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Submitted By: Georgia String Ensemble
The ceremony music was beautiful! You floated down the aisle to the strains of Pachelbel's Canon, and said "I Do" to your gorgeous groom. Now you need to take photos, the guests are ready to party, but you would like to transition them smoothly from the elegant ceremony to the "rock the house" reception you have planned. But you would rather them wait to "rock the house" until you and the groom can show up and start with the first dance. Come to think of it, the guests would really like to talk and mingle and make comments to one another about how lovely everything was and how long it has been since they have seen one another. This may be a little harder to do once the DJ has the sound system at full volume. So now what?
This is where the "cocktail hour" comes into play. While the bride and groom and family are taking photos, they can entertain the guests by having upscale, elegant, easy-listening type music played by a string quartet or small ensemble. A little Sinatra style, a few Italian love songs, a few Broadway classics from Cats or Phantom of the Opera will fit the bill nicely here. The guests can easily talk over the music of a string quartet, yet the mood will be transitioning from classic traditional to more contemporary, and the stage will be set for the DJ or band to take over when you are done with the photos and ready to be introduced.
How can I afford this "cocktail hour" entertainment? Ask the ceremony musicians how much their fees would increase to stay another hour. Since they are already there, I can just about guarantee you they will make a good deal for you....as they would rather stay another hour and make a little more money rather than run to another gig across town and spend an hour in trafffic to get there. It certainly will not doulble the fee you are already spending on the ceremony.
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