- In many cases, the gay wedding ceremony will be in the same place as the reception and the ceremony space will be flipped during cocktail hour to get ready for dinner. Setup of the DJ will need to happen either before the ceremony or quickly during cocktail hour. Setup for the band will have to happen during cocktail hour, with some light setup before the ceremony.
- Often, the DJ or band may be asked to play or perform ceremony music because the processional and recessional songs are frequently not your traditional classical pieces but rather fun pop songs.
- You should prepare yourself and offer your clients a list of pop songs you think would be suitable for a processional and a recessional.
- There probably won't be a large wedding party, if there is one at all, so in some cases for the DJ, this may require splicing a song or fading to fit a quicker processional time.
- The announcement and introductions will likely be just of the newlyweds, not their entire wedding party (because the wedding party is typically small, if there even is one).
- In many cases, there are no parent-child dances, and the only structured dance is the first dance.
- In most cases, there is no garter or bouquet toss.
- And in about 50% of my weddings, there isn't even a cake cutting.
- Above all, don't play "When a Man Loves a Woman".
I'll talk about music in another post - but in the meantime, have you noticed any trends related to the flow of gay weddings that may affect DJs or bands?
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