I first met Nigel & Karen at their reception on August 8th
at Durham’s Bay 7,
although I had talked to them on the phone before and could tell this was going
to be a blast! After their ceremony at
Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, guests made their way to Bay 7 for
cocktail, dinner and dancing while photographer
Mantas Kubilinskas and videographer Steve Creel got some shots of the
wedding party. The cocktail hour was
held on the second floor overlooking the bottom floor where the dinner and
dancing would be held. During the
cocktail hour guests watched a slide show of Karen & Nigel and I had a mix
of soft rock and R&B playing. Karen
& Nigel joined the cocktail hour for a few minutes before I invited guests
downstairs to their tables for dinner and dancing with lots of help from Sarah
from The Angus Barn.
I introduced the wedding party to “Get Up Offa That Thing”
by James Brown (my favorite JB song) and Karen & Nigel came down the stairs
to “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris. They came to the floor and danced to it
for a minute before going into their now second dance to “Love Never Felt So
Good” by Michael Jackson. The wedding
party took their seats, Karen’s father welcomed everyone and Nigel’s uncle
Percy blessed the meal. The salads and
entrée’s of salmon & prime rib (that only the Angus Barn can do) came out
and I continued the same music mix as cocktails.
After dinner we had several toasts including Nigel’s best
man’s that informed everyone of Nigel’s love for Raven Symone’s solo album when
he was younger, and we had the Details
Cake Design cake cutting to ”I Can’t Help Myself”. Karen danced with her father to “The Way you
Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra and Nigel escorted his mother to the floor for
their dance to “What A Wonderful World”.
I opened the floor to everyone with “My Girl” and literally everyone in
the room hit the floor. For the next 3
hours guests danced to oldies, top 40, soca, Latin dance music and even a
Mexican line dance.
The night ended with New York, New York that had everyone in
a huge circle, then into Biggie’s “Juicy” and finally Chris Brown’s “Beautiful
People” before their sparkler exit from the top floor. I love this couple that met on their works
basketball team so much! Congratulations
Karen & Nigel and thank you for having me as your DJ!
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