One of the most important things at a wedding is music. If your guests don't get to party, you don't get the right memories and everybody is looking for what to do next when the wedding is over.
I call the last 45 min. dance set of the evening "sweat dancing." You know where the guys take off or loosen their ties and the girls are barefoot or in flip flops? Everyone is dancing like crazy??? If you don't have this magic time happen, the party never really "gets off" so to speak. Your good DJ or band leader will know the crowd by then and should have everything pumping.
This needs to happen before any sound ordinance kicks in or before the hall needs to close with plenty of time to get guests out, etc. before any penalties are accessed. Your invite time is directly related to the time of your last dance set. The average wedding lasts 6 hours from guest invite to guest departure.
For example, if you are starting your last 45 min. dance set at 10 p.m. and ending it at 10: 45 p.m., you will invite guests for 4:30 p.m. for the ceremony. Don't forget any travel time that may exist between ceremony and reception space. That factors in as part of your party time.
If you want to have the music off and the guests out by 11:00 p.m., you probably want to close the bar at 10:30 p.m. Make sure and leave self serve water, coffee, etc. on or near the bar so people are not just literally cut off from all beverages. You may want to leave opened liquor bottles with mixers out and some of the cold beer on the bar. It softens the blow of closing the evening.
When choosing whether to have a DJ or a band, know one looks much more impressive than the other - of course a band looks more expensive. Yet can the band play covers you want to dance to? If not, you may be better off with a DJ. You can dress up a DJ by putting a backdrop behind him, putting him on a carpet or astro-turf covered riser and having him spotlit.
It is best to think about what your crowd's favorite music is, not just your favorite music, as an empty dance floor is a very lonely place when your favs are playing and no one is with you to get crazy. Let your DJ or band leader have a list of some "don't plays" and a list of "must plays" and get out of his way. His job is to make the party rock, your job is to have a blast and pass warm or cool towels to keep everyone fresh.
I call the last 45 min. dance set of the evening "sweat dancing." You know where the guys take off or loosen their ties and the girls are barefoot or in flip flops? Everyone is dancing like crazy??? If you don't have this magic time happen, the party never really "gets off" so to speak. Your good DJ or band leader will know the crowd by then and should have everything pumping.
This needs to happen before any sound ordinance kicks in or before the hall needs to close with plenty of time to get guests out, etc. before any penalties are accessed. Your invite time is directly related to the time of your last dance set. The average wedding lasts 6 hours from guest invite to guest departure.
For example, if you are starting your last 45 min. dance set at 10 p.m. and ending it at 10: 45 p.m., you will invite guests for 4:30 p.m. for the ceremony. Don't forget any travel time that may exist between ceremony and reception space. That factors in as part of your party time.
If you want to have the music off and the guests out by 11:00 p.m., you probably want to close the bar at 10:30 p.m. Make sure and leave self serve water, coffee, etc. on or near the bar so people are not just literally cut off from all beverages. You may want to leave opened liquor bottles with mixers out and some of the cold beer on the bar. It softens the blow of closing the evening.
When choosing whether to have a DJ or a band, know one looks much more impressive than the other - of course a band looks more expensive. Yet can the band play covers you want to dance to? If not, you may be better off with a DJ. You can dress up a DJ by putting a backdrop behind him, putting him on a carpet or astro-turf covered riser and having him spotlit.
It is best to think about what your crowd's favorite music is, not just your favorite music, as an empty dance floor is a very lonely place when your favs are playing and no one is with you to get crazy. Let your DJ or band leader have a list of some "don't plays" and a list of "must plays" and get out of his way. His job is to make the party rock, your job is to have a blast and pass warm or cool towels to keep everyone fresh.
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