Friday, 12 September 2014

Wedding disco, Folly Farm September

As you know I love DJing Weddings. There’s something about that special day that makes the build up to the party in the evening extra exciting. Being in charge of the final formalities is always an honour, especially when people have travelled many hundreds of miles to share it with the happy couple. All of this took place in the beautiful setting of Folly Farm’s converted barn.
Similar to the South African Wedding at the Zoo and the Italian Wedding at the Guildhall in Bath this was an Anglo/French affair. There were quite a few French tunes on the playlist - which I hadn’t heard of before. I made sure I familiarised myself with these beforehand to get a feel for what would be good to be played before and afterwards. 


The beautiful Folly Farm all set-up and ready to go

Nicola and Bastien were a wonderful couple, as she was a singer she entertained the guests before the first dance with a few tunes. When everyone was ready to dance I played some of the French songs and this brought some of the more mature guests out onto the dance floor. The evening got more and more energetic as the video below shows. 


As always with foreign Weddings in the UK the fact that the music must end at midnight (or 1am) can always be an issue - but I felt that everyone had well and truly danced themselves proud. It really was a great night which Bastien summed up in an email to me when they'd returned from honeymoon:
We have now settled back to Bristol again after the 2 most awesome weeks in our life. We thought we'd drop you a line to say a massive thank you for you performance at our Wedding. Everyone was very pleased and, from what we've heard, you received A LOT of special requests and still managed to please everyone. We really enjoyed the way you played the French tunes that we gave you and the French version of D.I.S.C.O. didn't go unnoticed ;-)
Good job and Thank you!
Bastien & Nicola

Playlist:
20:45 : Eva Cassidy - Songbird
20:47 : Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead
20:49 : Stevie Wonder - Superstition
20:53 : The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
20:57 : Rihanna - We Found Love
21:00 : LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It
21:04 : Pharrell Williams - Happy
21:07 : The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away
21:12 : Johnny Hallyday - Souvenirs souvenirs
21:14 : Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
21:16 : Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
21:17 : Ritchy - Dansez Le Madison
21:23 : Ed Sheeran - Sing
21:27 : Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
21:31 : Christina Aguilera , Lil' Kim, Mya and P!nk - Lady Marmalade
21:35 : Timbaland - The Way I Are
21:38 : The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
21:41 : Earth Wind & Fire - September
21:44 : Chic - Everybody Dance
21:48 : Bande a Basile - La chenille
21:52 : Claude Francois - Alexandrie Alexandra
21:56 : La Compagnie Creole - Le Bal Masque
22:02 : Boney M. - Hooray! Hooray! It' s a Holi-Holiday
22:05 : Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom
22:09 : Los del rio - Macarena
22:12 : DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room
22:16 : Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
22:19 : The Killers - Mr Brightside
22:23 : Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
22:26 : Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
22:28 : Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French
22:33 : B*Witched - C'est La Vie
22:36 : Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
22:40 : Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
22:45 : James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing
22:48 : Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
22:50 : Muse - Hysteria
22:52 : Muse - Starlight
22:56 : Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
22:59 : M - Mojo
23:00 : Patrick Sebastien - Le petit bonhomme en mousse
23:04 : Claude Francois - Cette annee-la
23:06 : Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O (French Version)
23:10 : Stromae - Alors On Danse
23:13 : Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
23:18 : Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are
23:20 : Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. - Blurred Lines
23:26 : Magic! - Rude
23:29 : The Specials - Too Much Too Young
23:32 : Strokes - Last Night
23:35 : The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
23:38 : Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
23:41 : Daft Punk - One more time
23:46 : Christina Aguilera Featuring Redman - Dirrty
23:50 : Flo Rida - Low (Feat. T-Pain)
23:54 : Sash! - Encore Une Fois
23:58 : Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
00:04 : Muse - Feeling Good


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