DJ timeline form

tuarceatha

I'm drafting the timeline for the DJ and I'm curious how you all plan to break up the reception?

When is your first dance? Are people invited to join you mid way through your song?
When will people give toasts? (Best man/MOH)
When is your father/daughter dance?
When is your mother/groom dance?

DeClue82

Imnot set in stone on my timeline yet but this is what I am thinking: First dance following introductions, we are having bridal party OR I'd really like to invite all guests to join us... Dinner served immediately During dinner give toasts Father/daughter and Mother/son dance combo following dinner Cut cake Followed by bouquet and garter toss Dollar dance Open dance floor I don't have times posted bc I'm unsure right now... I think my DJ can prob give us a better idea on times. I want to get the dancing started ASAP that's the fun part!

unicorntrees

We're not doing parent dances, but for everything else, I believe we decided this:

Introductions
first dance (just us, no one joining)
toast
meal (we're doing a buffet)
cake (once everyone is pretty much through the buffet)
I still haven't fully decided if I'm doing the bouquet/garter toss, but if so, it would go here on the timeline.

Lobsters25

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[QUOTE]I'm drafting the timeline for the DJ and I'm curious how you all plan to break up the reception? When is your first dance? Are people invited to join you mid way through your song? When will people give toasts? (Best man/MOH) When is your father/daughter dance? When is your mother/groom dance?
Posted by jenjenniferf[/QUOTE]

First dance is going to be right after our entrance.  We are having people join us only because we really aren't very big fans of the idea of 'all eyes on us.'  It just freaks me out.
Toasts are as people are finishing up dinner, and before cake cutting.
We don't have those dances, so can't help you there - but I imagine they'd be very nice to do after cake

RichNicci4211122

Here's how I am doing mine:
5:30 - 6:30 Cocktails (guest have time to mingle while FI and I finish formal photos)
6:30:  Grand Entrance
6:35-7:30: Dinner (We are doing a buffet style)
7:35:  Toasts & Cake cutting
7:45:  1st Dance
7:50:  Anniversary Dance (We are doing this instead of the the Mother/Son Father/Daughter)
8:00:  Garter Removal & Toss
8:05:  Bouquet Toss:  Lots of people on the dance floor to get things started
8:10:  Open Dancing
9:30:  Money Dance (it's a tradition in my family)
10:00 More Open Dancing
10:25:Last Dance
10:30:Grand Exit

I hope this helps.

mbatzlaff

Our first dance will likely be during the cocktail hour since we have a band who will perform during this time. We probably won't invite people to join us, but if they do that's ok. After that will be toasts, dinner, then cake. The DJ will play music during dinner followed by a dance. I'm not sure if we will do parent dances with the band or the DJ. All the wedding's I've been to had the boquet and garter toss toward the end of the night, about 3/4 of the way throught the dance, but we don't plan to do these. If we do a dollar dance it will also be part way through the dancing, but hopefully before most of the people leave.

rungirl12

I never thought about doing our first dance before dinner because I have never seen it.  I like the idea though and am now thinking about it.

I'd like to cut the cake before we sit down for dinner so that it can be cut while we're eating so that it can be served immediately following dinner.

I want our toasts/speeches to occur at the end of dinner and while cake is being served & eaten so that we don't drag the whole thing out.  Multi-task people!

My original thought was to kick off dancing with FI & I doing our first dance which will be just us doing a swing dance.

We would like to throw in the bouquet toss/garter toss about an hour into dancing, and also the generation dance.  The only other special dance we have is father/daughter... I need to ask FI about mother/son...haha.  Those would likely occur after the first dance.

tuarceatha

You all are SO helpful. Thank you millions for sharing your plans.

lmskowronski

We are doing it in this order: Introductions First dance Cake cutting Fob welcome Priest blessing Salad served During salad MPH/bm toast Dinner Cake served During cake eating... Father daughter Mother son Step dad daughter Stepmother son Anniversary dance Open dancing We are keeping parents dances between 1:301:45 minutes per song

m tulli

We're doing the following 

Toast

Dinner

Cake cutting 

first dance 

Open dancing

We are not doing parent dances.

odustudent22

i THINK we are planning
grand entrance
first dance with WP joining after first verse
pastor's blessing
dinner
toasts as people are finishing up
f/d and m/s dances
cake cutting
open dance floor
tosses
exit
(we're planning on being at the reception for 4 hours)

rgomez27941

What is an anniversary dance?


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[QUOTE]Here's how I am doing mine: 5:30 - 6:30 Cocktails (guest have time to mingle while FI and I finish formal photos) 6:30:  Grand Entrance 6:35-7:30: Dinner (We are doing a buffet style) 7:35:  Toasts & Cake cutting 7:45:  1st Dance 7:50:  Anniversary Dance (We are doing this instead of the the Mother/Son Father/Daughter) 8:00:  Garter Removal & Toss 8:05:  Bouquet Toss:  Lots of people on the dance floor to get things started 8:10:  Open Dancing 9:30:  Money Dance (it's a tradition in my family) 10:00 More Open Dancing 10:25:Last Dance 10:30:Grand Exit I hope this helps.
Posted by RichNicci4211122[/QUOTE]

spazticrexe

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[QUOTE]What is an anniversary dance? In Response to Re: DJ timeline form :
Posted by rgomez27941[/QUOTE]

It's where the DJ plays a slow dance song and invites all the married couples to come out and dance. As the song plays they ask the couples to leave the dance floor incrementally based on how long they've been married. For example, they may start with "less than a year" then go to 5, 10, 15 years etc. etc until only the couple who has been married the longest remains dancing. Sometimes the newly married couple keeps dancing as well, just because it's their wedding.

I just went to a wedding where the DJ invited the longest married couple to share some words of wisdom with the bride and groom after the dance was over. (informally, of course, no speeches lol)

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I'm thinking our timeline may look like this:

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="303" height="220"> <tbody><tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" width="64" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;width:48pt;">6:30</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt;">   Entrance</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">7:00
</td> <td>   Dinner</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">7:35</td> <td>   Toasts</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">7:45
</td> <td>   Cut Cake</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">8:00</td> <td>   First Dance</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">8:00</td> <td>   Open Dancing</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">8:30</td> <td>   Karaoke</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">8:45</td> <td>   Open Dancing</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">9:30</td> <td>   Karaoke</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">9:45</td> <td>   Open Dancing</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height:15pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="20" align="right" style="height:15pt;">10:30</td> <td>   Exit</td> </tr> </tbody></table>