The University Club is on the 17th floor of
University towers and overlooks Durham and Chapel Hill. What a view! Their ceremony was also held
there with live musicians handling the music.
After a short ceremony, the 80 guests made their way to my room for
cocktails with help from The University Club’s Amanda. While guests were enjoying cocktails and
passed hors d’oeuvres photographer Dejuan from In His Image got some shots of
the wedding party. During the cocktail
hour I had a mix of classic rock, classic soul and standards playing.
After pics were done I invited guests to their seats and
introduced the 3 flower girls, 3 ring bearers, Best Man and Maid of Honor to
“Happy”. After that Lars & Sarah
entered to “You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne. They stopped on the dance floor for their
first dance to “When You Say Nothing At All” by Allison Krauss. This is one of my favorite ballads ever! Sarah’s father joined her for their dance to
“Daughter” by Loudon Wainwright and Lars & his mother to “Days Like This”
by Van Morrison. Lars welcomed everyone
and the buffet opened. During dinner I
had the same playlist as cocktails.
Guests started dancing towards the end of dinner so I went
right into “dance mode”. A nice problem
to have as a DJ! We paused after 20 min
of dancing for the toasts and cake cutting to “I Choose you”, then had an
anniversary dance to “How Sweet it Is” by James Taylor with Lars parents winning
at 45 years married. I opened the floor
to everyone with some Motown and top 40 that filled it for the next 1.5 hours
until the sparkler exit. It was so great
seeing parents and their young children dancing to everything from “Copacabana”
to “Hair Up” from The Trolls movie!
Randy, you were so superb for their wedding and the fact that you had EVERY single song that was requested by Sarah and Lars, the guests AND the grandkids, just proves to me even more what a kind-hearted professional you are. Thank you for creating the musical backdrop for the reception and the love on display from so many people. You are a Magic Man!
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I was so honored to be asked! I'm glad you had a great time and I hope everyone did.
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