Reception Wreckers You Can Fix For Free, Seven and Eight!

Hi everyone!  I hope you've been paying attention here and learning some new things about how to plan a wedding!  This series on the top 10 reception wreckers you can fix for free has been very popular and a lot of couples in the midst of their wedding planning have been thanking me for the tips.  They are also complaining because I'm only posting 2 videos per week!  Well, only two more weeks to go and you'll know all ten of these issues.  So, for those of you planning a wedding and looking for some great wedding ideas, you'll love these suggestions...numbers seven and eight!

Number 7 is a biggie.  If you have dinner in one room, you'll have a hard time getting people to come dance even if you play the best wedding dance songs ever.  You might try some new wedding songs like California Gurls by Katy Perry, find that no one is dancing and think, "OMG.  I guess people don't want top 40 music!" 


The thing is, people really do.  They love wedding songs that are up to date and any wedding song suggestions I make in my wedding songs timeline planner will work if you don't have the above situation, that is dinner in one room, dancing in another.


Your wedding reception songs for dancing will work in a room where everyone is together, all night.  This is what you should shoot for. As you end your ceremony with one of my fun recessional songs suggestions, then play your upbeat cocktail hour wedding songs, you'll notice an energy building and that should lead people straight into a fun dinner and lots of dancing! Which brings me to number 8, the lights don't get dimmed for dancing.


You may think, "Whatever! This isn't that big of a deal."  Maybe not if your crowd is way outgoing and ready to par-tay, but if there's even the slightest hesitation for your guests to get on the dance floor, a bright room will only amplify their fear of everyone watching them dance.  During your wedding, you want it to be bright so everyone can see the parents and bridesmaids as they walk down to the ceremony processionals and especially the bride when she enter to the wedding march. 
Make sure your location understands that as soon as the special dances are over, dim those lights.  Actually, you can even tell them to dim the lights during the wedding party dance, that way, you can start inviting people to the dance floor immediately.


Thanks for watching.  I wish I had these tips when I was going to plan my wedding!  I had plenty of wedding songs and such but not a lot of guidance.  See you nest week for the final two reception wreckers!