Portland Mobile DJ Performs In Oregon Wine Country

Published October 2, 2011 | By Rich Ellis

I know it may sound unbelievable, but in my 25 years as a mobile DJ, I have never been late for an event. It’s true! Have I cut it close a time or two? Well… sure, I am only human and getting stuck in traffic comes with the territory in this business. However, I have never missed starting the music at my scheduled start-time.

Sometimes though, the start-time ends up being sooner than expected by our clients. For example, most wedding receptions normally start one hour after the ceremony begins. This is estimated when you figure the average ceremony at about 30 minutes, the average ceremony starting about 10 minutes late and the average travel time from ceremony to reception at around 20 minutes.

For Emily and Luke’s wedding on October 1, 2011 at Elk Cove Vineyards in Gaston, Oregon, the reception was scheduled for 4:30pm. I arrived at 3:30pm to set-up and found that most guests were arriving at that time as well. I wasn’t late, but couldn’t help but feel like I was. Fortunately, I was able to get into the building and set-up quickly. I had the music playing just before my new start-time of 4pm.

The forecast called for rain late in the day, but didn’t start until right after the newlyweds made their grand entrance and were safely inside the reception hall. Shortly before the toasts were to be given, I noticed the cake had not arrived, so I went to check with the caterer. I learned there was a mishap and it fell to the ground earlier… only the top survived. Emily and Luke were good sports though and the top of the cake was just enough for a quick bite 🙂

Wedding Reception Highlights:

Grand Entrance: Men At Work – Down Under
Cocktail/Dinner Music: Standards from the Crooner Era/Classic Jazz
Cake Cutting: James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
First Dance: Van Morrison – Into the Mystic
Bride and Father Dance: Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
Bouquet: No Toss (instead part of bouquet was given to bride’s grandmothers)
Garter Toss: Lenny Kravitz – American Woman

This group was ready for a good time and loaded up the dance floor for three and a half hours! I played everything from oldies to current hits and a run of country classics closed the night. It was all well-received. Luke told me afterwards he was very happy with how things turned out and had a great time. Congratulations to Luke and Emily and thank you for choosing PRO DJs. -Rich

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