Wedding DJ at Waverly Oaks Golf Club
I am John Hathaway, and Elation Entertainment is my one person operation out of Shirley, Massachusetts. I have DJed weddings at Waverly Oaks Golf Club in Plymouth, MA, inside the service area where no travel fee applies. The ballroom is glass down one long side, so I place sound to fill it without hammering the windows.
Waverly Oaks Golf Club from the DJ Booth
The Grand Ballroom seats up to 200, or up to 250 once the enclosed verandah is counted in, and one long side is floor-to-ceiling vista windows over the course. Glass that size behaves like a mirror for sound. It gives back nearly everything it receives, so the speaker aimed at that wall is the one that ruins the room. I fill from the floor and keep energy off the window side. The verandah wraps the ballroom, which gives the space a soft edge rather than a hard one, and the crowd spreads into it through dinner. The Oak Room is the smaller option at up to 80, with a stone fireplace, and it reads as one room rather than a ballroom scaled down.
How I Run a Wedding at Waverly Oaks Golf Club
A ceremony here happens at the pergola outside, with the ballroom as the rain plan. Outdoors it gets its own system and wireless microphones for your officiant and your readers, set for open air where a voice carries nowhere on its own. Cocktail hour tends to spread onto the patio by the fire pit and along the verandah, so I cover both rather than picking one. Dinner sits in the ballroom at a level a table can talk through, with the glass working against me the whole time. Once the floor opens the level comes up and the windows matter less, because a full floor absorbs what an empty room throws back. Your coordinator holds the timeline and I run the announcements against it.
Getting to Waverly Oaks Golf Club from Shirley
Plymouth is the long end of my regular ground, roughly 55 miles from Shirley and an hour and 15 to an hour and a half on Route 2, I-495 and Route 3, longer when Route 3 is carrying summer beach traffic. I leave with that built in, because the arrival window does not move for traffic. I am on site 2.5 to 3 hours before guests, which covers the ballroom set and checked while empty, the pergola system placed outside, and cable kept off the paths guests walk.
Services
- Professional DJ & MC for your reception
- Ceremony music with wireless microphones
- Uplighting to transform your venue
- Photo booth with props and digital gallery
- Audio guestbook keepsake
- Online planning portal for song selection
Why Couples Marrying at Waverly Oaks Golf Club Choose Elation
- One event per day, so your wedding gets my full attention
- True open-format DJ: every genre, every era
- 300+ celebrations and counting
- 5-star rated across 100+ reviews
- No travel fees. Plymouth is inside my standard service area, which reaches 120 miles or about three hours from my base in Shirley.
Wedding DJ Questions About Waverly Oaks Golf Club
Have you DJed a wedding at Waverly Oaks Golf Club?
Yes, I have worked weddings in the Grand Ballroom there. Plymouth is the longer end of my regular ground and I plan the drive accordingly, but the room is the part worth knowing about: a long wall of glass changes where speakers can go, and that decision gets made before I ever arrive.
How do you handle sound against the ballroom windows?
By keeping energy off them. Floor-to-ceiling glass reflects almost everything it receives, so a speaker aimed at that wall hands the room back to itself. I fill from the floor, angle away from the vista side, and set the level again once tables and people are in, because a full room absorbs what an empty one throws back.
Does the pergola ceremony need its own sound?
Yes. Outdoors there is no room to help you, so the pergola gets a dedicated system with wireless microphones for your officiant and your readers, set for open air. The ballroom is the rain backup and I plan that version too, so a weather call does not turn into a scramble in front of your guests.
How does the drive from Shirley to Plymouth affect the timeline?
It does not, because the margin is mine to carry. The drive runs an hour and 15 to an hour and a half on Route 2, I-495 and Route 3, and Route 3 in summer is where it stretches. I leave with that built in and still get on site 2.5 to 3 hours before your guests.
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