Despite what some people might think couples do get married at Christmas time. I have two weddings in December, scattered amongst the office parties. Here was the first, in a beautiful little pub in Hinton St George in Somerset. When I say little, I mean a perfect sized pub, but fill it with around 70 young adults, seriously out to party and it soon gets a little ‘busy’.
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| Somewhere in there the first dance is happening |
I was to play the first dance and then hand over my equipment (not something I do very easily) to two friends and work colleagues of the bride who wanted to do a 45 minutes DJ set, known as the Two Wrong Blondes.
Normally when I start a wedding reception disco I ease people in gently, warming them up with some soul, some funk and maybe a little disco. However the Two Wrong Blondes basically went from 0 – 60 in 30 seconds flat which worked a treat for the guests as everyone knew what to expect.
The pace was increased even more when the brides father joined in with his trumpet on Beyonce’s Crazy in Love. Bare in mind it’s about 8.15pm. ‘Follow that!’ I worried. Actually they’d done a brilliant job of getting everyone going and as there were no children and only half a dozen ‘non 20 – 30 somethings’ it was fine. I just wouldn’t advise it for most of the weddings I DJ. So on I went and things carried on in a similar vain until the ‘far too early to finish’ time of 11pm. An incredible night.
19:58 : Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
//////// Two Wrong Blonds DJ Set ////////
20:44 : Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Starting Something
20:47 : Robin S. – Show Me Love
20:50 : Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
20:53 : Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
20:57 : Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
21:01 : The Killers – Mr Brightside
21:04 : Strokes – Last Night
21:08 : Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
21:11 : Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69
21:14 : Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
21:17 : Mud – Tiger Feet
21:18 : James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
21:23 : The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
21:25 : The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
21:30 : New Order – Blue Monday ’88
21:31 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
21:33 : N-Trance – Set You Free
21:38 : SL2 – On A Ragga Tip
21:40 : MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
21:41 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
21:47 : Yolanda Be Cool – We No Speak Americano
21:49 : Nicki Minaj – Starships
21:52 : Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
21:53 : Frankie Valli & The Four Seas – December ’63 (Oh What A Night)
22:00 : Jam – A town called malice
22:03 : Madness – Baggy Trousers
22:05 : The Proclaimers – The Proclaimers – 500 Miles
22:08 : The Pogues Featuring The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
22:12 : Paolo Nutini – 10/10
22:14 : Bad Manners – Special Brew
22:18 : Dexy’s Midnight Runner – Come on Eileen
22:22 : Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
22:25 : Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
22:29 : Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
22:32 : Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean – Hips Don’t Lie
22:35 : Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
22:39 : Shaft – (Mucho Mambo) Sway
22:42 : Rihanna – We Found Love
22:45 : The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
22:48 : Katy Perry – Firework
22:50 : Wiley – Heatwave (feat. Ms D)
22:55 : S Club 7 – Reach
22:58 : The La’s – There She Goes
23:00 : Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
23:05 : The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
23:08 : The Beatles – Hey Jude
