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MUSIC SURVEY: Please keep in mind that the music survey is just a sample of music that I've seen guests dance to most often- feel free to add more music not listed here.
CODE SUGGESTION: YYY = must play YY = try to play Y = if time allows N = avoid, NN = do not play unless requested NNN = do not play even if requested by a guest.I do not require a response in each blank. . Call 952.239.4115 for assistance.
"Today's Top Hits" from Spotify: New hits come and go rapidly so please be sure to check lists published by Spotify, or any other source.
GROUP DANCES ___The Cupid Shuffle (...to the right to the right to the right to the right, to the left....) often confused with: ___The Casper Cha Cha Slide (...three hops this time, cha cha real smooth, etc.)___The Git Up ___Soulja Boy ___Pop Lock and Drop It ___Wobble ___Electric Slide ___Macarena ___Teach Me How to Dougie ___Birdie Dance ___Hokey Pokey ___Conga Line ___Copperhead Road
Remember, you can request any music at any time, and there is no need to pick all music in advance. Most events I do involve a lot of guest requests - would you like me to stick to your list only and not take requests?
Chappell Roan: ___Pink Pony Club ___HOT TO GO! .....Shaboozy: ____The Bar Song (Tipsy)...
Morgan Wallen: ___Last Night ___I Had Some Help ___Spin You Around....
Taylor Swift: ___Shake it Off ____22 ____Love Story ___You Belong with Me ____ME! ___Style ___The Best Day ___Mean ____Ready for it? ____We are Never ____I Knew You Were Trouble ____Stay Stay Stay ____Paper Rings ____New Years Day ____The Best Day ____Today Was a Fairytale ____Cruel Summer ....
Miley Cyrus:___Flowers ___Party in the USA ____We Can't Stop ____Best of Both Worlds ____Hoedown Throwdown ___Pumping Up the Party ____I Got Nerve......J.T.: ___Can't Stop the Feeling ___Sexyback ___Rock Your Body......Walk the Moon: ___Shut Up and Dance ___One Foot......Dua Lipa: ____Levitating ___Don't Start Now ____Love Again____Dance the Night ____Houdini......Rihanna: ___Disturbia ___Please Don't Stop the Music ____We Found Love ___Umbrella ___S & M......Meghan Trainor: ____Criminals ___Dear Future Husband ___Better When I'm Dancing ___Me Too ___Mom___I Made You Look ___Dance Like Yo Daddy ___Lips Are Moving ____Like I'm Gonna Lose You......Bruno Mars:..___APT. ___ Finesse____That's What I Like ___24K Magic ___Uptown Funk ___Treasure..........Pitbull:___Time of Our Lives ___1,2,3,4 Calle Ocho ___Fireball ___Hotel Room ____Can't Stop Us Now____Can't Stop Us Now (w/Zac Brown) ___Give Me Everything Tonight (w/Ne-Yo)..........LMFAO: ___Party Rock Anthem ___Sexy and I Know It ___Shots ___Miami..........Ke$ha: ___Timber ___Die Young ___Tik Tok ___We R Who We R ___Blow ___Take It Off..........Pink: ___Raise Your Glass ____Get the Party Started ___So What..........Beyonce: ___Crazy In Love ____Put a Ring on It ____Love on Top ___Texas Hold Em......Usher: ___Yeah! ____OMG ____More (Red Remix) ____DJ Got Us Falling in Love..........Chris Brown: ___Forever ___Yeah 3x..........Jason DeRulo: ___Acalpulco ___Take You Dancing ____Want You to Want Me ____Savage Love___Swallow ____Love Not War ____Trumpets ____Watcha Say?..........Prince:___Let's Go Crazy ___ Kiss ___7 ___I Wanna Be Your Lover ___1999 ____Controversy............Flo Rida:___Low (Apple Bottom Jeans) ___Right Round ____Wild Ones ____In the Ay-er..........Katy Perry: ___Last Friday Night ___I Kissed a Girl ___Hot N Cold ___California Gurls..........Lady GaGa: ___Disease ____Die With a Smile ___Just Dance ___Poker Face ___Bad Romance ____Dance With My Hands____Born This Way..........Gwen Stephani: ___Hollaback Girl ___Rich Girl ___Just a Girl..........Outkast: ___Hey Ya! ___The Way You Move ___Miss Jackson ___Rosa Parks..........Macklemore: ___And We Danced ___Thrift Shop ___Can't Hold Us ___Downtown..........Black Eyed Peas: ___I Gotta Feeling ___Boom Boom Pow ___Dirty Bit (i've Had the time of my Life) ___Immabe ___Don't You Worry___Hit It (Do it til you're Satisfied) ___Girl Like Me ___Pump It ____Let's Get it Started..........Fergie: ____Fergalicious ___London Bridge ___A Little Party Never Killed Nobody..........Drake: ____Nice For What ___Hotline Bling ___One Dance ____In My Feelings ____Way 2 Sexy..........Britney: ___Toxic ___Baby One More Time ___Oops ___Crazy ___Work B*tch ___Hold Me Closer..........Shakira: ___BZRP Music Sessions #53 ____Hips Don't Lie............ ....POP SLOW SONGS.......Ed Sheeran: ___"Perfect"....____"Tenerife Sea" ____"Thinking Out Loud"____"Until I Found You" by Stephen Sanchez ____"Beyond" by Leon Bridges____"LOVER" by Taylor Swift _____"I"ll Be" by Edwin McCain _____"I Can't Help Falling in Love" by Ingrid Michaelson (or other artist- your choice) ____"All My Life" by KC and JoJo.____."Lose Control" by Teddy Swims........_____"Die With a Smile" (acoustic version or radio version?) by Lady GaGa and Bruno Mars OTHER: _______________________________________________________________________
BOY BAND STYLE: ___"I Want it That Way" by Backstreet Boys ___"Bye Bye Bye" by 'NSync____"Everybody (Backstreet's Back) by Backstreet Boys ___ "Wannabe" by Spice Girls___"C'est La Vie" by B*Witched____"Best Song Ever" by 1D ___"What Makes You Beautiful" by 1D____"Year 3000" by Jonas Brothers ____"MMMMMBop" by Hansen...
PUNK POP:BLINK 182: ____What's My Age Again ____All the Small Things ____Rock Show ___First Date...BOYS LIKE GIRLS: ___The Great Escape ___5 Minutes til Midnight....KILLERS: ____Mr. Brightside ____When You Were Young ____The Man ___Somebody Told Me....GOOD CHARLOTTE: ___Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ____The Anthem...WEEZER: ____Buddy Holly ____El Scorcho ___Beverly Hills....SUM 41: ___Fat Lip ___The Hell Song... AVRIL LAVIGNE: ___Sk8r Boi ___Girlfriend3oh3: ___Don't Trust Me ___Starstrukk ___Double Vision...ALL TIME LOW: ____Dear Maria ___Monsters ___Weightless ____Kids in the Dark ___PMA.....PARAMORE: ____Still Into You ____Misery Business ___Ain't It Fun ____Only Exception....FALL OUT BOY: ____Sugar, We're Going Down ___Thanks for the Memories ___Dance Dance...RELIENT K: ___Be My Escape ___Sadie Hawkins Dance___Check Yes Juliet by We the Kings ___My Own Worst Enemy by Lit ___Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard___1985 by Bowling for Soup ___Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne___Scotty Doesn't Know by Lustra ___The Middle by Jimmy Eat World___Flavor of the Weak by American Hi-Fi___Classic by MKTO ___Story of a Girl (radio version) by Nine Days___Best Friend's Brother by Victorious ____I'm Just a Kid by Simple Plan Cast...OTHER:___________________________________________________________________________
MARTINI STYLE: ___L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole ___The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra___That's Amore by Dean Martin ____Sway by Michael Buble ___Save the Last Dance for Me by Buble,___I Won't Dance by Sinatra ___More by Bobby Darin ____Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin___I Only Have Eyes for You by Frank Sinatra...OTHER:___________________________________________________________________________
SWING: ____Jump Jive 'n Wail by Brian Setzer ___Zoot Suit Riot by Cherry Poppin' Daddies__Jump with my Baby by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ____Jivebunny Glenn Miller Medley(If you practice swing dancing to a particular track, let me know the title and artist)...OTHER:____________________________________________________________________________
LATIN: ____"Shake Senora" by Harry Belafonte ____"Calabria" by Mims ____"El Sonidito" by Hechiceros ___"La Vida Es Un Carnival" by Celia Cruz ____"Suavamente" by Elvis...SELENA: ___"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" ....DADDY YANKEE:___"Despacito" ____"Limbo" ____"Gasolina"___"I Like It" (clean version) by Cardi B _____"Provenza" by Karol G...BAD BUNNY: ___"MIA" ____"DAKITI" ____"Calliata" ____"SORRY PAPI" ____"Me Porto Bonito"____"Pepas" by Farruko ____"Mi Gente" by J Balvin ____"Despecha" by Rosalia...DON OMAR: ___"Let's Get Crazy" ___"Danza Kuduro"...OTHER:______________________________________________________________________________
Back to the 50's: ___Shout! by Otis Day (Isley Brothers) ____Runaround Sue by Dion ___The Wanderer by Dion ___Rock Around the Clock by Bill Hailey ___Do You Love Me by the Contours ___Tequila by the Champs...
60's: ___Twist and Shout by the Beatles ___Respect by Aretha Franklin ____Think! by Aretha ___Mustang Sally by the Commitments ___Build Me up Buttercup by the Foundations ___Barbara Ann by Beach Boys ___Mony Mony by Tommy James ___Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison ___Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker ___Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison ____Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys ___Wipe Out by the Surfaris __Do Wah Ditty by Manfred Mann ____Memphis by Johnny Rivers ____Rockin' Pnemonia by Johnny Rivers___I Saw Her Standing There by the Beatles......._SLOW 60's/70's: __Unchained Melody by Righteous Brothers ...___Colour My World by Chicago... __Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton... ___Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley... ___What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong... ___Unforgettable by Nat and Natalie Cole...___Crazy by Patsy Cline.....Remember, ANY music you find ANYWHERE is possible, so feel free to search out unique ideas......
MOTOWN/SOUL: ____My Girl (slow Temptations) ___Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye) ___I Can't Help Myself (Four Tops) ___Stop the Love You Save (Jackson 5) ___Can I Get a Witness? (Marvin Gaye) ____Proud Mary (Ike and Tina Turner) ___Got to Give it Up (Marvin Gaye) ___Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)___ABC (Jackson 5) .....: Aretha Franklin: ___Respect ____Think ...Commitments: ___Mustang Sally. ___Love Train (O'Jays).....OTHER__________________________________________
70's ROCK: ___Some Kinda' Wonderful (Grand Funk) ___Black Betty (Ram Jam) ___Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (Hollies) ___Hooked on a Feeling (Blue Suede) ___Brandy (Looking Glass) ____Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce) ____Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) ____Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)___Takin' Care of Business (BTO) ___Bad Moon Risin" (CCR) ____Down on the Corner (CCR)___Gimme Three Steps (Skynyrd).......OTHER:______________________________________________
COUNTRY fast and slow ideas:...........Shania Twain: ___Man I Feel Like a Woman ____Any Man of Mine ___Party For Two ____Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under ____Up! ............Walker Hayes: ___Fancy Like ____U Girl...........Little Big Town: ____Wine, Beer, Whiskey.....Rednex: ___Cotton Eyed Joe.....Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: ___Fishing In The Dark.....John Denver: ___Thank God I'm a Country Boy ___Take Me Home Country Roads....Big N' Rich: ___ Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy..........Gretchen Wilson: ___Redneck Woman ____Here for the Party..........George Strait: ____Check Yes or No ____All My Ex's Live in Texas ____Here For a Good Time____ Cross My Heart ___Give it All We Got Tonight ____I Wanna Dance With You____The Chair ..........Johnny Cash: ____Big River ____Ring of Fire ___Folsom Prison Blues ____I Walk the Line ___Get Rhythm.____Cry Cry Cry .........Zac Brown Band: ___Chicken Fried ___Sweet Annie ____Free ___Toes ___Beautiful Drug..........Alabama: ____Mountain Music ___I'm in a Hurry ____If You're Gonna Play in Texas ___Dixieland Delight..........Garth Brooks: ___Friends in Low Places ___Callin' Baton Rouge ___Ain't goin Down til the Sun Comes Up____Two Pina Coladas..........Chris Stapleton: ___Tennessee Whiskey ___Millionaire..........Luke Bryan: ___Country Girl (Shake it for me) ____That's My Kind of Night..........Miranda Lambert / Elle King: ____Drunk (and I don't wanna go home).....Tim McGraw: ____I Like It, I Love It........_____.I Had Some Help by Post Malone..... _____ The Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey.... ____ Austin by Dasha
-----Fun Rap: ___No Diggity (Blackstreet) ___Regulators (Warren G) ____Boombastic____It Wasn't Me (Shaggy) ___All I Do is Win (DJ Khaled) ___Shoop (Salt N'Pepa) ___Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A-lot___Let Me Clear My Throat (DJ Kool) ___It's Tricky (Run DMC) ___Jump Around (House of Pain) ____Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) ___Bust A Move (Young MC) ___Rapper's Delight ___Jump On It (Sugar Hill Gang or Sir Mix-Alot) ___Can't Touch This (MC Hammer) ___California Love by 2 Pac ___This is How We Do It (Montell Jordan) ___Whoomp! There it Is (Tag Team)___Tipsy by J'Kwon ___Move Shake Drop remix by DJ Laz.....___Bop Gun by Ice TLil Jon: ___Get Low ___Turn Down For What ____Snap Ya Fingers ____Outta Your Mind ___Let's Get Crazy50 Cent: ____Candy Shop ___In Da Club ___Disco Inferno ___Outta Control (Remix)Nelly: ____Country Grammar ____Shake Ya Tailfeather ____Ride Wit Me ____Hot in Herrre ____Air Force 1sT-Pain: ____Booty Wurk ___Best Love Song ...___Up Down...___Shawty Snappin" ___Buy U a Drank
___Where The Party At? by Jagged Edge...___Party Up by DMX ___Lean Back by Terror Squad___Love Sosa by Chief Keef ...___No Hands by Waka Flocka Flame___Whatever You Like by T. I....___Cyclone by Baby Bash ....____Come Get Her by Rae Sremmurd___Smack That by Akon....___679 by Fetty Wap ___Wop by J. Dash
OTHER:_________________________________________________________________________________
CLASSIC FUNK: ___Brick House by the Commodores ___Play That Funky Music by Wild CherryStevie Wonder: ____Superstition ___Higher Ground ___I Wish ___Sir Duke ___Isn't She LovelyEarth Wind and Fire: ___September ___Groove Tonight ____Boogie Wonderland ____Fantasy ___Shining StarKool and the Gang: ___Celebration ___Get Down On It ___Jungle Boogie ____Ladies Night ____Hollywood Swinging" ____Spirit of the BoogieGap Band: ____You Dropped a Bomb on Me ____Oops ____Early in the Morning ____Party TrainJames Brown: ____Get Up Offa That Thing ____Sex Machine ____Get on the Good FootGeorge Clinton: ____Atomic Dog ____Flash Light ___Give Up the Funk
OTHER:___________________________________________________________________________________
Disco: ____Y.M.C.A. by the Village People ___We Are Family by Sister Sledge ___Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees ___I Will Survive by Gloria GaynorAbba: ___Dancing Queen ___Take a Chance on Me ___Mamma Mia ___Voulez-Vous___Gimme Gimme Gimme..........Donna Summer: ___Hot Stuff ___Last Dance...............KC & the Sunshine Band: ____ Boogie Shoes ___Get Down Tonight........Heatwave: ____Groove Line ____Boogie Nights ____Always and Forever
HAIR BANDS: Journey: ___Don't Stop Believing ____Any Way You Want It..........AC/DC: ___You Shook Me All Night Long ___Back in Black ___Thunderstruck ____TNT ____Long Way to Top.........Bon Jovi: ___Livin" on a Prayer ____Bad Medicine ___It's My Life____You Give Love a Bad Name...........Def Leppard: ___Pour Some Sugar on Me ____Photograph ___Let's Get Rocked._____Animal............Poison: ___Talk Dirty to Me ___Nothin' But a Good Time ....Motley Crue: ___Girls Girls Girls ___Looks That Kill........Scorpions: ___Rock You Like a Hurricane ...G N'R: ___Paradise City ___Welcome to the Jungle ____I Used to Love Her ____Sweet Child O Mine____Mr. Brownstone
TECHNO POP: ____"I Love It" by Icona Pop ___"What is Love" by Haddaway____"Call on Me" by Eric Prydz____ "Sandstorn" by Darude ____"Clarity" by Zedd ____ "Beautiful Now" by Zedd____"Dragonista" by Ozone ____"Heaven" by DJ Sammy ___"Pursuit of Happiness (Aoki Remix)"____"Satisfaction" by Benni Benassi ____"Every Time We Touch" by Cascada ____"Be My Lover" by LaBouche ____"1, 2 Step" by Ciara____"Tonight is the Night" by Outasight ____"Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic ____"Everybody Everybody" by Black Box ____"Gangnam Style" by Psy ___ "Everybody Dance Now" by C+C Music FactoryGUETTA:__ "I'm Good" (I'm Blue) ____"Play Hard" ____"Titanium" ____"Sexy B" ___"Where Them Girls At"AVICII: ___"The Nights" ___"Levels" ___"Wake Me Up" ____"Stories"DAFT PUNK: ____"One More Time" ____"Get Lucky" ____"Around the World" ____"Lose Yourself the Dance"MARSHMELLO: ____"Numb" ____"Alone" ____"Wolves" ____"Happier"CHAINSMOKERS: ____"Don't Let Me Down" ____"Closer" ____"Paris" ____"Roses" ___"Something Just"CALVIN HARRIS: ____"Stay With Me" ____"Summer" ____"One Kiss" ____"Potion" ____"This is What You Came For" ____"Feel So Close" ____"We Found Love"
PERMISSION TO EDIT: Do I have you approval on playing only the best parts of dance tracks, cutting off intros and not playing them all the way through all the time? _____
EPIC: ____"American Pie" by Don McLean ___"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen ____"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
FUN 80's: ___"Like a Prayer" by Madonna ___"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper ___"Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield ___"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen ___"Take on Me" by A-Ha ___ "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates ___"Footloose" by Kenny Loggins ____"Your Love" by the Outfield ____"Love Shack" by B-52's ___"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston ____"Mony Mony" by Billy IdolOTHER:________________________________________________________________________________
SHANTY STYLE: ____"Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners ____"500 Miles" by the Proclaimers ___"Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys ____Wellerman (Dance Mix) ____The Last Shanty by Derina Harvey Band
THEATRICAL: ____High School Musical ____Alladin ____Mulan ____Grease OTHER:_____________
___ "I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll" by Nick Lowe (Some families have a tradition where they all take turns swinging the bride around in the middle of a circle- would you like to try this?___"Who the ___is Alice?" is a family tradition at many weddings. Do you have any family tradition wedding routines?
Remind your older guests to feel free to request their own special music and traditions (unless you are having a closed play list, of course).Are there special family traditions I should know about, such as a cheer in a different language?Example: Polish weddings have me play "Sto Lat" and German weddings have me play "Ein Prosit"
RECEPTION PLANNING (If I am doing your ceremony, see the ceremony section at the bottom of this page)Tip: Bring the final check and bouquet for tossing to the DJ table during social hour.
Social hour music is usually Sinatra-style jazz standards and big band for a classy, upbeat mood. Dinner is usually upbeat solo piano.
GRAND ENTRANCE: You can customize this however you like, but the ideal plan is to have a 5 minute warning announcement 10 minutes before food will be ready....so that 5 minutes before food is served, the introductions, brief welcome, and other instructions finish up just in time. I will learn to pronounce the first and last names of all of the people you would like me to introduce. The photographer and I will line you up and plot the path to the head table. Please send an email to discjockeypaulyoung@gmail.com or call 952.239.4115 with the names for the Introductions. Any names that are hard to pronounce should be spelled out the way they sound. I will read off the names as they line up before entering.When you provide your list to me, the best format is girls before guys, working from the outside of the ceremony line up, inward, so Best Man and Maid of Honor come in just before the Bride and Groom.TIP: Remind the wedding party about the place they will be lining up and the time (usually 5 minutes before dinner is served). I will meet them there to go over the route to the head table with instructions on where to stop and pose along the way.TIP: If a line of guests is waiting at the bar when it is time to be seated, have someone take their orders and bring the drinks to their tables
MUSIC FOR GRAND ENTRANCE: I suggest "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang because I can tie the song lyrics into the introductions, and there are opportunities for guests to shout "Ya-HOO!" Your choice:
GRAND ENTRANCE FOLLOW UP: Will there be a welcome speech? Will someone say grace? Any clinking instructions or table release instructions? Any special instructions for signing the guest book?
Clinking Routine Ideas: ___Provide me with a list of other couples who will be there, so I have one of them get up and show you how to kiss each time the guests start clinking ___Tables rise and sing a song with the word "love" in it ......ask about many more ideas in our planning meetings.
CAKE CUTTING: Timing is usually right after toasts, but you can customize this. The photographer usually initiates the cake cutting timing. Will your cake cutting be able to be viewed by guests? Cake Cutting Song Ideas: ___"How Sweet it is to be Loved by You" (James Taylor) ___ "Sugar Sugar" (Archies) ___"Sugar" by Maroon 5, ____"Pour Some Sugar On Me" ____ "Yummy Yummy Yummy"
Toast Timing: It is best to wait for all guests to have food before starting it. If I am served last, then I use that as my cue to walk up to the head table and ask if they are ready to start. I then bring them my cordless microphone and I go back, bring down the dinner music, and introduce the person starting the toasts using my second microphone. Will there be a champagne pour to wait for? ORDER OF SPEECHES:_________
Sometimes the people making toasts have a song snippet for me to play during the toast, or as a follow up for 10 seconds after the toast- if you want to ask them, I'd like to add their music (movie themes, TV show themes, novelty songs about hobbies/locations/sports are all fun ideas) VIDEO : Will there be "Growing up slide show?" SUNSET PHOTOS: Are you leaving the reception for sunset photos? While you are gone for "Golden Hour" would you like to me to not play any certain songs to be saved for when you are back?
TIME BETWEEN END OF TOASTS AND BEGINNING OF DANCE: I usually play "Cool Jazz" such as "Take 5" by Dave Brubeck at this time, but sometimes a low-volume KIDS show fits in here. If you will have a lot of kids playing on the dance floor after they finish eating, I have activity songs such as "Baby Shark" and the "Freeze Game" Would you like a "Pre-Dance Kids Dance?"
SETTING UP THE BEGINNING OF THE DANCE: We usually play the timing by ear, but often it is done very early in the evening to get the photos in before the photographer leaves. I will find you and remind you of the time line to help determine the start time.If there are spotlight dances for parents, I will need to locate them to have them near the dance floor before we begin. If they are not in the room, I will need an assistant to go out and find them or call them- you could help out yourself or send someone such as your personal attendant.if the wedding party is going to have a spotlight dance, we will need to round them up as well- this is tricky if the venue has several rooms or outdoor areas, so I might need help if paging them is not enough.Lighting: I will ask your photographer to check what I provide for spotlight dance lighting and which angle to aim my spot light- if we are in a tight space, they might have me reflect it off the ceiling- if they have their own special lighting, they might not add mine.
PRE-FIRST DANCE ATTENTION GETTER:- Sometime I simply give a minute notice for everyone to gather around, or we can do the SHOE GAME: This is usually right before the first dance and takes only 2-3 minutes, but helps gather people around the dance floor to be ready for the first dance. I have fine-tuned the best questions in a flow now that gets the most laughs. I often customize with info heard during toasts or ideas you send in advance. If you have a pet, I would like to know the name so it can be included. Let me know if you are known for having any collections, hobbies or if you are fans of any particular sports teams. Would you like to do the Shoe Game? _____(Ask for a link to a video showing me doing the Shoe Game at a real event for a demo).
FIRST DANCE: How to announce your names: "Let's welcome_____________________________to the dance floor for their first dance as a married couple" is the most common choice.
SPOTLIGHT SONG CHOICES:Let me know the song title, artist and version of the song you'd like for your first dance. Second and Third spotlight dances are usually a Father/Daughter then Mother/Son dance.NOTE: You are welcome to pick a time in each spotlight dance for me to fade out early.ALSO NOTE: You are welcome to kick off the dance with parents to allow the photographer time to set up angles before your first dance.
After the "Spotlight" dances, I could #1 play a slow song for everyone, #2 play a fast song for the wedding party who would go out and bring more guests to the dance floor each time I say "Snowball" #3 introduce the photographer, get her to stand up on a ladder or chair and take a group photo on the dance floor, or #4 play the latest upbeat hit for everyone ("Uptown Funk" has been the best dance party kick off song since it came out, but you can go in any direction you like). Idea #5: Ask guests to line up 6 feet across from each other with guys on one side and gals on the other - then one one end they randomly pair up and dance their way down the middle to the other end. I could play "Love Train" or "The Stroll"- and to pick up the tempo I could go into the Hand Jive from Grease. Later on, after 5 to 10 dance songs, would you like to do any of these?
After a few upbeat dances, I usually go to the Anniversary Routine, Bouquet Toss, Garter, and Dollar Dance,
____Anniversary Dance Routine: I ask all married couples to dance-and gradually eliminate them until the couple that has been married the longest remains on the floor. I then run out and interview the oldest couple on the cordless microphone and ask their name, how many years they have been married and what advice they have for the new couple.____Bouquet Toss: After the Anniversary Dance, the dance floor is cleared, so the timing is perfect to get the single ladies out there and toss the bouquet. I play Beyonce "Put a Ring on It" as they come out. TIP: The bouquet should be brought to the DJ table before the dance. Follow up: Should the catcher lead a conga line after? _________Garter Removal Routine: (3 phases: a sexy approach, removal, then gathering of bachelors)
____Dollar Dance: Who will usher/collect?_____________________________OLDER GENERATION MUSIC: If you have time, ask guests from the older generation to come up with a list of their favorite dance music, and send it to me in advance. They usually enjoy 3 or 4 of their songs played in a row every 30 minutes. You can fine-tune how I time this.
Closing Time Music Ideas: ___Don't Stop Believing ___Piano Man ___Closing Time (Semisonic)___Hermes House Band version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Add-on items at an extra charge: Would you like a quote on extra bass subwoofer, mirror ball on stand, selfie station backdrop with white netting that is lit with colorful lights, fog, bubbles, glow wands, full room mood lighting, video projector, projection screen, or monogram projection?
CEREMONY PLANNING:Ceremony start time:_________Your ceremony could be as simple as a single song for the beginning and one at the end, but you are welcome to add all of the extra musical moments if you like, such as music for groom to seat parents and grandparents (sometimes three trips are needed) then, groom alone walking to the front, then wedding party, then flower dude, then bride - then there could be music during the middle of the ceremony as well.The music before the offical start time is called the Prelude.Ideas for Prelude: ____Pop songs covered by Daniel Jang ____Acoustic Guitar Versions of Pop and Country Love Songs_____Piano Guys Versions of Pop songs ____Bach and Vivaldi, Full Orchestra ____Country Love Songs YOUR CHOICE:
Seating of Parents: ____"Better Together" by Jack Johnson ____"You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban ___"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong YOUR CHOICE:
Grrom walking to the front: ___"Imperial March"
Wedding Party Processional Ideas: ____"Stand By Me" by Florence and the Machine ____"Bittersweet Symphony" by Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra ____"Pachelbel Canon in D" (Do you like full orchestra, classical guitar, celtic...or?) ____"Somewhere Only We Know" by Simply Three____"No Matter Where You Are" (Wedding Version) by US the DUO____"Wildest Dreams" by DuomoYOUR CHOICE:
Flower Dude: ____"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (for same sex female weddings) YOUR CHOICE:
Bride's Processional: _____"Canon in D by VioDance" ____"Canon in D, Celtic version"____"Canon in D full orchestra" _____ Canon in D Harp" ____"Canon in D classical guitar"____"Canon in D solo piano" _____"Canon in D Broolyn Duo (Piano/Cello)"____"All of Me" by Brooklyn Duo (Piano Cello) ____"All of Me" solo piano, slower "Chillest" version____"Yours" (Russell Dickerson instrumental acoustic guitar version by Bridesmaids Quartet) ____"You Are The Reason" by Calum Scott ____"How Long Will I Love You" (Cairn String Quartet Version of the Ellie Goulding song) ____"At Last" by Etta James, skipping the first 15 seconds ____"Butterfly Waltz" Brian Crain ____"A Thousand Years" Piano Guys ____"Fanfare and Trumpet Voluntary" Canadian Brass ____"Marry You" Bruno Mars ____"Marry You" Violin Instrumental ____"Marry Me" Train ____"Never Stop (wedding version)" SafetySuit ____"I Get to Love You" by Ruelle ___Bloom by The Paper KitesYOUR CHOICE:Unity: Mid-Ceremony Music for Mixing Sand, Lighting Candles, etc.: ___"Grow Old With You" Guitar Instrumental version of the Adam Sandler tune. ___"Grow Old With Me" Vocal version by Mary-Chapin Carpenter ___"Here We Stand" by T Carter Music. ____"When You Say Nothing at All" by "Love Hits on the Piano"YOUR CHOICE:Recessional: What will be the last words the officiant says just before I play the recessional?_____________________________________________________________________________"(This Will Be) An Everlasting Love" by Natalie Cole cued up 22 seconds to the trumpets coming in. ____"Signed Sealed Delivered" Stevie Wonder, could be cued up to the 2nd refrain ____"All You Need Is Love" Beatles cued up 8 seconds into it ____"Now That We Found Love" Heavy D and the Boyz ____"Crazy in Love" by Beyonce ____"Best Day of My Life" by American Authors cued up :38 seconds into it ____"You Send Me" by Aretha Franklin cued up 15 seconds into it ____"...I love you BABY..." Last 45 seconds of "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" by Frankie Valli ____"Forever and Ever Amen" by Randy Travis"No Matter where You Are" Upbeat Version by US the DUOYOUR CHOICE: