My second wedding of the weekend was for Gemma and Liam at The Walled Garden in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
This secluded marquee venue sits alongside Beeston Golf Club and is the proverbial ‘hidden gem’.
The couple had a penchant for all things 80’s so I invited one of the best 80s DJ’s to help, Jason Johnson!
Gemma and Liam chose ‘Into You’ by Ashanti for their first dance and finished their celebrations with ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ by Oasis.
DJWD arrived at the the venue at 08.30AM to setup the equipment to compliment the venue and it’s existing equipment in addition to the Classic evening dj package.
The timeline for Gemma and Liam, The Walled Garden
| Time | Activity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Morning setup is available if required. | No client requirement to, but could be handy. |
| 18:00 | DJ Setup begins | No speakers required as there is an in-house ceiling mounted speaker system that we must use. |
| 19:00 | Live DJ set begins. | Working from request list and DJ’s discretion. |
| 19:25 | Father/Daughter dance | Gemma’s father has recently passed away. Please play ‘Dance with my Father’ by Luthor Vandross before the First Dance. DJ to announce the dedication along the lines of ‘The bride would now like to dedicate the first dance of this evening to her father, James, and would like her loved ones to dance with her just like her father would have loved to have done. Mum/June, would you like to come and dance with your daughter first?’ |
| 19:30 | First Dance | ‘Into you’ by Fabulous Feat. Ashanti Please introduce as ‘Gemma and Liam’ |
| 19:35 | Wedding Party Dance | ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’ – Four Tops. Bride would like to dedicate this to all of her family, everyone to get on the dance floor. |
| 23.55 | Last Dance | ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ – Oasis |
| 00.00 | All music off. |
We had a really eclectic guest list with different music tastes and of very different ages, and Wayne managed to get everyone up on the dance floor and dancing all night! I even managed to give myself a stitch at one point, I was dancing so much!
Gemma and Liam
The Walled Gardens, May 2022
| Client: Gemma Denley | Event Date: 21/05/2022 |
| Love It | ||||
| I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor | Arctic Monkeys | |||
| Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) | Backstreet Boys | |||
| No Diggity | Blackstreet | |||
| Call Me | Blondie | |||
| Beautiful People | Brown, Chris Feat. Benny Benassi | |||
| Please Mr. Postman | Carpenters | |||
| Do You Love Me | Contours | |||
| Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival / Tina Turner | |||
| Girls Just Want To Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper | |||
| Sultans Of Swing | Dire Straits | |||
| Saturday Night At The Movies | Drifters | |||
| Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran | |||
| Rio | Duran Duran | |||
| I’m Still Standing | Elton John | |||
| I Ran | Flock Of Seagulls | |||
| I Can’t Help Myself | Four Tops | |||
| I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Gaye, Marvin | |||
| This Old Heart Of Mine | Isley Brothers | |||
| ABC | Jackson 5 | |||
| Smooth Criminal | Jackson, Michael | |||
| Super Freak (Part 1) | James, Rick | |||
| Mr. Brightside | Killers | |||
| Naive | Kooks | |||
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | |||
| All Night Long | Lionel Richie | |||
| Mambo Number 5 | Lou Bega | |||
| Papa Don’t Preach | Madonna | |||
| Buffalo Soldier | Marley, Bob & The Wailers | |||
| Dancing In The Street | Martha & The Vandellas | |||
| Beat It | Michael Jackson | |||
| Edge Of Seventeen | Nicks, Stevie | |||
| Love Train | O’Jays | |||
| 1999 | Prince | |||
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Queen | |||
| Stop! In The Name Of Love | Ross, Diana & The Supremes | |||
| It’s Tricky | Run DMC | |||
| Don’t You Forget About Me | Simple Minds | |||
| We Are Family | Sister Sledge | |||
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder | |||
| My Girl | Temptations | |||
| Senorita | Timberlake, Justin | |||
| Shut Up And Dance | Walk The Moon | |||
| I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) | Whitney Houston | |||
| Dedication | ||||
| Into You | Fabolous Feat. Ashanti | First dance song for bride and groom | ||
| Reach Out I’ll Be There | Four Tops | Bride would like to dedicate this to all of her family, everyone to get on the dance floor | ||
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | For Freddie and Noah from the bride and groom | ||
| Stop Crying Your Heart Out | Oasis | To be played at the end of the night. From the groom to all our family. | ||
| Dance With My Father | Vandross, Luther | Brides father passed away last year. DJ to request people to dance with James’ daughter (the bride) | ||
