so i went to chicago this weekend....
talked to syed, he had my dates. The price he offered us is a bit out of our budget so we told him we would call him back in a week. Hopefully we can meet somewhere in the middle. But inshallah we will go with him. FYI, didnt know amna was his student. Mentioned her name and got a long lecture lol...
went to meet with anjum for decorations, I think she was on something. She told me her stage would be $2100! Plus $1 for every mile traveled to and back. I was like you have got to be kidding me, when on the phone she told me $500-$700 and nothing for traveling. Yea right! And she also told me that Amer used to work with her and had learned from her. Ummm any ways, so that is not going to happen, since the stage was mediocre, and Amer had told me $1800 for a really really nice one. So I think im going to look locally for stage or do it myself.
Oh and also found out about Zeerum. I have heard really bad things about him. My sister-in-law got him for her wedding and he didnt give them the pics or video for over a year. He wouldn't answer their calls or get back to them, and then they had a HUGE argument and then finally he gave them their videos and pics.
Hope that helpls :)