It is traditional at Wedding Receptions, for the Bride and Groom to have the first dance, and this usually signals the start of the evening’s entertainment. If you have invited Evening Guests, who may not have attended the actual Wedding Ceremony, then it is often advisable to leave the first dance until the majority of the guests have arrived, and suitable background music is played during this period. An ideal time to start the first dance is just after the buffet this gives your guests time to arrive, it gives you (The Bride & Groom) time to mingle and allow the atmosphere to gradually build.

We ask the Bride and Groom to choose the first song, one that has become there very own tune and means something very special to both of them.

Sometimes a second track is also requested. The second track is usually played and dedicated to the Bride and her Father, or for the happy couple to invite their friends and relatives to join them on the dance floor.

We always invite all of our clients to provide a play list, via our own music playlist generator ahead of the function, detailing any special requests they may have which we will always try and include during the course of the evening, or more importantly any songs or genres of music to be avoided.. We do ask that this request list is kept to approximately twenty tracks, to ensure continuity and for us to incorporate the requests of your guests.

At Weddings, or indeed any function with a mixed aged audience we usually try and avoid anything too specialised, or Genre's such as heavy metal, rap, trance and underground dance music unless specifically requested by the client (where they believe that it would be appreciated by their invited guests).

We would always advise you to allow some flexibility in your choice of music for a couple of reasons. Allow your DJ to use his experience to judge what might go down well and music chosen in the cold light of day may not seem such a good choice during your event. Use your DJs experience that’s what your paying him for.

We do try to tailor the music to the age range of the audience, and so if you do have an audience consisting of mainly younger guests then the play list will be tailored accordingly, and exactly the same for older age groups too. However we do find that most weddings encompass age ranges from the youngest children to the most elderly of great grandparents, this being the case we endeavor to play a little something for every guest again making them feel involved in your special day.

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