A little girl in our church the other ran up to me and excitedly told me about the wedding she was in the previous weekend. How she got to ride in the limousine with the her sister (the bride), and stand up at the front of the ceremony with the bridesmaids. It was the kind of excitement where you just want to say everything so fast that time for breathing just seems like too long to wait. She went on to tell me about how her sister had a dance floor at her wedding reception and how she got to dance with the groom and by herself, and with other children who were at the wedding. Imagining her out there jumping around with the kids made me smile, and I asked her if she did the Y.M.C.A. song. She looked confused, then thoughtful and announced that they had never played that song as a part of their wedding reception music. First it confused me, and then it made me smile. The bride must have created a “Do Not Play List” for songs that would play in her wedding.
Do I Have to Play that Song?!?
You have to admit, when most people think of having a dance floor along with a wedding dj to control their wedding reception music, most guests think of the traditional silly songs that come along with it.
The chicken dance, and they YMCA, and even some songs that aren’t so bad, such as the Electric Slide or the Macarena. The answer is, of course you don’t have to play those songs, it’s your wedding and you can play or NOT play any song that you choose. But to be sure, you’ll have wedding guests approaching your wedding dj to ask for the song. Therefore, it’s important to establish an absolute no play list of songs you do not want played as part of your wedding reception music no matter what.
How Do I Set Up a No Play List?
Setting up a no play list for your wedding reception music should really be done before your wedding even takes place, when you are researching and hiring the bands or wedding dj to be in your wedding. Whoever you hire to do the job, they should be professional enough to ask you what kinds of songs are on your must play list for wedding reception music. This includes songs for the first dance, the father daughter dance, and any other special songs that you want to be a part of your wedding reception music. While you are handing him the list for songs on your must play list, also feel free to accompany that with your list of no play songs. Make sure your wedding dj or band understands that under no circumstances is to play these songs on your no play list. Again, your wedding dj should be professional enough to stick by what songs you do and don’t want played during your wedding reception.
But Aren’t Those Songs Traditional?
Sure, most weddings typically play those silly songs for the enjoyment of the children and some fun loving adults. But that doesn’t mean that you have to spoil the kind of scene that you want set for your wedding reception by having songs that you don’t want to be played blasted over the loudspeakers. Don’t worry, there aren’t any wedding traditions saying that you have to play those songs, though most guests will be expecting them.
Remember no matter what that it is your wedding and nobody else’s. If you don’t want to have those kinds of songs played, it’s your party and don’t have to do anything that you don’t want to do.
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