One word will sum up the experience for our wedding day “WOW”! The moment finally came when I put down the microphone and took the roll of a groom for the day. January 26th 2008, April and I said “I do” in front of a room full of friends and family. Twelve years and seven hundred weddings worth of ideas lead up to this day filled with fun and surprises. One of which will live on in the hearts of our friends and family for many years, our first dance. April and I selected Heaven by Bryan Adams for our first dance and as we stepped out on the dance floor a beautiful layer of clouds surrounded us. Everything was perfect, the girl, the song, the dance until…the song began to skip. Can you believe it, right at the end of our perfect first dance the stupid track began to stutter. Luckily April and I had a plan, for just this occasion and….well you’ll have to watch the video to find out.

The first dance with a twist is an idea that I have shared with many clients and has always been a treat for the couple that wants a little something different for their first dance. The energy of the room was at 120% percent and the team at Music on the Move kept them there, the entire time. Every moment of the wedding was captured by Phill Sheffield of Sheffield Multimedia, though I am not sure how because I don’t think I noticed him the entire night, but then again, that is what a professional does. The beautiful floral work was done by Katie Edwards of Ambiance Floral Design and I don’t believe I have ever seen so many flowers and candles in a room at the same time. What surprised me even more is that we enjoyed them for two weeks following the wedding in our home. I have never seen flowers last that long.

Being in the Entertainment industry I knew more than anyone that finding the right DJ was crucial to bringing our vision to life. I turned to the team at Music on the Move to handle those very details. Doug, Doug, and Dara had everything perfect that night. I was most surprised when I realized that I did not make a single request that night, I was too busy dancing to even bother. The music, mood, and personalized touches made our wedding better than we could imagine. The images of our wedding were captured by Nicole and Arie at XSight Photography and we will be viewing our album this week. One month after the wedding and we get to see the pictures…Wow. I will be posting some of them very soon to share with everyone. The room was perfectly accented by chair covers and linens from Slip of Elegance. Every chair and table was perfect, and every bow looked amazing. If you are looking for perfection and elegance, you want to call Darcie. Memories of the ceremony have been playing back in my mind ever since and that is due to the beautiful words that were spoken by Rev. Jeri Murphy who performed our ceremony. Her words were trully insperational to the start of our marriage. I have also worked with her for many years and knew that she was going to bring pure elegance to our wedding celebration. Last but not least there is no way we could have pulled all these details together that day without Jackie of Every Little Detail, no pun intended. She provided us with the guidance we needed to create the perfect day. We even got our invitations through her and they looked amazing. Having a coordinator there was a huge help when it came to enjoying the night.

I plan on sharing more details from the wedding day in future posts…stay tuned.