A Family Affair

Mobile Music Entertainment

Wedding Planning Guide

Entertainment for the Reception & Dance
Tammy Neilan, Owner
Year of 2012

Planning guide for a Wedding Reception and/or Dance.

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Instructions for A Family Affair

Fill out and returned to A Family Affair no less than 2 weeks before your reception.

Is this a formal affair? (Tuxedo)_____________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No

Location and time of the wedding ceremony: ______________________________________________________________
Location and time of the wedding reception: _______________________________________________________________
Approximately how many guests do you expect? ______________
Name of the photographer? __________________________________________________________
Name of the videographer? ___________________________________________________________
Name of the caterer? _________________________________________________________________
What time is dinner to be served?

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Would you like introductions of the wedding party as they enter the reception? ( ) Yes ( ) No
If so please list them:
Bride's New Full Name: ________________________________________________________
Grooms Full Name: ____________________________________________________________
How do you want to be announced? _________________________________________________
Parents of the bride _________________________________________________________________________________
Parents of the groom________________________________________________________________________________
Grandparents of the bride___________________________________________________________________________
Grandparents of the Groom_________________________________________________________________________
Maid or Matron of Honor ___________________________________________________________
Best Man_________________________________________________________
Flower Girl________________________________________ Ring Bearer______________________________________
Flower Girl________________________________________ Flower girl________________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________
Bride's Maid _____________________________________ Groomsman______________________________________

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Are you having a receiving line at the reception? ( ) Yes ( ) No

Would you like to do the bride and groom's first dance upon being introduced ( ) Yes ( ) No
Would you like to do the bride and groom's first dance after the cutting of the cake? ( ) Yes ( ) No
Will there be a Prayer/Blessing? ( ) Yes ( ) No by ______________________________
Name of the person giving the toast _________________________ is he the best man? ________
Will there be others? ( ) Yes ( ) No If so, who? _____________________________
Dinner Music
( ) Light Jazz ( ) Easy Background ( ) Love Songs ( ) Other___________________
Would you like me to announce that during dinner, instead of clinking the glasses to get the bride and groom to
kiss we request that the people from that table stand and sing a song with the word "LOVE" in it? ( ) Yes ( ) No
Will you be giving away the centerpiece(s)? ( ) Yes ( ) No
If So:
Would you like your DJ host to coordinate this? ( ) Yes ( ) No
Would you like to make a game of it by choosing the winner from each table who is?
A. The one whose birthday is nearest the wedding date ( ) Yes ( ) No
B. Passing a dollar around the table and when the music stops the last one holding the dollar wins the
centerpiece? ( ) Yes ( ) No
C. The people who traveled the farthest? ( ) Yes ( ) No
D. Your suggestion_________________________________________________________________
Music during the reception
Cutting of the Cake_______________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Cake served for dessert____________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Some other background music______________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Bride/Groom First Dance ___________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Your song request ____________________________________ Artist __________________________
Wedding party to join in halfway through the dance_________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Everyone to join in halfway through the dance_______________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Separate wedding party dance ( ) Yes ( ) No
Song request _________________________________________ Artist _________________________
Bride to dance with father or other ( ) Yes ( ) No
Song request __________________________________________ Artist _________________________
Groom to dance with mother or other ( ) Yes ( ) No
Song request _______________________ Artist_ __________________________________________
Other special dance________________________________________________________________
Song request_________________________________________________ Artist_________________________________________
Are there types of music that you do not want played? _______________________________________________________

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Other Events/Activities
Removal of the garter _______________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Throwing of the bouquet _____________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Throwing of the garter ________________________________________________________________ ( ) Yes ( ) No
Snowball Dance ( ) Yes ( ) No
This is great way to get all your guests onto the dance floor. Heres how it works... The wedding party is called onto
the dance floor and a song is played (The song is a fast song) and the wedding party begins dancing. Now, when
the DJ says Snowball! each person will go into the audience and bring back a different dance partner to the
dance floor. Then, when everyone comes back to the dance floor, the dancing begins again. This cycle continues
until the dance floor is full. This dance is usually done at the beginning of the open dancing.
Optional Specialty Dances
Please choose any dances that you would like to have.
Chicken Dance Hokey Pokey Cha-Cha Slide Cupid Shuffle Down South Shuffle Electric Slide
Macarena YMCA
Other Events _______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Dollar Dance ( ) Yes ( ) No
Song request _________________________________________________ Artist_________________________________________
We ask the best man and maid of honor to accept the cash as people approach the bride or groom to dance.
Last Dance ( ) Yes ( ) No
Song request __________________________________________________ Artist________________________________________
Will the bride and groom be changing before the last dance? ( ) Yes ( ) No
Love Circle (Circle around the bride and groom during the last dance) ( ) Yes ( ) No
Changes in order of events __________________________________________________________________________________
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Notes to the DJ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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PLEASE RETURN THIS INFORMATION TO
Tammy Neilan
A Family Affair
421 N. Crawford Rd.
Vermillion, SD 57069

Or email to: afamilyaffairmobilemusic@gmail.com

Keep it until about two weeks before the wedding so that you can make changes to your plan.
RETURN IT AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT.