POSITIVE ENERGY – SAN DIEGO WEDDING DJ BLOG

I was in Temecula tonight for a wedding in the Pinnacle Restaurant at the Falkner Winery. The ceremony was out in the vineyard which is a great setting for a wedding. The reception room has a nice unique half circle shape to it. Tonight’s wedding went really well. More dancing than expected (it is always hard to judge a group by just looking at them during dinner). Some personal touches included: A Jelly Bean “Wine Bar” – they had jelly bean recipes on how to make each type of wine. I did not get a chance to try it but I guess when you combine all the strange flavors together it really tastes like the wine you selected. Hard to believe… The name cards were placed on corks which went along with their wine theme. A funny surprise occurred during the first dance – a handful of guests brought score cards and were judges for the couples first dance. It really lightened the mood and took the pressure off of them (exactly what they wanted). It was great to once again work with their photographer Julia Williams. She always does an excellent job! Overall a very nice wedding (minus the Friday traffic getting there)!

Tonight’s wedding at the Rancho Bernardo Inn was one of the best in a while. The ceremony began down on the Aragon Lawn and then the reception moved back up to the Bernardo Ballroom. It is always nice to play for a larger group of about 200 people after a few smaller events. Interesting details included the custom koozies for everyone and the pink dotted cake. Dance floor was packed from start to finish. They went crazy tonight! We even had a guy jump up on the head table and start dancing, as well as, encouraging everyone to go nuts… I am sure the staff was thrilled.

It is always exciting when you do something new. This is the first time I have ever done a “surprise wedding”. All of the guests thought they were going to a nice Valentine’s Day lunch with family and friends at the Sheraton Harbor Island. Little did they know it was actually a wedding! It was great to see people’s faces when the bride walked out in her dress. Everyone was thrilled (because they had been together so long) but their jaws literally hit the floor. A truly nice touch was when the brides mother realized that the groom was wearing her husband’s tuxedo (he passed away a few years ago) that he got married in many years back. It fit without having any alterations to it! The ceremony was outside on the deck of their amazing top floor suite. Reception was held downstairs in the Shutters Room. No dancing was expected but they actually got down for a small group. It was a pleasure to work with Jerry Bryant again who performed the ceremony.