Wendy and Kyle chose Cary’s 5 star Umstead Hotel and Spa for both ceremony
and reception on a beautiful November 8th day with The Umstead’s
planner Margaret Northrup. I knew this
was going to be an awesome party when I met Wendy! She was so excited and happy!
The ceremony was held out back in the courtyard with
minister Barbara Lodge who
always done a fantastic job and is a pleasure to work with! As guests arrived I had a mix of classic love
songs playing. It was time for the
ceremony to start and the grandparents and parents came down the isle to “Canon
In D”, the wedding party (including Yuki their puppy) to “A Thousand Years” by
Sherron Brown and Wendy and her father to Kim Taylor’s “I Am You”. After Barbara’s beautiful ceremony, the
wedding party exited to Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit Of Happiness (Steve Aoki remix))”.
LOL! Guests made their way through the
hotel to the cocktail hour and there was a bit of energy in the air because
they passed Dave Chappelle chillin’ in the lounge!!
As guests arrived to the cocktail hour I had a mix of
trip-hop/chill music playing by the likes of Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project
and Bebel Gilberto among others. Very
cool playlist and really set the tone that this was not going to be the typical
wedding reception. Photographers Taylor
& Maria West from Zozo photography
were there to take pics through the night.
As the cocktail hour wrapped up, the doors to the ballroom opened and
the 60 guests found their tables.
The wedding party entered to T.I.’s “Whatever You Like” and
Wendy and Kyle came in and right to the floor for their first dance to
“Bloodstream” by Stateless. They were so
sweet singing it to each other like they were the only ones in the room. I opened the floor up for a short 20 minute
dance set that included Motown and top 40 that had everyone dancing! They took their seats for dinner, Wendy’s
father welcomed everyone (who may or may not be Mic Jagger) and her pop-pop
Paul blessed the meal. The food stations
opened including a craving station, seafood station and taco bar and I played a
mix of alternative rock and classic rock during dinner. After dinner we had 3 toasts that ended with
Wendy’s brother doing the “Schmurda Dance” and then Wendy joined her father on
the floor to dance to Bowie’s “Never Let Me Down”.
I opened the floor again with “The Cupid Shuffle” and some
70’s that filled the floor again and the Shutterbooth opened in
the hallway. After keeping them dancing
for an hour or so, we paused for the cake cutting to “You Are The Best Thing”
and guests helped themselves to cupcakes and desserts and came back out to the
floor for more dancing.
Close to the end, Kyle’s Uncle Bill (who has been a DJ for
30 years) borrowed the mix to sing “Can’t Help Falling In Love” and “New York,
New York” that did a great job! Wendy
had never heard him sing before. We
ended the night with “Sweet Caroline” and their last dance to “I’m Yours”. What a fun crowd and I had a blast! Thank you Wendy and Kyle and congratulations!
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