What should I include?
It is customary to include your names, the wedding date and the location of the venue. For each part of the ceremony you normally include the time, what is happening, who is performing it and what music might be being played.
For example:  10.30 am Aisle Entrance.....music Perfect by Ed Sheeran.
For a church wedding it is usual to include the words to any hymns which guests might be required to sing along to.
You may also wish to include the names of the Bridal Party and any Family Members.
At the end of the order of service you might also want to say a special thank you to those who helped you organise the wedding, or note that you want an Unplugged ceremony. (No photos of wedding ceremony to appear on social media during the ceremony).

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EXPERIENCE AND LENGTH OF TIME IN BUSINESS@
WEDDING DJ FIFE along with our sister company STRAIGHTSHOOTER DISCOS have been in business since 1977 during which time we have provided discos and entertainment for thousands of wedding receptions. Yet we still treat each one individually.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF DJS?
All of our team of djs have at least 15 years experience individually and all have an extensive knowledge of different types of music along with a range of hosting skills.

PRICING?
Prices for all types of functions are dependant upon a variety of factors, such as date of function, type of function, what times do you want the disco to start and finish, distance traveled to venue, other services being used such as, Mood Lighting, Candy Carts, Dancing on Clouds, Led LOVE letters, .

Will your chosen entertainment be willing to meet with you pre event to discuss your needs and requirements with you? We offer pre event meetings with bride and grooms to discuss how we can help to make your big day more memorable.

REPUTATION OF COMPANY?

We have gained an exceptional reputation for our professionalism, personal service, quality and reliability both with function managers/coordinators and with individual clients, who return to us time and time again on a regular basis because of the above facts.

QUALITY AND LOOK OF EQUIPMENT?
In line with the ever changing tastes of todays clientele, we are continually introducing new ideas, new services and new equipment. We use high quality sound and lighting equipment and all our equipment is maintained to a high standard. we are fully PAT tested and we carry full Public liability insurance.

With a large array of equipment we can offer different looks to suit different occasions.

1.  SET A DATE AND CHOOSE YOUR VENUE.
One of the first things you have to do when planning your wedding is to set a date and then choose a venue or venues.
One of the best bits about planning your wedding is you get to look around some amazing venues. remember that you may not always get the venue that you had your heart set on so be flexible and have a few alternative choices as ell.

2.   GET INSPIRED
Start by thinking about all the other weddings you have been to....What did you like about them?...What did you not like about them?...What would you change?
Remember its your day and it can be anything you want it to be. Use websites like Pinterest for inspiration and ideas. Attend Wedding Fayres and meet wedding suppliers that are in your local area and from further afield.
Create a scrapbook for all your ideas which you can refer back to as you plan.

3.   BOOK YOUR WEDDING SUPPLIERS.
Now that you've set the date and booked the venue you'll need to start booking suppliers who will help you realise your vision. The average couple uses between 13 - 15 suppliers, so its important to start booking them as early as possible. Entertainment and Photography are among those who get booked up well in advance, so if you have a favoured supplier for these, you should get them booked up as early as possible.
Make sure that any suppliers that you do choose, supply you with a written contract. Check their websites and social media pages to see what kind of reviews they've been getting and what services they can supply.

4.   PLAN YOUR BUDGET.
With so many options for entertainment, wedding decor, photographers, videographers, cakes and dresses, it is so easy to overspend. Set yourself a budget as soon as possible and keep referring back to it during the planning process. Get several quotes from different suppliers to compare prices and services.
Don't always base your final choices  purely on price alone.

5.   CREATE YOUR GUEST LIST.
Before booking your venue, take into account the number of guests you would to be with you on your big day.
Nothing worse than choosing the perfect venue and then realising that its either too big or too small for the number of guests you want to invite. deciding who to invite or who not to invite is not an easy task. Our advice would be to set up some rules beforehand and stick to them. For example, if they are not related to you and you've not spoken to them in several years, do you really need to invite them?

Incidentally these basics can be applied to any type of celebration. Happy planning.
 
 

CELEBRATE IN A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION.

A wedding that is planned at speed does not have to be basic and unappealing. Get creative with your venue, think romantic rooftop wedding, think amazing garden weddings. Use decor and props to create the magical atmosphere that you want. No matter how small your wedding, you deserve a day that looks fantastic that you and your guests will remember.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS.
Organising a smaller wedding on a shorter timescale means that you have to be more attentive to the essential details, such as food, decorations, drinks, entertainment. Taking time to quality check these details is key to having the perfect day, no matter how quickly you organised it.

If planning a small wedding on a short timescale has you feeling a little stressed then don't be afraid to ask for help.
Lean on your family and close friends, they will want to ensure that your day is as big a success as you do. Let them help  

Book Suppliers.
With so many weddings being postponed from 2020 to 2021  or 2022, many suppliers have already been booked to cover all the postponed dates from 2020, so if you have any suppliers that you really want to have for your big day then you should get them booked as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Whilst you may not be able to meet them in person, you could give them a call or arrange a video meeting.

DIY.
Check out Pinterest and Instagram for inspiration. You could save yourself some money b if you get creative and make your own centrepieces, invitations, favours, place cards....the list goes on and on.

Take care of yourself.
There's no getting away from the fact that planning your wedding is both a stressful and difficult time, but remember to take time for yourself and enjoy your planning.
Stay positive and look forward to what is going to be the best day of your life regardless of what changes you may have to make along the way.

2.    Kings of Leon              Sex on fire

3.    Bon Jovi                     Living on a prayer

4.    Abba                         Dancing queen

5.    Beyonce                    Single ladies

6.    Mark Ronson              Uptown funk

7.    Bryan Adams             Summer of '69

8.    TTF                           New emotion

9.    Deacon Blue              Real gone kid

10.  Killers                        Mr Brightside

11.  Michael Jackson          Billie Jean

12.  Daniel Boone              Beautiful Sunday  (the Slosh)

13.  Van Morrison              Brown eyed girl

14.  Ike & Tina Turner        Proud Mary

15.  Artemesia                  Bits 'n' pieces

16.  Amy Winehouse         Valerie

17.  B - 52's                     love shack

18.  Rod Stewart              Maggie May

19.  Pharrell Williams        Happy

20.  Whitney Houston        I wanna dance with somebody

1.    Deacon Blue           Real gone kid

2.    Rick Astley             Never gonna give you up

3.    Tiffany                   I think we're alone now

4.    Wham                    Wake me up before you go go

5.    Whitney Houston     I wanna dance with somebody

6.    Human League        Dont you want me

7.    Kelly Marie             Feels like I'm in love

8.    Bon Jovi                 Livin' on a prayer

9.    Communards          Don't leave me this way

10.  Phil Collins             You can't hurry love

11.  dead or Alive          You spin me round

12.  Lionel Richie           Dancing on the ceiling

13.  The Jam                 Town called Malice

14.  Michael Jackson      Billie Jean

15.  Madness                 House of fun

16.  Weather Girls          Its raining men  

17.  Diana Ross             Chain Reaction

18.  Erasure                  A little respect

19.  Yazz                       The only way is up

20.  Black Box               Ride on time

2.    Candi Staton       Young hearts run free

3.    Queen                Don't stop me now

4.    Billy Ocean         Love really hurts without you

5.    Mud                  Tiger feet

6.    T. Rex                I love to boogie

7.    Bay City Rollers   Shang -a- lang

8.    Abba                  Mama mia

9.    van Morrison      Brown eyed girl

10.  Rod Stewart        Maggie May

11.  Earth Wind & Fire  Boogie Wonderland

12.  Roxy Music          Let's stick together

13.  Bee Gees            Night fever

14.  Bee Gees            Stayin' alive

15.  Trampps              Disco inferno

16.  Ike & Tina Turner  Proud Mary

17.  Village people      Y.M.C.A.

18.  Wild Cherry         Play that funky music

19.  Daniel Boone       Beautiful Sunday  (The Slosh)

20.  Abba                   Dancing Queen

Chuck E's in love...................Rickie Lee Jones

Daniel...................................Elton John

Ooh la la...............................Faces

Lay Down Sally......................Eric Clapton

Rocket Man...........................Elton John

You're so rude.......................Faces

You make loving fun..............Fleetwood Mac

Everywhere..........................Fleetwood Mac

Tiny Dancer..........................Elton John

Sultans of swing....................Dire Straits

Little Sister...........................Ry Cooder

Get Rhythmn........................Ry Cooder

Dreamer..............................Supertramp

Every picture tells a story......Rod Stewart

We are frequently asked to perform at wedding receptions until 1.00 am. Quite often this is a last minute change of plans, suggested by function co-ordinators at your final meeting, as the original booking was until midnight.

Having been in the wedding industry for 42 years in our opinion it is not a good idea to extend your finishing times after all your invites have been sent out. In fact we try to encourage our clients not to have a 1.00 am finish from the outset.

Why finish at midnight??

Firstly many of your guests including yourselves and the bridal party will have been up since early morning getting ready for the big day. Many of your guests will have travelled quite a long distance either by driving themselves or by arriving by coaches laid on by the bride and groom. Depending upon where your guests are coming from and where the pick up points are for the coaches some of your guests could have been on the coaches for several hours.

Guests of a certain generation may find it difficult to envisage staying on until the early hours of the following day and will tend to leave around 10.30 to ensure that they get home safely. Other guests may have young children with them who will start to tire or have babysitters at home which means that they will dwindle away as well in order to let the babysitter home for a reasonable hour.

Depending upon your location it may be quite difficult for guests to get taxis home after midnight, not forgetting the extra costs involved when booking taxis after midnight.

If you are having your wedding ceremony, your wedding meal and your evening reception all in the same venue, this can become slightly claustrophobic for many people as they will have been there for anything up to 12 - 13 hours. Alternatively if you are getting married elsewhere such as a church or a registry office this will mean adding in extra travel for you and your guests.

Bare in mind also that if you are providing coaches for your guests and you finish at 1.00 am the last person may not get off that coach for another couple of hours depending upon how far the coaches have to travel.

It is better to finish your night on a "high" with as many of your guests as possible still with you than to add on an extra hour and watch your numbers drop, sometimes into single figures.

From the point of view of the couple's future memories, this is of paramount importance.

Some venues will try to encourage a late finish in an attempt to try to sell more alcohol, but the wise venues realise that this doesn't actually happen as most people who attend receptions/functions will only have a certain amount of money with them and when it runs out, it runs out, so guests will sit with one drink for the last hour.

From an entertainers point of view, we could charge extra for that extra hour and in fact many bands will charge double their hourly rate per member of the band which can add quite a substantial amount to your bill. However we would rather finish with as many people as possible and give you an ending to your night to remember.

Doubtlessly, it will have been the best day of your life. Allow us to help ensure that the best memories last longest.

Dancing on Clouds

Make your wedding magical. Something that your guests will be talking about for months to come, with our Dancing on Clouds wedding first dance option.

You can have that fairy tale setting as you perform your first dance together as husband and wife. Dancing on Clouds is a stunning visual effect that will create long lasting memories. The first dance is an immensely special moment and is much anticipated by your guests.

Your dancefloor will be instantly transformed with a beautiful sea of cloud which will create that magical look that will add the "WOW" factor to your first dance.

You can even add colour to your clouds by adding our Mood Lighting.

For further details contact us on email  info@weddingdjfife.co.uk 

1.    As the host it is very much your place to welcome everyone, hoping that they have enjoyed themselves so far with more to come.

2.    Welcome the grooms family and friends. It is generally understood that the brides family provide the hospitality,  even if the actual costs are shred.

3.    Welcome the groom into your family, recount a funny story about the courtship or when you first met the groom. Give him your support.

4.    the most important part of your speech is your account of your daughter growing up and her transformation from a baby to a beautiful woman who is about to leave your fold and embark on the journey into married life.

5.    You may wish to give some advice to your daughter and her new husband, how to handle her, her likes and dislikes and anything you think of that makes for a long and happy marriage.

6.    Finish by making the formal toast along the lines of   "Family and friends please be upstanding and join me in raising your glasses to...(names)..., the bride and groom.

      Sit down and enjoy the rest of the day.

Toasts and Speeches are often regarded as a great source of worry to the people who are called upon to make them, but it is a great honour to propose a toast or make a speech at a wedding and with a little bit of planning a great deal of satisfaction can be derived from the occasion.

A few basic rules.

1.    Dont leave the preparation of your speech to the last minute.

2.    If you dont bother to put much effort into your speech, you wont get much out of it.

3.    have the main points written down on paper or card, number the pages, write in large letters so that you can read them from the table while you are standing up.

4.    Always use your own words as it makes it so much easier to memorise your speech.

5.    Practice your speech before the day. This can be done with a friend who may offer some help or advice or by standing in front of a mirror when you have the house to yourself.

SPEECH GUIDELINES FOR THE GROOM.

1.    Always start with "My wife and I"  or  "On behalf of my wife and I", I would like to thank (brides fathers name) for his kind words.

2.    Thank everyone for sharing the day with you.

3.    Thank the member of the clergy/humanist/celebrant for the lovely service.

4.    Give a special mention to guests who have traveled a long way to be there, mention them by name.

5.    A special mention should also be given to absent friends, who may live to far away, or are perhaps ill, or no longer with us. End with  "our thoughts are with them as theirs I'm sure are with us".

6.    Thank everyone for their gifts, if you wish make special mention of large expensive or sentimental gifts. refer to the gifter by name.

7.    If the wedding cake has been made by someone attending the wedding it is usual to thank them by name.

8.    Thank your parents for the guidance, love, support, encouragement and for always being there when you've needed them throughout your life. Thank them for welcoming your new wife to the family and conclude lightheartedly by saying something like "most of all thank you for putting up with me for the last (number of years)."

9.    Now thank your wife's parents for the arrangements they have made and for welcoming you into their home as a member of the family. Now is a good time to present bouquets and gifts.

10.  Address your wife at this point. Tell her how beautiful she is, how happy she makes you and tell her that you will strive to build an excellent future together, be as sentimental as you like at this point.

11.   Thank the ushers and page boys then devote a few minutes to the best man. Tell your guests how long you've been friends, mention an amusing incident and finish by thanking him for getting you to the church and for looking after you at the stag night.

12.   Finish your speech by proposing a formal toast to the bridesmaids along the following lines  "May I take this opportunity to thank the bridesmaids who I think everyone will agree look absolutely beautiful. My wife is very grateful for all the help you have given her, so please everyone be upstanding and raise your glasses to the bridesmaids."