Congratulations
on your Engagement!
We would first like to congratulate you both on your announcement to
exchange your Wedding vows. Whether your wedding date is six months
away or a year away you will soon be faced with many decisions in your
plans for the perfect day. Well, at Ohio DJ Services. We would honor
the opportunity to help you the best we can in making a wise choice
for your source of entertainment. The first step is a simple one. After
reviewing our information within this site you may wish to look further
into our service and if you do, you and your fiancé will be invited
to meet with one of our available entertainers. He or She will give
you the opportunity to ask questions and help you along with your concerns.
To get the planning started we have included below a condensed version
of what goes on at a wedding reception. We are by no means limited to
this format. We work quite a bit with caterers, photographer's and many
other professionals like the ones that you may have or are looking to
hire for your reception to be sure everything runs smoothly. We will
also base what we do on how your guests are responding to what is happening.
Ohio DJ Services
will have the MC or DJ Announce with musical fanfare
and will introduce:
The bridal party & parents to guests
The bride & groom's grand entrance
The toast by the best man to the wedding couple
The commencement of the meal
*The first dance of the bride & groom..
Followed by parents & bridal party
Any special dances
*General dancing
The cutting of the cake
The bridal bouquet toss
The tossing of the bridal garter
The winners of the bouquet and garter toss
Special tradition dances, money dance, etc..
The last dance for the bride and groom
The grand exit the ending of the reception
(*Protocol dictates that no one dances before the bride and groom)
Let Ohio DJ Services
Introduce the Musical Highlights
at Your Reception and Sequence of Events
Dinner Music:
While the guests arrive, we are playing either a light, popular jazz,
classical, or a light, rock-soul and oldies mix. Because your guests
are spending this time conversing with friends and relatives that they
may have not see in a while, we try to keep the music low-key and our
volumes unobtrusive.
Bride and Groom Arrive:
Usually the photographer will take the bridal party for pictures after
the ceremony. After the photographer has completed his photo session
with the bride and groom at the reception hall, your entertainer will
line the bridal party up for proper introduction.
Bridal Party Introductions:
Prior to the day of your reception, you will have had the opportunity
to meet with your entertainer to discuss the proper name pronunciation
of your bridal party attendants, and the proper placement of these attendants
within the order of introduction. Once at the function hall your entertainer
will line your attendants according to what had been discussed prior
to the wedding day. As your attendants make their way into the function
room, it may have been decided that they form a receiving line, or go
to the head table.
Receiving Line:
In most receptions the receiving line is done at the church as the guests
leave, but this can also be done in conjunction with the introductions
or alone. The bride, groom, and parents will line up and greet the guests
as they go through the line. This is a great time to say "thank
you" to all of your guests for attending your special day. Blessing
Once your bridal party attendants are at the head table, your entertainer
will ask a guest (someone selected prior to reception - parent, friend,
grandparent, uncle, priest, etc.) by name to say the blessing. Once
the blessing is complete, your entertainer will now draw the attention
to the person who is proposing the toast.
Toast:
The best man usually does this before dinner is served or just as the
salad is served. We will announce the toast several minutes before it
happens to insure that all of the guests have a full glass.
First Dance:
The bride and groom select this song prior to their wedding date. This
song should be well thought out, and define something special about
the two of you. This dance can take place after dinner, or it may have
taken place when the bride and groom were introduced for the grand entry.
Parents Dances:
After the bride and groom have danced their first dance as husband and
wife, they may want to dance with their parents. If these dances are
occurring the bride will first dance with her father, and then the groom
will follow by escorting his mother to the dance floor for their special
dance together. At times their have been instances where someone else
has danced in the place of either parent.
Wedding Party Dance:
Once the parent's dance has been completed, the bride and groom may
want to have the entire wedding party come to the dance floor for the
wedding party dance. This dance can also take place during the bride
and groom's first dance, where the bride and groom's first dance will
be split 50/50, and the wedding party will be asked to join our bride
and groom on the dance floor.
Cake Cutting:
This takes place before the Bouquet & Garter Toss. Your music selections
for the cake cutting can either be background music or traditional (That's
Amore). We will coordinate with your photographer to when is the proper
time to begin the music for this traditional moment, and some entertainer's
will ask your guests to gather around for pictures at this time, but
at Ohio DJ Services we have learned that this is not the best way to
approach family/friends photo opportunities because it will interfere
with your photographer's performance, and he/she may lose those perfect
shots that he/she was paid to get.
Bouquet and Garter Toss:
At this moment your entertainer will ask the bride and groom to make
their way to the dance floor for the Bouquet & Garter toss. Your
photographer will probably pose you prior to the music beginning for
this event. Once the groom has removed the garter your entertainer will
ask for all single ladies to please make their way to the dance floor,
so that our bride may toss her bouquet. Once we have a recipient of
the bouquet it is time for the groom to toss the garter. Once we have
the recipient's of the bouquet & garter, it is time for us to have
a little fun!!! Don't worry it will be done tastefully, and we will
use the best discretion, if a younger guest catches either the garter
or bouquet. If a young guest is found to be the recipient, your entertainer
will just ask for the recipients to pose with the bride and groom, and
in this case also we are always open for suggestions and ideas.
Centerpiece Giveaway:
The centerpiece giveaway may be approached in many different variations.
Please note that not at all receptions are we able to give away the
centerpieces. Sometimes the centerpieces are property of your florist,
or catering facility.
Let's dance:
After the formal dances have been completed, we will invite everyone
to join in on the dance floor. In the beginning of the reception, we
usually play a lot of popular music to get everyone involved in dancing,
usually a mix of oldies works best, but we are always open to requests
and suggestions. A list of your ideas and suggestions usually works
best, as we are not only interested in what you would like to have played,
we are also interested in the songs that you do not want to hear, but
please take into consideration the music preferences of your guests
when eliminating song titles.
Anniversary Dance:
This is a special dance that has been done in many ways. The way we
like to do this is we invite the bride and groom to the dance floor,
and in doing so we also invite all of the married couples in attendance
to join the bride and groom on the dance floor. Once every married couple
is dancing to a slow song we ask for anyone who has been married for
one day or less (usually it's the bride and groom, unless one of your
guests got married that day & we didn't know about it!!) to please
make their way to the side of the dance floor, so that we may form a
circle around the dance floor with other guests who will soon be eliminated.
Other guest's will be eliminated by five year intervals, until we end
up with the couple that has been married the longest, and then we ask
the bride and groom to join this couple. A nice touch to this dance
is have the bride and groom present the couple with roses and bottle
of champagne (the bride and groom may know who this couple will be through
their invitations) (Ohio DJ Services will provide the Rose & Bottle
of champagne).
Back to Dancing and Group Dances:
As the reception progresses, so will the music that will appeal toward
the bride and groom's friends. However, we still mix in a few popular
oldies to keep everyone involved.
Bride and Groom Farewell Dance:
Prior to this dance your entertainer will ask all guests to form a circle
around the dance floor for which our bride and groom can dance within.
A wireless microphone will be passed around the circle and each guest
will have approximately 30 seconds to say a few nice words to the new
couple. We can close this dance by forming a tunnel of guests for the
bride and groom to exit the reception from, or we can close the circle,
and have the guests give the bride and groom a great big hug from all
of their friends and family. Thank you for choosing Ohio DJ Services
for your Wedding Reception.
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