Tips to Help a wedding run smooth

Tips to Help a wedding run smooth

Planning a wedding reception can be an arduous task… ask anyone who has gone through it! From securing a hall to hiring a DJ, this once in a lifetime event can consume endless hours of planning and arranging. Although most couples will find it hard to agree on what to do, aside from committing to the “M” word to begin with, all agree the success of their wedding reception will hinge on the happiness of their guests. A professional DJ is the key ingredient to that success formula. Here are some suggestions on how you can turn every wedding reception into a memorable and successful time for the bride and groom and for all their guests.

Introductions

Take down the wedding introduction names during your initial phone call to the client. Write those names out phonetically so as to announce them properly. On the day of the affair, double check the order of the bridal party and pronunciations with the bride & groom or as you line everyone up.

Your introductions should always be upbeat and lively but not rushed. In between each announced couple, take a second to read the next two names while everyone is still clapping. This will help you pace yourself but more importantly, to announce the names correctly.

Your music selection underneath your intros is crucial. Do not be afraid to experiment with different songs, instrumentals especially. You can even try some classical overtures or Movie themes as well.

Singing Wedding Gram

Here’s another way to put those table captains to work. Get all of your table captains to come to the dance floor and create a half circle in front of the bride and groom. Inform the guests the Table Captains will sing a wedding gram to the Bride & Groom. Use “Going to the Chapel” and have them sing into the microphone to the music.

The First Dance

After the bride and groom have danced through the first chorus of their first dance, be sure (if ok) to invite the bridal party and parents out to the dance floor to join the bride & groom. Another nice touch would be to invite the guests as well just after that so you can also fill the dance floor.

Cake Cutting

The general rule use to be sing the bride cuts the cake. Nowadays people want to know a few min before the cake so they can get their cameras ready. Do a Play by play if you can to keep those not close to the cake informed. Make sure you always ask for a round of applause for the bride & groom after the cake ceremony regardless of the outcome.

Garter & Bouquet

The music you select for this is important from girls just want to have fun to Single Ladies and from Macho Man to Hot in Here. Remember whatever leg He runs the garter up is the wrong one. To get more mileage out of it, have the two trade places and have her run the garter up his leg.

Married Couples Dance

This activity is natural for wedding receptions. Play a slow song like “Through the years” and encourage the married couples to come to the dance floor and share this dance with the bride & groom when you call out the number of years they have been married. For Example: “Those couples married 30 years or more please join the bride & groom on the dance floor” and then “Those couples married 25 years or more please join the bride & groom on the dance floor”. Keep decreasing by 5 years till you get to the rookies or newly married couples.

Best Activities

A multiplication dance is more successful when the guests are asked to make a circle around the bride and groom and not by having each partner find a new partner from the tables. Add an item pass and these two activities combined give you two ways to open the dance floor. Visiting tables for requests and dinner trivia can also break the ice. Sometimes line dances like the Cha Cha slide, Cupid shuffle, or Chicken Dance are expected. Throw in a conga line or choo choo train and you have made the party memorable.