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August Hood River Oregon Wedding Reception
Kelsey and Brandon’s Hood River Oregon wedding reception was held on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the Rockford Grange, located just down the street from the couple’s home where they exchanged vows and afterwards most guests could just make the short walk to the reception.
Hood River Oregon Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: The Lumineers – Brightside
- Cake Cutting: Kings of Leon – I Want You
- First Dance: Alabama Shakes – I Found You
- Bride and Father, Groom and Mother Dance: Taken By Trees – Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Bouquet Toss: Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman
Guests appeared to enjoy the variety of music played during dinner and when the dance floor opened around 6:30pm were partial to slow songs mostly until a little later when they had a great time dancing to “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Can’t Stop The Feeling”, “Fancy Like” and more.
Congratulations Kelsey and Brandon and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was amazing. He was so great at communicating and had the best flow for the evening.” -Kelsey Ouellette & Brandon Barnard Wedding
- Event Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022
- Event Type: Wedding & Reception
- Event Location: Hood River
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
- Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
- System Appearance: Excellent
- Sound Quality: Excellent
- Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
- Music Selection: Excellent
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Excellent
- Lighting Effects: Excellent
- Equipment Appearance: Excellent
- Overall Customer Service: Excellent
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Excellent
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
Foundry at Oswego Pointe Wedding Lake Oswego
It was a perfect late summer day for Jessica and Oscar’s Foundry at Oswego Pointe wedding on Friday, August 26, 2022 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Under partly cloudy skies and a comfortable high of 77 degrees, the ceremony was held outside on the Promenade overlooking the Willamette River.
Foundry at Oswego Pointe Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party Entrance: Piano Guys – A Thousand Years
- Bride Entrance: Jason Lux featuring Nieka Moss – La Vie en Rose
- Bride/Groom Exit: Jason Marz – I’m Yours
For the reception, guests gathered for cocktails and dinner inside the Great Hall and the Riverside Deck. The Great Hall has a built-in sound system with speakers directly over the dance floor in the center. I did connect my sound system to the house system, but mostly to provide ideal sound everywhere for background music, toast and other events since I was setup on the far side of the room. My speakers combined with the house speakers provided a nice balance throughout the room.
Foundry at Oswego Pointe Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Rihanna – We Found Love
- Cake Cutting: Archies – Sugar, Sugar
- First Dance: Rick Hale & Breea Guttery – Fly Me to the Moon/Lucky Mashup
- Bride and Uncle, Groom and Mother Dance: Rod Stewart – Have I Told You Lately
- Bouquet Toss: Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Between the toast and cake cutting, the newlyweds played the shoe game. The best responses are to questions where couples disagree or they are not sure how to answer. There was a lot of double shoe raising to questions like “Who has the wackiest family” and “Who made the first move?”
It was around 7:30pm when the dancing began, so there was some ebb and flow the first 30 minutes or so, but eventually the dance floor began to define a little more and filled for the fun fast tunes that included classic hits and country, along with more recent songs plus the family’s requests for Elvis Crespo’s “Suavemente”, Selena and more.
Congratulations Jessica and Oscar and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Lakeside Gardens Wedding Portland Oregon
Sara and Kevin’s Lakeside Gardens wedding took place on Saturday, August 20, 2022 on another beautiful Northwest summer day for the ceremony held outside at the Upper Gazebo.
Lakeside Gardens Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party Entrance: Daniel Jang – Can’t Help Falling In Love (Violin Cover)
- Bride Entrance: Barrymore Chamber Orchestra – Canon In D
- Bride/Groom Exit: Pharrell Williams – Happy
Following the ceremony, guests moved inside the Grande Estate for the reception. During the cocktail hour and dinner, I played a mix of background music from a variety of artists that included Adele, Stevie Wonder and Jason Mraz.
Near the end of dinner, guests were treated to The Magic of Craig Martin, who asked me to play two songs during his performance.
Lakeside Gardens Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Bruno Mars – Marry You
- Cake Cutting: Chainsmokers & Coldplay – Something Just Like This
- First Dance: Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
- Bride and Father Dance: Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
- Last Dance: Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
There were a lot of special events planned for this wedding, allowing only a little over an hour for dancing. However, the guests made the most of it, packing the dance floor and enjoying classic party songs, along with hits from the last decade.
All the best Sara and Kevin and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
Submitted By: Sara Teegarden
- Event Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022
- Event Type: Wedding & Reception
- Event Location: Lakeside Gardens
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
- Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
- System Appearance: Excellent
- Sound Quality: Excellent
- Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
- Music Selection: Excellent
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Excellent
- Lighting Effects: N/A
- Equipment Appearance: Excellent
- Overall Customer Service: Excellent
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Excellent
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
CedarVale Events Wedding Hubbard Oregon
Ashley and Brittany’s wedding and reception was held at CedarVale Events, a former family farm in Hubbard, Oregon on Friday, August 19, 2022.
The wedding was scheduled to begin at 3:30pm, but the entire wedding party was stuck in traffic on I-5, leading to a one hour delay. Everyone there took it in stride though and it was a perfect day to enjoy the space. Background music was a mix of Jazz covers of popular songs.
I setup a second sound system for the ceremony which took place under the towering cedars. This peaceful spot is very inviting and provided a perfect amount of shade for everyone.
CedarVale Events Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Bridal Party Entrance: Vitamin String Quartet – In My Blood
- Brides Entrance: Helen Newby – Linger (Cranberries Cover)
- Brides Exit: The Paper Kites – Bloom
While the brides had their photos taken, guests returned to the open clearing area for drinks and appetizers, along with lawn games including cornhole. The buffet opened for dinner around 6:30pm.
CedarVale Events Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Four Tops – Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)
- Cake Cutting: Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
- First Dance: City & Colour – Northern Wind
- Bride and Father Dance: Tom Petty – Wildflowers
- Bouquet Toss: Lizzo – Juice
- Last Dance: Semisonic – Closing Time
This group of less than 50 guests were not shy when the dance floor opened with a slow song and all the uptempo selections that followed, from ABBA and Daft Punk to Neil Diamond and Justin Timberlake, plus the brides requests for Paramore, Tegan and Sara, Cascada and more.
Congratulations Ashley and Brittany and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
The Aerie at Eagle Landing Wedding Reception
Heba and Anan celebrated their wedding reception with friends and family at The Aerie at Eagle Landing in Happy Valley, Oregon on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 outside in The Bellevue Garden and partially inside The Grand Ballroom. The ceremony was held a few days earlier at a separate location.
Upon their arrival, I introduced the couple as they were coming up the stairs. The bride asked me to first play Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” and after the first line “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death”, say “just kidding” and quickly switch to “Drej Ya Ghezaleh” by Omar Alabdallat. All of their guests then joined them on the dance floor.
Dinner followed and background music was a mix of soft/medium tempo instrumentals from Piano de Bossa.
The Aerie at Eagle Landing Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Cake Cutting: Abdulrahman Muhammed & Mohab Omer – Crazyness
- First Dance: Ruelle – I Get To Love You
- Father/Daughter Dance: Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me
- Groom/Daughter Dance: Baby Shark
- Last Dance: Jesse McCartney – Beautiful Soul
A hot day turned into a cooler night, but the dance floor was heated from the start with nearly everyone joining in for opening song “Hatgawez” by Saad El Soghayar. Other popular Arabic and English selections such as “Allah Aleik Ya Sidi” and “This Is How We Do It” were also well-received.
Congratulations Heba and Anan and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
