Leanne & Jack first dance
Client: Leanne & Jack Ralton
Event: Wedding
Venue: The Hilton Hotel, Cobham, Surrey
Date: April, 5 2013
Package: Remember Everything Package
Music Requested: Latest Charts, Garage, RnB, Dance, Rock, Party Classics
A blockbuster weekend of weddings began early on Friday morning for Leanne & Jacks special day at The Hilton in Cobham, Surrey.
Leanne & Jack opted for our Remember Everything Package, its tailor made to provide clients with myself providing the music, dj sound and lighting for the day along with Julia from Remember That? capturing photography for the bridal preps, the ceremony, group photos, speeches and evening disco photography, I also take photos during the day so this package gives the bride and groom even greater coverage of the day keeping the two main wedding day suppliers under one umbrella.
We arrived in Cobham around 11am, Leanne had included Name Projection and Creative Mood Lighting to enhance the Hampton Suite at The Hilton …so on arrival I went to set up those extras while Julia went up to Leanne’s room to capture the bridal prep photos. The Hampton Suite is very well laid out, because its towards the back of the hotel it feels quite exclusive, the main room covers the wedding breakfast as well as the evening disco, there is an hour’s turnaround time after the meal when the guests move just outside the room to the bar area while the tables are cleared and the dance floor is laid/disco set up, the bar area is quite small which is good as it encourages guests to return to the room and enjoy the party.
Once the bridal prep photos were completed and uplighters/name projection installed, Julia and I made our way to Christchurch in nearby Esher to prepare for Leanne’s arrival. The church is actually on a one way system so when the bride exited the wedding car she was greeted by tooting horns and cheers from passers by before making her way into the church accompanied by her father Colin to walk down the aisle and be reunited with Jack at the alter. Photography inside the church was only allowed from behind the bride and groom but we still managed to get some lovely shots of the church and the service as we plotted ourselves in two different positions and afterwards got some fantastic confetti shots before heading back to the Hilton for some more photos of the newleyweds and the family/group shots. Following the meal at around 7pm we returned to the Hampton Suite for the speeches, capturing a few emotional moments in the process before the room turnaround period.
Onto the disco …and what a night it was ! One of the most animated crowds you could wish for, a very easy going group of people just up for a good time with the guests ranging from 20-80, everyone had a fantastic time and there was not one moment when that dance floor wasn’t full.
On a night of many great moments, one particular highlight included the stag party’s favourite … “The Harlem Shake”, but it was a night that had a bit of everything …Leanne was very much into her RnB, Jack more into his rock , the younger element of the crowd indulged in some garage and the older guests hit the floor to the party classics, even Jacks Aunt triggered off a short spell of hip hop which went down a storm, but it was one of those nights where the atmosphere was great from the start and all ages enjoyed everything that was on the music menu
Whats great about this package is that there’s no element of worry for the bride and groom on their special day, they book one package and everything is taken care of.
end of a hard days night ?
Quality is guaranteed and because we know each other and work together so well the guests in the evening have got to know us over the course of the day which makes for a very relaxed feel in the evening when the formalities are finished …everyone lets their hair down, cuts their shapes to the music and plays up for the camera, this gives us so much more and the bride and groom get a wonderful collection of photos to look back on in years to come.
We had a great time at this one with many great memories …days like this make the wedding industry so amazing to work in. Congratulations once again to Leanne and Jack …you’ve got some great friends and we look forward to hopefully seeing you at one of your friends weddings in the future xx
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SETLIST
First Dance – Ray LaMontagne Hold You In My Arms
The Style Council You’re the Best Thing
Rihanna Diamonds
Luther Vandross Never Too Much
Frankie Valli December 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
Chic Le Freak
Kool & The Gang Celebration
Jacksons Can You Feel It
Bruno Mars Locked Out of Heaven
Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger
will.i.am Scream & Shout (feat. Britney Spears)
Sean Paul Temperature
Donae’o Party Hard (Full Vocal Version)
Donae’o Devil In a Blue Dress
Shakira ft Wyclef Jean Hips Don’t Lie
Ricky Martin Livin’ La Vida Loca
Chico D.I.S.C.O. (Radio Mix)
Bee Gees Staying Alive
Barry White You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
The Supremes You Can’t Hurry Love (Single Version – Mono)
Jackson 5 ABC
Temptations My Girl
Jam A Town Called Malice
Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor
Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Reef Place Your Hands
The Fratellis Chelsea Daggers
Squeeze Up the Junction
Michael Jackson P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
PSY Gangnam Style
Calvin Harris Drinking from the Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah)
So Solid Crew 21 Seconds
F.U.N It’s the Way (99 Remix)
The Streets Fit But You Know It
Artful Dodger & Craig David Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)
DJ Pied Piper & The Master of Ceremonies Do You Really Like It?
Fat Joe, Remy & Terror Squad Lean Back
JAY Z & Kanye West Ni**as In Paris
Jay Z Dirt off your shoulders
FatMan Scoop (Ft. Faith Evans) Be Faithful
Baauer Harlem Shake
Mark Morrison Return of the Mack
Tupac & Dr Dre California love
Usher Feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludac Yeah
Justin Timberlake Rock Your Body
Robin S. Show Me Love
Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy
Sean Paul Gimme the Light
Queen Don’t Stop Me Now
The Killers Mr. Brightside
Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire
Fun We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Encore
Mission Impossible – Main Title Theme
Bill Conti Gonna Fly Now (Theme from “Rocky”)
Jack and I opted for the ‘Remember Everything’ package, with Phil providing the music, dj sound and lighting for the day along with Julia from Remember That? capturing the photographs from the bridal preparations through to the evening disco. I remember walking in to the Hampton Suite at the Hilton Hotel and was taken aback by how beautiful the room looked due to Phil’s mood lighting and the name projection of ‘Mrs & Mrs Ralton, which gave a personal touch. Phil had a great understanding of what all of our guests wanted and was able to keep everyone on the dance floor. A challenging task when you have guests ranging from 2 – 80 years old. However, Phil managed this with ease and gave us the best night of our lives. Our wedding was a week ago and friends and family are still telling us how great the day was, but especially what an amazing time they had at the disco. Phil even played some of our favourite songs when we didn’t even request them! He just read what people wanted and did it. Liaising with Phil leading up to the wedding was also easy and stress free. He would always reply straight away and was happy to accept last minute changes up until the week of the wedding. I decided that I wanted to have a father-daughter dance with my dad and Phil sorted this out last minute. It was an absolute pleasure working with Phil and we are delighted with the package that we chose and the service that we received. It was personal, friendly and fun! We cannot recommend Phil enough for being so good at what he does but for also making our day so special. Thank you, Leanne & Jack Ralton