Callen and Matthew chose the beautiful Prestonwood Country Club in Cary NC for
their reception and I was excited to start out the year of weddings there with
Joey from Prestonwood, photographers Frank (who manned the photo booth),
Elizabeth and Christa from Sweet Life
Studios and videographers Twenty-One
Films.
The doors to the ballroom opened aftera social hour and
guests came in and saw beautiful winter inspired centerpieces on the tables by The Watered Garden. I lined the wedding party up for introductions
and they came into the room to “Footloose” and stood at the bottom of the large
staircase for Callen and Matthew to come down.
When they appeared at the top of the stairs there was a loud roar of
applause and they came down the staircase and right into their first
dance. I had done a custom song edit for
them that started with “Hold On” by Michael Buble then into “Build Me Up
Buttercup” that caught all the guests off guard.Nicely done!
They took their seats and Callen’s mother welcomed everyone and Pastor
Dave said the blessing. The salads and
entrée’s came out and I started a custom mix of standards and soft rock. 
After dinner and 3 toasts we had the cake cutting to
“Everything” by Michael Buble and Callen made her way to the floor to dance
with her father to “Cinderella” by Steven Curtis Chapman and Matthew escorted
his mother to the floor for their dance to The Beatles “In My Life”. I then opened the floor to some beach music
and Motown while Callen changed into her “dancing dress” and the wedding party
started dancing and guests followed. The
photo booth started getting some action and I switched to some current dance
music for the younger guests. Callen had
requested “What does the fox say” earlier in the week and I dropped it when
there were about 6 kids dancing with the older guests. They got huge grins on their faces and
started singing along and acting the song out.
It was awesome! Now I know why
Callen wanted it played. I followed that
with another request by Callen, a “tush-push” dance to Duffy’s “Mercy”. Everyone started doing the dance with Callen
including her Grandparents.
We stopped to do the bouquet toss to “Girls Just Want To
Have Fun” and the garter toss to “Another One Bites The Dust”. More current dance music brought everyone
back out to the floor until the end of the evening. That was when one of the most touching parts
of a wedding reception I have seen came.
I played the last song of “Unforgettable” and made guests gather in the
front lobby for the snow exit since it was 25 degrees out. We locked the ballroom doors so Callen and
Matthew could have one last dance alone surrounded by candles on the dance
floor to Frank Sinatra’s “it Had To Be You”.
Callen and Matthew then made their way to join the guests for their exit
and their horse drawn carriage getaway.
Callen always wanted a fairy tale wedding and this was about as close as
you could get. What a wonderful evening!
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