Client: Jillian & Nick Wells
Event: Wedding
Venue: Private Residence, Tadworth, Surrey
Date: April, 6 2013
Package: Total Music Package
Music Requested: Michael Buble Background Music, Party Classics/Family Favourites
After yesterdays marathon day with Leanne and Jack at The Hilton in Cobham we were back on the road at 10am for Jillian and Nicks wedding which was being staged in a marquee at a private residence in Tadworth, Surrey.
Jillian had a last minute change of mind and decided to book an early set up with background music during the meal, the property had a huge garden with a carpeted path leading down to the marquee …and with the weather still being indifferent it was good to get this done nice and early rather than lug all the equipment through later in the afternoon after the guests had all arrived back at the venue after the ceremony. I had to be elsewhere during the afternoon so as promised I left a Michael Buble compilation on an iPod hooked up to a speaker for the best man to activate for music during the meal. There was a slight issue with space when we arrived as the marquee had to be moved the previous day which had left the DJ area with an uneven surface, so after a few discussions with Jillian in the morning we ended up moving one of the tables onto the dance floor to free up some space on a flat surface to the side of the marquee which worked out fine in the end.
We got back to the marquee at around 6pm to prepare for a 7pm start, but with all the formalities completed over an hour ahead of schedule I put on some Soul/Funk background music for the guests to enjoy while the marquee company cleared the tables, served coffee and made a few final adjustments before the first dance. As I announced the new bride and groom to take their first dance as a married couple there were was a great deal of amusement and a few raised eyebrows as I played the first few bars of the YMCA as requested by the bride, but just as the leather clad 1970’s boys were about to belt out “Young Man” order was restored as the “real” first dance was played which ensured a nice relaxed mood for the rest of the evening thanks to the bride & grooms sense of humour at the outset.
It was an intimate occasion with around 60-70 guests, Jillian and Nick had provided around a dozen requests for the evening which we tied in with their request for Party Classics and songs with hand movements. The onus was clearly on having a fun time with their closest family and friends and the evening ebbed and flowed with the bride and groom cutting shapes on the floor with their guests pretty much all evening. It was a classic marquee garden party with a few guest requests for latest charts thrown in, Frank Sinatra ended proceedings at midnight as we prepared for the big pack down of equipment and journey back before doing it all again tomorrow up in Hertfordshire.
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SETLIST
First Dance – Village People Y.M.C.A / Kirsty MacColl Perfect Day
Céline Dion Because You Loved Me
Frankie Valli December 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Remastered)
Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
Jerry Lee Lewis Shake, rattle and roll
Bill Hayley & The Comets Rock Around the Clock
Chubby Checker The Twist
Elvis Presley Hound Dog
Everly Brothers Run Around Sue
Chuck Berry Johnny B Goode
Beatles Long Tall Sally
Chic Le Freak
Earth Wind & Fire Boogie Wonderland
Kool & The Gang Celebration
Jacksons Blame It On the Boogie
Village People Y.M.C.A.
Damian The Time Warp
DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide (DJ Düse Mix)
Los Del Rio Macarena
Whigfield Saturday Night
Wham Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Bee Gees Staying Alive
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
ABBA Dancing Queen
Billy Joel Uptown Girl
B52s Love Shack
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
Take That Relight My Fire
Spice Girls Wannabe
Dexys Midnight Runners Come On Eileen
Tony Christie Show me the way to amarillo
Rednex Cotton Eye Joe (Clean Version)
Yolanda B Cool We No Speak Americano (UK Radio Edit)
Outkast Hey Ya
Calvin Harris Drinking from the Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Beyoncé Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Sean Paul Gimme the Light
Salt-N-Pepa Push It (Radio Version)
PSY Gangnam Style
The Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock)
The Proclaimers I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Bryan Adams Summer of 69
Bon Jovi Living On a Prayer
Chesney Hawkes The One and Only
Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby
Michael Jackson Billie Jean
Dirty Dancing Megamix Dirty Dancing MegaMix
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John The Grease Mega-Mix
The Nolans I’m In the Mood for Dancing
Michael Jackson Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (2003 Edit)
LMFAO Sexy and I Know It
David Guetta Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)
Nicki Minaj Starships
Bob Sinclar Tik Tok (Radio Edit)
Rihanna We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger
Girls Aloud Something New (Manhattan Clique Remix)
Calvin Harris Feel So Close [Radio Edit]
MC Hammer U Can’t Touch This
The Automatic Monster
The Hoosiers Cops And Robbers
Bruno Mars Marry You
The Killers Mr. Brightside
Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire
Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York
Encore
Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Theme
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