Many parts of the world descended on Raleigh this past weekend to join in the celebration and marriage of Nick and Brandy Lythgoe at the Brier Creek Country Club. While this is a beautiful room as is, Graham and Kathryn Lythgoe, created and designed a room that was very elegant. The tables were different shapes including square, rectangular, and round. There were different heights as well too to give the room dimension. To help Graham and Kathryn meet their vision, Rick Bryda of Total Production Services provided perimeter lighting around the room, pinspot lights for the tables, and a dance floor light show to bring even more energy during dancing.
We started the evening with guests enjoying jazz standards. Shortly thereafter, I announced the wedding party into the ballroom while playing Let's Get It Started by the Black Eyed Peas in the background. Brandy and Nick immediately went into their first dance to I Won't Let Go by Rascal Flatts.
As the father of the groom, Graham Lythgoe welcomed everyone. He named several countries in which people had originated their trip. With a little tongue in cheek, Graham also said 'thanks' on behalf of a few major airlines, which brought on several laughs.
Following a blessing by Rob Burns, guests were treated many different dishes as they were placed by more than 22 servers.
Later, Brandy and Nick cut their wedding cake as I played Sugar, Sugar by The Archies in the background. Shortly, toasts were provided by Dale Pope, Wendy Pope, and Jake Plotkin. Nick also spoke for a few moments by thanking everyone.
Brandy danced with her father to My Wish by Rascall Flatts. As the song ended, I mixed into You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder. During this time, Nick and his mother joined Brandy and her father on the dance floor. After a few moments into the second song, guests were invited to join on the dance floor.
We kept the guests on the dance floor as they danced to songs such as Cha Cha Slide, These Arms of Mine, On The Floor, My Girl, Just Dance, Baby Got Back, and Give Me Everything.
Since many guests had traveled from other parts of the world, Graham and Kathryn wanted to expose them to a little Carolina music. As such, there was a shag demonstration to teach people about beach music and local dancing. Guests were treated to lessons and then they got to try out their new skills on the dance floor. The instructors were great and everyone enjoyed their new dance moves.
Brandy tossed her bouquet to Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper and Nick tossed the garter to Wild Thing by The Troggs. Of course the guy that caught the garter did put it on the leg of the girl that caught the bouquet - and I played The Stripper by David Rose.
Priscilla of Orangerie Events and Shelly Rhem Keeter of Brier Creek Country Club were on top of everything and made sure the guests had a wonderful experience.
Christobal Perez of Azul Photography was there to capture all the moments. Note that the photos below are not his work. Please visit his website and you'll see that he is an incredible photographer.
Thank you Graham and Kathryn for all of your hard work in planning the reception. It was fabulous. Thank you Brandy and Nick for being such a fun couple!
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