Monday, 14. September 2009
Today is my 35th birthday, and I celebrated today entertaining at Steven Born and Michelle King’s wedding reception at UW-Fond Du Lac. What a fantastic night! We started with cocktails on the patio outside, and then dinner, followed by a slide show and a night of memories.
Wednesday, 9. September 2009
It’s labor weekend, and it’s a busy one. On Sunday night we wrapped things up with Megan Walsh and Joe Rodgers wedding reception in style at the Madison Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison. It was a black tie themed event. Megan is originally from Wisconsin, but recently moved to Ohio where she met Joe! Lucky for us, they came back to Wisconsin for the wedding and reception. What an amazing night!!
Did I mention it was also the “Taste Of Madison” this weekend, wow was it a tough set up, but the night rocked! We knew it would be a tough set up, so we allotted an extra three hours for set up time.
Cocktails and music started at 4:30 pm, they chose rat pack Jazz. We did the BP introductions before dinner, just as they were arriving, and to set the tone for the evening, they came in to “Now that We’ve Found Love” by Heavy D, right out of “Hitch” with Will Smith. It was awesome! Instead of the traditional favors, Joe & Megan opted for a photobooth, where there guests could get their pictures taken all night, and then keep them, and give a strip to Megan & Joe for their album. (We have this option available for your reception for rent, give us a call.)
After two hours of cocktail music and another 2 hours of dinner music, it was onto the dancing. Their first dance was “Steady as You Go” by the Dave Matthews Band. Joe danced with both his mom and his step mom, and Megan danced with her dad. We opened the dance floor and once again, was packed with people from the get go. Here’s a picture of the first open dance if you don’t believe me. We packed the dance floor for most of the rest of the night with songs like, “Yeah” by Usher, “Shout” by Otis Day, The Cha Cha Slide, and The Cupid Shuffle.
Joe and Megan now live in Ohio, and one couple said the dance wouldn’t be complete without playing “Hang on Sloopy” by the McCoy’s (apparently the Ohio State fight song). Everyone on the dance floor was spelling out O-H-I-O during the chorus, it was rowdy, but so much fun!! Joe and Megan’s grandparents who were both celebrating 51 and 57 years of wedded bliss, were recognized during the anniversary dance.
We closed out the night with Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” and even as the song ended, the entire dance floor was screaming the lyrics at the top of their lungs. Wow What a night! (I guess I should also point out that Megan’s dad mentioned to me at the close of the night, that their party was so good, that the guests at the wedding in the next room crashed their party and came over to theirs because the music rocked, What a compliment!)
Thanks again, your reception was a total treat!
After dinner and the first set of feature dances we kicked off the dancing portion of the reception with the “five year” good luck dance where we brought all of the guests married or unmarried out to dance one song with Megan and Joe, this always packs the floor and sets the tone for the rest of the night. Don’t believe me, here is the picture from the first dance when we opened up the floor to everyone at 8:15 pm, and the floor stayed packed like this for the rest of the night.
Tuesday, 8. September 2009
Kathryn Wimmler & Wes Bonine celebrated their wedding reception on Saturday, September 5th at "The Bull at Pinehurst Farms" near Sheboygan Falls. Guests arrived shortly before 5pm and enjoyed Rat Pack tunes while they sipped on Cocktails, Dinner was served shortly after 6pm, as the music mix continued... Dancing began around 8pm, a good mix of Oldies, 80's and Modern music, was enjoyed by all, as the floor was packed for much of the night! For their first dance together, Wes & Kathryn picked "Just You & I" by Eddie Rabbit & Crystal Gayle, a song that still sounds great today, as it did 25 years ago!! for the Father/Daughter dance, Kathryn danced with her father, Brian to Heartland's "I Loved Her First" ...a very touching song. for the Mother/Son Dance, Wes' choice was the timeless "Unforgettable" by Nat & Natalie Cole.. Shortly after, both Families gathered on the dance floor in honor of Kathryn's Father Brian, who is battling cancer, and danced to Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" Around 9:30, Grand March Festivities got underway, the Bridal Party entered to Jagged Edge's "Let's Get Married", followed up by Frank Sinatra's "I Get A Kick Out Of You" The Bouquet toss was next, Beyonce's "All The Single Ladies" called the girls out to the floor, while the Mission Impossible Theme called the guys out for the Garter Toss! Everyone had a blast that night, along with myself, as the dance floor was rarely empty... Around midnight, we closed things up with Billy Joel's "Piano Man" Followed up with Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes" Thank You Again Wes & Kathryn for letting me be a part of your special day!!!
Monday, 7. September 2009
Matt Peden celebrated with Emily and Jeremy at their reception at Kiwanis Park in Sheboygan, WI. It was an absolutely beautiful day, a lot of their guests filled a plate of food and went outside to eat and enjoy the weather. However, when the dance was ready to start everyone was back in the building and ready to party. They decided to start the dance with their Grand March, Chris Brown ‘Forever’ and roll into their first dance together as Husband and Wife, Lonestar ‘Amazed’. From that point on the floor was packed they danced to ‘Play That Funky Music…’. ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Shook Me All Night Long’, ‘I Love Rock and Roll’ and well and more current hits like: ‘Cupid Shuffle’, ‘Cha Cha Slide’, ‘Low’, ‘Hotel’. Every had a blast, unfortunately we had to end at 10:30 because of city ordinances because we could have play another couple hours easily.
Wednesday, 2. September 2009
Michael and Lyndsey Burg wed in Hawaii a couple months ago and decided to celebrate that union this weekend at the High Cliff in Sherwood. Matt Peden was their DJ. It was more a party with a wedding theme, they decided to have the traditional first dance ad the father/daughter and mother/son dance, but that was it for tradition. Michael and Lyndsey’s request list included the Cupid Shuffle, Right Round, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, Jump On It and much more. Guests added Livin on a Prayer, Dont Stop Believing, Thriller and Single Ladies. We also Sang Happy Birthday to Matt, who then acted as Conductor in our Train (Quad City DJ’s) as it ran through the bar and around the room. The night ended in Somewhere Over The Rainbow, I Just Wanna Grow Old With You and Finally Hotel Room, by Pitbull. The entire night was a blast and Michael and Lyndsey and lucky to have such a great group of family and friends.
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