DJ Meeting & Wedding Decor

Today Daniel & I had our final meeting with the DJ before the wedding!  We decided on a wedding itinerary which will look something like this:

Wedding Itinerary - April 17, 2010

 

Pre-Ceremony

2 PM - bridal party arrives at Clark Gardens dressing room for hair & makeup

3 PM - vendors may arrive & begin setting up in ceremony/reception areas

 

Ceremony (starts at 7PM in Channel Garden):

Prelude (Air in Water Music)

Processional (Canon in D/Here Comes the Bride)

Handfasting Ceremony (solo by Grace Babcock - Come What May)

Recitation of Vows

Exchange of Rings

Pronouncement of Marriage

Butterfly Release

Recessional (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)

 

Reception:

7:30 PM - guests make their way to Rose Pavilion for cocktail hour; wedding party takes pictures

8:15 PM - grand entrance of wedding party

8:20 PM - first dance (All I Ask of You)

8:30 PM - dinner begins/pre-wedding video plays

9:15 PM - cake cutting & toasts

9:30 PM - father/daughter dance (Landslide), mother/son dance (You'll Be In My Heart), brides of the ages dance

10:45 PM - bouquet/garter toss

11:35 PM - song plays to wrap up the night; guests make their way outside of the pavilion for grand send-off; Daniel & I dance to our last song (What a Wonderful World)

11:45 PM - grand send-off

I'm happy with how everything is scheduled & can't wait to see how it all plays out. 

Daniel & I also went to Joann's fabric store & bought six 15 foot panels of white organza for the swag in the gazebo, as well as four 15 foot panels of white satin to hang in the ceremony area.  I have ordered some Christmas lights online (I couldn't find anywhere else to buy them this time of year!) to wrap around the gazebo.  I hope we got enough of everything & it looks good...

Another concern I'm having is the weather forecast for April 17.  Right now they're calling for showers pretty much all weekend :( I'm hoping so much that the weather is nice, or at least nice enough for us to still have the wedding outdoors.  Clark Gardens does have a white tent available as a back-up plan, but I will be so disappointed if we have to use it...