Julia and Nathan chose the beautiful Cardinal Club
located on the 29th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in downtown
Raleigh for their wedding reception. The
room looked great with floor to ceiling windows overlooking Raleigh and floral
arrangements by Greg Warren. Photographer Emily Barefoot was there to grab every
pic. The cocktail hour was held in the
front room with a photo booth by NC
FotoBooth and guests were asked to sign a guest poster for Julia and
Nathan. When the wedding party arrived,
it was time to open the ballroom for dinner and dancing.
The wedding party was introduced to Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold
Us” and they all came dancing in. Nate
and Julia came into the room to a roar from the guests and right into their
first dance “You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne. They took their seats and Julia’s Father
Gaines welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming and her Uncle Joseph
blessed the food. The salads and
entrée’s were served and I played a mix of Motown, Classic rock and standards.
After dinner Julia’s Father said the toast and Julia and
Nate cut the Cinda’s made cake
to “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”. While the staff delivered the cake slices the
cookie bar opened. Julia had asked
several guests to make home made cookies for the reception. There had to be 30 different kinds
there. Guests could fill to go boxes
with cookies as a wedding favor. Such a
great idea!
To open the dance floor, Julia danced with her Father to “My
Girl” and Nate escorted his Mother to the floor for their dance to “My Wish”. I
opened the floor to everyone with “Build Me Up Buttercup” and the floor was
filled in minutes. I played a big mix of
oldies, 80’s and current dance music for the 150 guests to dance to all night
and they had a blast! When Nate and his
college friends were on the floor I played the University Of Michigan fight
song “Victors” and they acted like they were back in college again.
Their last song “How Sweet It Is” came a little early since
no one was ready to stop dancing and they made a sparkler exit from the bottom
floor of the building. What a fun night
and I couldn’t be happier for them.
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