Bethanie & Jeff’s 5-4-13 reception….with a room full of Steelers fans !

Bethanie & Jeff had their ceremony and reception at The Brier Creek Country Club.  The ceremony was in the Jasmine courtyard overlooking the Arnold Palmer designed golf course.  The Grandparents and Parents came down the isle to “Air On G Sting”, the Groomsmen to “Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring”, the Bridesmaids, Flower girl and Ring bearer to “Canon in D” and Bethanie to “Trumpet Voluntary”.  During the ceremony they had communion, unity sand ceremony and gave both Mother’s a rose to “When I Say I Do” by Matthew West.  Their recessional was to Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March”.  Guests were ushered to the cocktail hour in the Palmer's Cove inside the Clubhouse for drinks and to enjoy their standards and soft rock music mix.

Their reception was down the hall in the large banquet room with floral arrangements done by Lyn Graves from A Fresh Affair and he and his staff always do such an awesome job as does Shelly Keeter and the staff at Brier Creek! The wedding party was introduced to one of my favorite songs ever, “Got To Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye and Bethanie & Jeff went right into their first dance of “Unchained Melody”, Bethanie with her Father to “Cinderella” by Steven Curtis Chapman and Jeff & his Mother to the slow version of “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart.  After the dances were toasts by the Best Man and Maid & Matron Of Honor, then into the buffet dinner. 

The cake cutting followed dinner to "How Sweet It Is” by James Taylor then into a “snowball dance” that I started with the whole wedding party on the floor to “Runaround Sue” and after every 30 seconds, made them grab a guest and bring to the floor. By the end of the song everyone guest was on the floor dancing and singing.  “The Twist” followed this and it was havoc on the floor!  What a great idea Bethanie!  “Runaround Sue” works every time..except if the Bride’s name is Sue.  Then it’s not such a great idea…:)

Bethanie is from Polish heritage, had a ton of Pittsburg guests and is a Steelers fan so she requested “The Steelers Polka” and what a great choice!  The center of the floor was all the Steelers fans singing it to the top of their lungs and polka dancers circled them dancing. Fan-Tastic !!

They stopped to have another polish tradition, the money dance.  Both Bethanie and Jeff danced with guests to “With A Little Help From My Friends”, “You’ve Got A Friend” and “That’s What Friends Are For”.  Not only did the guests get to dance with the Bride & Groom for their money, but they also got to do a shot that was specially made for Bethanie & Jeff’s wedding.  Another great idea!

The reception ended to every guest there making a huge circle and singing “Sweet Caroline” to the top of their lungs and then “Carolina In My Mind” by James Taylor.  They made their exit to sparklers from the front of the Club.

What a fun reception and I think I saw a baby flying in the air on the dance floor (not kidding) and Bethanie and Jeff had a huge smile on their face the whole night!