Who wants their wedding to be just like everyone else’s? If your answer is, “Not me!” – then here is a real neat idea that you may have not seen before. How about shaking up your ceremony seating? Instead of the typical straight row layout for your chairs, remove the element of what everyone expects. Put your own “spin” on your wedding ceremony!
You can still have a beautiful traditional wedding ceremony, yet be creative with your seating at the same time. Sitting your guests in a completely different arrangement than they are used to sets the mood for the rest of the night.
Spin your guests head and set a fun and unique tone!
Surround yourself with family & friends with this fun formation
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WITH SPIRAL / CIRCULAR SEATING
1) WEDDING PARTY POSITIONING: Think about where your bridesmaids and groomsmen will stand and in what formation. In some seating arrangements, there may not be room for all your attendants to stand alongside you and your groom. Worry not as they can always be seated, instead.
2) FUN GUEST CONFUSION: Guests are accustomed to facing forward and know exactly where the couple will be positioned. Alternative layouts may leave guests guessing where the best seats are!
3) USHER ROLES: Once guests arrive, you don’t want them to be confused or hesitant to sit because they’re not used to the seating layout. Whether you have ushers directing guests or signage explaining the set-up, make sure you communicate to guests what your expectations are for them.
Choose alternatives to the spiral idea!
4) PICTURES: Whenever planning a location for your wedding, always think background. It is important to pay attention to what is behind you as your backdrop for your ceremony photos. Consider where your photographer will be positioned to get the best shots and what you’ll likely see in the background in those images.
5) SOUND: How tight or loose your spiral is will affect how well people hear the wedding officiant. If you want everyone to hear what’s being said, think about how far away the furthest guest is to be seated from the action.
6) WHERE IS YOUR AISLE? You’ll need to figure out the best place to position your walkway; one that makes the most sense for the ceremony. Angling your wedding party to enter the wedding ceremony may need to be strategic.
7) ALTERNATIVE SHAPES: These could include horseshoes, complete circles, or squaring off the edges of circular seating arrangements.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR OWN SPIRAL WEDDING CEREMONY:
Honestly, there is only one thing you really need to think about when putting your guest seating chart together… KEEP THE OLD PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE DJ!!!
God bless them, but they hate loud music.
Shelter Elderly Wedding Guests from The Evil DJ!
That is ironic, you might say, as these are the same people who can’t hear well, often due to age. However, it never seems to fail. Those who can’t hear well, will be the same people to ask the DJ to turn down to an inaudible level, all night long. Then, people in the back of the hall will ask the DJ to turn up the volume. What can you do?
Don’t let this problem ruin the party! Just sit the elderly wedding guest as away from the DJ table, as best you can!
Are you a bride or a groom and thinking about doing a sports themed wedding? DO you want to make your guests feel at home at your reception by giving their team a shout out? If you answered yes to either of these questions, here is a neat little idea for you!
GIVE EACH WEDDING TABLE A TEAM THEME
What a simple great idea. Make every table represent one team of the sport of your choice. Put a postcard with the stadium that the team plays at. For the place cards, add a team pennant to direct them to their table, which is also the stadium the team plays at.
Most couples who are getting married want music that means something to them. No matter what the time frame was during their formative years, most brides getting married today have a boy band in the history of their formative years.
BOY BAND BY DEFINITION – is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation.
Being put together as a true “vocal group” with a target audience of young girls and Top 40 radio play, most boy band members do not play musical instruments (or at least did not until being heckled into doing so later in life.) Most boy bands, however, focus on dancing as well as singing, usually giving highly choreographed performances.
60’s singing sensation The Gert Jonnys didn’t quite make the cut to our list.
BOY BAND LIST ORGANIZED BY DECADES
A good host not only tries to create a party that reflects their best interests, but is also one who thinks about the people around them; their guests. Before selecting any music for your wedding, you really need to think about who your guests are. That means you should ask yourself a few questions…
Do you have more 80s, 90s, or Y2K people attending your party? What old boy band selections may be wonderful and fantastic for all attending? Not sure which boy bands came when and which would be the best for your audience?
Here is a general chronological boy band breakdown by decades:
1960s –The Osmonds, The Jackson 5, The Beatles, and The Monkees 1970s and 1980s – Menudo, New Edition, and New Kids on the Block 1990s – Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys, and ‘N Sync 2000s – Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Jonas Brothers, Super Junior and F4 2010s – NKOTBSB, Big Time Rush, One Direction, The Wanted, and the cheesy comebacks of 1990s-early 2000s “has-been” boy bands
TOP 150 BOY BAND SONG LIST OF ALL TIME
Most bubblegum boy bands are known for their beautiful love songs. They are also known during their peak for being awful and annoying. Never-the-less, most of these bubblegum tunes are the ones that stick with us (and haunt us as earworms) for the rest of our lives.
By the fall of 2013, here is a comprehensive look at the main radio hits of most of the boy bands to date….
112 – Cupid 112 – Only You-Bad Boy Remix 112 – Peaches & Cream 2gether – The Hardest Part About Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff) 3T – Anything 98º – 98 Degrees – Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) 98º – 98 Degrees – I Do (Cherish You) 98º – 98 Degrees – Invisible Man 98º – 98 Degrees – My Everything 98º – 98 Degrees – The Hardest Thing All 4 One – I Swear All-4-One – I Can Love You Like That Az Yet – Hard To Say I’m Sorry (featuring Peter Cetera) Az Yet – Last Night Backstreet Boys – All I Have To Give Backstreet Boys – As Long As You Love Me Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way Backstreet Boys – I’ll Never Break Your Heart Backstreet Boys – If You Want To Be A Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy) Backstreet Boys – Larger Than Life Backstreet Boys – Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) Backstreet Boys – Shape Of My Heart Backstreet Boys – Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely Backstreet Boys – The Call Backstreet Boys – We’ve Got It Goin’ On Blackstreet – Before I Let You Go Blackstreet – Don’t Leave Me Blackstreet – No Diggity Boyz II Men – 4 Seasons Of Loneliness Boyz II Men – End Of The Road Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love To You Boyz II Men – In The Still Of The Nite (I’ll Remember) Boyz II Men – It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men – Motownphilly Boyz II Men – On Bended Knee Boyz II Men – Water Runs Dry Boyz II Men – Yesterday Crazy Town – Butterfly Dru Hill – How Deep Is Your Love Dru Hill – In My Bed Dru Hill – Never Make A Promise Dru Hill – Tell Me Dru Hill – These Are The Times Evan And Jaron – Crazy For This Girl Foxy Brown – Get Me Home Hanson – A Minute Without You Hanson – I Will Come To You Hanson – MMMBop Hanson – Speechless Hanson – This Time Around Hanson – Where’s The Love Imajin – Shorty (You Keep Playin’ With My Mind) Immature – Never Lie Immature – Please Don’t Go Immature – Watch Me Do My Thing Immature – We Got It Jackson 5 – ABC Jackson 5 – I Want You Back Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson 5 – The Love You Save Jackson 5 – Who’s Loving You Jodeci – Come And Talk To Me Remix Jodeci – Cry For You Jodeci – Freek’n You Jodeci – Lately Jonas Brothers – S.O.S. LFO – Every Other Time LFO – Summer Girls Lifehouse – Hanging By A Moment Lyte Funkie Ones – Girl On TV Lyte Funkie Ones – Summer Girls Menudo – Hold Me N Sync – (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You N Sync – Bye Bye Bye N Sync – Digital Get Down N Sync – For The Girl Who Has Everything N Sync – Giddy Up N Sync – Girlfriend N Sync – Gone N Sync – Here We Go N Sync – I Just Wanna Be With You N Sync – I Thought She Knew N Sync – I Want You Back N Sync – I’ll Be Good For You N Sync – It Makes Me Ill N Sync – It’s Gonna Be Me N Sync – No Strings Attached N Sync – Tearin’ Up My Heart N Sync – That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You N Sync – Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy) N Sync – This I Promise You N Sync – Up Against The Wall New Edition – Cool It Now New Edition – I’m Still In Love With You New Edition – If It Isn’t Love New Edition – Popcorn Love New Kids On The Block – Hangin’ Tough New Kids On The Block – Step By Step New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff) No Authority – Can I Get Your Number – A Girl Like One Direction – Beggin On Your Knees One Direction – Best Song Ever One Direction – Just Can’t Let Her Go One Direction – Kiss You One Direction – Live While We’re Young One Direction – One Direction – Little Things One Direction – One Thing One Direction – One Thing One Direction – One Way Or Another One Direction – Over Again One Direction – Up All Night One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful O-Town – All Or Nothing Savage Garden – Crash And Burn Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You Savage Garden – I Want You Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply Soul For Real – Candy Rain Soul For Real – Every Little Thing I Do SoulDecision – Faded Take That – Back For Good – Radio Mix Take That – How Deep Is Your Love Take That – Promises Take That – Relight My Fire Take That – When We Were Young The Monkees – Al Little bit of me The Monkees – Daydream Believer The Monkees – I’m A Believer The Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville The Monkees – Mary, Mary The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday The Monkees – Stepping Stone The Monkees – Valleri The Osmonds – Double Lovin’ The Osmonds – Go Away Little Girl The Osmonds – Hey Girl The Osmonds – I Knew You When The Osmonds – One Bad Apple The Osmonds – Puppy Love” The Osmonds – Sweet and Innocent The Osmonds – Yo-Yo The Wanted – Glad You Came Voices of Theory – Say It Westlife – My Love
We at www.TheDJservice.com hope you enjoyed this horrible Top 150 Boyband music playlist of all time! (I personally hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I hated creating it.)
A FEW THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN PLANNING YOUR WEDDING
If you are ahead of the game, you already started planning in the fall. If not because you hiberating during the coldness of this winter, here are just a few things to think about upon the arrival of the wedding planning season crunch…
VENUES – When booking a hall/caterer, the most expensive part of your wedding can be scary. There are ways to save. Some halls like The Museum of Dance in Saratoga and Pruyn House of Latham allow you to select your own caterer. If you can book anyone, you can find deals, think outside the box, and even DIY bartender and save a ton!
INCLUDE YOUR DJ IN TIMING OF EVENTS – A good DJ who has done a bunch of weddings knows when things should happen. Another thing to think about when planning with venues/caterers is they really know food, but they don’t always include what is best for entertainment reasons into their agenda.
Case in point… THE CAKE. Sometimes the event organizer provided by the hall may push for the wedding cake to be cut and served immediately after dinner, this way they can “get it out of the way.” However, I have seen this be a disaster with some groups. The moment after the cake is cut, people bail and the hall is then empty for two more hours. The cake is a point of exit for many. Golden tips like this are often easily tapped when your DJ is consulted. Just ask!
PLAN EARLY – Make sure and give yourself at least 6 months ahead of time to book your entertainment and up to a year ahead for your venue.
HOT THIS YEAR – Last year was the photo booth. This year, wedding pops are predicted to be the new THING for this wedding season.
