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Not sure if this is Etiquette or Reception

bethangel2332bethangel2332 member
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edited March 2014 in Wedding Etiquette Forum
I'm not sure where to to post as it may fall under multiple headers, I have a very wide range of ages for my guests, as young as 4 up to 95. I'm not sure as to handle the music situation, as both FI and I have a wide range of love(everything from Disney and Christen to heavy metal and opera). How would I handle transitioning for the types of music. I plan on early in the evening not to play anything overly loud or more outlandish but when would be a good time to start to open the music up to more of our taste and most of the guest that are around our age.

Editing due to lack of spelling skills tonight. 
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Re: Not sure if this is Etiquette or Reception

  • HisGirlFriday13HisGirlFriday13 member
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    I think this is something to talk to your DJ about, if you're having one.

    I would do the kid-friendly stuff (Disney, Christian) during the cocktail hour and dinner, because it's not really 'dancing' music, but it's nice background music.

    Then you can do your first dance, your parent dances, and open the dance floor up. As the night wears on and guests start to leave, you can have the DJ switch to the heavier stuff you like.
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  • phiraphira member
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    DJs are pros at this. We're having kids and older folks as well, and we haven't even thought about how the music will have to be since we know our DJ knows how to handle it.
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  • mysticlmysticl member
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    We gave our DJ a list of "must play", "would like played", and "absolutely do not play" plus the song for our first dance.  He took care of the song order and everyone had a blast.  My mother dancing to "Love Shack" is a sight I will never forget.  
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  • melbensomelbenso member
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    If you are not having a DJ and are making your own playlist, I read something on the boards here once that I thought was a great idea for making this sort of thing work.  Someone posted that she was at a wedding where the couple made their own playlist and every half an hour, switched decades.  So, when the music started, they played songs from the 40s and earlier, half an hour later switched to the 50s, etc.  That way, the elderly guests who were likely to turn in early got to listen to and dance to music they liked early on (and it's pretty kid friendly too) and as the night wore on, they were able to play the heavier stuff that the guests their age liked to dance to.  I thought it was a really clever way of incorporating lots of music, making guests happy, and still getting to play the songs you want to hear.  (Plus, I love swing dancing, so the 40s and 50s stuff sounded really fun to dance to for me as well.)
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