In my 32 years as a professional DJ, this was one of the
smallest and most fun weddings I have DJ’d.
Alicia and Randy had their ceremony in the back lawn of The Umstead overlooking a
pond. There were only 20 guests at their
wedding, but they had the fun of 100!
After their short ceremony was over, guests made their way to the cocktail
hour in the hall in front of the reception room. I had a mix of soft rock, country, standards
and classic soul playing as hors d’oeuvres were passed.
The doors to the room opened and guests made their way to
one of four tables. I introduced Alicia
and Randy (who is a Navy Chief!) into the room to “Danger Zone” from Top Gun
(get it??) and they came in and right to
the floor for their first dance to “Moonlight Serenade” by Glen Miller. This is one of my favorite big band songs
BTW. Randy’s sister-in-law then sang an
amazing version of “The National Anthem” and the individually served soup,
salad and entrée’s came out. For dinner
I continued the same mix as cocktails.
After dinner we had the cake cutting to “Lovely Day” by Bill
Withers (another of my favorite songs ever).
I knew this crowd was ready to dance and I wanted to make sure I
utilized photographer Michael Moss’s
time so filled the floor on the first song with “We Are Family” and then mixed
into “Celebration”. This small crown
danced for the next 3 hours without 1 line dance! I couldn’t believe it! I played lots of oldies, 70’s, 80’s, current
top 40 and even some club music for Alicia’s sister and her husband.
I ended the night with surprises for Randy and Alicia. For Randy I played the Oklahoma fight song and
followed that up with Notre Dame’s fight song for Alicia, then ended the night
with Semisonic’s “Closing Time”. What a
fun night and I was honored to be their DJ!
Congratulations Alicia and Randy and thank you for your service to our
country Randy!!
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