Lauren & Rich chose the beautiful Umstead Hotel & Spa for their 38
person wedding reception on Friday August 23rd. The ceremony was performed by Reverend Barbara Lodge and she did
a fantastic job as always! I provided
the music for the ceremony with classical music playing as guests were seated,
the Grandparents & Parents were seated to “Bella’s Lullabye” from Twilight,
the Maid of Honor and Best man to a piano version of Train’s “Marry Me” and
Lauren entered to “Canon In D” by The O’Neill Brothers. The recessional was Vivaldi’s Allegro from
Spring and guests made their way to the Salon for the cocktail hour and
reception. Videographer Wedding Bug
and photographer Josh Joyner were there
to catch everything.
The cocktail hour was mostly inside since it was a bit
steamy outside and I had a custom mix of soft rock and classic rock playing as
background music. The doors of the
ballroom opened and guests made their way to their tables. The Maid Of Honor and Best Man were
introduced to “Blurred Lines” and Lauren and Rich came in to Usher’s
“Yeah”. They came right to the dance
floor and had their first dance to “Marry Me” by Train, Lauren danced with her
Father to “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra and Rich danced with his
Mother to “Teach Your Children” by CSN.
Lauren’s Mother welcomed everyone and the food stations opened with a
BBQ station, Salad station, Noodles & Pasta station and a seafood and
carving station. Tons of food for
everyone and it all looked delicious!
The dinner music was standards in memory of Lauren’s Grandmother who
loved Frank Sinatra so I wore my Sinatra cufflinks.
After dinner the toasts followed by the Sweet Memories made cake cutting
to “Love & Marriage” by Frank opened the floor with some Motown and ½ of
the guests filled the floor on the first song.
What a great crowd ! I played a
few Motown songs and mixed into “22” by Taylor Swift for the cutest flower
girl! How could I say no really? I played a few more current songs then some
70’s and 80’s. I went back to current
and some 80’s. I dropped “How Will I
Know” by Whitney and Lauren rushed the floor to dance with her childhood
friends. I will never forget mixing into
“Jump Around” and Lauren screaming across the dance floor “Randy, you are the
Sh…t”!! Ha ha.. so funny ! Lauren know the lyrics to every song from “Baby
Got Back” to “Boom Boom Pow” and acted out everything. So great!
What a fun time and I had a blast with this small crowd that
never left the floor.
What a special wedding that was! Sorry I didn’t get to stay for the festivities but your Frank Sinatra cuff links that honored Lauren’s grandmother were a great personal touch. You have SUCH CLASS, Randy!
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