I first met Jake and Liz at a wedding fair at the same said venue and I was later fortunate enough to be awarded the opportunity to be London Wedding DJ. After our initial consultancy it became apparent that as well as Wedding DJ, mood lighting would be of great benefit to the venue as would the supply of a Mobile PA for music and wireless microphones at the ceremony, drinks and canapes and wedding breakfast.
The event benefited from an delivery and set up of the equipment and I returned early evening to be their DJ. This was the scene Saturday lunchtime prior to the event with the booth pushed back and equipment stowed away nearby and the Mobile PA all ready for the ceremony in another room.
Upon my return Saturday evening, and after a short wait for the end of the speeches the news at the time of room turnaround was that there was no electricity! The news doesn't come much worse than that. Upon closer inspection we established that the majority of the room was without power but we were able to run extensions from a far away plug. And so while a lot of the moodlighting wasn't working the music went ahead and after a brief warm up the Cake Cutting and First Dance swiftly followed.
After the First Dance, and a further slow one, we went into dancing and the dance floor action continued unabated all night. Jake and Liz, plus their guests had made some great requests which were enthusiastically received. One guest informed me that Liz was the original Uptown Girl, a Cheltenham girl who had settled for a boy from Abbey Wood! Cue Billy Joel's same said track, suitably introduced of course which went down a storm.
The playlist for the evening was
Elbow - One Day Like This
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Culture Club - I Just Wanna Be Loved
Robert Palmer - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
First Dance and Other Slow Dance
The Beatles - Something
Eurythmics – Angel
Reception Party
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Mc Fadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Chic - Le Freak
The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Contours - Do You Love Me
Mavericks - Dance Night Away
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Prez Prado - Guaglione
Daft Punk (Radio Edit) feat. Pharrell - Get Lucky
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)
Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
Psy - Gangnam Style
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha - Timber
Beyoncé - Single Ladies
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It
Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We Found Love
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
Pato Banton feat. Robin & Ali Campbell - Baby Come Back
Snow - Informer
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Pharrell Williams - Happy
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
House of Pain - Jump Around
Beyoncé - Crazy In Love
Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Coolio feat. LV - Gangsta's Paradise
Pulp - Common People
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Britney Spears - Toxic
Outkast - Hey Ya!
N-Trance - Set You Free
Reef - Place Your Hands
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Song 2
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger