With little time to recover from the previous nights wedding disco at Coombe Lodge, it was off to the Bleadon Suite of the Webbington Hotel in Somerset for Emma and Mike’s Wedding reception.
It was August last year when I last DJ’ed here and it still remains the best venue for equipment access I’ve ever been to – naturally this isn’t important knowledge for most potential Bride’s and Groom’s but it had to be said nonetheless!
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| My 2013 set-up at The Webbington |
I’d visited Emma and Mike at their home several months before and we’d discussed their individual musical tastes at length. Whilst Emma liked her dance music Mike was more of a rocker, however they both loved their 90’s Garage – or ‘Kisstory’.
With a wide selection of age groups at the evening do (as always) it was important to cover all bases. However after the first dance it was proving difficult to get the rest of the guests up and dancing. After trying for some time I realised that they were just waiting for the buffet to start at 9pm – and I was right, they were quick off the blocks as soon as I made the announcement. Whilst everyone was eating I turned the music down and slowly built up the pace again as they were finishing, by 10pm the dance floor was full, although that meant that we only had two hours of dancing left!
Still, in those two hours we had a great time and covered many genres of music – including a small garage set that went down really well. But don’t just take my word for it, here is a message I received from Emma a few days afterwards:
Myself and Mike just want to thank you on such a fantastic job you did we really enjoyed the whole evening and loved the music you played. So thanks again.
Kind regards, Emma and Mike
20:15 : Craig David – Unbelievable
20:18 : Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
20:22 : The Monkees – I’m A Believer
20:24 : Small Faces – Sha La La La Lee
20:27 : Christina Aguilera – Candyman
20:30 : Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
20:33 : Frankie Valli & The Four Seas – December ’63 (Oh What A Night)
20:36 : Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
20:40 : Plan B – She Said
20:43 : Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
20:46 : Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – Troublemaker
20:49 : Jessie J – Domino
20:53 : Katy Perry – Last Friday Night
20:57 : The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
21:01 : DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime
21:05 : Rod Stewart – Maggie May
21:10 : Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
21:13 : The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
21:16 : AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
21:19 : KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
21:24 : Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It
21:25 : Van McCoy – The Hustle
21:32 : Bad Manners – Special Brew
21:35 : Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
21:40 : Bad Manners – Special Brew
21:43 : Mark Morrison – Return Of The Mack
21:45 : Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
21:50 : Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
21:53 : Rick James – Super Freak
21:56 : Abba – Dancing queen
22:00 : Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
22:05 : Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
22:08 : B52’s – Love Shack
22:12 : Villiage People – YMCA
22:16 : The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
22:20 : Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen
22:24 : Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
22:27 : Madness – Baggy Trousers
22:29 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
22:32 : Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
22:35 : Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
22:38 : Nicki Minaj – Starships
22:42 : Yolanda Be Cool – We No Speak Americano
22:43 : DJ Luck & MC Neat – A Little Bit Of Luck
22:47 : DJ Pied Piper & The Masters of Ceremonies – Do You Really Like It?
22:50 : Craig David – Rewind [Feat. Artful Dodger]
22:52 : Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
22:53 : Shabba Ranks featuring Chevelle Franklin – Mr. Loverman
22:59 : Flo Rida – Low (Feat. T-Pain)
23:03 : House Of Pain – Jump Around
23:06 : Five – Everybody Get Up
23:09 : Spice Girls – Wannabe
23:12 : S Club 7 – Reach
23:16 : Steps – Tragedy
23:20 : Take That – Could It Be Magic
23:23 : Pato Banton And The Reggae Revolution With Ali & Robin Campbell – Baby Come Back
23:25 : Rudimental – Feel The Love (feat. John Newman)
23:27 : The Killers – Mr Brightside
23:30 : Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
23:34 : The Proclaimers – The Proclaimers – 500 Miles
23:37 : UB40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
23:40 : Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
23:44 : Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69
23:47 : Rudimental – Feel The Love (feat. John Newman)
23:51 : Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
23:53 : Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
00:00 : Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
