From the moment your guests arrive, we focus on setting a festive and friendly mood.
It's the details that count. From making sure the champagne is poured prior to the best man giving his toast, to playing your grandparents favorite Sinatra song before they leave the dance floor. Like the song says - Little things mean a lot...
Cake Cutting
This usually takes place after dinner just prior to the bride and groom's first dance, but can also be done before dinner and dessert is served as your guests finish eating their meal. Your music selections for the cake cutting can either be either up-tempo and fun or romantic.
First Dance
The bride and groom select this song prior to their wedding date. This song should be well thought out, and define something special about the two of you.
Parent Dances
After the bride and groom have danced their first dance as husband and wife, they may want to dance with their parents. If these dances are occurring, the bride will first dance with her father, then the groom will follow by escorting his mother to the dance floor for their special dance together. The parent dances can also be combined into one dance. Ask about our custom created parents dance songs, where a personal message from you, to your parent is layered into any song of your choice.
Back to Dancing
Toward the end of the night we often start playing more current music that will appeal to the bride and grooms friends. However will still mix in a few popular oldies to keep everyone dancing.
Dance Time
After the formal dances have been completed, we will invite everyone to join in on the dance floor. In the beginning of the reception, we like to play a lot of popular music to get everyone involved in dancing. A mix of 50's, 60's 70's & 80's works well - and we love playing requests!
We are open to whatever you suggest. Not only are we interested in what you would like to have played, we are also want to know what songs that you do not want to hear, but please take into consideration the music preferences of your guests when eliminating song titles.
Bride and Groom Farewell Dance
Prior to this dance your entertainer will ask all
guests to form a circle around the dance floor
for which our bride and groom can dance within.
We can close this dance by forming a tunnel of
guests for the bride and groom to exit the
reception from, or we can close the circle,
and have the guests give the bride and groom
a great big hug from all of their friends and family.
Cocktail Hour Music
While the guests arrive, we are playing a background mix of music to help set the mood. Popular choices include: Light jazz, big band, "Rat-Pack", easy listening, motown-r&b. Or maybe your taste runs Euro-Downtempo-Electra-Bosa Nova-Lounge Jazz! The music is ALWAYS your choice. Because most people are trying to mingle at this time, volume is kept to a low level. Sometimes couples choose to have a video montage playing of their lives, leading up to their special day.
Ask about our video projection sevices.
Bridal Party Introductions & Your Grand Entrance!
Two - three weeks prior to your reception, you will have had the opportunity to speak with your Dj/emcee to discuss the proper name pronunciation of your bridal party attendants, and the proper placement of these attendants within the order of introduction. Introductions can be high-energy, fun, formal or ?
Welcome Speech
We recommend that once the introductions are finished, the Father of the bride, or the groom (or bride & groom), welcome the guests to the reception. This adds a nice touch and is the perfect transition to the blessing and/or the meal.
Bridal Party Dance
Once the parent's dance has been completed, the bride and groom may want to have the entire bridal party come to the dance floor for the bridal party dance. This dance can also take place during the bride and groom's first dance, where the bride and groom's first dance will be split 50/50, and the wedding party will be asked to join our bride and groom on the dance floor.
"Chris was fantastic and made our wedding day so fun. We have heard nothing but wonderful comments from guests regarding what a great party it was. Josh and I did not have to worry about a thing during our reception--Chris took care of everything that we had discussed. We were so thrilled with Grapevine's service and would recommend for any event that calls for a DJ. "
Lynne and Josh Gunn
Have you ever been to a wedding reception where most of the guests leave after dinner?
That means that 25-50% of the reception was a failure (and a waste of money).
Do you know who is to blame? Not the food, not the cake, not the photographer -
The entertainment is to blame.
Most of the time, it's the entertainment that will make or break the party.
"Ty, Gemi and I wanted to say thank you for the absolutely wonderful job you did at our wedding reception! We had a great time and so did everyone else. We are still getting compliments on the evening. As Gemi has always said, it all comes down to the DJ! Bad DJ...bad party! You were great! We appreciate you working so closely with us to do exactly what we wanted. You helped make our wedding dreams come true! Thanks again and take care! " Kelli & Gemi Ozdemir
"Grapevine DJs were very thorough and organized during the wedding planning period. Mark set exactly the "mood" we were looking for during the ceremony and reception. He responded well to our guests requests and approached the facility manager with questions rather than us , allowing us to party with our family and friends!....We would definitely recommend Grapevine to everyone!" Angela and Jim Hastings
Blessing
Once your bridal party attendants are at the head table, your entertainer will ask a guest (someone selected prior to reception - parent, friend, grandparent, uncle, priest, etc.) by name to say the blessing. Once the blessing is complete, your entertainer will now draw the attention to the person who is proposing the toast or assist in releasing tables through the buffet.
Toast
This is usually done by the best man and maid of honor. We will announce the toast several minutes before, to insure that all of the guests have a full glass.
Anniversary Dance
This is a special dance that has been done in many ways. The way we like to do this is we invite the all of the married couples in attendance to join the bride and groom on the dance floor. We can then begin playing the music and dedicate the song to all of the married couple or - Once every married couple is dancing to a slow song we ask for anyone who has been married for one year or less, except for the bride and groom, to please make their way to the side of the dance floor and form a circle around the remaining couples on the dance floor. Other guest's will be eliminated by five year intervals until we end up with the couple that has been married the longest. A nice touch to this dance that we have seen is the bride and groom presenting this couple with either roses, champagne or the brides bouquet.
Bouquet and Garter Toss
At this moment, your entertainer will ask the bride and all the single ladies to make their way to the dance floor for the bouquet toss ceremony. Your photographer will probably pose you prior to the bouquet being tossed to the bachelorettes. Once we have a recipient of the bouquet, it is time for the groom to remove the garter from his bride and toss it to his single friends. This event is tastefully announced and co-ordinated.
We look forward to making you look good to your guests, and feel great from the peace of mind in knowing that you made an excellent choice for your entertainment.
We have listed below, an order of events that might occur during your reception. By all means anything can be changed or added to your preference. We will also base what we do on how your guests are responding to what is happening. Years of experience make this a natural part of our approach to serving your needs.
"Dear Tim, I just wanted to thank you for the great job you did being the DJ at our wedding.
We were pleased with your professionalism, song selections, and how you kept things moving the way they should at the reception. You defiantly helped the evening run smoothly!
Thank you so much for the work you put in. You did a great job! Thanks! "
Abbie and Kevin Tolliver
Effective coordination with your other vendors, allows you the freedom to enjoy your party - ensuring that your party is successful and stress-free. Whether you desire your celebration to be simply elegant, or a high-energy gala (or maybe even both). . We ask precise questions to determine the goals and expectations of the client and their special event.
