Jo and Harry were looking for an informal and fun wedding reception and had booked me to host the afternoon as well as DJ the reception party.
Setup in the marquee, I played background music throughout the afternoon while the guests enjoyed their hog roast and mingling around in the sunshine out in the courtyard.
Having provided a good idea of the music they wanted, I was able to carefully select the tracks for the afternoon to build up ready for the evening party.
We staged a grand entrance for Jo and Harry to enter the marquee. When it came to speeches, I introduced each speaker to ensure they flowed well and then announced the plan for the rest of the evening so that all the guests knew what was going on.
As the sun was out and it was a nice afternoon, most of the guests were happy catching-up and soaking up the atmosphere. We held off the first dance until much later in the evening following a sparkler photo shoot after sunset.
The party went on into the early hours and was great fun (even if the sun was creeping out as I got home).
Here's the list of music I played through the evening:
Swedish House Mafia feat Pharrell - One
Katy Perry - Firework
Kygo ft Conrad Sewell - Firestone
Cake Cutting: Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
First Dance Ed Sheeran - Tenerife Sea
Rudimental ft John Newman - Feel The Love
Beyonce feat Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
Samantha Jade - Step Up
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (PO Intro Edit - Clean)
George Ezra - Shotgun
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Jax Jones ft MNEK - Where Did You Go?
Rihanna feat Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Maroon 5 ft Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
Jax Jones ft Raye - You Don't Know Me
Yolanda Be Cool & DCup - We No Speak Americano (UK Radio Edit)
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie (DJ Re-Grid)
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (DJ Re-Grid)
Commitments - Mustang Sally
Kiss - Love Gun
Arctic Monkeys - Arabella
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Artic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (DJ Re-Grid)
Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger (DJ Re-Grid)
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Gwen Stefani - Holla Back Girl (Radio Version)
Cardi B ft Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It
Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude
Smash Mouth - All Star
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Sum 41 - In Too Deep
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Green Day - American Idiot
Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The Cranberries - Zombie
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Flo Rida feat T-Pain - Low
Utah Saints - Something Good '08
David Zowie - House Every Weekend
The Disciples - On My Mind
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Swedish House Mafia feat Pharrell - One
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
Ginuwine - Pony
Serani - No Games
Peter Andre feat Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl
Christina Aguilera feat Redman - Dirrty (No Rap Edit)
Gwen Stefani - Holla Back Girl (Radio Version)
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
Kanye West - Stronger
DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It?
Craig David - 7 Days
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
Glass Animals ft Iann Dior - Heat Waves
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On (UK Mix)
Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers
Artful Dodger feat Craig David - Rewind When The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
David Guetta - Titanium
Avicii ft Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up
Avicii - Levels
Swedish House Mafia ft John Martin - Don't You Worry Child
Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
Icona Pop ft Charli XCX - I Love It
Nicki Minaj - Starships
Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Chris Brown - Forever
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