One thing I didn't consider though when I volunteered was the logistics of the wedding day. I mean normally I head to the hall 1.5-2 hours b4 the gig, set up and away I go. But that day I had to deal with my wife getting her hair done, loading the car with equipment & 2 kids (the Caravan is a wonderful thing), a luncheon at my moms, setting up, attending the wedding and then finally getting to the hall for family pictures, finish setting up and being ready to get the night going. Pheeeeeewwww!
The wedding ceremony was held at the Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in traditional Greek fashion. My daughter was a flower girl...however after a car ride nap with ensuing crankiness in time when she was to perform her duties...she ran down the carpet to see her mommy so fast the camera wasn't fast enough to snap a pic! With my sister being Greek and her husband Portuguese the priest offered his blessing in both languages...well in English as well to make it a third. Here are few pics from the church.
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| My Dad Giving the Bride Away! |
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| Almost Married! |
The reception was held at the Mississauga Grande and the glassed in Atrium made for a great place to snap some family pictures and host a cocktail hour. With the ceremony and family pictures out of the way it was time to get dinner and the party started. Luckily for my sister we have a brother who is great with the mic and he gladly took on MC duties oh...and he also made the wedding cake! I picked all the intro music which turned out great...it got the 200 or so guests going and made for a wonderful final entrance to the new wedding couple. They moved straight into their first dance with Aerosmith's "Don't Want to Miss a Thing."
Djing any ethnic type of wedding can be a difficult task especially when you don't know the music. I had a good handle on the Greek side of things, my mom made sure of that... and a sit down with my sis' brand new sister-in-law helped me with the Portuguese music. I was asked to limit the Greek and Portuguese music though but it didn't take long after starting the set off with some latest top 40 for my mom and her sister to come and bug me. My mom loves to dance so can't really blame her.
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| The Happy Couple...Stella & Nelson |
Except for a brief spell of daughter sleep deprived crankiness...like her mother she gets REALLY cranky when she goes past her normal sleep schedule...and actually learning how to DJ one handed with daughter in my arms...the night went without a hitch.
Congrats guys!
Here is the play list on the night...
1 - Moves Like Jagger (Clean) - Maroon 5
2 - Party Rock Anthem (Main) - LMFAO
3 - The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
4 - I Got That Feeling (Radio) - Black Eyed Peas
5 - Village People - Y.M.C.A
6 - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
7 - I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
8 - Dancing Queen - Abba
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Greek Set
Portuguese Set
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10 - We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
11 - Shake Senora - Pitbull ft. T-Pain
12 - Danza Kuduro (Single) - Don Omar ft. Lucenzo
13 - Good Feeling (DJ Intro Clean Mix) - Flo Rida
14 - Give Me Everything (DJ Intro Clean Mix) - Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
15 - Do You Remember - Jay Sean
16 - Rain Over Me (DJ Intro 1 Clean) - Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony
17 - Where Dem Girls At (Clean) - David Guetta (Bouqet Toss)
18 - I'm Drinking Rum & Redbull - Beenie Man & Fambo (Garter Toss)
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Greek Set
Portuguese Set
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19 - Life (Is What You Make It) - Colonel Lite and Frighty
20 - Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus
21 - Twice My Age - Shabba Ranks
22 - Action - Nadine Suntherland
23 - Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
24 - Just Can't Get Enough (Main) - The Black Eyed Peas
25 - Sexy And I Know It (Single) - LMFAO
26 - Beautiful People (Extended Mix) - Chris Brown
27 - Memories - David Guetta ft. Kid Cudi
28 - Call on Me - Eric Prydz
29 - One More Time - Daft Punk
30 - Up & Down - Vengaboys
31 - We Like to Party - Vengaboys
32 - Mallorca - Loft
33 - Yeah - Usher
34 - Home Alone - R. Kelly
35 - Headlines - Drake
36 - Suavemente - Elvis Crespo
37 - Bon, Bon (DJ Intro Clean Mix) - Pitbull
38 - Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
39 - Suavemente (Kiss Me) - Nayer
40 - Co-Pilot (Single) - Kristina Maria
41 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida
42 - Ghosts N Stuff (Extended Vocal Mix) - Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire
43 - Rise Up (Club Mix) - Yves Larock
44 - One Life Stand (Extended Remix) - Ian Longo
45 - Mr. Saxobeat (Extended Mix) - Alexandra Stan
46 - Dirty Talks (Single) - Wynter Gordon
47 - S & M Remix (Main) - Rihanna
48 - Levels (Original Mix) - Acivii
49 - Rule The World (D-Unity Remix) - Steven Lee & Granite
50 - Shots (Clean) - LMFAO featuring Lil Jon
51 - Oh My Gosh (Remix) - Usher
52 - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
53 - Amazed - Lonestar
54 - Night Fever - Bee Gees
55 - Amazed - Lonestar
56 - I Thought I'd Seen Everything - Bryan Adams
57 - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
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