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The real reason you may want to consider dance lessons for your wedding. I just love this clip from the movie Hitch. Enjoy!

Plan on! -saundra

Trend alert:

NEW interesting songs to walk down the aisle to … such as:

This little diddy by Colbie Callat (her voice is smooth like butter). We loved it so much that we used this song for our 2008 Highlights video.

And my bride, Tara Brown, a couple of weekends ago had her Bride’s Processional to a song recently made popular by the movie Juno. Performed by Barry Louis Polisar who writes children’s songs. It was absolutely precious and I hope to see it again soon at another wedding.

Dontcha just love individualism? Have you heard of any other cool songs for the wedding processional?

Plan on! -saundra

We know the tag game goes around A LOT here in the blogging world. After getting tagged numerous times about 6 things nobody knows about you, I decided to change things up.

A new tag game:

Name 5 Songs you are Embarrassed to Admit you Like!

Hey …. you know we all have them….the ones that our foot starts tapping to, while everyone else is saying, “Ewwww…this song sucks”!

I started looking around to see how other bloggers answered… I could not believe how many participated!!! I’m sure I’m missing some as it continues out there in cyber space. This is who I trailed so far:

2 Promised Hearts
Affairs with the Elegance
Allure Event Consulting
Bliss Events Ohio
Confessions of the Wedding Diva
Dantzler Designz
Elegant Engagements
eLucky Designs
Erin J Photo
Event Accomplished
Fabu-luxe
HW Events
J Cricket Events
Tying the Knot
Julia Macinnis Photography
Just Jaime
Posh Events LLC
SJB Weddings and Events
Soiree Special Events
The Art of Real Life
The Planning Diva
Wed Lady
Emilie Duncan
Perfect Settings
The Planner Pages
The Wedding Workroom

I know I have missed more…so please feel free to add them in the comments and I’ll link to your blog!!!

And if you didn’t get tagged (shame on your friends) ….feel free to join in! It’s liberating!!!!

Plan on! -saundra

One of my favorite movies. One of my favorite dance scenes. Cause sometimes you just to dance.

Plan on! -saundra

This is Rick, DJ with Integrity Productions at our rockstar nightclub wedding last year!

Our first installment of your series, “love your wedding vendor“…we’re excited to begin with music!

Today we’ll talk about your wedding DJ.

Definitely an incredibly important element to your wedding reception, you should never skimp on choosing your professional DJ. Often I see this area become more of a price point issue instead of choosing someone who you feel confident in producing great entertainment for you and your guests.

Reasons why you should love your DJ?

1. They have to please you (the clients) and 250 of your closest family and friends. Think that is easy?
2. DJ’s really put themselves out there…they have nerves of steel.
3. They leave themselves wide open for audience interpretation of their job performance. Some guests may love what they are playing and some guests may not. You know what we’re saying, you’ve heard the “cool people” that have to complain about the music. But DJ’s have to keep on going and never waver.
4. It doesn’t matter what is going on in their personal lives or if they had a bad day; they show up to your wedding with a smile and positive energy.
5. They really care about getting it right for you, making sure you have all the songs that are your favorite in their database.
6. They honestly feel horrible if something goes wrong; like the speakers have a feedback or they accidently pronounced a name wrong. They are human. And equipment can falter. But trust me, they feel terrible when this happens.
7. They are often one of the last to leave packing up their equipment in the dark. Those speakers are “light” by the way.
8. Professional DJ’s love working with professional wedding planners, because they know that the reception goes even smoother. (okay, that’s why we love your wedding DJ).

Behind the scenes:

You’d be surprised at what goes on behind the scenes at your wedding. I remember one incidence where at one of our weddings we had the father of the bride ask the DJ to play a different genre of music than what the bride had requested. Not a particular song mind you, simply switch the style. Within 5 minutes the mother of the bride glides by the DJ booth to tell him he’s doing a great job. The DJ mentioned what the FOB said and she advises the DJ to keep playing what the bride wants, as this is her wedding and we should cater to her friends. Confused what you would do yet? Keep reading….

Within the next hour, we had the FOB’s sister coming to the DJ to vehemently chastise him (this is put politely) that the FOB wasn’t hearing what he wanted and “Who was paying for this shin-dig anyway”? It was interesting to watch how he placated everyone. Every time he would play the FOB’s genre of music, the dance floor cleared. *literally you could hear the crickets* He still played some of his songs….but seriously…what would you do?

DJ’s keep everyone as happy as possible and keep on smiling. You gotta love them for that.

Plan on! -saundra

Tomorrow: love your wedding photographer 

It’s the hottest thing right now….a choreographed first dance (and if it is a surprise….all the better)! In fact, I recently have picked up new clients that are planning this for their wedding. I can’t say who they are; because then it wouldn’t be a surprise.

Just check out this adorable couple:

If you go this route, very cool…just leave plenty of time for practicing and of course, the choreography part. I’m up for teaching anyone (dance team/cheerleader all through high school and college)!Plan on! -saundra