Wedding Planning Guide
Bride & Groom:______Contract No: ______Phone Numbers:______
EVENT INFORMATION 1- Preferred deejay attire … Semi-Formal (suit/tie) Casual (slacks dress-shirt) 2- Facility Info……………………... Indoors Outdoors Stage: yes no Address______Phone # ______Coordinator? Name______Phone # ______3- Dinner Format………………. Buffet Sit Down Hour‟derves only Alcohol? 4- Guests‟ Arrival Time______Approximate # of guests ______
MUSIC FORMAT *Please indicate the type of music you would like during cocktail hour/dinner time*
__ Big Band/Jazz __ Classical __ Lite Rock __ Country Love Songs __ Variety Love Songs __ Deejay Choice __ Provided by Bride/Groom ------*Please indicate the types of dance music you believe your Guests would enjoy throughout the event*
Current Top 40 Rock (80‟s & 90‟s) Classic Rock (70‟s)
Oldies (50„s & 60„s) Disco Country Big Band/Ballroom
Reggae Rap Motown Alternative Latin (please specify) ------Notes:
RECEPTION SCHEDULE *Please number all that applies, indicating the order in which they are to take place.*
___ Grand Entrance (song?)______
___ Prayer By: ______
___ Dinner/Buffet
___Toast/s By:______and______
___ Cake (song/artist) ______Served as dessert? Yes No
___ First Dance (song/artist) ______
___ Mother/Son (song/artist) ______
___ Father/ Daughter (song/artist) ______
___ Bouquet Toss (song/artist) ______
___ Garter Removal (song/artist) ______Reverse? Blindfold?
___ Garter Toss (song/artist) ______
___ Dollar Dance? (songs/artists)______*Please specify which specialty songs you would like incorporated in the reception*
YMCA Cha Cha Slide Electric Slide Hokey Pokey Chicken Dance Limbo Locomotion Macarena Other ______
INTRODUCTIONS *Please list all individuals being announced in the Grand Entrance*
Brides Parents: ______or Mother w/Escort:______Father w/Escort: ______Grooms Parents: ______or Mother w/Escort:______Father w/Escort: ______
Flower Girl: ______Ring Bearer: ______
Bridesmaids: Groomsmen:
______Esc. By ______
______Esc. By ______
______Esc. By ______
______Esc. By ______
______Esc. By ______
______Esc. By ______
Maid/Matron of Honor: Best Man:
______Esc. By ______
Now introducing the new: ______
DEDICATIONS/REQUESTS *Please list any additional requests, announcements, and artists/songs that you would like incorporated at the reception. We cannot guarantee that every song will be played, though we will do our best to play the majority of them. Please indicate any “MUST PLAY” requests with a star for maximum priority.
TITLE ARTIST 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______8. ______9. ______10. ______
DO NOT PLAY LIST *Please indicate any songs, artists, or genres that you DO NOT want played* 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______
DEDICATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
BIRTHDAYS (date and age) ANNIVERSARIES (years married) ______
Bridal Song Ideas Popular Love Songs (First Dance/dinner music)
1. From This Moment On - Shania Twain & Bryan White 2. Amazed - Lonestar 3. It's Your Love - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill 4. At Last - Etta James 5. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 6. Unforgettable - Natalie & Nat King Cole 7. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 8. Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart/Van Morrison 9. The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra 10. I Cross My Heart - George Strait 11. All My Life - KC & Jojo 12. I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees 13. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton 14. I Swear - John M. Montgomery/All 4 One 15. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack 16. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson 17. God Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts 18. In My Life - Beatles 19. Everything I Do (I Do For You) - Bryan Adams 20. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith 21. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion 22. Keeper Of The Stars - Tracy Byrd 23. Breathe - Faith Hill 24. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones 25. This I Swear - Nick Lackey 26. I Melt - Rascal Flatts 27. Always And Forever - Heatwave 28. I Finally Found Someone - Barbara Streisand & Bryan Adams 29. Here And Now - Luther Vandross . 29. Always - Atlantic Starr 30. Because of You - Tony Bennet
Funny/Witty First Dance Songs
1. A Fine Romance - Joe Derise 2. After The Loving - Englebert Humperdinck 3. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Ashford & Simpson 4. Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin 5. Because - Dave Clark Five 6. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners 7. Happy Together - The Turtles 8. You're My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White 9. With Plenty Of Money And You - Count Basie & Tony Bennet 10. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher 11. I Love You, Always Forever - Donna Lewis 12. I Only Want To Be With You - Vonda Shepard 13. I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin 14. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill 15. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello 16. I'm A Believer - The Monkees 17. Oh, What A Night - The Four Seasons 18. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 19. Love and Marriage - Frank Sinatra 20. Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia 21. She's An Angel - They Might Be Giants 22. Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin 23. Never Knew Love Like This - The Spinners & Dionne Warwick 24. Orange Colored Sky - Nat King Cole 25. Orange Colored Sky - Natalie Cole
Edgy/Upbeat First Dance Songs
1. Kissing You - from “Romeo & Juliet “ soundtrack 2. Ice Cream - Sarah MacLachlan 3. As - Stevie Wonder 4. Blood Of Eden - Peter Gabriel 5. Crash - Dave Matthews Band 6. Everything I Do - Brandy 7. Like Someone In Love - Bjork 8. Heroes - David Bowie 9. You're The Best Thing - Style Council 10. If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince 11. Waste - Phish 12. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls 13. It Must Be Love - Madness 14. Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer 15. Alison - Elvis Costello 16. Love Song" - The Cure 17. Forever in My Life - Prince 18. Luna - Smashing Pumpkins 19. Night & Day - U2 20. Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor 21. She - Elvis Costello 22. Somebody - Depeche Mode 23. Stay By Me - Annie Lennox 24. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins 25. You Are The Everything - R.E.M. 26. Wild Horses - The Sundays 27. Wild Is The Wind - David Bowie 28. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel 29. You're Just Too Good To Be True - Lauryn Hill 30. All I Want Is You - U2
Father/Daughter Songs
1. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion 2. Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlise 3. Can You Feel the Love - Elton John 4. Daughters - John Meyer 5. God Only Knows - Beach Boys 6. How Sweet It Is - James Taylor 7. In My Life - The Beatles 8. Isn‟t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder 9. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel 10. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles 11. Love Is A Beautiful Thing - Phil Vassar 12. My Father‟s Eyes - Eric Clapton 13. There Goes My life - Kenny Chesney 14. Unforgettable - Natalie Cole 15. The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra 16. When the Stars Go Blue - Tim McGraw 17. When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss 18. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler 19. You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers 20. You Look So Good In Love - George Strait 21. You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban 22. You‟ve Got A Friend - James Taylor
Mother/Son Songs
1. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 2. You Are the Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder 3. Through the Years - Kenny Rogers 4. You Had Me From Hello - Kenny Chesney 5. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion 6. You‟re My Best Friend - Tim McGraw 7. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Rod Stewart 8. All Those Years Ago - George Harrison 9. A Song For Mama - Boyz II Men 10. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack 11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 12. Simple Man - Lynard Skynard 13. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 14. The Perfect Fan - Boyz II Men 15. Sweet Baby Mine - Isla Grant 16. Through the Years - Kenny Rogers 17. Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
Bouquet Toss Songs
1. Wishin‟ and Hopin‟ - “My Best Friends Wedding” Soundtrack 2. This One Is For the Girls - Martina McBride 3. I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain 4. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar 5. Going To the Chapel - Yellowman 6. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 7. It‟s Raining Men - The Weather Girls 8. Ladies Night - Cool & the Gang 9. Just A Girl - No Doubt 10. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 11. Can‟t Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera 12. Single White Female - Chely Wright
Garter Removal Songs
1. Wild Thang - Tone Loc 2. Wild Thing - The Troggs 3. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 4. Do Ya Think I‟m Sexy - Rod Stewart 5. You Can‟t Touch This - MC Hammer 6. Mission Impossible Theme - Adam Claytion & Larry Mullen 7. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men 8. Legs - ZZ Top 9. Hot Legs - Rod Stewart 10. Hot in Here - Nelly 11. Get Low(Clean Version) - Lil John 12. Macho Man - Village People
Garter Toss Songs
1. I‟m Too Sexy - Right Said Fred 2. Oh Yea - Yello 3. Dukes of Hazzard Theme 4. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 5. Just A Gigolo - David Lee Roth 6. Mission Impossible Theme 7. Bad To the Bone - George Thorogood 8. Macho Man - Village People 9. Bad Boys - Inner Circle 10. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top 11. Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini 12. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Top Gun)
Reverse Garter Songs *Some of the bouquet, removal, or garter toss songs can be good ones for the reverse*
1. Bad To the Bone - George Thorogood 2. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen 3. Let‟s Get It On - Marvin Gaye 4. Oh Yeah - Yellow 5. Kissing A Fool - George Michael 6. Missionary Man - Eurythmics 7. You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker 8. Guys Do It All the Time - Mindy McCready