Portland Wedding DJ: Becca & Marc (8/24/13)

Published August 25, 2013 | By Rich Ellis

Many Summer weddings in the Pacific Northwest take place outdoors, but this weekend I was the DJ at back-to-back late August indoor weddings.

Becca and Marc were married under the glass covered roof of the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland (just above the Lownsdale Room) on Saturday, August 24, 2013.

I provided music for the reception only that followed in the main ballroom on the first floor. However, music for the cocktail hour was performed by a live group of flutists. I did interrupt them briefly to introduce the newlyweds upon their arrival and took over the background music during dinner with a setlist that included favorites requested by Becca, including Norah Jones, Paul Simon and the Indigo Girls.

Portland Wedding DJ Reception Highlights:

Grand Entrance: Stevie Wonder – Signed Sealed Delivered…
Cake Cutting: James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Bride and Father Dance: Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
First Dance: Jesse and the Rippers – Forever
Bouquet Toss: Dusty Springfield – Wishin’ & Hopin’
Last Dance: R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)

It’s a good thing, the MAC Club set-up a large dance floor because it seemed that nearly all 180 guests were on it at any given time. From the opening slow dance to the faster tempo numbers that followed, they kept the floor packed and had a great time celebrating Becca and Marc’s big day.

Marc’s side of the family is Jewish and he and Becca went for a chair raising ride when I played ‘The Hora’

Motown oldies and disco selections made up most of Becca and Marc’s request list, including the Jackson 5 and K.C. and the Sunshine Band. They also requested 80’s hits ‘Walking On Sunshine’ and ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’, plus some 90’s, such as Salt N’ Pepa’s ‘Shoop’ and Blackstreet’s ‘No Diggity’.

Post Event Satisfaction Survey:

“I had several party-goers approach me during the reception and compliment the fantastic work Rich did both as a DJ and as an MC to keep the event progressing as we had planned.”
-Marc Auten