Laura and Les chose the 5-star Hotel, The
Umstead Hotel and Spa, for their ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. The
90 guests arrived to the back of the Hotel for the wedding ceremony and I had a
mix of standards playing. The
bridesmaids came down the isle to “Canon In D” and Laura and her father entered
to “Here Comes The Bride”. After a short
service by minister Terry-Michael Newell the wedding party exited to Frank
Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon”. Guests
waited for a large group pic with Laura and Les by photographer Brian Mullins and then made
their way to the outdoor patio for cocktails.
I had a mix of soft rock and classic soul playing for the social hour as
guests enjoyed drinks and passed hors d' oeuvres.
After the cocktail hour, guests made their way into the
ballroom for the reception and found their tables with beautiful floral
arrangements by The Watered
Garden. I lined the wedding party up
with help from The Umstead’s Margaret Northrup and she did an awesome job all
night! The wedding party danced into the
ballroom in couples to “Call Me Maybe” and Laura and Les came right to the
dance floor to have their first dance to Etta James “At Last”. Laura then danced with her father to “My
Girl” and there was a huge “awwww” from the crowd. Les escorted my mother to the floor to their
dance of “It Happens In A Heartbeat” that led to Laura’s fathers welcome. The 4 course meal came out with appetizers,
salad, entrée’s and dessert as I continued a soft rock and classic soul
playlist.
After dinner we had toasts by Laura’s Maid Of Honor and
Les’s Best man (and younger brother) who had me play the “Rocky” theme as he
came to the mic. Lol.. The Cupcake Shoppe’s cake cutting
came next to “I Can’t Help Myself” and I opened the floor with some Motown that
filled instantly. I couldn’t believe how
many people packed the floor. After a
few Motown songs, I mixed into some 70’s funk and disco that kept young and old
on the floor together. After a few line
dances and a 60 person conga line through the room, 80’s and disco we stopped
briefly for the bouquet toss to “Single Ladies” and garter toss to “Yeah” and
Les did quite a dance for her..ha ha. I opened the floor again with some
current hip-hop and dance music mixed with some more 80’s that kept them
dancing til the end of the night. I even played “Always Look On The Bright Side
Of Life” by Monty Python for Laura’s parents bridge club. That seems like a fun bridge club!
The night ended with Journey’s “Faithfully” and guests took custom
printed M&M’s on their way the bubble exit.
What a fun crowd and a great couple!
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