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.
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