Troy Grover Photographers
As dedicated as you may be to your yoga and meditation practice, on the day of your wedding it’s likely you’ll be a bundle of nerves instead of the picture of calm. Thoughts racing through your head could include: What if we lose the rings? What if the DJ doesn’t show up, or my mother-in-law and sister-in-law start fighting? I’m going to stop you right there! This is the one day where you need to surround yourself with wonderful professionals, family, and friends who are there to support you and take every worry off your hands. Check out the list below for three key wedding day players.
Ally Number One: Your Wedding Planne.: Here is one area where being thrifty should not be a consideration. There’s a reason you should hire a professional with many weddings under her belt to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. Why? She’s seen it all, and knows what to expect. Your wedding planner is indispensable, particularly on the big day. She’ll have a back-up plan for anything that could possibly go wrong, ensure that vendors are on time and where they need to be, and take care of smoothing any bumps in the road so that nothing is discernible to your guests, and more importantly, to you and your beau.
Ally Number Two: Your Bridesmaids & Maid of Honor. Want to know how to spot a true friend? Will she: come with you to the bathroom to help hold your gown up? Run interference between your divorced aunt and uncle? Tasks like these (and many more) will be the duty of the lovely ladies who you’ve chosen to stand beside you on your wedding day. Take it from me, you really don’t need any two-faced, Friends-only-on-Facebook type friends helping you out! An awesome bridesmaid is one who truly puts the bride and her needs before anything else. As a bridesmaid, I’ve been asked to run out to drugstores for blotting papers that the makeup artist forgot, distract a truly repugnant relative with charming stories so that he wouldn’t annoy the groom, set up after-party decor, carry the bride’s lipstick/dancing shoes/cellphone, and much more. I didn’t mind, because I was helping my very good friends have successful weddings. Please choose bridesmaids that have your best interests at heart!
Ally Number Three: Your DJ. Like choosing the right wedding planner, selecting the right DJ can make or break your wedding. The DJ needs to know all of your cues, which pre-selected songs you want played during cake-cutting, bouquet toss, entrances, etc., needs to know how to read your crowd and play the right songs for your demographic,and will be MCing and making all sorts of important announcements that let the guests know what is going on. Choosing the right DJ means that when the crowd is up on their feet and dancing like there is no tomorrow, the great-music-wave will continue and the festive spirit will build. The wrong DJ will do things such as: not pay attention to you and your fiance’s song preferences or requests (whose wedding is this anyway?!), interrupt a great song by mixing a completely different song with a different vibe or beat, thus dispersing the crowd, and shattering the atmosphere. The right DJ can alleviate all your fears and keep your party going all night long.
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