Excited about DJ intros for next Saturday

This evening, my clients for 10/24/2009 and I met with their DJ to go over the timeline and schedule for the wedding reception. I am actually really excited about this wedding -- not only is the couple really nice, but the DJ had a fabulous idea for the introductions at the reception! This couple has a very large bridal party -- 9 couples, plus ushers and ring bearers. Doing the same song for that large of a group can make for a very long bridal party introduction. However, this couple is going to have each individual couple in the bridal party choose their own song to be introduced to, and the DJ is going to mix it so the song changes every 20 seconds to the next song. What a fabulous idea!

Lifetime Video (the fabulous Matt Pine, Dan Shallenberger and company) is shooting this wedding, so I'll be sure to post that portion of the intros on the blog once it's available. I also liked that the DJ took the initiative to have drink orders ready for the bridal party when they arrive that day. Normally, we do that (as well as pull hors devourers for the bridal party) but I've rarely seen a DJ bring it up before I do. It was a very nice surprise. I hope he does as well on the wedding day as he did tonight. Working with new vendors is always an experience, and it looks like this one is shaping up to be a good one! Great ideas tonight, Brian Benton!

Wedding Day Stories that you'd never expect...

Today, Matt Pine from Lifetime Video hosted the Association of Bridal Consultants monthly meeting at his home office studio. Thirty seven members enjoyed lunch catering from Paella at Your Place, wine, and drinks. I love my job!!

Afterwards, Kevin Ford from Ford Ellington came over to see our new Blue Ash office on Millington Court in the Design Center. While we were there, we started talking about "disasters" that have happened on wedding days that no one could have planned for. He insisted that I blog about them, so here goes!

One time, a matron of honor was arrested the night before the wedding because she hit her husband in the parking lot of a restaurant after a rehearsal dinner. We spent the next day not only implementing the wedding, but trying to get her out of jail so she could stand up at the wedding that evening! Ironically, we succeeded in getting her out in time, but she was a little shaken by the whole ordeal and decided to sit out the role. The most important advice I gave her that day (which she followed) was to tell no one but the people that were in the room that morning, because the more people that knew, the less the focus would be on her.

Another time, I had to call an ambulance for the best man because, after throwing up in the limo on the way to the reception and giving a best man toast, he passed out in my car with ice cold hands while I was taking him back to the hotel to rest. Needless to say, we called 9-1-1 and he was taken by ambulance to the ER. He recovered from food poisioning and a virus during the next 10 hours in the ER. The guests never knew what happened and the best man asked me to let him tell the bride and groom after their wedding night. The bride and groom found out (to my knowledge) the next day.

We've also had situations where unwanted guests have shown up at weddings that have had to be escorted off the premisis (ex spouses, black sheeps of a family, etc) discreetly by our staff. Kevin said that these examples alone are the reason why people need to hire a wedding planner to deal with this type of drama that can happen on the wedding.

Someday, I'll write a book! lol.