I met Kirby and Rob back in January of 2013 when they
attended another wedding I DJd for Emily & Chris Sexton at The Stockroom in
Raleigh. Kirby and Rob had been to many
weddings together, but knew they had they best time at Emily’s and wanted to
have just as much fun at theirs or, dare I say, even more! They chose the Summerfield Farms near Greensboro
for their ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. It was my first time here, even though I have
another coming up there in September.
What a fabulous and unique venue!
The ceremony was held in a barn, the cocktail hour on the front porch of
the barn and dinner in an adjoining tent that held all of the 200 guests. The barn and tent were decorated beautifully
by Melissa from Relish Designs and
she was great to work with for the planning of the event. 
As guests arrived for the ceremony I had a mix of acoustic
indie and soft rock playing. Their
grandparents and parents walked down the isle to “On Eagles Wings” by The
O’Neill Brothers, the bridesmaids to “Life” by The Avett Brothers” and Kirby
and her father to Sharrod Brown’s instrumental wedding version of “A Thousand
Years”. I will definitely use this one
again! After the ceremony by Tripp
Graziano, they walked back down the isle to “I Can’t Help Myself” and everyone
started clapping along. Guests made
their way out of the barn for the social hour on the porch and surrounding
areas, and I continued a cocktail mix of soft rock, classic soul and some
standards.
After photographer Jonathan
McCardell took some pics, the wedding party was gathered back up and
introductions started. The guests came
back into the barn for introductions and first dances. The wedding party entered to “Gimme Some
Lovin’” and each couple had their own dance.
Kirby and Rob came in to a loud roar and right into their first dance
“You Are The Best Thing”. Kirby danced
with her father to “Stand By Me” and Rob with his mother to “Like Jesus Does”
by Eric Church. Kirby’s father welcomed
everyone and Minister Tripp blessed the food.
Guests made their way into the tent for dinner and I continued a mix of
standards, soft rock and classic soul.
After dinner and toasts, we had the Maxie B’s cake cutting
to “How Sweet It Is”. I opened the floor
back in the barn with some Motown and after a few songs the floor was filled
and stayed that way for 3 hours! Guests
of all ages enjoyed oldies, line dances and current hip-hop. I even saw Kirby’s father learning “The
Wobble”! After about an hour, the lights
came down and the flashing rings came out.
The whole barn was flashing red, green and purple! The night ended with “New York, New York” and
everyone made a huge kicking circle in the middle of the barn, then the last
song of “Into The Mystic” by Van Morrison.
One of my favorite songs of all time!
What a fun night and I was so happy to play for this sweet couple and see Emily and Chris again!
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