37:27

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_00 37:28

Yeah, and then even at the reception, people that you initially didn't want to invite, or they were there were no space, or because of that invite them, just give them that option to come from 8 o'clock.

SPEAKER_01 37:41

8 p.m. Evening guests. Evening guests as well.

SPEAKER_00 37:43

Yeah, when you do that, there's a new sort of energy that is coming from, and I've I I would like I like to say this like our people, once they sit at a place for more than five hours, they get tired. Yeah, especially when you are not moving them. So so it would this thing works when you have you're doing a three in one, but then you are moving from one room to another. That one, it works sometimes. But if you are going to be at the same place from the 11 o'clock, because of course if the ceremony is starting at 12, the black mentality, we tell them 11. And so the person had been there from 11. So 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, all the way to 11.

SPEAKER_01 38:29

Oh, yeah, it's too much.

SPEAKER_00 38:32

So clearly, by the time it gets to the part where you want your wedding to be lit, they are tired. They're tired, yeah. They are humorous, yeah. So you've saved money, but you didn't get the best experience you wanted.

SPEAKER_01 38:44

And guess the experience is definitely it's very, very important. So, would you recommend then for those that want to do the trad, the white, they should have like a trad on a separate day, have their white and a reception on a separate day.

SPEAKER_00 38:56

Even if you ask me, the best way to do it is to either do trod one week and do the white another week, or do your troad on a Thursday and rest on a Friday and then do the white on it. Because sometimes I could see that the client is tired from your face. You can't decide. The enjoyment is not even there. No, no, no. You are tired, you're exhausted. And so uh there are times where you could see that during the meeting they were so happy for certain concepts and things, and then because you are tired, they come to me. Oh, MC, can you cancel this? Oh, can you take this one off? Can you take this off? Can you take this? It's not you, yeah, you are tired. It's the tiredness that is uh making you decide that you don't want to do certain things. And so things that you wanted, you won't get it. Yeah, so you can't eat your cake and have it.

SPEAKER_01 39:44

Yeah. So in that instance, that makes it would you say that makes it makes it easier for you, or just it doesn't work for you when they're taking things off of it?

SPEAKER_00 39:52

No, no, it doesn't, it doesn't go well for me because I can tell you something for a fact that I'm not moved by the money. I am moved by how the party went.

SPEAKER_02 40:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 40:05

When when I go home realizing that um at one moment I was it wasn't me, the the vibe and the because sometimes it's not me. What I'm doing, me on that chair, it's not me. It's not me, trust me. I'm in a different world. Whatever that you're telling me, I'm not actually soaking it. I love that kind of event. The ones that are sitting in my car, not the money that you've given to me, but the fact that you are going to live the rest of your life knowing that this guy made my wedding list.

SPEAKER_01 40:40

Yeah, it was a nice, yeah, nice experience.

SPEAKER_00 40:42

Yeah, that means a lot to me. Then you taking beautiful concepts that we've rehearsed. We said we were going to do this kind of games or anything. You took it off. Yeah, uh, your friends were able to give we're gonna give some beautiful speech. You you are taking it off. We have to cut it off and everything, and things look like we have to scrap everything that we spend the six months planning for yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:05

No, that doesn't sound good. Yeah, yeah. So we recommend separate days for triad and white wedding. I think it makes sense.

SPEAKER_00 41:14

Yeah, but then sometimes too. Sorry, Tika, you know, it depends on the kind of people you have. Yeah, so sometimes people do that not because even for their budget, it's because they know that um if they've invited their friends from several places abroad and they are coming, and so when they come, just do it just do it because they cannot go, they cannot book a hotel for two days, extra cost for people, and so that is why people do that. But for if you want to have a very late, yeah, beautiful wedding, I would never recommend three-in-one.

SPEAKER_01 41:49

Yeah, no, I think it's it's I think I even saw um another vendor speaking about how how you can like spend so much money, for example, when you're doing the trad white and uh reception, you've spent so much money on getting the outfits and you wear the outfit for one hour, yeah, because you now need to get changed into your white dress, yes, so it's a waste of money. You actually haven't even saved as much money as you think you need to do it.

SPEAKER_00 42:13

Yes, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 42:14

Yeah, so okay, in terms of um again, guest experience, I feel like you've mentioned little bits here and there, but I want to kind of have a consolidated um for guests to leave a wedding saying, Yeah, that was the best, best, best wedding, in terms of experience, what do you think happens in the wedding for guests to have that kind of um occasion?

SPEAKER_00 42:35

Now, the whole thing is that um you need to, as I said earlier on, you need to understand who they are. For example, you need to include them in your planning. If you have a lot of Muslim friends, why are you not having halal food at your wedding? You understand?

SPEAKER_02 43:00

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 43:00

Um you need to think about, you know how your friends behave, how even when you're talking to the when you go to the how petty they are and that kind of so why are you putting them or going for a venue where it's going to be hot or too cold?

SPEAKER_01 43:17

That's so interesting.

SPEAKER_00 43:18

You get what I mean. Um, like I said, if you are I'm your friend, why are you asking your DJ to only play gospel music? I am a Christian, I can even speak in tones as well. But with me, I feel like let's vibe.

SPEAKER_01 43:36

Let's vibe.

SPEAKER_00 43:37

Do you understand?

SPEAKER_01 43:38

We know what you know what I think, what I think needs to happen is we need to get more DJ. Because the DJs, they're good. Yes, and what makes them good is that they know how to mix the thing, they know how to hide people. I think we need to get that version for gospel music.

SPEAKER_00 43:52

Okay, so the recent one I did was so beautiful. Like I said, when we go to the drawing board, once you told me, I love to do Things like that because when I was young, I used to leave praises and worship at church. You understand? That's why I've done you've done all. Yeah, I've done I've done a lot of things. I've done a lot of things. So the whole thing is to look into your playlist. You look at your guests, and they know what type of music. If it is gospel, Afro-Gospel is there. You reach out to your DJ on time. You go, maybe probably you go to the same church with them. So you know the kind of songs that when we play at church, everybody gets. That is what you need to tell the DJ.

SPEAKER_01 44:33

That's so good.

SPEAKER_00 44:34

You understand? You know them. You shouldn't be inviting strangers and expect them to like what you like. And because I know sometimes people say, but it is my wedding, it is what I want. You are right, 100% right. But imagine we play all those songs for you, and then they don't vibe. Because I've seen places where we started the event, they sometimes go and blame the DJ or the MC. And so me, I will include it in my introduction.

SPEAKER_02 45:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:05

Oh, I will tell you. I will tell you that hello, ladies and gentlemen. So for this event, if you're expecting to listen to songs like Afrobeat or I'm a piano, it's not going to happen. So please do not blame the DJ. Don't blame the MC. Don't blame the MC as oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I have a brand to protect. I won't build this because somebody is there. The person, he or she is expecting that Crest Consort effect.

SPEAKER_01 45:32

Yeah. Especially if they've seen you at other events, yes.

SPEAKER_00 45:35

And then that is what he's expecting. And I am there to serve my clients as well. The fact that I'm there to serve you doesn't mean that I should keep quiet and let somebody leave that venue, thinking that, oh, today he didn't perform, he's overrated. Oh, so all the vibe that they've given they are giving to him. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I am not letting it slide. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not letting it slide. And people will testify that I will do that. No, I won't keep quiet.

SPEAKER_01 46:00

No, but I love that. I think it's it's good to set the presentation. I guess it makes sense because you will sit there if you're non-the wiser, yeah, you will think, oh, why is this MC or why is this DJ just doing this? Not knowing that, yeah, there's they've had conversations. Oh, I will say it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 46:13

Oh, I will say it. Trust me, I will there's no way I'm leaving that venue. Anything that I think would affect my brand, because my brand is a vibe, it's an energetic brand. And so if you're allowing me to do things that wouldn't let me um sell or do what people know that I can do, they have to know.

SPEAKER_01 46:37

But then for those, I guess this is where you choosing, picking and choosing the clients makes sense, isn't it?

SPEAKER_00 46:43

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 46:44

Because if it's if it's a client that you know they will not allow you to do what you do best, why would you go with that?

SPEAKER_00 46:49

Okay, so it's not about the best, so even with that kind of concept, I've done, like I said, I can lead the whole church. Me, my vibe, yes. Yeah, but the whole thing is that there's somebody there expecting something different, right? So that person should go home, yeah, knowing that I didn't get this because of ABC. Not to go and take my brand and go to the oh, today I went there and the MC was, oh, the DJ played some songs and it was dull and it was boring.

SPEAKER_02 47:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 47:18

Yes. And anytime I honestly, anytime I say that, people is like, oh, yeah.

unknown 47:23

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 47:23

No, but I think it makes sense. It's even it's very like um eye-opening to get it from the perspective of an MC. Because I don't think we hear much from MCs because we just think, oh, you come there, you do vibe vibe, and then go to him. But it's more like you're actually curating an experience. Yes, it's supposed to reflect to the couple and reflect the people that are in the room.

SPEAKER_00 47:41

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 47:41

And I think that's the part that's easy.

SPEAKER_00 47:43

And so if they are not people that fake the concept that you want, clearly they should be our way. A brand needs to be saved. Like I'm stressing on that because I I know I won't build this, and it takes just one person to ruin everything that you've built. Yes. One person to meet you somewhere, and especially where you go to places where microphones, speakers, and everything is not working properly. I need to do something to make everybody there know that I'm not having the right resources to work.

SPEAKER_01 48:23

Fair enough. No, no, it makes it make sense. Yeah, be I mean, I need to.

SPEAKER_00 48:29

You need to.

SPEAKER_01 48:30

It all affects, it's part of the experience. If you're my okay, so that's another thing that uh couples have to consider, like sound and everything. Of course.

SPEAKER_00 48:37

So now, like I said, before, um especially we cut across with every brand. Before I couldn't ask questions, I couldn't make a few demands as well.

SPEAKER_01 48:49

Okay, was that because you were just starting or you had because yeah, because you want the cake. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 48:56

So you want to keep quiet, and even if there are things that you are not happy with, but now once that you send me your haul, I've worked there before. So I'm telling you, please tell your DJ four speakers are not enough.

SPEAKER_02 49:08

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 49:09

If you have to, if you reach out to your DJ and they'll tell you that, okay, fine, to book extra more, you have to pay. I will tell you that okay, now this is what's gonna happen. If you use four speakers, I tell you for a fact that when it gets to the time where people are giving speeches, those on table 20 to 30, they are not going to hear. And so they are going to make noise and it's going to make your room noisy. You wouldn't have a nice atmosphere when it comes to people giving speech. And this is what happens. Yeah, unlike where the room, there's sound quality on point, you realize that when you somebody's talking, then everybody's listening, the experience is different. But if I'm on table 40, I cannot hear what the guy is saying. What should I do? So you're just not talking about it.

SPEAKER_01 49:53

Not talking about yourself, and it's going to create that. Yeah. The room will not, yeah. Yeah, no, I think this is this is good. It's good to hear this perspective because I I'm even like, oh my god, like I've never even thought about like these things. But um, yeah, no, I think it's so it's the experience. Like I said, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 50:10

Now I can tell you for a fact, it will be difficult for my event to flop. Yeah. And the projects I'm doing now to future, if you monitor it, yeah, you'll realize that there's a clear difference. Trust me. Yeah, yeah. Because now we need to tell you. So I was frustrated at some point as an MC. And so I decided that last, it was the last two years, I started the violence episode. That's why you see me writing, oh, violence precedent. And so I decided that okay, fine. You know what? I'm not gonna mention him, but with these things that we are talking about, I'm just going to use my story to write it. Um, I'm just going to put them on my story. Um, not to make a few friends, you lose a few people. Um yes, of course we did. We got people unfollowing us, and then they had to follow us back.

SPEAKER_01 50:58

So tell us a little bit about what is the the violence story. Is it you kind of sharing experiences that you've had just to help your clients make it?

SPEAKER_00 51:06

Okay, so I don't mention names, yeah, but for example, I write something like, what should I even say? Um you cannot put your guests in a room where there is so much heat in the summer.

SPEAKER_02 51:23

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 51:24

So in a story form. So I'm not mentioning any new names, but I'm picking an incident that happened eight years ago to write that story.

SPEAKER_02 51:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 51:34

So my whole point is, and I don't like to call out people. It's it's I'm not there to tarnish anybody's brand or anything, but just to educate. And you know what? It helped. Yeah, it has helped me build what my client um they trust me so much. They think I they now know I know. Because some of the things I write, you've not even thought about it.

SPEAKER_02 51:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 51:56

You understand? There are certain things that happen behind the scene that affects our work.

SPEAKER_02 52:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 52:01

You there are times where on the day, I give you the automator that you know what. Um your auntie or uncle can just come to me that they want to do a presentation. When such thing happened, do you want me to allow them or do you want me to say no? So when we had a meeting, I could see that there are two types of clients. There are ones that gives me 100% authority, and that they are ones that will tell that, okay, in that come and ask me first.

SPEAKER_02 52:35

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 52:37

So already these things are no. So you wanted to come and give a gift, do presentation, I didn't allow you, you are offended. Your friend said I shouldn't allow you.

SPEAKER_01 52:47

Yeah. I think it makes sense though. I think um with working within the wedding industry for so long as well, every wedding there is something that you can pick up in terms of learning of experience. Yeah. So the more that you can also offer to your, the more you can educate your clients, the better it will be for them. Yes. And I I don't think, of course, that we have to do it with kindness and all of that, but I think this is why we have things like podcasts that we can invite you to also come and share. Yes. So people now know. Um I think I think it's a it's a good thing. But also, if it removes certain people, it means that they're not the client for you or the people. Oh, no, no, no. You need to set standards.

SPEAKER_02 53:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:22

No, I agree. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you can't go up and then certain projects will bring you down. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 53:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:30

And trust me, if you set standards, you grow.

SPEAKER_02 53:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:34

Forget it. Trust me, people that understand what you do love your work. I don't think it takes 24 hours for them to go for you.

SPEAKER_01 53:43

Yeah, no, I I agree. I think that those clients who know exactly what they want and who they want, and they've seen, they've done their research. Yes. Um, and everything. Fab. Okay. So just final bits of advice that you would give couples that are preparing um for their wedding in terms of guest experience. Again, uh, let's say maybe three three pieces of advice, things that they they remember they should remember, should account for, um, yeah, anything, any final kind of comments to give to couples.

SPEAKER_00 54:12

I would say to me, um, this is just personal. I've I feel I I just feel like it's once in a lifetime.

SPEAKER_02 54:20

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 54:21

So do what you think makes you happy. Um if you don't prepare well, even if you have to change the date to make sure that it's not something that we will say it wasn't nice, just change the date, give yourself enough time, yeah, and then do something nice. Where there are moments where you could see that the person wants to do the thing again. You cannot do it.

SPEAKER_01 54:56

You have to wait for your time.

SPEAKER_00 54:57

You understand, and then there are some of the experiences you cannot erase from people's minds. Imagine people came to your wedding, they didn't get a place to sit, they didn't get food, they didn't get food to eat, yeah, there wasn't enough water, there wasn't enough drink. You understand? Yeah, they would, and then they will even leave early, leaving you with empty chairs for you to uh and then too, people the fact that a vendor is having numbers doesn't mean they are professionals, or the fact that a vendor is popular doesn't mean they are the right person for the job. You need to understand what you like, yeah, and then you go for the person. Yeah, there are people, like I said, there are people that are funny. If you want jokes at your wedding, go for what the people I call them a comical MC. They can do an excellent job. If you want somebody who is a vibe, you could tell that you need to go for people with energy. Inspiration is key. Your inspiration for your wedding, how do you want? Are you doing, are your people the kind of people that will like three-course meal? Because your people they don't like potato and chips. Why are you bringing potato and chips? Because you like it.

SPEAKER_01 56:23

Because you like it.

SPEAKER_00 56:24

You understand? Yeah. Why are you bringing those kind of food? You know, Auntie doesn't like Auntie wants that jolloff and fried rice. But because you want to, you are that kind of person, uh, you wanted to go that way. You serve them the food, and something is just on the table.

SPEAKER_01 56:42

How do you strike a balance though? Because there's the element of this is what I like. So I want to incorporate it into my wedding. But then there's these things that my guests may like. Okay. Where, how can we marry those things together?

SPEAKER_00 56:54

Okay, so you make provisions for all.

SPEAKER_01 56:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 56:59

Um especially for let's look at it. You're Ghanaian and husband is um Congolese, and what's gonna happen is make sure that at least you have two the food catering to you like Afro pop, you like jazz music. Make sure at least on the ninth, you are giving everybody something to enjoy. Because there's been an event where there was once you play the high life, aunties and uncles will come and dance. If you switch to Afro Beats, you realize that they all go and take their seats, Gen Z's comes.

SPEAKER_02 57:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 57:38

And so at the end of the day, everybody will go home, and then it all boils down to the planning. Somebody like me, that's why we do the meetings to understand what kind of people am I going to meet. So in my mind, I'm going to give them 20 minutes of high-life music.

SPEAKER_02 57:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 57:54

Or I'm going to vibe with the aunties at one point, and then you see me dancing with them, and when it gets to the point, I'll just switch it or tell the DJ. But all the time we're working hand in hand with the people. So that's what I would say. There's a lot. If you want to keep on talking, we can go on. Final thing is that your no wedding is the same, it can never be the same.

SPEAKER_01 58:16

Yeah. Don't expect that, don't expect that.

SPEAKER_00 58:19

When you say, when you are expecting your wedding to be like just like somebody's the day itself, it's funny.

SPEAKER_02 58:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 58:25

I can give thousand and one reasons where you uh uh the expectations didn't go the way they wanted to be. But I told them, no, your friends are different from that person's friend. So why are you expecting that?

SPEAKER_01 58:39

The same thing. Yeah, that is so that is so good. I think with social media also, it doesn't help because everybody sees you know something and they're like, oh, I want to have this, but they're not realizing that there are so many different elements. Yes, that goes into where that lead to that. So I think that's one thing to definitely keep note of. I know that you also do like Ghanaian um trads.

SPEAKER_02 58:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 58:59

Um you do white weddings, you're international.

SPEAKER_02 59:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 59:02

Is there in the way that you MC for like traditional weddings, is it different to how you MC for a white wedding?

SPEAKER_00 59:08

Yes, of course. So even the even the kind of people you need to um the type of wedding, I decide on even what diction to use.

SPEAKER_02 59:17

Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 59:18

There are places where I'm not going to talk like this. You need to change a little bit, you understand, because of where you are going. Yeah. And then there are places where I need to act too matured. There are places I need to.

SPEAKER_01 59:30

So you're able to adapt. Adapt. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 59:31

I need to come down to their level for the better experience. Because if you get to a place and you are acting like old senior man kind of thing, people don't feel comfortable around. That's why you see me always at the center stage. Because I want people to feel so you could see the MC coming in looking all dapper, and then he takes off his suit, takes off his tie, and start vibing. So you should understand that we are ready to party.

SPEAKER_02 59:54

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 59:55

So at one point, you need to switch even the tone. Because I'm thinking an anchor voice. All right. If I speak on radio, it's different from how I'm talking to you now. I can just imitate that to you right now. And then you see the difference.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:08

Give us something.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:09

Alright, so, ladies and gentlemen, it's 99.9. You're listening to is it the same? No. Okay, clearly. I love that, love that. I love it. Yeah, so um, how you even talk at trad. Yeah. Because trad, you need to give this kind of matured kind of vibe. You need to use proverbs. Yeah, you need to. Because you're dealing with family. Family. Yeah. So how we do it is different. What how you do trad is different from how you do it. Not everybody can do both.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:37

And then it should, it's because of where we are coming from. What helped me, um, what has helped is because I grew up in Ghana, so I'm having the Ghana vibe. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:48

I've stayed here, so I'm having this kind of vibe. I travel around, and then it's only event that made me understand that we are all Ghanaians, but we are not the same. There are places where I get the way they behave, you could clearly see that they are different from these people. Yes, every area and how they behave. How you vibe in Croydon is different from when you vibe in, let's say, um Central London and Event Day.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:14

You can't use the same vibe.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:15

That's right, but that's really good. Yeah. Yeah. So we change, we change personality.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:20

You you you you need to wear the rye cap.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:23

That's what I'll say.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:24

I love that. I love that. Thank you so much. Um just one thing. I know that you do Ghanaian wings. I have Ghanaian weddings. But do you do like other in terms of like traditional? Is it just mainly Ghanaian or are you kind of open to all who yeah?

SPEAKER_00 1:01:39

So I'm open to all, but usually um people come for me because when there is a it's multicultural.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:48

And so you always have, let's say, a um a guy from Zimbabwe going to marry a Ghanaian. And so clearly, I need to be on the um Zim side. Yeah. So because I know our culture and tradition. So it is better to represent the person that is not Ghanaian. So that is where I come in. And then when it's Ghana, Ghana, then that one. But usually I prefer to be on the side of the non-Ghanyan clients. That's why you see me do it out. And then the reason why people use me for the trout is because you know, normally when you go for the typical anchors, they do talk a lot and that kind of thing. Yes. And also the um the ability to speak more than one dialect also helps. Yeah, helps, yeah. So you're able to translate. So during trat, where we have Ghanaians and non-Ghanans, whatever we said in Qi, I'm able to give a summary of what we what happened at every point in time. So that's what I would say.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:51

So I'm hoping for any event, whether you're Ghanaian or but especially when it's Nigerian, Nigeria, I don't fit in there.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:59

Yes, you need to go for an a Nigerian um um uh how do you even call it a lagar. Yeah. You understand? Because they are all Nigerians in the room. So why are you coming for? It makes sense. Fair enough, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:12

Yeah, I think that's part of choosing the right MCT. Five, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:16

Uh MCU has been an interesting conversation.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:19

Right. I would ask you to just let us know where we can find you so people who are interested in contacting you can know where to find you.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:25

All right, so um, I'm very active on Instagram. Yes, so MC underscore underscore Crespo. Or once you type Crest Consult, yeah, that's um MC Crespo is under Crest Consult. Yeah. So um Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, is the same MC underscore underscore Crespo. So that's it. I think when you once you DM me, my phone is my friend. So uh if you reach out, I'll just respond. You can also use the email or map profile um pages as well. Once you go there, you have my email numbered um email address there to contact me and then I'll respond.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:05

Fabulous. Yeah, thank you so much for all the time. Thank you very much for having me. Perfect!

SPEAKER_00 1:04:10

It's been an interesting, it's been good, it's been good. Thank you. You're welcome. God bless you. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:14

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