| For most of the nearly eight years that Jim Renner has been in the DJ business, Pam Miller has been alongside. They got to see plenty of wedding cakes, flowers, bridesmaids' dresses, color combinations, wedding gowns and reception halls while providing entertainment for hundreds of wedding parties. But between the time the couple became engaged in March 1997 and their wedding April 18 at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in South Bend, they still had plenty to learn. "There are so many small things that need to be taken care of you never think of," Jim says. "When I'm the DJ, I'm there to play the music and that's it. The bride and groom have to coordinate everything." Now Jim understands the nervous couples who doublecheck prices and sweat details that seemed so simple to him before. "I saw the things that people have to do to get married," he says. "Now I can say, 'Yeah, I totally understand.'" Jim and Pam's second date, in July 1992, was at a disc jockey job, and the two performed 75 to 100 jobs a year through last year. They formed In-Tune D.J. Service Inc. in October 1996. Although trade magazines tell stories of DJs who play their own receptions, Jim figured he'd earned a day off just to be the groom. A friend of the Mishawaka newly-weds, Mark Miller of Plymouth, handled the music for some 365 guests at the reception. They gave him a list of their 10 favorites, told him how they wanted the event to flow, and left him to run the show. "A lot of people asked me if I was going to do it," Jim says. "I never considered it. I wanted to make sure I could talk to everybody." - Gene Stowe |
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