Had a great wedding on Friday night with Beck and Brian Dombek! Being a Cleveland DJ for years, I have worked with many people, but this couple had something very special! They were truly made for eachother and it was a great wedding.
The wedding was at the Croation hall in Eastlake Ohio and was about 300 guests. PIctures to follow along with full review.
Last Friday night we did a wedding reception for an amazing couple, which had truly a very fun group of family and friends.
Reception Location: Borallys
Photographer: Best Image
Entertainment DJ/MC: Selective Sound Entertainment (DJ Christian)
The new Mr. and Mrs. Sonkoy with the best man on right
What a refreshing reception. Having the reception in the Villa at
Borallys is truly a treat when you have the 2 levels and only 150-160
guests. T Title he guests were able to all seat on the lower level, while they had the upper level for gathering and desserts.
We worked very closely with Gary and Faye beforehand to ensure every
detail and every request was listened to and carried out. They came up
with a truly fun mix of unique formality dance songs and a very WIDE
variety of requests from the guests.
Guest MC for the evening
It all started when the guests came in. We were playing a mix of all
Tropical upbeat music. Everything from Bob Marley, to Jimmy Buffet and
so forth. Real refreshing and different. Gary and Fay chose to have
the head table right below on the1st lower level across from the DJ
GREAT location and it really opened things up. We seated the guests
and blew everyone away with an amazing grand introduction using very
high energy music like Battle without honor and into Battleflag for
the bride and grooms grand intro. We obviously got the clean version
for this.
old fashioned atomic dog
After the toasts and cake cutting were complete we went into dinner
playing an array of Italian and upbeat Mowtown. The guests were even
swaying and dancing in their seats. In addition we did the
names/kissing thing where they gave us all the names of the married
couples at the wedding and everytime someone rang the glasses, we
pulled out a name and when we mentioned it on the microphone, they had
to show the bride and groom how a married couple should kiss. IT was
truly A HIT! Great icebreaker that involves everyone.
Some fun with everyone
After the formal dances which were really a great treat because there
were some Van Morrison songs. Opened the dancefloor with a slow song, not a spot left open after the 1st song and then the fun really began.
The array of
music we played all night was incredible. We did the Tarantella, we
played gitterbugs into Michael Jackson, Paperboy, Counting Crowes,
Friends in low places,, to even Bruce Springsteens, Glory days.
Congrats Gary and Faye
It was truly amazing as we did sing alongs, and had all the guests
dancing till past midnight. Songs from Pour some Sugar on me to Summer of 69. Even through in some Jump around and this was truly a treat.
First dance (song: These are the days-V.Morrison)
Father daughter dance (Song: something Beatles?
Mother son dance song: (let us know)
Bridal party dance (song: into the mystic, V.Morrison)
Introduction song for Bridal party: battle without honor
Introduction music for bride and groom: Battleflag (Low Fidelity All stars)
Special thanks to Raymond and Pam Chang from Best Image photography for use of these images. Phone: 216-381-6395 http://www.bestimage.org/
Really? The Cleveland cavaliers are playing the final championship game on the night of my wedding. No-one will leave the wedding early. They can all get a score when they leave. It’s my wedding reception. They won’t be rude. Its just another basketball game. Who cares if Cleveland hasn’t won a National Championship since 1964. Or does someone really care……………..
Here are the hard truth answers you may be asking:
1. YES! they will leave early to go watch the game
2. YES! they will be rude and go outside to listen to it in their cars
3. YES! they will care about our 1st Championship since 1964.
Lebron James
This below is tips on how to help avoid this situation above. This also goes for other sporting teams in your city or town and different parts of the year.
Ohio State Buckeyes
1. Don’t schedule your wedding on the 3rd weekend of November unless you are getting married outside of Ohio and Michigan and your fans are from neither of those states. The Ohio State/Michigan football game is the #1 watched rivalry game of the year. Your guests may actually decline your wedding because of this game, unless they are close family. So remember, this above game, cause you will not forget it.
2. IF you do happen to have a major playoff game this is proven to work, however if your a bride or past bride, this may seem very corny to you at first, however if you can paint the picture, IT WORKS! … Put a TV of the game in your wedding. YES.. thats correct, you heard me.. WHY? because it will keep ALL of your guests IN the room and IN the atmosphere. Selective Sound Entertainment, your Cleveland Wedding DJ specialists, have been doing weddings for 24 years and can tell you first hand how many weddings have been ruined because of Playoff games.
The ones that are a success are the ones where the TV’s are actually located inside the reception. I know what you are thinking, it may be corny, but keep in mind the alternative, that is unless you can care less if they leave or not. If you show the game in the reception, they will hear and see everything going on and be a part of the party. We have even see guests dance in-between the quarters, where if they weren’t at the wedding, no one would dance. It may seem corny, but its proven to work. Put a small TV by the bar area inside the reception room.
Cleveland Indians
3. An lastly, If you are scheduling your wedding during the summer in the downtown area, you may want to check the schedules of the events ahead of time. There may be some conflicting events in the mid to late summer downtown. This may throw your timing off when taking pictures or if your in a time crunch.
Selective Sound is a leader in the Cleveland DJ area with Experience and Talent, specializing in wedding receptions. Please contact us for more information or leave a comment.
