General Wedding Itinerary:

Reception Doors Open:
- Band plays mid tempo music to bring guests in, this is important to establish a party atmosphere in the room.

Announcements:
- Provide announcements, in order, to band leader, hard names should be spelled out phonetically.
- If you will have your own Master of Ceremonies doing your announcements, there will be a wireless
microphone available for them to use.
- Grandparents, parents, bridal party and bride and groom can all be announced into room
or just the bride and groom, there is not a right or wrong way to do it, it is a personal preference.

First Dance:
- Going right into first dance from the announcement of bride and groom flows very smooth.

At this point there are some options:
- This is a good time for either parents dances, toasts, bride and groom and/or parents welcome speech.
- If you prefer to go right into dinner at this time any or all of the above can be done after dinner.
- If there will be a blessing it is typically done before any food is served.
- Be sure your catering mgr knows when the toasts will be given to ensure the guests have champagne.

Dinner:
- Soft easy listening music is played by the band while the first courses are served. If there is an
opportunity to play some mid tempo dance songs between courses, we do that
to get the guests up and moving. If it is a small group, there may not be enough time between
courses to have them dance. This is something we play by ear.
- Band breaks over main entrée and a light meal is provided for the band members, usually in a
separate break area.
- Pre-recorded light jazz music will be played during entrée. (unless you request specific music you
would like to hear.) We will play as many of your requests (songs the band does not play) during
break as possible.

Cake Cutting:
- Cutting the cake is normally done right after dinner. Especially if it will be served as dessert with coffee.
- After the cake, any special dances or speeches that were not made after First Dance should be done.

Dancing:
- Trying not to break the dance sets up with speeches is generally a good idea. Once the dance floor is
full we like the keep the dancing going for a nice set of songs before we slow things down. Plan on the first
dance set being about 20-30 minutes (or longer) before planning the bouquet toss or a speech.

Bouquet Toss and Garter:
- These are optional. You can do just the bouquet toss, both the garter and bouquet or neither.
- There is also a bouquet dance. All married couples are invited to the floor. We sit them down by
years of marriage. The couple married the longest gets the bouquet. It’s a nice way to honor your
grandparents or older friends and family.

Second Break:
- If the last set is longer than one hour and 30 minutes, the band will take a short second break.
- Break music will be played, but again we can play special requests that the band does not
have on our song list at this time. We will play as many of your requests that we have on our
break music collection or you can provide a CD or MP3 player with the music you would
like to hear.

Misc:
- Try to plan all of your special dances, etc. before your photographer / videographer is scheduled
to leave.

- The band will learn a special song request. One month advance notice is required.

- We generally try to keep it to one song per event.
- The song must be something a 5 pc band can play well, we don’t attempt to play songs with very
large orchestrations or opera…

- Keeping your special dances 2-2.5 minutes is a good idea, it seems a lot longer while you are out
on the dance floor.

- Give your catering mgr the bands phone # and visa versa so that we can go over any details directly.

- The bands hours are not extended due to delays or lengthy speeches.

- We can send you a copy of our song list upon request and feel free to highlight any of your favorites.
If there are a couple songs that you do not want to hear you can cross them out, but please
keep it to a minimum, as you can never be sure what your guests will respond to. We select our
songs the night of the event. There are no pre made set lists. Our job is to keep the party going and each
event is very dynamic. Having as much of our music to select from is vital to our performance.
We do our best to play to the crowd. Keep in mind our set list has songs for various types of events.
It is just a general idea of all the styles of music we can do.

- We don’t play the Chicken dance or Macarena, by request ONLY we can do Electric Slide or YMCA.
- If you don’t want them played even if a guest requests them, just let us know, they are not on our song list.

- You should mail your highlighted song list, a copy of your itinerary and announcements along with your final
payment so that we receive it at least 2 weeks prior to your wedding date. This ensures that we have
every thing we need well before the wedding date, in case there are any issues that need to be resolved.

- We are happy to answer any questions during your planning, so feel free to email or call with any questions
or info!

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