Last nights wedding reception was most likely the BEST party I have ever done. This event required a few things outside the norm for me - but I was able to pull it off without a hitch, and the gratitude shown was incredible.
For starters, I was really looking forward to this reception only because the B & G were so into the production value side of it.
The First Dance was sung to them by a family friend and this girl just completely blew everyone away with her voice - when I was told a few weeks ago by the Bride (hereafter referred to as Amie) that their First dance would be sung to them, I decided to add the powered mixer that you see in one of the close up pics - that sits on top of the sub. I wanted to give her (Sara's) voice that extra fullness and reverb that the effects unit on the powered mixer provided. I used the XLR output of the wireless receiver to run to the powered unit for Sara's vocal and the 1/4" output to my mixing board for toasts. I provided a small 12" wedge stage monitor for the First dance vocal - you can see it sitting on the floor in front of my table. The sound was just incredible!
Something else that was out of the ordinary for this reception was that Amie's family does what they call a "Tradition" shot for the ladies only. At 11pm, each lady in the room was provided a shot glass of Peppermint Schnapps. The story goes that the brides great aunt didn't drink - and would only have 1 glass of peppermint schnapps at social or formal occasions/events. This has been a tradition with this family for more than 20 years, and Amie wanted to remember her Great Aunt in this way - so Amie's mom (Betsy - and dammit what a knockout she was!) told the story of the tradition shot prior to it being downed.
They danced their collective arses off until midnight - and as Amie and Adam's last dance, Adam wanted to play Journey's - Don't Stop Believing because he and his family are huge Soprano's fans. ......... Soooooo, as an added twist, as soon as the last note of the song played, I enlisted the help of the banquet staff, and had them cut all the lights in the room and I cut all the lights from my console for total blackness in the room. You can't imagine the raucous laughter that ensued afterwards! I brought the lights up after 10 seconds of total blackness, and I got a standing ovation! Now, that's a first for me!
Everyone of the 30 or so business cards I had sitting on my speaker was taken and I was asked if I had more -
This event will most likely spawn another 5 residuals - I was told by 2 other couples that they were getting married in May and July respectively next year and they knew right away that they wanted to book me. I told them to just call the number on the business card and we'd talk.
This was a very long day for me - I loaded in at 430pm and didn't pull away from the clubhouse until 2am. The last dance was at midnight and there were still people hanging around talking in the ballroom at 1245am.
I was so pumped from the success of the reception that I didn't get in the bed til almost 4am.
Enjoy the pics - and thanks for listening.
For starters, I was really looking forward to this reception only because the B & G were so into the production value side of it.
The First Dance was sung to them by a family friend and this girl just completely blew everyone away with her voice - when I was told a few weeks ago by the Bride (hereafter referred to as Amie) that their First dance would be sung to them, I decided to add the powered mixer that you see in one of the close up pics - that sits on top of the sub. I wanted to give her (Sara's) voice that extra fullness and reverb that the effects unit on the powered mixer provided. I used the XLR output of the wireless receiver to run to the powered unit for Sara's vocal and the 1/4" output to my mixing board for toasts. I provided a small 12" wedge stage monitor for the First dance vocal - you can see it sitting on the floor in front of my table. The sound was just incredible!
Something else that was out of the ordinary for this reception was that Amie's family does what they call a "Tradition" shot for the ladies only. At 11pm, each lady in the room was provided a shot glass of Peppermint Schnapps. The story goes that the brides great aunt didn't drink - and would only have 1 glass of peppermint schnapps at social or formal occasions/events. This has been a tradition with this family for more than 20 years, and Amie wanted to remember her Great Aunt in this way - so Amie's mom (Betsy - and dammit what a knockout she was!) told the story of the tradition shot prior to it being downed.
They danced their collective arses off until midnight - and as Amie and Adam's last dance, Adam wanted to play Journey's - Don't Stop Believing because he and his family are huge Soprano's fans. ......... Soooooo, as an added twist, as soon as the last note of the song played, I enlisted the help of the banquet staff, and had them cut all the lights in the room and I cut all the lights from my console for total blackness in the room. You can't imagine the raucous laughter that ensued afterwards! I brought the lights up after 10 seconds of total blackness, and I got a standing ovation! Now, that's a first for me!
Everyone of the 30 or so business cards I had sitting on my speaker was taken and I was asked if I had more -
This event will most likely spawn another 5 residuals - I was told by 2 other couples that they were getting married in May and July respectively next year and they knew right away that they wanted to book me. I told them to just call the number on the business card and we'd talk.
This was a very long day for me - I loaded in at 430pm and didn't pull away from the clubhouse until 2am. The last dance was at midnight and there were still people hanging around talking in the ballroom at 1245am.
I was so pumped from the success of the reception that I didn't get in the bed til almost 4am.
Enjoy the pics - and thanks for listening.
