I met Elizabeth a few years
ago when she was an excited bouquet catcher at Emily Sexton’s wedding that I
DJd. I was thrilled and honored to be
her DJ and watch her throw the bouquet for a change (She has caught 9 that I
know of).
Elizabeth and Joe chose
downtown Raleigh’s Merrimon-Wynne
house for both ceremony and reception on New Years
Eve 2016. They had the ceremony in the
carriage house for the 225 guests with a guitarist and singer that provided
music. I ran mics for the singers,
minister and Joe. After the ceremony
that included a couple readings, they recessed to “Multiplied” by
Needtobreathe. The guests made their way
inside the house for cocktails while the staff flipped the room for the
reception.
After the room was set the
guests were invited back to the carriage house for dinner and dancing by
planner Becca from C and D
Events. I
introduced the wedding party to “Now That We Found Love” by Heavy D and
Elizabeth & Joe to “Lose Yourself” by Eminem. They had their first dance to “Photograph”
by Ed Sheeran. Joe’s
father welcomed everyone and chef Beau from Beau
Catering described the 3 food stations. During dinner I
had a mix of standards, soft rock and classic soul playing.
Towards the end of dinner
guests started dancing so I went into “dancing mode” for the music that filled
the floor for 30 minutes. We stopped for
the toasts and Hayes Barton Cake cutting to LOVE by Nat King Cole. The past brides also presented Elizabeth with
pics of each of her bouquet catches at their weddings and a retired
personalized jersey. So great!! Elizabeth then danced with her father to Matt
Johnson’s cover of “Brown Eyed Girl” and Joe danced with his sisters to “The
Dance” by Garth Brooks. I can’t wait to
see pics of all of this from photographer Ashley with Story
Photographers and Chris from Eden Anne Films!
I opened the floor again with
some top 40 and 2000’s dance hits for the rest of the night. We paused for the bouquet toss to “Empire
State Of Mind” then back to dancing until after midnight and the New Years
countdown. They had a sparkler exit from
the front of the Merrimon-Wynne house.
What a fun night and great way to celebrate New Years! Congratulations Elizabeth and Joe.
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