Call any time for planning assistance! 952.239.4115
discjockeypaulyoung@gmail.com
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.
"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 and send me
you Spotify lists or links to You Tube, etc.
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?
Rose/Bruno Mars: ___APT
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
....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: ___Abracadabra
___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......
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....
Britney: ___Toxic ___Baby One More Time ___Oops ___Crazy
.Shakira: ___BZRP Music Sessions #53 ____Hips Don't Lie............
....POP SLOW SONGS.
......Ed Sheeran: ___"Perfect"___"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........
_______________________________________________
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 ___Girlfriend..
3oh3: ___Don't Trust Me ___Starstrukk ___Double Vision
...ALL TIME LOW: ____Dear Maria ___Monsters ___PMA.....
PARAMORE: ____Still Into You ____Misery Business ___Ain't It Fun
.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
___I'm Just a Kid by Simple Plan
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
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" ____Bailar Es Cumbia
....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"
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)
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).
COUNTRY:
Shania Twain: ___Man I Feel Like a Woman
___Any Man of Mine ___Party For Two ____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 ___Free ___Toes
.......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)
___My Little Boo Thang by Paul Russell (You Get the Best of my Love)
___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 Crazy...
50 Cent: ____Candy Shop ___In Da Club ___Disco Inferno
Nelly: ____Country Grammar ____Shake Ya Tailfeather
___Ride Wit Me ____Hot in Herrre ____Air Force 1s...
T-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....
___Come Get Her by Rae Sremmurd
___Smack That by Akon....___679 by Fetty Wap
___Wop by J. Dash
CLASSIC FUNK: ___Brick House by the Commodores
___Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry.....
Stevie Wonder: ____Superstition ___Higher Ground ___I Wish
___Sir Duke ___Isn't She Lovely.....
Earth Wind and Fire: ___September ___Groove Tonight
____Boogie Wonderland ____Fantasy ___Shining Star.....
Kool and the Gang: ___Celebration ___Get Down On It
___Jungle Boogie ___Ladies Night ____Hollywood Swinging
Gap Band: ____You Dropped a Bomb on Me ____Oops
____Party Train...
James Brown: ____Get Up Offa That Thing ____Sex Machine
____Get on the Good Foot.....
George Clinton: ____Atomic Dog ____Flash Light
___Give Up the Funk
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 Gaynor.....
Abba: ___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
____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 Factory
GUETTA:__ "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"
EPIC: ___"American Pie" by Don McLean
___"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
___"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
___"Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
___"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion
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 Idol
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
___The Rattlin' Bog (Short or Long Live Version?)
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?
Do you have any family traditions I could tie into the dance?
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
couples who will be there, so I have one of them
and show you how to kiss each time the guests start clinking
___ Spontaneous version of this:
When they clink, YOU rise and point out who will show you how to
kiss. You can have a microphone at the head table for this.
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:_________(Send me the order)
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?
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?
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 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 t
heir 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 "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:_________
PRELUDE:
____Acoustic Guitar Versions of Pop Hits
____Piano Guys Versions of Pop Hits
____String Quartet Versions of Pop Hits
____Instrumental Versions of Country Hits
____Your Custom Playlist
SEATING:
____"Better Together" by Jack Johnson
____"You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban
____OTHER:
WEDDING PARTY:
____"Stand By Me" by Florence and the Machine
____"Bittersweet Symphony" by Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra
____"Pachelbel Canon in D"
____"Somewhere Only We Know" by Simply Three
____"No Matter Where You Are" (Wedding Version) by US the DUO
____"Wildest Dreams" by Duomo
____OTHER:
BRIDE'S Processional:
____"Canon in D by VioDance"
____"All of Me" by Brooklyn Duo (Piano Cello)
____"Yours" (acoustic guitar version by Bridesmaids Quartet)
____"You Are The Reason" by Calum
____"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
____"Never Stop (wedding version)" SafetySuit
____"I Get to Love You" by Ruelle
OTHER:______________
UNITY CEREMONY:
___"Grow Old With You" Guitar Instrumental
___"Grow Old With Me" Vocal version by Mary-Chapin Carpenter
___"Here We Stand" by T Carter Music.
OTHER: ___________________
END OF CEREMONY RECESSIONAL IDEAS:
____"Everlasting Love" by Natalie Cole
cued up 22 seconds to the trumpets coming in.
____"Signed Sealed Delivered" Stevie Wonder
____"All You Need Is Love" Beatles cued up 8 seconds into it
___"Best Day of My Life" by American Authors cued up :38 seconds into it
OTHER:__________________________
Should I make any announcements at the end of the ceremony,
such as where guests should move to for social hour or a receiving line?
