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Five Star Entertainment is North Carolina’s most requested entertainment service and the one-stop shop for all of your event needs. From professional disc jockeys, MCs, and dynamic room lighting, to audio-visual equipment rentals and photo booths, we have it covered.

We handle every aspect of your function including pre-planning, event coordination, event design, and emceeing. Our focus: you!

What really sets us apart? Our world-class customer service and on-going training program.

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What kind of event are you planning? We do it all!

“Even though you are growing up, you should never stop having fun!"

~ Nina Doprev

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  • Put you first, tell you the truth, treat you with respect.
  • Give you our very best, return your calls promptly, answer all of your questions.
  • Be willing to go the extra mile, keep your guests entertained.
  • Make your function unique, deliver our best service, give you a fair price.
  • Play your requests, show up early.
  • ...And we will always smile and have fun!

Weddings aren’t rocket science

By fivestarentertainment | December 9, 2024

Martha Stewart is a trend identifier and a trend setter when it comes to weddings. This blog is quick to acknowledge her acumen on all things weddings. Her design and theme ideas are quite creative. BUT … we’d like to make the case to readers of this blog that creating memorable weddings isn’t exactly rocket…

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Bring back thank-you notes

By fivestarentertainment | November 25, 2024

Southern Living Magazine has readers with strong opinions on weddings. They don’t like receiving lines. They don’t want gifts brought to the reception. They don’t like rigid protocols on who pays for the wedding. But something they wish would make a comeback are thank-you notes. This is the #1 sticking point they have about this…

wedding envy

How to defeat wedding envy

By fivestarentertainment | November 11, 2024

Let’s say your brother is getting married three months ahead of you. Let’s say his fiancé (your future sister-in-law) is rich, and let’s say you’re not. It’s kind of hard not to succumb to wedding envy when you’re concerned the two weddings are going to be compared. That’s the dilemma a young bride-to-be presents to…

Get Up and Dance

Shut up and dance!

By fivestarentertainment | October 28, 2024

Wedding celebrations are simple. People want to get up and dance! The wedding DJ needs to be a great MC who knows how to motivate guests and help them overcome inhibitions. Everyone has a great time when the dance floor gets packed. Interestingly, there have been no shortage of songs built around the words ‘get…

Top Kris Kristofferson love songs for weddings

By fivestarentertainment | October 14, 2024

Singer, songwriter, and actor Kris Kristofferson died in Hawaii on September 28th. He left behind a rich legacy of well-crafted songs that were anything but cookie-cutter. This blog looks at his top love songs for weddings. Kristofferson was a high IQ Rhodes scholar who had a knack for telling great stories in country songs. Many…

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20 minute wedding speeches are a no-no

By fivestarentertainment | September 30, 2024

One of the greatest speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address (re-enacted in the video above), took but two minutes to deliver. And yet a recent bride writing to an advice columnist mentioned that her future in-laws gave a 20 minute wedding ‘speech,’ a real no-no. Even Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have a Dream”…

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Is wedding gift-giving in decline?

By fivestarentertainment | September 16, 2024

If you’re a fan of Reddit, you’re accustomed to reading lots of griping. Brides, in particular, like to complain, especially when it comes to the subject of wedding gift-giving. One bride complained that … “I recently had a wedding and had probably 70% of guests not give a gift [or] a card. Is it okay…

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What’s your favorite music genre?

By fivestarentertainment | September 2, 2024

Every state has a favorite music genre. So does every generation. And so does every couple. What’s yours? Wedding celebrations are defined by their music, and your favorite genre influences the entire theme of your wedding. We ran across an interesting map (above) which shows which music genres are most popular on a state-by-state basis.…

TikTok wedding controversy

TikTok wedding controversy

By fivestarentertainment | August 19, 2024

A couple recently posted a set of ‘rules’ to which their guests must adhere, stirring up a TikTok wedding controversy. Here are their 4 rules: MY dj will not take YOUR song requests. Just go to the club if you want your songs played. DO NOT ask MY photographer for pictures of you. I did…

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A wedding toast for an older couple

By fivestarentertainment | August 5, 2024

Discussions on how to give a wedding toast typically focus on younger couples in their twenties or early thirties. Young love is especially passionate, often reflected in the toasts themselves. But what about a wedding toast for an older couple? Is there anything different about them? To be clear, passion isn’t strictly the domain of…