After a chance meeting on a flight, Jennifer and Rich’s trip
to the wedding alter started. I was honored to provide music for their ceremony
and reception at the Washington
Duke Inn on Good Friday.
The ceremony was held inside and the walls were draped with
white linens. As guests arrived I had a
mix of light classical music playing.
Rich walked down the aisle to “Trumpet Voluntary” and the bridesmaids to
“Bella’s Lullaby”. Jennifer and her Father
entered to George Winston’s version of “Canon In D”. After a short blessing by Reverend Luffy, singer Beverly Kain sang
“How Great Thou Art” acapella. It was
just beautiful! After the ceremony that
included a reading and “I Believe In You and Me” (again by Beverly) during the
unity candle, they recessed to “The Wedding March”. While pics were taken by Steve Coad from Simply Photos & video by David Spector, the 100 guests
made their way out back for the social hour.
I had a mix of soft rock, classic soul and standards playing.
After the cocktail hour, the doors to the ballroom opened
and everyone found their seats.
Jennifer’s Father welcomed everyone and blessed the meal. During dinner
I had a mix of classical and classic jazz playing. After dinner we had a series of toasts and
then their first dance to “Come
Away With Me” by Norah Jones.
Jennifer danced with her Father to “What A Wonderful World” and Rich and
his oldest Sister did a mean cha cha to “I Want It That way”. I opened up the floor to everyone then and it
filled instantly to Motown & oldies, top 40 and lots of 70’s music.
We paused for the cake cutting to “Top Of The World” by The
Carpenters then they were surprised with an adorable 6 year old flower girl (Lydia’s) karaoke version of “From This Moment” by Shania
Twain. She did an amazing job and
totally surprised everyone! She had
practiced it during singing lessons she had since January just for this wedding
and you could tell. After that I opened
the floor again til the end of the night and last dance to “Could I Have This
Dance” by Anne Murray.
What a fun wedding and wonderful couple to DJ for!
Randy, you were amazing to work with.... super easy, quick, reliant and fun. I appreciate so much how you helped make Lydia's surprise a success by providing her the music and microphone, just the way she needed it! It was a memorable moment for all of us! Thank you for everything and for making Jen's wedding and reception so great!!!
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