All wedding receptions are different and meet the needs of my clients.  This guide is intended to aid in the understanding of how Rock the House Entertainment performs a typical wedding reception.

CONSULTATIONS

    • Approximately one (1) month prior to your wedding date, Rock the House Entertainment provides a detailed consultation to help customize the planning of your special day.  

    • During this consultation we will discuss:

      • Time agenda for all events.
      • Creative ideas and activities to set your reception apart from all other receptions.
      • Music that will be played at your celebration.
      • To answer all your questions and concerns.

      Some things to consider when preparing for the consultation.

      • Time of your wedding ceremony.  This helps in determining the starting time of your reception.
      • Time schedules set forth by reception facility including when they can serve dinner, and time restrictions such as length of your reception etc.
      • Photographer / Videographer time limitations.

SETUP /  GUEST ARRIVAL

    • Setup - Rock the House Entertainment arrives approximately 60 to 90 minutes prior to starting time.  This allow enough time to be setup before your guests arrive.  Rock the House Entertainment uses only top grade professional sound / light systems.
    • Guest Arrival - When your guests arrive we will provide soft background music of your choice so your guests can enjoy conversation during the cocktail hour. 

You may chose from any of the following types of cocktail / dinner hour music for your celebration.

    • Jazz music
    • Piano music
    • Love songs
    • Honeymoon themed music (example: Hawaiian etc.)
    • Dean Martin / Frank Sinatra style mix
    • Holiday Music
Or something else special we can put together for you.

GRAND ENTRANCE

When the B&G and bridal party arrives, we will get everybody ready for the grand entrance.  We will put everyone in the proper order and confirm all names and pronunciations.  We will also explain to everyone involved what to do and prep them for all the upcoming activities.  You may choose to have music played in the background for your grand entrance to enhance your arrival.

Here are some song suggestions for your bridal party.

    • 50 Cent - In Da Club (Instrumental)
    • Alan Parsons Project - Sirius (Chicago Bulls Theme song)
    • Blues Brothers - Peter Gunn Theme
    • Clayton & Mullen - Mission Impossible Theme
    • Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll Pt 2
    • Glenn Miller - In The Mood
    • John Williams - Imperial March (Star Wars
    • Justin Timberlake - Sexyback Instrumental Intro
    • Klaus Badel - He's A Pirate (Pirates Of The Caribbean) -  (Special Grand Entrance Mix)
    • Ricky Skaggs - Orange Blossom Special
    • Various - Austin Powers Theme

Here are some song suggestions for when the B&G walk into the room.

    • 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This
    • 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This (Special 10-1 countdown)
    • Barry White - My First My Last My Everything
    • Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
    • Bill Conti - Rocky Theme
    • Black Eyed Peas - Lets Get It Started
    • Darude - Sandstorm
    • Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll Pt. 2
    • Gretchen Wood - Here For The Party
    • Kool & The Gang - Celebration
    • Prince - Lets Go Crazy - (Special Grand Entrance Mix)
    • U2 - Beautiful Day

Of course if you have other song suggestions, or may wish to have no music playing in the background while you and your bridal party are being introduced.

FOLLOWING THE GRAND ENTRANCE

You may choose to do one of the following:

    • Follow your grand entrance with your first dance as husband and wife.  Once you have finished your first dance we would go into the dinner activities.
    • Follow your grand entrance with dinner activities (as described below) then follow with your first dance.

WELCOME / LOVE STORY / BLESSING / TOAST

A wireless microphone will be provided should you decide on doing a welcome speech, blessing, and or a toast.

    • Bride & Groom Welcome / Thank Guests Message - A lot of times the B&G want to welcome all the guests to their celebration.  This is the perfect opportunity to take a moment and say "Thanks for your support".
    • Love Story - This is an excellent opportunity to share with your guests how you the bride and groom came to be here on this special day.  The love story can be read by a parent of the B&G, a bridesmaid or groomsmen, the best man or maid / matron of honor, or by any other special person on either side of the family.
    • Toast - We'll make sure all the glasses are filled, and a speech is ready from the best man (or who ever is giving the toast) before the toast is conducted.
    • Blessing - Again a wireless microphone will be provided so the blessing can be conducted from anywhere in the room.

CUTTING THE CAKE

Cutting the cake can be done at either of the following times:

    • Before Dinner - This allows time for the cake to be cut and plated while guests are enjoying their dinners.  The cake can then be served immediately after the main coarse as dessert.
    • After Dinner - Once everyone has finished with their meals we'll ask the guests to join the bride and groom for the cake cutting ceremonies.

DINNER SERVED

Again soft music of your choice is played in the background while guests enjoy their dinner.

If you are having a buffet style dinner, Rock the House Entertainment can assist in escorting your guests to the buffet lines.

KISSING GAMES DURING DINNER

To really set the tone for a fun evening you may wish to add one of our fun kissing games during your dinner festivities.  We will emcee any activity and explain to your guests how the game works.

Below are some choices of games we offer:

    • Names In A Basket For A Kiss - (Our most popular game) Prior to the reception we ask the bride and groom to write down several couples names (parents, close relatives, etc.) on separate pieces of paper and then place the slips of paper in a basket at the head table prior to the dinner segment of the reception.  During the dinner hour when the guests clink their glasses we will ask the bride and groom to kiss.  Once they have kissed we will then ask the B&G to pull out one slip of paper from the basket located at the head table and read the name that appears on the paper out loud.  The name of the couple who appears on the piece of paper must then kiss (kind of like sweet revenge).  Makes for a great game as your guests never know if they will be the next couple asked to kiss.
    • Sing A Song For A Kiss - Instead of clinking the glasses, guests are asked to stand and sing a chorus line of a song with the word "love" in it.  One guest or several may stand to sing.  Once they have sung a chorus line with the word love in it the bride and groom must acknowledge with a kiss.

OTHER DINNER ACTIVITIES

We also offer some other personal touches to the dinner hour festivities.  Again we would emcee these events.

    • Words Of Wisdom - You may choose to have pieces of paper and pencils at each of the guests table.  Rock the House Entertainment will ask each guest to write down some special words of wisdom for the B&G.  We then can select a person to read some of these “words of wisdom” to everyone. during the dinner

FIRST DANCE

The first segment of the dance is usually for the introduction of the bride and groom, followed by the bridal party, parents etc.  There are usually 4 slow songs to initiate the dance segment and the order is as follows:

    • 1st song is just for the bride and groom to dance.  This is the first time they will be dancing as husband and wife.
    • 2nd and 3rd songs are for the introduction of the bridal party, parents, grand parents, and any other special people.  When we announce your bridal party we allow enough time for the photographer and any of your guests to take pictures before we continue with the next introduction.
    • 4th song is for the guests to join in.  This allows the guests to join the bride, groom, and bridal party on the dance floor for the first dance set.

ANNIVERSARY DANCE

We already know who has been married the shortest amount of time, so lets find out who has been married the longest.

This dance is a tribute to all married couples.  We begin by making an announcement that this is the "Anniversary Dance" and ask for just married couples to come onto the dance floor for the next slow song.  We then proceed with a "classic love ballad".  While the married couples are slow dancing we begin to eliminate couples by saying "If you have been married for 5 years or less please step to the side to continue your dance.  Then we follow with 10 years, 15 years etc, until we are left with just one couple left in the middle of the dance floor. 

TOSSES

Should you decide that you want to do the tosses, you can choose from the following options:

    • Candy Toss - This is great if you have a lot of children at your reception.  Sometimes brides and grooms choose age restrictions on the tosses.  One ideas is to separate the ages by tossing candy to the kids and doing the bouquet / garter tosses for the adults.
    • Traditional Way - We first call all the single ladies onto the dance floor for the bouquet toss.  We follow with the groom removing the garter and then he will be asked to toss the garter to all the single gentlemen.
    • Train Line - Instead of having us call out the single ladies and gentlemen, we play the train song and send the bride and groom out into the audience to escort all the eligible guests to the dance floor for the tosses.

BRIDE / FATHER - GROOM / MOTHER DANCES

This is a time when we pay tribute to the parents of the bride and groom, by playing a special song in their honor.  You can choose to do this in the following manner.

    • Combination dance - Both the bride and her father, and the groom and his mother can dance to the same song.
    • Separate Dances - The bride dances with her father, followed by the groom dancing with his mother to separate songs.

SPECIAL MEMORIES

Another great and personal touch we can add to your wedding celebration is a tribute to your parents when we conduct the parents dances.  The B&G provides us (Rock the House Entertainment) with a couple special memories you (The B&G) have remembered through your childhood.  We remind your parents these special memories when we bring the bride / father and or groom / mother out onto the dance floor for the parents dances.  Once we mention these messages we proceed by playing the song of your choice for the parents dances.  This is a great way to show how much your parents have meant to you.

BRIDAL DANCE - (AKA THE MONEY DANCE OR THE HONEYMOON DANCE)

You can choose from the following music for this event:

    • Traditional polkas.
    • Slow songs.
    • Slow songs and then fade into the traditional polka after everyone has gone through the line and danced with the bride and groom.

We will have all the guests form a circle around the bride and groom while we are doing the bridal dance.  After everyone has gone through the line we will ask the guests to form a tight circle around the bride.  As tradition goes, it will be the job of the groom to break through the circle and escort his beautiful bride out the door (We all know they will be right back for more of the party).

FAREWELL DANCE / ENDING

At the end of the reception we once again pay tribute to the newlyweds by asking them to come out on to the dance floor for one more slow set before we say goodnight.

                                                                                                                                    

 


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