For those doing an iTunes reception or have been to one.

jdhinton5

We are having an outdoor ceremony and reception in a park.  My mom wants to hire a dj, but I can't see spending the money on it when most of the people there won't be dancing.  Therefore, my Fiance and I have decided to do an iTunes wedding.  The first dance and Father-daughter dance have always been important to me.  Would it be inappropriate to do these?  We will have music so everyone can dance; it just won't be dj-ed.  Also, how do you incorporate the bouquet toss and garter toss? 

trinalo

The iTunes wedding I've been to had one person who was in charge of running the computer when necessary. At one, it was the best man, at another, it was just a friend of the couple that offered to help. They worked it similarly to the way a DJ would, just minus the cost.

AmoroAgain

We didn't have any special dances, but one easy way to get it taken care of is to have them be maybe the 2nd or 3rd song played, and then just dance to them.  I'm not a fan of making an announcement about them, especially in this situation, but that's up to you. We also didn't do the garter or bouquet toss as there were only 2 people there who were single, and I didn't want to embarrass them.

I have a list of the songs we used in my bio if you need any suggestions.  I know people like to do a genre with this stuff, but I was really going for eclectic.  Just a good mix of songs that were both upbeat, but not too upbeat and the nice, romantic ones.

cutypie953

I have been to 2 weddings where they used an ipod.  At one of them, random people would kinda go up and change the song, no one stood there the whole time so it wasn't well managed.  at the other, one of the groomsmen was in charge and stood there with it the whole time.  Probably not exciting for him, but I'll tell you, EVERYONE was up and dancing because he catered to what the crowd wanted. 

Definitely have those special songs in there where you see fit, mine were such a great memory, especially the one where I got to dance with my dad.  As far as the bouquet and garter tosses, people know when its about to happen, just pick a song to go with it...we used "All the Single Ladies" and "Pretty Fly for a White Guy."

MsBunny312

Make a playlist for the dinner music, one for the dancing music, and then separate playlists for each special dance, bouquet toss, or garter toss. That way it will be really easy to locate the song when it's time. Ask a good friend to cue the music at the appropriate time.