Posted by Michele Puopolo on Fri, Sep 25, 2009
Our newly-married Director of Operations Matt Berry weighs in on how he planned his wedding to stand out from previous weddings he had attended.
1. My wife and I chose a really fun song for our entrance into the room. Remember, you only do it once - why not make it memorable and special?!
2. We brought in up-lighting to accent the walls in our wedding colors, which was expected considering my job and all. BUT, we didn't turn them on until later in the night so it ended up being unexpected and was a nice WOW factor after the sunset.
3. We made a video montage with pictures of us from the last few years. We played it during our first dance so the attention was off my dancing (more on that later). We also did a montage of my wife and her parents and me with my parents. We played it during our father/daughter and mother/son dance.
4. We wanted to make sure our two photographers didn't miss ANYTHING! We went out and purchased a digital camera and it got passed around throughout the night. The next day we had 500 photos of friends and family doing crazy things in addition to great professional photos.
5. Get dance lessons!! I was lucky to have The Dance Academy next door so we took dance lessons and also had a choreographed first dance.
6. My wife and I went into the planning process with the goal of throwing a party first and foremost and then adding the formalities of a wedding. We brought in lots of lighting and turned the venue into a night club. We also got party favors which ever guest loved. When the last wedding you went to that every guest had sunglasses, a gangster hat, and glow necklace on by the end of the night?!
Posted by Michele Puopolo on Thu, Sep 10, 2009
by Michele Puopolo (Party Planning and Creative Assistant)
Need an idea for a Father/Daughter dance? I like this list of 20 most popular songs for Father/Daughter dances:
http://www.popular-wedding-songs.com/father-daughter-wedding-songs.html
Some of my other favorites that didn't make the list:
- How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (James Taylor)
- Lullabye (Billy Joel)
- My Little Girl (Tim McGraw)
- I'll Stand By You (Pretenders)
- There You'll Be (Faith Hill)
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
- I Loved Her First (Heartland)
- You Light Up My Life (LeAnn Rimes)
- Forever Young (Rod Stewart)
- In My Life (Beatles)
- You'll Be in My Heart (Phil Collins)