The facts about Wedding Photo-booth’s and Photo-booth Props

Many couples are choosing to have a Wedding Photo-booth for their Wedding Reception’s.    The great thing about a Photobooth is it doubles as a wedding favor and wedding guestbook.  The Photo-booth also gives your guests something to do during cocktail hour and if they have finished dinner sooner than other guests.   Consider the following if you are “up in the air” about your Photo-booth.  Try the Air-Booth Photo Kiosk from Move It Music!  The Air-Booth takes up almost no space and looks amazing!  Gone are the days of the confessional style “Photo Box!”  Brides put so much effort into their décor with wedding favors, wedding menu cards, floral centerpieces, matching cake toppers, bridesmaid’s dresses, beautiful table linens, reception chair ties, etc… why ruin all of this with a bulky Photo-booth when you can match your wedding reception motif with Move It Music DJ and Lighting’s Air-Booth, designed with wedding décor in mind. 

When we think Wedding Photo-booth props, we think of the classic mustache. (This is a must have for your wedding Photo-booth.)  Consider heart shaped chalk boards with chalk for writing messages, clip on bow ties, picture frames, white lace parasols with matching gloves and a white top hat.  Also try bunny ears and fake glasses.  Consider matching the Photo-booth props to the wedding reception colors.   Please inquiry within for more ideas about the Air-Booth Photo Kiosk and props for your Air-Booth by Move It Music DJ and Lighting.  

Planning the timeline with your DJ

Move It Music DJ and Lighting and your wedding day Timeline

 The Planning process for your Wedding Ceremony and Reception will take an entire year leading up to your wedding day.  It is of the utmost importance that your wedding day timeline be followed to the minute.  Move It Music DJ and Lighting’s brides and grooms are in the very best of hands when it comes to the execution of their wedding day timeline.   Our professional DJ’s and master of ceremonies ensure your timeline is followed by working closely with your wedding photographer, venue coordinator and wedding videographer.

 The first hour of your wedding reception is usually when the formal wedding photos are taken.  This time is crucial to the flow of your special event.  Your wedding caterer will have the food and beverages flowing, Move It Music DJ and Lighting will make sure the cocktail hour tone is set through our music and lighting and you photographer will be taking the formal photos.  During the transitional period from the cocktail hour to the reception, you can be sure that your Move It Music DJ is lining up the parents and bridal party in your pre planned order with no delay.   This is the time where your professional wedding DJ will advise the wedding attendants who will be giving wedding toasts and speeches where and when they will be standing and to make sure the maid of honor and best man have their speeches with them.  He will let the maid of honor know to take the bride’s bouquet if the bride and groom will be going right into their first dance.  No detail is left to chance. 

 Your DJ will execute the formal wedding introductions flawlessly, transition the introduction song into the first dance song with no awkward pauses and guide the wedding attendants to their seats immediately following the first dance.  The remainder of the formalities at your wedding reception will also be pre planned and are always designed with your style of meal in mind.  For instance at a cocktail reception wedding, the cake cutting may be introduced prior to a food station opening and the parent dances may lead into the tray passed hors ’d oeuvres.  If your style of meal is a plated dinner, the cake cutting may commence after you have visited guests at your wedding guests’ assigned tables and the parent dances may happen immediately after dinner to open up the dance floor.  There are in fact so many factors and formalities involved with planning and executing a wedding timeline that we require our brides and groom meet with their personal wedding DJ on two separate occasions to discuss the Wedding Day Timeline.

 The brides and grooms that book with Move It Music DJ and Lighting are guided through their wedding every step of the way.  Every moment is accounted for in the planning process of your wedding reception with Move It Music.   You are advised where to go, how to stand and when to move on to the next phase of the wedding.  All of this planning will ensure that you are doing the right thing and your guests are always engaged and having fun. 

Happy Wedding Planning Brides and Grooms!!!

Wedding Reception Introductions

Wedding Reception Introductions hand tailored by Move It Music® DJ and Lighting

 Your Wedding Reception Introductions do in fact "set the tone” and style of your wedding reception. 

 Consider the following when planning the order of who is to be introduced.  Grandparents of the bride almost always go first followed by the grandparents of the groom.   In most circumstances, grandparents are acknowledged from their guest tables as opposed to walking into the reception site as it is more comfortable for them.  The Parents of the bride are next to being introduced into your wedding reception. (Ask your Move It Music DJ for more information regarding the etiquette for divorced parents.)  Parents of the groom then follow the parents of the bride in the introduction order. Music for the Parents entrance should be fun while keeping the parents style in mind.

 Next should be the flower girl and the ring bearer.  Consider making a sign for these attendants to say “let’s party” or “here comes the wedding party”.  It is also appropriate to omit the children from the introductions all together if they are very young.  Next, in the order of wedding introductions will be the bridal party.  The bridal party entrance can be with a new, different and even more upbeat song.  This adds to your guest’s anticipation of the bride and grooms entrance.   The order of the bridal party is usually consistent with the order of the processional at the wedding ceremony.  It is also suitable to have the bridal party be introduced with their dates if it is a small bridal party.  The introduction song for the bridal party should be upbeat and high-energy; however it should not include too many words to avoid competing with your Move It Music professional wedding DJ.
 Now for the moment all of your guests have been waiting for, the BRIDE and GROOM! Consider a separate song for your introduction.  Your introductions have already set the tone for your wedding reception.  What happens after the bride and groom come into their reception will create the style of the wedding reception.  For example, if you enter your reception in a fun upbeat manor and go immediately into your first dance, your style is more formal.  If you enter your reception in a fun and upbeat manor, have the bridal party and guests join in for a fast dance set, your style lends itself to an informal reception.

 Remember, this is your wedding; the only right way to develop introductions is what makes you comfortable.  The above is simply a guideline for wedding reception introductions from Move It Music DJ and Lighting.

 We hope this helps you in the planning process for your wedding reception. Move It Music DJ’s have great suggestions for all wedding songs to include introduction music, first dance songs,  bride and father dances, groom and mother dances, anniversary dances, last dance songs, and many more. 

DJ Jimmie Espo, the owner of Move It Music® DJ and Lighting, has been a successful Boston DJ for over 20 years.