What are some important question to ask your client you might have forgotten?

What are some important question to ask your client you might have forgotten?

What are some important questions to ask your client that you might have forgotten?
Here are just a few, please ad more to the replys below:

Are the centerpieces being given away?

What is your introduction music?

Are there disposable cameras on each table?

What time is Video and/or Photo Done?

What time do you have the hall to?

Are there any special announcements, Birthdays, or Anniversaries?

Is There Anything I missed?

Basic Blank Wedding Introduction Worksheet

The Wedding introductions can be especially hard if you do not have an outline to follow or you read your notes that are not clear or you just scratched down while talking to your client so here is a sample for you. and the file is also attached as a plain rich text document.

WEDDING WORKSHEET

GROOM : _____________________________ BRIDE : ______________________________

LOCATION : _________________________________________________ DATE : ____________

Bridal Party Introductions

Parents Of The Bride : ___________________________________________________________

Parents Of The Groom : ___________________________________________________________

Bridesmaids Groomsmen

1 : ________________________________ Escorted By __________________________________

2 : ________________________________ Escorted By __________________________________

3 : ________________________________ Escorted By __________________________________

4 : ________________________________ Escorted By __________________________________

5 : ________________________________ Escorted By __________________________________

Flower Girl : __________________________ Ring Bearer : _____________________________

Maid / Matron Of Honor : ______________________ Best Man : __________________________

The New Mr. & Mrs : _____________________________________________________________

Blessing By : _________________________ Toast By : __________________________________

1st Dance : __________________________________By_________________________________
Song Title Artist

Bridal Party Dance : _____________________________ By ______________________________
Song Title Artist

Bride and father Dance: ___________________________By______________________________

Groom and his mother Dance: ______________________By _____________________________

Cake Cutting ? _______ Garter / Bouquet ? ______ Dollar Dance ? _____Centerpieces?_______

Announcements/Requests: __________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

INTRO SONGS: __________________________________________________________________

Wedding Ceremony Recessional Music

Here are just some ideas of songs you can use for your wedding ceremony recessional music.

Priests' March, The Magic Flute - Mozart
Toccata, Organ symphony No. 5, Opus 42 - Widor
Trumpet Tune - Stanley
Rondeau, fanfares for Violins, Oboe, Bassoon, trumpets, and Percussions (Masterpiece Theater theme) - Mouret
Bridal March - Hollins
March No. 4, pomp and circumstance - Elgar
Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr.
Benedictus - Simon and Garfunkel

Please reply to this post and add some of your favorite Recessional songs.

Wedding Ceremony Processional songs

Here are Just a Few Wedding Ceremony Processional songs

Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Prince of Denmark's march - Clarke
Allemande - G Minor Suite - Pachelbel
Spring - The four seasons - Vivaldi
Apotheosis - Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Music for a royal occasion - March - Handel
Air and Bourree - Water Music - Handel
Wedding March - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn
Wedding March - The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Wedding March - Bridal chorus AKA Here comes the Bride - Lohengrin - Wagner
Fanfare - Te Deum - Charpentier
St. Anthony Chorale - Haydn
Coronation March - Crown Imperial - Walton
Intrada - Sibelius

These are traditional and classical songs you can use.

Can you name any more in the comments below?

Wedding Ceremony Prelude songs

Below are just some Ideas of Ceremony Prelude songs

Chant de May - Jongen
The Lors'd Prayer - Malotte
Adagio - Albinoni
Siciliano for a High Ceremony - Hoewlls
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - lyric pieces Grieg
Largo - The New World Symphony - Dvorak
O Perfect Love - Burleigh
Benediction Nuptiale - Saint-Saens
Songs without words - #48 Mendelssohn
The Wedding Song - Paul Stookey

Google as Wedding Planner?

This morning I was informed by a Wedding Planner friend that a new iPhone app offered to "Plan your Wedding" from your iPhone. She reacted with the same kind of disdain that we DJ do when you say "i-Pod wedding"

Fast forward to this afternoon and I am alerted on Twitter via Mashable.com that Google is now offering to help DIY wedding couples, well DIY!

Google Weddings is a dedicated page for couples looking to leverage the various Google products (Spaces, Docs, Picasa, Picnik) to help them plan their nuptials.  The site is populated with a series of pre-formatted templates that can be personalized and distributed.

They've managed to get Michelle Rago the Queen of Destination Weddings to sign on-board as the "visionary" lending her design sensibilities and considerable clout to the endeavor.  And to sweeten the pot they are offering $25,000.00 to one lucky couple to help them pull off their dream wedding.

So what do you think?   Google in the wedding biz?  Good thing?  Bad thing?  Discuss.....

New Opportunity for Mobile DJ's

If you're a mobile DJ and you're looking for some great exposure check out WeddingWire.com A new site for brides that is positioning itself as a primary referral source for brides seeking DJ entertainment for their wedding receptions.
Sign-up is easy and the level of customization given to each vendor for their personal "storefront" is unprecedented. I was able to integrate all of my DJ Intelligence tools into my storefront There are lots of creative features built in to Wedding Wire including the ability to email past clients directly from the website to request that they submit reviews, the ability to rate fellow vendors (DJ, photography, videography, etc.) and lead generation directly from Wedding Wires brides and grooms.
Now I know what you're thinking "Yeah yeah another Knot.com, SO WHAT?" Well I'll tell you what. Martha Stewart recently invested a huge amount of money in the company and they are in the process of integrating the Wedding Wire brand into all of Martha Stewart Living/Omnimedia's related sites and product lines. That means that brides will be hearing that Wedding Wires is THE place for wedding information from one of the THE top taste makers in women's publishing.


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