A Celebration With Music! LLC

"This is the day you will remember for the rest of your life. How you choose to remember that day is in your hands. How you plan to make the day memorable will allow you to make it truly magical."

Welcome to our Online Wedding Workshop

To skip this and proceed directly to online wedding planning, click on this link!

To order party and wedding supplies online, click on this link!

This is where you can plan your wedding with us, from the smallest of details to the biggest of expectations.

The links below will open up separate windows and take you to the various online planning tools for your wedding.

The first place to start is to determine your needs:

A Celebration With Music! LLC has DJs that have been providing the best in wedding entertainment since 1984. We have a million stories to tell, but we would rather save it for when we meet in person :)

If you need recommendations or help with any detail, please feel free to call on our expertise anytime!

Some links that may help with your planning (Compiled by the staff of ACWM)

• List of ceremony and reception locations. This requires Adobe Acrobat viewer, free at www.adobe.com.

• Suggested planning timeline

• AJC Travel Section (Honeymoon Planning)

• Travelocity

• GROOMS! Some advice to help you...

• Wedding etiquette help

• Find vendors and locations via the Atlanta ISES group!

Contact list:

• Caterer

• Reception Location

• Church or Ceremony Location

• Wedding Official

• Ceremony Accessories (chuppah, candles, etc.)

• Bartender (if not supplied by caterer or venue)

• Wedding Coordinator (if all this is overwhelming)

• Rehearsal Dinner (reservations at a restaurant,

•  catered meal at a location)

• Reception Venue/Rentals (tent, tables, place settings, etc.)

• Limo and/or Shuttle

• Photographer

• Videographer

• Florist

• Printer for Wedding Invitations/thank you notes/napkins

• Jewelry store

• Gift Registry

• Memento Store (for the Champagne glasses, cake-cutting utensils, etc.)

• Tuxedo Rental

• Bridal Dresses

• Bride's Make-Up Artist (hair, nails, makeup)

• Travel Agent (for the Honeymoon)

• Hotel/Motel (out-of-town guests, rooms before the wedding)

• Wedding Cake Baker

• Gift Supplier (Attendant's gifts, other gifts)

• Piano, String Musicians, Saxophone (if mini-reception before the big one!)

• A Celebration With Music! DJs for the reception!

Now that you have a list to start planning with, the next section lists a possible order of events for the reception. Please keep in mind that this order can be different depending on tastes, tradition, and what your wishes are...

Act One

• Receiving line (usually at the church or at the reception location)

• Formal Wedding Party introduction (this can include or exclude parents)

• Cut the Cake (this can be done after the meal also)

• Best Man toasts the new couple (or follows the meal/dessert)

• First Dance

• Blessing

• EAT!

Act Two

• Father-Daughter Dance

• Parent's Dance

• Open Dancing!

• Dollar Dance (people PAY to dance with the bride... good entertainment bit :) )

Act Three

• Removal of Bride's Garter

• Bouquet Toss

• Garter Toss

• Garter Placement

• Slow Dance for Bouquet & Garter winners, open dancing resumes

• Last Dance

Remember, this is only a suggested format. Depending on taste, region, tradition, this list could look somewhat different!

Online Planning Section

Now, we get down to the online planning. Click the links below, and they will open in a new window and allow you to plan the reception events and music online!

• Online Music Planner

• Song Suggestions

• Online Wedding Planner

• Prices