Anna and David chose the beautiful Berry Hill Resort for their ceremony
and reception. The ceremony was on the
front lawn of the mansion that welcomed their first guest in 1728. They had a
string quartet playing popular rock covers to welcome guests to the ceremony. Rhonda from Berry Hill was there all night
making sure everything was perfect and photographer
Meg Runion was snapping pics of everything.
After the ceremony, guests came inside the historic home for the
cocktail hour on the main flood with live string musicians still playing.
The dinner was held on the bottom floor outside of the
ballroom and inside a white tent. I had a mix of standards playing after Anna’s
Father Gaines welcomed everyone. As
dinner concluded, Gaines started the toasts and Anna & David thanked
everyone for coming and invited them inside the ballroom for the dancing
portion of the evening. Anna and David
opened the floor for their first dance of “A Song For You” by Willie
Nelson. I have to admit I had never
heard it before, but it is now one of my fav Willie songs. Anna danced with her Father to “My Girl” and
David escorted his Mother to the floor for their dance to “Love’s Me Like A
Rock” as everyone clapped along. The
dance floor opened for everyone with “Build Me Up Buttercup” and the floor
packed with the 150 + guests. Rhonda
said she had never seen the floor that full that early in the reception. After dancing a little some of the guests
started hitting the Ever After photo booth.
After a short Motown and oldies set we stopped for the La Bella Torta made cake cutting to
“Hold You In My Arms” by Ray LaMontagne and then back to dancing moving more
into current dance music for Anna and her bridesmaids. I even saw David cutting a rug with a huge
grin on his face! By the end of the
night it had turned into a rave with guests dancing to Kid Cudi and Benny
Benassi and some indie rock with the likes of The Killers and Walk The Moon’s
“Anna Sun”.
I ended the evening with “Wonderful Tonight” and guests made
their way back to the front lawn for the sky lanterns exit. What a charming wedding reception and I had a
blast playing for this crowd!
Randy, you did an absolutely amazing job playing all the right music at the right times and I certainly appreciated you checking in with me on our timeline throughout the evening to ensure everything was running smoothly. We had an amazing wedding and the music surely had a great deal to do with it! We could not be happier with your performance - it was perfect. Thank you so much! - From the bride!
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