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7 Questions You Must Ask a Wedding Professional Before Booking Them

Creative DJ — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:30:14 +0000

7 Questions You Must Ask a Wedding Professional Before Booking Them

Hiring the right team is critical to planning your dream wedding…and it can also be quite stressful.

How do you find the right match for you? How do you know who to trust? Where do you go for advice?

First of all, this is not an easy task and it’s totally normal for couples to feel overwhelmed, frustrated or confused.

It’s not like you plan a wedding every day! This is all probably brand new to you, so be patient with yourself.

A few tips to finding the right ones for you…

• Do Your Homework. You’ll get much more out of a meeting or conversation with a wedding professional if you do a little background homework first.

Spend some time on the internet or talking to friends who’ve recently been married. Find out the average prices in your area and what services are available. Get an idea of what you like and don’t like. Wedding websites and chat rooms can be a great resource. This way when you meet with a wedding professional you’ll be able to ask better questions and have an idea of what to look out for.

• Meet With Them. An in person meeting is the best way to interview a potential wedding vendor. It lets you get the full experience of their personality, style and professionalism. If that’s not possible, have a phone conversation.

• Ask Questions. There are no stupid questions! Make sure you get clear, specific answers to your questions. If you aren’t sure what something means, ask them to clarify. Keep asking questions until you completely understand.

If a wedding vendor has a problem with you asking questions, they probably aren’t the one for you. The best wedding professionals are patient, understanding and take the time to help you make the best choices for your wedding.

• Listen. Don’t just hear the words they say, really listen. Watch the vendor’s body language. Are they confident and comfortable with their response? Do they look and sound nervous? Do you get a “funny feeling” about them? Take all the sights, sounds and feelings into account along with their responses; if your gut tells you something isn’t right, it probably isn’t.

• Don’t Invest a Lot of Importance on References. Portfolios are hand-picked to show off the best work, but they may not represent the “average” wedding performance. Videos are edited for the optimum presentation. But real referrals from satisfied clients are hard to fake.

Here are 7 Must Ask Questions to ask ALL your potential wedding professionals before booking:
1. How many weddings do you do per year? How much experience do you have?
This is an extremely important question. Ideally, your wedding professional should have ample experience specifically with weddings. Not only will they be more skilled in their craft, this also makes them a valuable source of information and ensures that your wedding day goes smoothly.
2. How much do you cost?

Price is always relative, especially when you factor in experience, reputation and expert skill. Generally, the most talented professionals have a higher price tag because they are worth it. Look at what is included in the package and then consider the VALUE not the PRICE.

3. How much is the deposit?

4. What specifically is included in that cost?

Because packages often vary, it’s likely that you won’t be able to compare one vendor exactly to the next without doing a little figuring. The lowest cost isn’t necessarily the best deal; some higher quotes include services that you have to pay extra for in other packages. Make sure you take this into account.

5. What happens if I cancel? What happens if you cancel?

Find out if your deposit is refundable under any conditions. Does the wedding professional have a back up plan if something happens to them?

6. Do you use a contract?

If the answer is No … RUN! A contract is designed to protect both you and the wedding professional. Don’t settle for a verbal agreement that won’t hold up in court.

7. Are there any additional fees?

Taxes, service charges and travel fees can add up quickly. Make sure you understand exactly what is included and if there are any other fees you’ll have to pay. This should be clearly defined in your contract.

If chosen wisely you will be working with the right professional wedding vendors for you. When hiring the best you get expert help and advice…for free!

Complete Free List of Wedding Last Dance Songs!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:38:37 +0000

The Last Dance is your chance to create a lasting impression and staging it as a Grand Finale will do just that. Here are a list of songs that our Brides have chosen for their Last Dance. For a complete selection of Free Videos on How To Plan a Hollywood-Style Wedding go to: http://www.creativedjservices.com

500 miles – Proclaimers
A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson
After The Sunrise – Yanni/John Tesh
All I Have – Beth Nelson Chapman
All My Life – K.C. & Jojo
Always – Atlantic Starr
Always & Forever – Heatwave
Amazed – Lonestar
And I – Ciara
Angel – Aerosmith
Angel – Sara McLachlan
As Time Goes By – Johnny Mathis
At Last – Etta James
At Last – Etta James
Ava Adore – Smashing Pumpkins
Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
Bang a Gong – London Bus Stop
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Blessed – Christina Aguilera
Brandenburg Concerto – Bach
Bring It On Home – Little Big Town
Bring It On Home – Little Big Town
Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Bus Stop – Book Of Love
By Your Side – Sade
Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync
Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis/UB 40
Carried Away – George Strait
Celebration – Kool and the Gang
Chariot – Gavin Degraw
Check Yes Or No – George Strait
Cheek To Cheek – Ella Fitzgerald
Classical Gas – Mason Williams
Close – Aaron Lines
Closing Time – Semisonic
Color My World – Chicago
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
Come What May – Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
Count On Me – Whitney Houston
Country Roads – John Denver
Crash Into Me – Dave Mathews

Day-O (Bananna Boat Song) – Harry Belafonte
December 1963 – Four Seasons
Dolphins Cry – Live
Don’t Change – Musiq Soulchild
Don’t Forget To Remember Me – Carrie Underwood
Don’t Know Much – Aaron Neville
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Dream A Little Dream – Mamas & The Papas
Eternal Flame – Bangles
Ever Ever After – Carrie Underwood
Everything – Monica
Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra
Forever – R Kelly or Chris Brown
FOX NFL Football
Frank Sinatra – The Way You Look Tonight
Friends – Michael W Smith
Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks
From This Moment On – Shania Twain & Bryan White
Get Ready For This – Tag Team
Gonna Fly Now – Rocky Theme
Good Night Sweetheart – The Spaniels
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) – Green Day
Goodnight Sweetheart – The Spaniels
Grow Old With Me – Mary Chapin Carpenter

Happily Ever After – Case
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers or Van Halen
Happy Trails – Van Halen
Here’s To The Night – Eve 6
Hit The Road Jack – Buster Poindexter
Hit The Road Jack – Buster Poindexter
Home – Michael Buble or Brian Mcknight
Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter
How Sweet It Is – James Taylor
How Your Love Makes Me Feel – Diamond Rio
Hurricane – Scorpions/Berlin Philharmonic
I Could Not Ask For More – Edwin McCain
I Could Not Ask For More – Sara Evans
I Cross My Heart – George Strait
I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
I Love The Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery
I Swear – All For One
I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
I Want To Grow Old With You – Adam Sandler
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey
In Spite Of Ourselves – John Prine (Funny)
In The Still Of The Night – Five Satins
It Had To Be You – Frank Sinatra/Billie Holiday/Harry Connick Jr./Rod Stewart
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It – R.E.M.
I’ve Had The Time Of My Life – Bill Medly & Jennifer Warnes

Jump – Van Halen
Just Dance – Lady Gaga
Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers
Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne
Keeping The Faith – Billy Joel
Lady In Red – Chris DeBurgh
Last Dance – Donna Summer
Last Dance – Donna Summer
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Looks Like We Made It – Barry Manilow
Lost In This Moment – Big & Rich
L-O-V-E – Natalie Cole
Love Can Build A Bridge – Judds
Love Gets Me Every Time – Shania Twain
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Magic – Robin Thicke
Main Event – Barbara Streisand
Main Street Electrical Parade – Disney World
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
Michael Buble – Home

Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Kenny G & Peabo Bryson – By The Time This Night Is Over
Dean Martin – Memories Are Made Of This
Aaron Neville – I Bid You Goodnight
Frank Sinatra – The Last Dance
Mickey Mouse Alma Mater – Mickey Mouse Club
More Than Words – Extreme
My Baby Loves Me – Martina McBride
Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye – Steam
Night & Day – Frank Sinatra
No Air – Jordin Sparks
Notre Dame Victory March Fight Song – Univ. of Notre Dame
Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini/Blues Brothers
Rock n’ Roll Part 2 – Gary Glitter
Save The Best For Last – Vanessa Williams
Save The Last Dance For Me – Michael Buble or The Drifters
Sea Of Love – Honeydrippers
Sirius – Alan Parsons Project
Slow Dance – R Kelly
St Elmo’s Fire – David Foster
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Star Wars – John Williams
Step In The Name Of Love – R Kelly
Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Take Me Home Tonight – Eddie Money
Thank You For Loving Me – Bon Jovi

That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick
The Dance – Garth Brooks
The Distance – Cake
The Flame – Cheap Trick
The Luckiest – Ben Folds 5
The One – Shakira
The Parties Over – Nat King Cole
The Party’s Over – Nat King Cole
The Reason – Hoobastank
The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
These Are The Special Times – Christina Aguilera
These Arms Of Mine – Otis Redding
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Whitney Houston
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
To Make You Feel My Love – Garth Brooks
Tonight Show – Johnny Carson
Too Lost In You – Sugababes
Truly Madly Deeply – Cascada
Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Unforgettable – Natalie Cole

Valentine – Martina McBride
Volare – Dean Martin
Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
We Like To Party – Venga Boys
We’ve Only Just Begun – Carpenters
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When I First Saw You – Jamie Foxx/Beyonce
When I’m 64 – The Beatles
Who I Am – Jessica Andrews
Why Don’t We Get Drunk – Jimmy Buffet
With A Little Help From My Friends – Beatles/Joe Cocker
With Or Without You – U2
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Yellow – Coldplay
Yes – Chad Brock
You & Me – Lifehouse
You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
You’re My Best Friend – Don Williams
You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
You’re Still The One – Shania Twain

Ultimate List of Alternative Wedding First Dance Songs!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:32:01 +0000

Welcome to the largest collection of Wedding First Dance Songs that are not over-used, over-done and played out. Many of the following selections are from Alternative/Indie performers while others are from the R&B/Top 40 genres.

We have used many of the following songs with great success at the thousands of weddings that we have hosted at http://www.creativedjservices.com. This is currently the most comprehensive alternative list available and we’d love to keep it that way so if you have any suggestions we’d love to hear from you.

For a listing of 500 classic Wedding First Dance songs visit our blog at:

http://500weddingfirstdancesongs.blogspot.com/

Top 500 Alternative Wedding First Dance Songs

*112 Cupid
*112 Sweet Love
*311 Amber
*311 Love Song
12 Stones Crash
3rd Eye Blind Anything
6 a.m. Life Is Beautiful
Adele Make You Feel My Love
Aerosmith Angel
Air You Make It Easy
Al Kaline Trio Buried
Alanis Morrisette Head Over Heels
Alexi Murdoch All Of My Days
Alice Cooper You & Me
Alicia Keys If I Ain’t Got You
Alicia Keys No One
Alicia Keys Butterflies
Alicia Keys Never Felt This Way Before
Alive With The Glory Of Love Say Anything
Allison Krauss Baby Now That I Found You
Alter Bridge In Loving Memory
Amel Larrieux Makes Me Whole
Amos Lee Colors
Amos Lee Arms Of A Woman
Amy Winehouse Cupid (Sam Cooke Cover)
Anberlin Cadence
Anita Baker Body & Soul
Anna Nalick Forever Love
Annie Lennox Stay By Me
Antony & the Johnsons Fists Of Love
Aqualung Brighter Than Sunshine
Aqualung I’ll Put A Spell On You
Aretha Franklin United Together
Ashanti Baby
Ashley McEwen Soul to Soul
Athlete Half Light
Avenged Sevenfold Warmness On The Soul
Babyface For The Cool In You
Barry White Between Now & Forever
Belle & Sebastian Piazza New York Catcher
Ben Folds Five The Luckiest
Ben Harper Forever
Ben Harper Will To Love
Ben Harper Beloved One
Ben Harper Sexual Healing
Ben Harper Not Fire Not Ice
Ben Taylor (1st dance @Dave Grohls wedding) I Will (Beatles Cover)
Beverly Knight Angels
Beyonce Halo
Beyonce Dangerously In Love
Beyonce Speechless
Beyonce/Luther Vandross Closer I Get To You
Big Mountain Baby I Love Your Way
Big Star/Garbage Thirteen
Billy Bragg The Fourteenth Of February
Bjork Like Someone In Love
Blackstreet Joy
Blake Morgan Maybe I’m Amazed (a little rockier version)
Blind Melon Soul One
Blue You Make Me Wanna
Blue October Calling You
Blue October Everlasting Friend
Blue Rodeo Lost Together
Bob Dylan Lay Lady Lay
Bob Dylan/Guns n Roses Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Bob Marley One Love
Bon Jovi Thank You For Loving Me
Bon Jovi Always
Brandy Everything I Do
Bret Michaels All I Ever Need
Brian McKnight Back At One
Brian McKnight Crazy Love
Bright Eyes First Day Of My life
Bruce Springsteen Secret Garden
Bruce Springsteen I’m On Fire
Bush Inflatable
Cake Love You Madly
Cary Brothers Blue Eyes
Cascada Everytime We Touch
Case Happily Ever After
Cat Power I Found A Reason
Cat Power Sea Of Love
Catherine Wheel Black Metallic
Catman Cohen My Key To The Stars
Chantal Kraviasuk It Feels Like Home To Me
Cheap Trick The Flame
Chris Brown With You
Chris Cornell Thank You (Zeppelin Cover)
Chris Isaak Wicked Game
Chris Rice When Did You Fall
Christina Aguilera I Turn To You
Citizen Cope Every Waking Moment
City & Colour The Girl
Climax Blues Band I Love You
Coheed & Cambria Wake Up
Cold When Heaven’s Not Far Away
Coldplay Green Eyes
Coldplay Sparks
Coldplay The Scientist
Coldplay Yellow
Coldplay Till Kingdom Come
Colin Hay Waiting For My Life To Begin
Collective Soul The World I Know
Cure Love Cats
Cure Love Song
Cure Plainsong
Damien Leith Nite Of My Life
Damien Rice Cannonball
Damien Rice The Blower’s Daughter
Daniel Bedingfield If You’re Not In It For Love
Darren Hayes So Beautiful
Dave Barnes More Than A Man
Dave Barnes On A Night Like This
Dave Mathews Steady As We Go
Dave Mathews Crash Into You
Dave Mathews Band Crush
Dave Mathews Band So Right
David Bowie Heroes
David Bowie Wild Is The Wind
David Cook The Time Of My Life
David Grey Be Mine
David Grey Grey Blue Eyes
David Grey Sail Away
David Grey This Years Love
Death Cab For Cutie I Will Follow You into The Dark
Default The Memory Will Never Die
Depeche Mode Somebody
Depeche Mode To Have & To Hold
Devine Brown Old School Love
DHT Listen To Your Heart
Dido Thank You
Dinosaur Jr. Show Me The Way
Dire Straits Romeo & Juliet
Divine Comedy Commuter Love
Divine Comedy Songs Of Love
DJ Sammy Heaven (Candlelight Remix)
Don Henley For My Wedding
Don Henley Taking You Home
Donnel Jones Where I Wanna Be
Doolittle Monkey Gone To Heaven
Dramarama Haven’t Got A Clue
Dramarama Give Anything Anything
Drop Kick Murphys Forever
Dru Hill Come Share My World
Eagle Eye Cherry Save Tonight
Early November Power Of Love (Huey Lewis Cover)
East Mountain South So You Are To Me
Edwin McCain I Could Not Ask For More
Elliot Smith Angel In The Snow
Elliot Yamin You Are The One (acoustic)
Elvis Costello She
En Vogue Don’t Let Go
Enrique Iglesias Hero
Enya Only Time
Enya Orinoco Flow
Evanescence My Immortal
Evanescence Solitude
Evanescence Anywhere
Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman Come What May
Explosions In The Sky Your Hand In Mine
Faber Drive When I’m With You
Faith Evans I Love You
Faithless We Come One
Feelers Nothing’s More Real
Feist Mushaboom
Firehouse Love Of A Life-time
Five For Fighting 100 Years
Flaming Lips Do You Realize
Fleetwood Mac The Chain
Floetry Say Yes
Foo Fighters Best Of You
Foo Fighters Miracle
From Romeo & Juliet Kissing You
Fugees Killing Me Softly
Gavin Degraw We Belong Together
God Speed You Black Emperor Storm
Goo Goo Dolls Iris
Goo Goo Dolls Slide
Great Big Sea Charming & Graceful
Green Day Time Of Your Life
Guns N Roses November Rain
Guns N Roses Patience
Gwen Stefani Real Thing
Hello Goodbye Oh, It’s Love
Hellogoodbye Baby, It’s Fact
Hellogoodbye Oh It’s Love
Hellogoodbye Here In Your Arms
HIM Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart
HIM Heaven Tonight
HIM You Are The One
HIM Gone With The Sin
Hinder Lips Of An Angel
Hoobastank The Reason
Incubus I Miss You
Incubus (Acoustic) Stellar
Ingrid Michaelson Good Old War
Ingrid Michaelson The Way I Am
Ingrid Michaelson We’ve Come A Long Way
INXS Never Tear Us Apart
Iron & Wine Lion’s Mane
Iron & Wine Love & Some Verses
Iron & Wine Such Great Heights
Jack Johnson Better Together
Jack Johnson Flake
Jack Johnson Angel
Jacqui Naylor Celebrate Early & Often
Jagged Edge I Wanna Be
Jagged Edge Promises
Jagged Edge/Donnel Jones Knocks Me Off My Feet
Jaheim Never
Jamelia Superstar
James Just Like Fred Astaire
James Blunt You’re Beautiful
James Morrison Better Man
James Morrison You Give Me Something
Jamie Cullum What a Difference a Day Makes
Jamiroquai You Give Me Something
Jann Arden Make You Feel My Love
Jason Mraz I’m Yours
Jason Mraz Lucky
Jason Wade You Belong To Me
Jayhawks All The Right Reasons
Jayhawks Two Hearts
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah
Jem Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney Cover)
Jessica Simpson Take My Breath Away (Berlin Cover)
Jessica Simpson I Wanna Love You Forever
Jets To Brazil Sweet Avenue
Jewel You Were Meant For Me
Jim’s Big Ego Music Of You
Jodeci You & I
Joe I Wanna Know
Joe No One Else Comes Close
John Legend Stay With You
John Lennon Love
John Mayer Your Body Is A Wonderland
Johnny Gill You For Me
Josh Radin Only You
Josh Turner In My Dreams
Joshua Raden Someone Elses Life
Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division/New Order Ceremony
Joy Wants Eternity From Embrace To Embrace
Jump Little Children The Way They Dance
Katherine Mcphee Each Other
Katie Melua Ten Million Bicycles
Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever
Keith Sweat I’ll Give All My love To You
Keith Sweat Nobody
Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This
Kelly Clarkson Because Of You
Kelly Clarkson Anytime
Kelly Rowland United
KT Tunstall Universe & You
Lauryn Hill Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Leona Lewis A Moment Like This
Levert I’ve Been Waiting
Liberator Tell Me Tell Me
Lifehouse You & Me
Lifehouse Hanging By A Moment
Lil’ Maw First Day Of My life
Live Lightning Crashes
Live I Alone
Live Dance With You
Lorena McKennit The Mummer’s Dance
Lou Reed Perfect Day
Macy Gray I Try
Madness It Must Be Love
Magnetic Field Book Of Love
Magnetic Fields It’s Only Time
Mariah Carey Forever
Mariah Carey Vision Of Love
Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby
Mariah Carey/Boys 2 Men One Sweet Day
Mario Let Me Love You
Mark Anthony My Baby You
Mark Anthony When I Dream At Night
Mark Cohn True Companion
Marques Houston Beautiful Day
Marshall Crenshaw Whenever You’re On My Mind
Massari Real Love
Massive Attack Live In Me
Matchbox 20 Push
Matchbox 20 (Cyndi Lauper Cover) Time After Time
Mathew Sweet I’ve Been Waiting
Maximo Park Postcard Of A Painting
Maxwell – Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing
McFly About You
Metallica Nothing Else Matters
Metallica Nothing Else Matters
Micheal Buble Everything
Mint Royale Don’t Falter
Mirah Words Cannot Describe
Modest Mouse Little Motel
Modest Mouse Sleepwalkin’
Modest Mouse Float On
Monica For You I Will
Morrissey You’re The One For Me Fatty
Motley Crue Without You
Motley Crue If I Die Tomorrow
Mouldy Peaches Anyone Else But You
Muse Unintended
Muse Uno
Muse Endlessly
Muse Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Muse You Get Me Lost
My Chemical Romance Famous Last Words
Nada Surf Always Love
Natalie Merchant One Fine Day (Chiffon’ Cover)
Natasha Bedingfield Love Like This
Natasha Bedingfield These Words
New Pornographers Go Places
Nick Cave Straight To You
Nick Cave Into My Arms
Nick Drake Time Has Told Me
Nick Lachey This I Swear
Nickelback Far Away
Nickelback Never Gonna Be Alone
Nina Gordon Tonight
Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You
Nine Inch Nails Something I Can Never Have
Nirvana Heart Shaped Box
Nora Jones Those sweet Words
Nora Jones Love Me Tender
Oasis Let There Be Love
Oasis Wonderwall
Old 97′s Question
One Republic Won’t Stop
Otis Redding I Love You More Than Words Can Say
Panic At The Disco I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Paul Weller You Do Something To Me
Paulo Nutini Loving You
Peabo Bryson I’m So into You
Pete Doherty/Wolfman Song For Lovers
Peter Gabriel Blood Of Eden
Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel Book Of Love
Phish Waste
Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Placebo/David Bowie Without You I’m Nothing
Plain White T’s Hey There Delilah
Porcupine Tree Trains
Postal Service Brand New Colony
Postal Service Such Great Heights
Pretenders I’ll Stand By You
Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince Forever In My Life
Pulp Something Changed
Pure Soul We Must Be In Love
Pussy Cat Dolls Stickwitchu’
Queen You’re My Best Friend
Queens Of The Stone Age I Wanna Make It Witchu’
Quiet Drive Time After Time
R Kelly Happy People
R Kelly Forever
R Kelly/Celine Dion I Am Your Angel
R.E.M. At My Most Beautiful
Raconteurs Together
Ramones Baby I Love You (Ronettes cover)
Ray Lamontagne Let It Be Me
Red Hot Chili Peppers Hard To Concentrate
Reindeer Section If Everything Fell Quiet
REM You Are My Everything
Renee Olmstead A Love That Will Last
Replacements Within Your Reach
Rise Against Swing Life Away
Robbie Williams She’s The One
Robbie Williams Angels
Robin Thicke I Need Love
Ryan Adams Crazy Love
Ryan Adams Wonderwall
Ryan Adams When The Stars Go Blue
Sade Kiss Of Life
Sara McLachlan Elsewhere
Sara McLachlan Ice Cream
Sara McLachlan I Love You
Sara McLachlan Possession
Sara McLachlan Fumbling Toward Ecstacy
Savage Garden I Want You
Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply
Scandal w. Patty Smyth Love’s Got A Line On You
Screaming Headless Torsos Something (Beatles cover … Rock)
Second Hand Serenade Stranger
Second Hand Serenade Awake
Seether Broken
Shaun Barrowes When I Take Your Hand
Shaun Barrowes You’re All Of My Reasons
She & HIM Sweet Darlin
Silverchair Miss You Love
Simply Red You Make Me Feel Brand New
Sinai 48 Life Will Be
Sinead O’Connor Nothing Compares To You
Six Pence None The Richer/New Found Glory Kiss Me
Skid Row I Remember You
Skillet Better Than Drugs
Skillet Yours To Hold
Slipknot Vermilion Pt. 2
Smashing Pumpkins Luna
Smashing Pumpkins Tonite Tonite
Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol You Could Be Happy
Soltero Communist Love Song
Something Corporate Konstantine
Spiritualized (Pachabel’s tune rocked out) Ladies & Gentleman We Floating In Space
Spoon Something To Look Forward To
Squirrel Nut Zippers Meant To Be
St Augustine Band Of Horses
Stabbing Westward Sometimes It Hurts
Staind Fill Me Up
Staind Far Away
Stars Heart
Stars Elevator Love Letter
Stars My Favourite Book
Stephanie Mills So Good So Right
Stereophonics First Time
Sting/Sheryl Crowe Always On Your Side
Stone Roses 10 Storey Love Storey
Style Council You’re The Best Thing
Styx Babe
Sufjan Stevens To Be Alone With You
Sugababes Too Lost In You (Love Actually Strk)
Sum 41 With Me
Suzanne Vega Rosemary
SWV Anything
SWV Use Your Heart
Talking Heads This Must BeThe Place
Tara Mclean You
Taylor Hicks Hold On To Your Love
Taylor Swift Love Song
Tears For Fears Head Over Heels
Teddy Geiger For You I Will (Confidence)
Teddy Pendergrass You’re My Latest My Greatest Inspiration
Tegan & Sara I Know I Know I Know
Tegan & Sara Take Me Anywhere
Teiter You’re The Ocean
Teiter One & Only
Tesla Words Can’t Explain
Texas I’ll See It Through
The Calling Wherever You Will Go
The Cure Just Like Heaven
The Damnwells I Will Keep The Bad Things From You
The Darkness (Rock) I Believe In A Thing Called Love
The Decemberists Red Right Ankle
The Decemberists Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
The Decemberists The Engine Driver
The Decemberists 15 Military Wives
The Eels Fresh Feeling
The Features The Idea Of Growing Old With You
The Feeling Rose
The Flaming Lips With You
The Fray Look After You
The Get Up Kids Don’t Worry I’ll Catch You
The Get Up Kids Crazy Love
The Killers When You Were Young
The Plain White Tees Hey There Delilah
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Your Guardian Angel
The Shins We Will Become Silhouettes
The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Steinways Don’t Leave Me Hanging On
The Sundays Wild Horses
The The This Is The Day
The Used Smother Me
The Used I Caught Fire
The Wannadies You and Me Song
The Wrens She Sends Kisses
The Zombies This Will Be Our Year
Theory Of A Deadman Since You’ve Been Gone
Three Days Grace Never Too Late
Three Doors Down Here By Me
Three Doors Down Landing In London
Three Doors Down Kryptonite
Tilly & the Walk Pictures Of Horses
Tina Turner Simply The Best
Tom Waits Little Trip To Heaven
Tom Waits Picture In A Frame
Tomi Swick A Night Like This
Toni Braxton How Many Ways
Tonic Count On Me
Trail Of Dead It Was There That I Saw You
Travis Flowers In The Window
Trivium This World Can’t Tear Us Apart
Turin Brakes Fishing For A Dream
U2 Night & Day
U2 All I Want Is You
U2 With Or Without You
U2 Beautiful Day
U2 One
Uncle Kracker Drift Away
Van Morrison Sweet Thing
Velvet Revolver Fall To Pieces
Velvet Underground I’m Sticking With You
Wallflowers – Colin James Into The Mystic
Ween Stay Forever
Weezer Island In The Sun
Westlife More Than Words
Will Young Evergreen
Wolf Parade This Hearts On Fire
XTC Wonderland
yeah yeah yeahs Maps
Yellowcard Oh My Love (John Lennon cover)
Yellowcard How I Go
Yo La Tengo You Can Have It All
Zero 7 Destiny

Top 200 Country style Wedding First Dance Songs!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:29:31 +0000

Here is one of the most complete lists of country songs that are popular for use as a Wedding First Dance. For other lists and helpful free videos on how to Plan your own Wedding please visit us at: http://www.creativedjservices.com

Aaron Tippin For You I Will
Alabama Forever’s As Far As I’ll Go
Alabama Face To Face
Alabama Feels So Right
Alabama There’s No Way
Alan Jackson Like Red On A Rose
Alan Jackson When Somebody Loves You
Alan Jackson Remember When
Alison Krause When You Say Nothing At All
Alison Krause The Smile On Your Face
Andy Griggs You Won’t Ever Be Lonely
Anne Murray Could I Have This Dance
Anne Murray You Needed Me
Anne Murray/Kenny loggins Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
Big & Rich Lost In This Moment
Blake Shelton Austin
Blue Rodeo Lost Together
Brad Paisley She’s Everything
Brad Paisley We Danced
Brad Paisley The World
Brad Paisley Good Morning Beautiful
Brad Paisley Little Moments
Brad Paisley She Said Yes
Brad Paisley Wrapped Around
Brad Paisley Waiting On A Woman
Brad Paisley Love Is Never Ending
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood Oh Love
Carrie Underwood Inside Your Heaven
Charlie Pride Someone Loves You Honey
Chuck Wickes Stealing Cinderella
Clay Walker Fall
Clint Black/Lisa Hartman When I Said I Do
Colin Raye One Boy One Girl
Colin Raye The Gift
Colin Raye In This Life
Colin Raye Love, Me
Colin Raye All My Roads Lead To You
Colin Raye Completely
Conway Twitty The Rose
Dan Seals One Friend
Diamond Rio I Was Meant To Be With You
Diamond Rio How Your Love Makes Me Feel
Dierks Bentley Come A Little Bit Closer
Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers Islands In The Stream
Don Henley Taking You Home
Don Williams My Best Friend
Don Williams I Believe
Doug Stone I Never Knew Love
Eagles Love Will Keep Us Together
Eddie Rabbit/Crystal Gayle You & I
Emerson Drive Only God (Could Stop Me From Loving You)
Emerson Drive I Should Be Sleeping
Emerson Drive Belongs To You
Emerson Drive Moments
Emmy-lou Harris Here There & Everywhere
Emmy-lou Harris Pledging My Love
Faith Hill This Kiss
Faith Hill Lost
Faith Hill I Need You
Faith Hill The Lucky One
Forester Sisters Their Hearts Are Dancing
Garth Brooks The Dance
Garth Brooks Shameless
Garth Brooks If Tomorrow Never Comes
Garth Brooks Unanswered Prayers
Garth Brooks She’s Every Woman
Garth Brooks To Make You Feel My Love
Garth Brooks/Garth Brooks Love Will Always Win
Gary Allan The One
Gary Allan Nothing On But The Radio
George Fox I Give You My Word
George Jones Walk Through The World With Me
George Strait Carried Away
George Strait I Cross My Heart
George Strait I Just Wanna Dance With You
George Strait Need I Say More
George Strait The Man in Love With You
George Strait The Best Day
George Strait It Just Comes Natural
George Strait You Look So Good In Love
George Strait Our Love Is Unconditional
George Strait You’re Something Special
Heartland I Loved Her First
Jeff Bates One Thing
Jessica Andrews Who I Am
Jewel Face Of Love
Jo Dee Messina Because You Loved Me
Joe Nichols I’ll Wait For You
Joe Nichols The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
John Berry Your Love Amazes Me
John Denver Annie’s Song
John Michael Montgomery I Love The Way You Love Me
John Michael Montgomery I Do
John Michael Montgomery I Can Love You Like That
John Michael Montgomery I Swear
John Michael Montgomery Home To You
John Michael Montgomery I Was Born The Day You Kissed Me
John Michael Montgomery Long As I Live
Johnny Cash Rose Of My Heart
Josh Gracin Unbelievable
Josh Turner Would You Go With Me
Josh Turner Your Man
Keith Urban Making Memories Of Us
Keith Urban You’re Everything
Keith Urban Somebody Like You
Keith Urban Better Life
Keith Urban Once In a Life-time
Keith Urban I Wanna Be Your Man Forever
Keith Urban That’s The Beat Of A Heart
Kenny Chesney Me & You
Kenny Chesney You Had Me From Hello
Kenny Chesney How Forever Feels
Kenny Chesney You Save Me
Kenny Chesney I’d Love To Change Your Name
Kenny Chesney I’ll Be There
Kenny Chesney For the First Time
Kenny Chesney When I Close My Eyes
Kenny Chesney Fall In Love
Kenny Chesney You Save Me
Kenny Rogers Through The Years
Kenny Rogers Lady
Kenny Rogers The Vows Go Unbroken
Kenny Rogers You Light Up My Life
Kid Rock/Sheryl Crowe Picture Of You
Leanne Rimes This Love
Leanne Rimes But I Do Love You
Leanne Rimes Moonlight
Leanne Rimes Believe In you
Leanne Rimes How Do I Live
Leanne Rimes I Need You
Lee Ann Rimes Please Remember
LeeAnne Womack I Hope You Dance
Lila McCann With You
Little Big Town Bring It On Home
Lonestar Amazed
Lonestar Unusually Usual
Mark Wills I Do
Mark Wills Back At One
Martina McBride Valentine
Martina McBride There You Are
Martina McBride Born To Give My Love To You
Mary Chapin Carpenter Grow Old With You
Meredith Edwards You
Michelle Wright Your Love
Paul Brandt I Do
Phil Vassar Love Is A Beautiful Thing
Randy Travis Faith In You
Randy Travis Forever & Ever Amen
Randy Travis Look Heart No Hands
Rascall Flatts Bless The Broken Road
Rascall Flatts The Day Before You
Rascall Flatts Waiting All Of My Life
Rascall Flatts Like I Am
Rascall Flatts Every Day
Rascall Flatts I Melt
Reba McEntire I’ll Be
Reba McEntire Because Of You
Reba McEntire Forever Love
Rodney Crowell After All This Time
Sammy Kershaw You Are The Love Of My Life
Sara Evans I Could Not Ask For You
Sara Evans That’s The Beat Of A Heart
Sara Evans These Are The Moments
Sarah Evans You’ll Always Be My Baby
Sawyer Brown With This Ring
Shania Twain From This Moment On
Shania Twain You’re Still The One
Shania Twain You’ve Got A Way
Shania Twain When You Kiss Me
Shania Twain Woman In Me
Shania Twain Forever & For Always
Steve Holy Good Morning Beautiful
Suzy Bogguss I’ll Stand With You On A Mountain Top
Taylor Swift Our Song
Taylor Swift Love Story
Teri Clark Now That I Found You
Tim McGraw My little Girl
Tim McGraw Just To See You Smile
Tim McGraw/Faith Hill It’s Your Love
Tim McGraw/Faith Hill My Best Friend
Trace Adkins The Rest Of Mine
Tracy Byrd Keeper Of The Stars
Tracy Lawrence Paint Me A Birmingham
Travis Tritt More Than You’ll Ever Know
Travis Tritt Best Of Intentions
Trisha Yearwood X’s & O’s
Trisha Yearwood How Do I Live
Vince Gill When Love Finds You
Willie Nelson Always On My Mind

Classic Wedding First Dance Songs!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:26:23 +0000

Here are a few ideas to get your brain moving on the often formidable task of choosing your First Dance song. Use this as something to get your brain moving, run your finger down the list and you may find the song you’d like or it may jog a memory of a different song by the artist that you like.

A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson

A Song For My Daughter – Ray Allaire

A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson

All Those Years Ago – George Harrison

Any way – Martina McBride

As Time Goes By – Ray Anthony

Baby Mine – Alison Krause

Beautiful In My Eyes – Joshua Kadison

Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion

Blue Eyes – Elton John

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel or Clay Aiken

Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

By Your Side – Sade

Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John

Child Of Mine – Carole King

Cinderella – Steven Curtis Chapman

Close To You – Carpenters

Daddy – Beyonce

Daddy’s Girl – Red Sovine/ Peter Cetera

Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn

Daddy’s Little Girl – Jeff Carson/ Kippi Brannon/Michael Bolton

Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross

Daughter Of Mine – John McDermott

Daughters – John Mayer

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes – Paul Simon

Do I Make You Proud – Taylor Hicks

Do You Remember – Phil Collins

Don’t Know Much – Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville

Ebb Tide – Righteous Brothers

Everything I Do – Bryan Adams

Faithfully – Journey

Father Figure – George Michael

Father Of The Bride – Mike Douglas

Father’s Eyes – Amy Grant

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack

For The Good Times – Ray Price

For You I Will – Monica

Forever Young – Rod Stewart or Alphville

From This Moment – Shania Twain/Bryan White

God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday

God Only Knows – Beach Boys

Godspeed – Dixie Chicks

Groovy Kind Of Love – Phil Collins

Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

House at Pooh Corners – Kenny Loggins

How Sweet It Is – James Taylor

I Am Your Child – Barry Manilow

I Belong To You – Lenny Kravitz

I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

I Swear – John Michael Montgomery/All 4 One

I Turn To You – Christina Aguilera

I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

I Will Remember You – Sara McLachlan

I Wish You Love – Natalie Cole

I’ll Have To Say I Love You – Jim Croce

I’ll Remember – Madonna

I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders

I’m Your Angel – R Kelly

If – Bread

If I Could – Regina Belle

In My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton

In My Life – Bette Midler

In My Life – Chantal Kraviasuk

In My Life – The Beatles

Innocent – When You Sleep

IOU – Jimmy Dean

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

It’s Your Song – Garth Brooks

Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel

Kind & Generous – Natalie Merchant

Landslide – Dixie Chicks or Fleetwood Mac

Let It Be – The Beatles

Long & Winding Road – The Beatles

Longer – Dan Fogelberg

Love Can Build a Bridge – The Judds

Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel) – Billy Joel

Lullabye – The Cure

M.O.R.E. – Nat King Cole

Memories – Cats the Musical

Memories – Elvis Presley

Memories Are Made Of This – Dean Martin

Moonlight Serenade – Glen Miller

Mr. Wonderful – Peggy Lee

My 2 Cents – Johnny Ray

My Dad – Paul Petersen

My Father – Nina Simone

My Funny Valentine – Frank Sinatra

My Girl – The Temptations

My Heart Belongs To Daddy – Ella Fitzgerald

My Immortal – Evanescence

My One True Friend – Bette Midler

My Special Angel – Bobby Helms

Oh How the Years Go By – Vanessa Williams

Only Time – Enya

She – Elvis Costello

She’s Leaving Home – The Beatles

Shining Star – The Manhattans

Sleepwalk – Santos & Johnny

Song For Dad – Keith Urban

Sunrise Sunset – Fiddler On The Roof

Sunshine On My Shoulders – John Denver

Sweet Baby Mine – Isla Grant

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Sheryl Crowe

Taking You Home – Don Henley

Teach Your Children Well – Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Tender Years – John Cafferty

Thank Heaven for Little Girls – Maurice Chevalier (From Gigi)

Thank You For Loving Me – Bon Jovi

That’s Amore – Dean Martin

The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice

The Dance – Garth Brooks

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World – Charlie Rich

The Perfect Fan – Backstreet Boys

The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra or Buble

The Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler or Gary Morris

The Wonder Of You – Elvis Presley

There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney

There You’ll Be – Faith Hill

This I Promise You – N Sync

Through The Years – Kenny Rogers

Until There Was You – Music Man

Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce

Time Of Your Life – Green Day

Times Of Your Life – Paul Anka

Tiny Dancer – Elton John

To a Sleeping Beauty – Jimmy Dean

To Sir With Love – Lulu

True Colors – Phil Collins

True Companion – Mark Cohn

True Love Ways – Buddy Holly

Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison

Turn Around – Harry Belafonte

Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole

Wedding Song – Captain & Tennille

When I See You Smile – Uncle Sam

When The Stars Go Blue – Corrs

Wild Child – Enya

Wild World – Cat Stevens

Winter – Tori Amos

With Arms Wide Open – Creed

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Claption

Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker

You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

You Can Let Go – Crystal Shawanda

You Can’t Lose Me – Faith Hill

You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers

You Needed Me – Anne murray

You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban

You’re A Big Girl Now – Bob Dylan/Stylistics

You’re My Hero – Teresa James

You’re Still You – Josh Groban

You’re The Best Thing – Tommy Page

You’re The Inspiration – Chicago

You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor

You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Randy Newman (Toy Story)

Younger Than Today – Ben Harper

Zoe Jane – Staind

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Secrets to a Successful Wedding First Dance!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:21:05 +0000

Imagine the moment, holding your life partner’s hand as you stroll onto that hardwood floor with the cheers and applause of friends and family ringing in your ears.

Most couples intend to dance the traditional first dance, but most of them also know nothing at all about dancing! So as the big day approaches their sense of panic increases. Avoid anxiety by following a few easy tips.

I’m Scott Barratt from http://www.creativedjservices.com and after witnessing well over 1000 wedding first dances we’ve discovered the secrets to ensuring your first dance success.

Ask yourself: are you going to do something special or do you prefer the old traditional approach?

Either way here’s some good news that will fortify both your motivation and your confidence:

IT’S REALLY EASY TO CUT A FABULOUS FIGURE ON THE DANCE FLOOR DURING YOUR FIRST DANCE … AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A GREAT DANCER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

In fact with a little preparation you can transform that pivotal moment from something you’re dreading into something you can actually look forward to, a performance you’ll look back on with pride.

Let’s start by breaking it down into small, easy-to-manage chunks:

Here are your essential steps:

Define your vision

Pick your Song

Plan your Entrance and Exit

Who’s going to Lead?

What Dance Will You Perform?

Practice Makes Perfect

The Most Important First Dance Tip!

Define Your Vision

First Step: What is your vision?

If you don’t have a goal you don’t have much chance of achieving it.

Take a moment to paint a movie in your mind. Imagine that you could have any result you desire. What would your first dance look like? What is the mood that you want to create?

The choice is yours and you can amp up the energy level and kick-start the dancing or maintain a sense of elegance and tradition. There is no right or wrong way to approach it, if it’s right for you it’s right period.

Whatever you decide, be sure to tell your camera operators where you will start and finish your dance.

Pick Your Song

There are a few things to consider when choosing your first dance tune.

Does it inspire you?

Your connection may be that it could be heard playing in the background when you got engaged or perhaps during another pivotal moment during your history together.

The connection could be as simple as the fact that you both love it!

Have options: Narrow your list down to a few finalists and then try practicing to each one of them and choose the one that feels the most comfortable. If you don’t like a song, don’t dance to it!

If possible pick a romantic song with a good easy to hear dance beat that’s steady throughout. (this makes it easier for rookie dancers)

Although a love song is great for the traditional First Dance take a moment and consider the alternatives.

We’ve found a pseudo tango is an easy to learn step that has a great deal of visual appeal. Better yet, regardless of the style of dance that you decide to try there is one simple rule:

Don’t allow yourself to be intimidated. Very few, if any of your guests will know that you’re not doing it correctly. Remember this isn’t the TV show, So You Think You Can Dance and your guests are not Simon Cowell or the Horse-faced Female Dance Judge with the annoying voice. (if they are then cut your losses and hire a professional instructor ASAP lol)

Plan Your Entrance & Exit

If you plan both your Entrance and your Exit it will really add some polish to your presentation and will subconsciously make you a little more confident.

The Entrance: There are an unlimited number of options but we find the most workable and effective methods are:

You both stroll onto the floor hand in hand (if so, you should decide in advance where you should enter the dance floor and where to leave)

Plan what will happen when you end your dance. Will you invite everyone onto the dance floor or just your parents and/or grandparents?

Who’s Going To Lead?

Your next endeavour is to decide on who is going to lead. Start by taking an honest assessment of your obstacles. Ask yourself, “Are we equally inept on the dance floor or could it be that only one of us is terrible? (in 99.99% of cases we find that the Groom is way more klutzy than the Bride)

Normally HE leads…SHE follows. (At least when you’re on the dance floor). Try it the traditional way to see if he can pick up a few simple moves. (be sure to keep it basic and simple)

He keeps time and dances to the music…she keeps in time with him.

If this isn’t working it’s time to switch places and have the Bride take over as you enter the next phase.

What Dance Will You Perform?

Fortunately you don’t need to be a great dancer to put on a show that will inspire a sea of smiles and a torrent of hoots, hollers and applause from your assembled guests.

The first step is to take an assessment of your abilities … or lack thereof.

If you are both in the “Totally-Rhythmically-Challenged” category and don’t want to invest the time or effort in developing an “act” you can always perform the ever popular, Grade 6-Side-to-Side-Slow-Dance. You remember that classic don’t you? All you have to do is grip onto each other and shuffle from one foot to the other in time to the music.

If you’re not sure what to do just ask any school kid to show you. (if the kid is reluctant to help just threaten to hide their pimple cream until they comply – it works every time)

Just imagine that you’re one of the un-dead zombies from a movie like Night of the Living Dead without the forward motion.

Apparently you are aspiring to something a little more impressive for the showcase that is your first dance otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this right now.

You will definitely want to consider taking some private dance lessons. It’s not imperative but a dance instructor can help you learn some easy dance steps designed to be an exact fit with your song of choice.

If your budget can’t handle the additional expense of dance lessons do not fear as you can still put on a decent show without professional instruction.

PRACTISE

As with an undertaking your chance of success is directly related to the effort you put towards it.

Practice as much as you can so you won’t have to concentrate as much, preferably at least twice a week.

This will allow you and your partner to feel more confident on the night so you can relax and actually enjoy your first dance!

Our biggest tip in this section is to practice dancing in something similar shape and length-wise to what you will be wearing.

Practice sometimes without the music, especially at the beginning stages, it will help you concentrate on perfecting your steps, and leading or following.

Look straight ahead (not at your feet), when dancing. Remember you are steering. Believe it or not your feet will work without your looking at them!

Perform with confidence and a big smile for each other and your guests

It is most important to look confident and show you are enjoying yourselves while performing your first wedding dance. The easiest way to achieve this is to hold your head high and smile. What ever you do, don’t ever look at your feet.

Check out the floor you will dance on. Make sure you know its dimensions.

THE BIGGEST TIP OF ALL TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL FIRST DANCE!!

I’ve attended well over a thousand weddings and there is one mistake that will almost guarantee that your First Dance won’t make the positive impression you are hoping for.

That mistake is attempting to dance to the entire song!

I keep a close eye on the crowd and here’s how it plays out almost 100% of the time.

A portion of the crowd run up to the dance floor with a beaming smile of expectation on their face and a camera in hand. They cheer for the beautiful married couple and diligently snap a few shots of our stars as they twirl their way around the hardwood. Then about a minute in to the dance boredom sets in, the smile fades and they start scanning the rest of the crowd for something interesting to watch.

It’s not your fault it’s simply the nature of the beast. Even some of the contestants on “Dancing With The Stars” would have trouble making a standard slow dance interesting.

As a bride you may be thinking that 90 seconds or 2 minutes is an awfully short time but trust me it won’t feel that way when you are on the floor. More often than not we see the Bride and Groom starting to chat with each other partway through.

If you are dead set on hearing the entire song you can open up the floor part way through the song to the guests which will give them something to do.

If you are going to have a Bride/Father and/or Groom/Mother dance however, bringing the guests on won’t work very well unless you let them stay up during those dances. We find that most Fathers want the floor to themselves when taking that ceremonial spin with their newly married daughter.

Most importantly – have FUN. Fun is the most important factor on your wedding day. But whatever else you decide on keep it short. Anywhere between 90 seconds and two and a half minutes is just right for your First Dance.

For the most complete list of Wedding First Dance Songs please click here:
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Free list of Songs for your Wedding Dance to honor your Bridal Party!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:12:10 +0000

Best Bridal Party Songs
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You can either have your Bridal Party be introduced into the reception or honor them with a special dance to a chosen song later in the evening.

We find that about 60% of our couples want us to introduce the Bridal Party directly before their Grand Entrance with the remainder choosing to have the Bridal Party enter unannounced, take their places with the other guests and help welcome the Bride & Groom.

The introduction is always played directly before the Bride & Groom is introduced.

You can also choose one of these songs and have it played either directly after your first dances or at any chosen time during the dancing portion of your reception as a musical tribute to the Bridal Party.
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All My life – KC & Jojo

Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion

Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John

Celebration – Kool and the Gang

Count On Me – Whitney Houston

Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung

Everything I Do – Bryan Adams

Faithfully – Journey

Friends – Elton John

Friends – Michael W. Smith

Friends & Lovers – Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring

Have I Told You lately – Stevie Wonder

I Do – Mark Wills

I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

I Will Be Your Friend – Amy Grant

I’ll Be There – Jackson 5

I’ve Got Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks

In My Life – Beatles

In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

Lean On Me – Bill Withers

Lean On Me – Club Nouveau

Let’s Stay Together – Al Green

Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet

My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

Only Time – Enya

Remember Me This Way – Jordan Hill

Respect – Aretha Franklin

Shower The People – James Taylor

Stand By Me – Ben E. King

Thank You – Dido

Thank You For Being A Friend – Andrew Gold

That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick

The Best Of Times – Styx

Theme From Friends – The Rembrandts

There You’ll Be (Pearl Harbor Theme) – Faith Hill

We Are Family – Sister Sledge

We Are The Champions – Queen

What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

What I Like About You – Romantics

Whenever I Call You Friend – Kenny Loggins

Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

With A Little Help From My Friends – Beatles

Ya Gotta Have Friends – Bette Midler

You Find Out Who Your Friends Are – Tracey Lawrence

You’re Still The One – Shania Twain

You’re The Inspiration – Chicago

You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor

You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Keb Mo

You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Randy Newman

The Complete Free List of Recessional Songs to make your Planning Easy!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:07:51 +0000

The Best Wedding Recessional Songs

The Recessional
The Recessional takes place immediately after the bride and groom are pronounced husband and wife and presented to the guests (right after the big kiss!).
This is the joyous climax to one of your life’s most memorable moments. Typically you will be introduced, your recessional song will fire up, your honored guests will erupt in a wave of applause and hand in hand you will head out into your adoring throng.
While most couple’s choose a processional song that is traditional, elegant and low-key the recessional is an entirely different situation.

I like to think of this song as a segue, a bridge between the religious reverence and quiet tone of the ceremony and the party that is chafing at the bit just waiting to begin. The recessional music is usually an upbeat, celebratory tune, full of joy and happiness.

Obviously this selection is typically more jubilant, upbeat and celebratory than other music used during the ceremony. It is now time to rejoice and it’s perfectly alright to show this in your choice of music.
Points to ponder when considering a Recessional song:

o Will this song be familiar to your guests?
o Does it reflect our personality as a couple?
o Will some segment of your crowd consider it offensive … and do you care?
o Do you prefer one of the traditional favorites or would you like to make a statement with something more contemporary?
The possibilities are virtually endless and range from the tradition of Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to classic pop like Stevie Wonder’s “Signed Sealed Delivered, I’m Yours” and the contemporary sound of Jack Johnson’s “Better Together.”
Classical Recessional Songs
If you’re looking for something traditional the top choice for the recessional is Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Close behind in second place it’s basically a tie between Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary. (Prince Charles and Diana used the latter as did Maurtis and Marilene of the Dutch royal family)
Other Classic choices:
Hornpipe from Water Music Suite – Handel
Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
The Four Seasons – A collection of four violin concertos
Air on the G String – Johann Sebastian Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 – Bach
Eine Klein Nachtmusik – Mozart
Gigue – Bach
La Rejouissance – Handel
Ode to Joy – from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Rondeau – Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet Tune – Henry Purcell
Trumpet Tune in D Major – Jeremiah Clarke
Those are fine choices but this is a time where you can get creative so don’t stifle your imagination.
Many couples choose to use contemporary songs as part of their recessional. If that’s what you would like to do, consider playing James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good),” U2′s “Beautiful Day,” or our most popular recessional selection, Signed Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” from Stevie Wonder!
In most cases you will need only one song for your recessional.
Browse through the following list and let it inspire you with possibilities:

Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

When I’m 64 – Beatles

I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

All You Need is Love – Beatles

How Sweet It Is – James Taylor or Marvin Gaye

Love & Marriage – Frank Sinatra

This Will Be An Everlasting Love – Natalie Cole

Finally – Ce Ce Penniston (especially good if you’ve had a long relationship or engagement)

Get Ready For This – 2 Unlimited

Sandstorm – Da Rude

Strike It Up – Black Box

Waiting For Tonight – J Lo

Celebration – Kool & the Gang

5th of Beethoven – Walter Murphy

At Last – Etta James

I Got You – James Brown

I’m A Believer – Smashmouth or The Monkees

In My Life – Beatles

It Had To Be You – Harry Connick Jr

It’s The End of the World As I know It – R.E.M.

Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves

Tequila – The Champs (Glen Campbell was a member)

Highway to Hell – ACDC

Thunderstruck – ACDC

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder

Signed, Sealed Delivered, I’m Yours – Stevie Wonder

One More Time – Daft Punk

Love To – Mika

Let’s Get Loud – J Lo

Ch Ch Check It Out – Beastie Boys

Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Theme) – Bill Conti

Love Train – O’Jays

Love’s Theme (Instrumental) – Love Unlimited Orchestra

Enter Sandman – Metallica

Beautiful Day – U2

Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve

Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne

You Shook Me All Night Now – ACDC

Another One Bites The Dust – Queen

Welcome To The Jungle – Guns n Roses

Cruisin – Gwenyth Paltrow/Huey Lewis

Clocks – Coldplay

All You Need Is Love – Beatles

Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra

Forever Young – Bob Dylan or Neil Young

Happy Together – The Turtles

Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley

Roam – B-52’s

Wedding Day – Bee Gees

Stolen – Dashboard Confessional

We Are Family – Dream Girls

When I’m Gone – 3 Doors Down

With or Without You – U2

You’re My Best Friend – Queen

Would You Go With Me – Josh Turner

My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

You Belong To Me – Jason Wade

I Do – 98 Degrees

Stay Down – Luther Vandross

Stuck On You – Lionel Ritchie

Thank You For Loving Me – Bon Jovi

Her & Now – Luther Vandross

How Did You know – Gary Valenciano (Filipino)

I’ll Be There For You – Bon Jovi

Too Late To Turn Back Now – Eddy Cornelius

L-O-V-E – Michael Buble

Like A Star – Corrine Bailey Rae

Living on A Prayer – Bon Jovi

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Love Is A Beautiful Thing – Phil Vasser

Miracle – Foo Fighters

Mud On The Tires – Brad Paisley

Paradise By The Dashboard Lights – Meatloaf

Better Life – Keith Urban

Can’t Help Falling In Love – UB 40

From This Moment – Shania Twain

When – Alan Jackson

Shambala – 3 Dog Night

Some Kind Of Wonderful – Huey Lewis

Just Like Heaven – Cure

Let My love Open The Door – Pete Townsend

Hero – Mariah Carey

Keeper Of The Stars – Tracy Byrd

Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen

Come & Get Your Love – Redbone

Joy to the World – Three Dog Night

Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen

Final Countdown – Europe

Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys

Nothing’s Going to Stop Us Now – Starship

In My Life – Beatles

God Only Knows – Beach Boys

Your Precious Love – Marvin Gaye/Tami Terrell

I Melt With You – Modern Romance

Is This Love – Bob Marley

Here Comes The Sun – Beatles

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Hold My Hand – Hootie & the Blowfish

Crazy Game of Poker – Counting Crows

This Will Be Our Year – Zombies

Accidentally In Love – Counting Crows

Low Rider – War

We Go Together – the Grease Soundtrack

Hero – Wallflowers

Show Me Love – Robin

R&B/Contemporary Choices

Here I Am – Leona Lewis

How Do I Breathe – Mario

Let’s Get Married – Jagged Edge

Promise – Ciara or Jagged Edge

So Amazing – Beyonce/Luther Vandross

Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

Truly Madly Deeply – Cascada

This I swear – Nick Lachey

The Good Life – Kanye West

The Arms Of One – Xscape

Until The End Of Time – Justin Timberlake/Beyonce

Crazy In Love – Beyonce

Get This Party Started – Pink

Kanye West – Gold Digger

Hot In Here – Nelly

Angel – Shaggy

Party Like A Rockstar – Shop Boyz

Pon de Replay – Rhianna

Yeah – Usher

Temperature – Sean Paul

Way You Move – Outkast

Cupid – 112

Everytime We Touch – Cascada

Don’t Change – Musiq Soulchild

Forever – Mariah Carey/R Kelly

Anyone Else But You – Mouldy Peaches

Chariot – Gavin DeGraw

Flower In The Window – Travis

Just Like Heaven – Katie Melua

Hesitating Beauty – Wilco/Billy Bragg

Melon Collie & Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins

Blinking Lights – Eels

Fresh Feeling – Eels

Do You Realize – Flaming Lips

I Found A Reason – Cat Power

A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson

This Years Love – David Grey

There She Goes – The La’s

Mesh & Lace – Nouvelle Vouge

I Wanna Know All Of You – Hardy

Human – Killers

#41 – Dave Mathews

Love & Memories – Oar

Love Your Ways – Salmonella Dub

Sail Away – David Grey

It’s You It’s Me – Kaskade

Feel free to move further away from the radio charts. You may want to consider incorporating soundtrack songs from movies or television. We’ve used the following tracks with great success.

I find that TV theme music is a powerful way to transport you and your guests back to what often seems to be a kinder, gentler time in your past.

You may want to consider the Theme from:

2001 A Space Odyssey

Austin Powers

St. Elmo’s Fire

Star Wars: The Imperial March or Throne Room

Indiana Jones

Mission Impossible

Rocky (Gonna Fly Now) or (Eye Of The Tiger)

The Jeffersons

The Newly-wed Game

Friends

Survivor

The Apprentice

Hockey Night In Canada

Peter Gunn

Survivor

Afterwards, you will move into the Post-Ceremony selections or you can just let your recessional song fade out and then strike the set and head to the Reception site.

Tired of the same old Processional Songs? This list will give you some hip alternatives!

Creative DJ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:43:31 +0000

There are some fabulous traditional Processional songs … of course that is just MY opinion. To my ears you can’t go wrong with the string version of Pachabel, Enya, Lorena McKennit etc. This isn’t my wedding however, it is YOURS and the only opinion that matters is that of you and your fiance’.

The rule of order when choosing songs for your wedding is simple … if you like it then it’s the perfect song!

That’s why we recommend that you think about yourself and your fiance’ and only yourself when choosing your special songs. Here are some musical ideas that are not yet all played out.

Most of all remember to have fun when planning your wedding. This isn’t brain surgery and this isn’t a job. Once you validate your position as the only 2 people that really matter in terms of your special songs you will feel empowered. After all when you have the power it’s impossible to make a mistake because whatever you decide is the perfect choice!

Below are some of the best Alternate Processional Songs. If you have a favorite please add it to the list. Thanks!

Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters
Ben Harper – Forever
Ben Harper – Happily Ever After In Your Eyes
Big & Rich – Lost In This Moment
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Blessed Union Of Souls – When She Comes
Brian McKnight – Love Of My Life
Bright Eyes – First Day Of My Life
Case – Happily Ever After
Chris Brown – I May Never Find
Coldplay – The Scientist
Collective Soul – Pretty Donna (inst)
Counting Crows – Color Blind
Dave Mathews – #34
David Grey – Sail Away
David Grey – The One I Love
Dire Straits – Romeo & Juliet
DJ Sammy – Heaven (Candlelight Slow Remix)
Donnell Jones – Knocks Me Off My Feet
Dru Hill Beauty – Is Here And It’s Name
Enigma – Return to Innocence
Enrique Iglesias – Hero
Foo Fighters (acoustic)- Miracle
Foo Fighters (acoustic) – Times Like These
Honeydrippers – Sea Of Love
India Airie – Ready For Love
India Airie -The Truth
Jack Johnson – Better Together
JaggedEdge/Ciara – Promise
Jaheim – Never
Joe Satriani – Rubina
John Legend – So High
Jus Timberlake – Until The End Of Time
Kelly Clarkson – A Moment Like This
Lamb – Gorecki
Lenny Kravitz – Believe
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
Leona Lewis – Here I Am
Lifehouse – Everything
Lifehouse – Hanging By A Moment
Mariah Carey – Hero
Mariah Carey – How Do I Breathe
Mary J Blige – Everything
Mary J Blige – Give Me You
Mary J Blige – I Found My Everything
Mary J Blige – Only Hope
Mary J Blige – Share My World
Michelle Branch – Drop In The Ocean
Moby – God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters
Moby – My Weakness
Nick Lachey – This I Swear
Nico – These Days
Nina Simone – Feelin’ Good
R Kelly/Celine- I’m Your Angel
Rascal Flatts – Bless This Broken Road
Red HotChili Peppers – I Could Die For You
Robbie Williams – Angels
Robin Thicke – Angels
Skillet – A Little More
Smash Mouth-Monkees – I’m A Believer
Smashing Pumpkins – Melon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
Steven Curtis Chapman – Cinderella
Stevie Wonder – Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder – These 3 Words
Styx- Come Sail Away
Taylor Swift – Love Song
Tesla – Love Song
U2 – Beautiful Day
Usher – Here I Stand
Verve (Inst) – Bittersweet Symphony
Wet Wet Wet – Love Is All Around

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Tired of the same old played out Wedding Ceremony songs! Here’s the answer!!

Creative DJ — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:04:17 +0000

The rule of order when choosing songs for your wedding is simple … if you like it then it’s the perfect song!

That’s why we recommend that you think about yourself and your fiance’ and only yourself when choosing your special songs. Here are some musical ideas that are not yet all played out.