Reception Music: Entrance, Garter, Cake Cutting, Last Song, etc...

I almost forgot about entrance songs, too!

Our selections:

1. Parents and BP: Get Outta Your Mind by Lil Jon; H and I: The Motto by Drake

2. First Dance: Sunday Morning by Maroon 5; Father/Daughter: Mi Nina Bonita by Ismael Miranda; Mother/Son: A Song for Momma by Boyz 2 Men

3. Didn't have a formal cake cutting, we snuck off and did it before people started leaving, so no song.

4/5/6: No garter or bouquet toss, no song.

7: Grow Old With You by Adam Sandler

Thank you Reenski!!!! Omg!! That's the song I was trying to remember last night for our last song, "Grow Old With You"....OMG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You just saved me many stressful moments of trying to remember the song LOL

1) Parents, BP, and Us: Outstanding - Gap Band

2)First Dance: Whenever you call - Mariah Carey and Brian McKnight, Father/Daughter: Hero - Mariah Carey, Mother/Son: ??

3)Cake Cutting: Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - 4 Tops

4) Garter toss: Not having one

5) Bouquet Toss: Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang

6) Garter toss: Not having one

7) Last Dance: Lets Get It On- Marvin Gaye

Nikki, I like your last song too...very appropriate LOL We're using that same song for the lucky bachelor who gets the garter and has to put it on one of the single ladies LOL

I love sunday morning... i need to figure something to use it for lol

I need to get on this!

1) Parents, BP, and Us: Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO

2)First Dance: The way you look tonight - Frank Sinatra

Father/Daughter: Dad is surprising me

Mother/Son: ??

3)Cake Cutting: ??

4) Garter toss: Not having one

5) Bouquet Toss: Not Having one

7) Last Dance: Possibly Take me home tonight ..stole it from Amy V.

@Jamie, I love your entrance song!! Great pick, may steal it lol

And for our last song, I just got a great idea for a Spanish Salsa, which basically is throwing people out in the streets LOL The translation to English loses the context lol But it's a great Spanish Salsa and people will know it's the last song

Bump...need help LOL

Does anyone have a cake cutting song that is not so cheesy, but not as rock and roll as "Pour Some Sugar on Me?"

1) Parents, BP, and Us: Still deciding, probably "it's not unusual" by Tom Jones, walking in with the Carlton dance

2)First Dance: Overwhelmed by Tim McMorris

Father/Daughter: Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman

Mother/Son: ??

3)Cake Cutting: Sugar Sugar by The Archie's

4) Garter toss: Not having one

5) Bouquet Toss: Another one bites the dust by Queen

7) Last Dance: Home by Phillip Phillips

I have no idea and haven't finalized anything....butttt I'll try to help haha

Our entrance: either Bring 'Em out by TI or Show Me What You Got by JayZ

First Dance: Follow You by Shinedown

Cake Cutting: I like "How Sweet it is (to be loved by you)"

Garter Toss: Another One Bites the Dust

Bouquet Toss: no idea, leaning towards Girls Just Wanna Have fun

Last Dance: I like Home by Phil Phillps/Closing Time/NSYNC Bye Bye Bye/or Time of my life

LMAO @Amy, I may just steal it too

@Rachel, I like your cake cutting song, but I don't think FH is going to go for that one lol

Entrance for us & BP (parents don't get one lol): Space Jam Theme Song

First Dance: I Swear by All 4 One

F/D: Never Alone by Lady Antebellum

Cake Cutting: 1,2,3,4 by Plain White T's

Garter: Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO

Bouquet toss: Single Ladies by Beyonce

Last song: So Long, Farewell, Goodbye by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Oh man, I don't know how helpful I'll be I haven't though very much about music, I really should get on that...

1) Reception entrance for BP: The Imperial March (from Star Wars; FH's request), Parents: no idea yet, Us: yep, don't know this either

2) First Dance: Make You Feel My Love by Adele, Mother/Son: Simple Man by either Shinedown or Lynyrd Skynyrd (they're both good), Father/Daughter: maybe Zoe Jane by Staind, or maybe I'll steal Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens from Lily

3) Cake Cutting: don't know

4) Getting the garter: Skipping this

5) Bouquet toss: And this

6) Garter toss: And this

7) Last song of the night: Don't know this either... I kinda want to do something classic/old school like Sinatra or Elvis. I just can't decide

Thanks for posting Lily, this actually got me thinking about the music.

Edited to say: Vanessa, I may have to steal So Long, Farewell, Goodbye. I LOVE Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

1) BP & Parents: Marry You - Bruno Mars.. FH and I: Crazy in Love - Beyonce/JayZ

2) Marry Me - Train... Father/daughter and mother/son dances are combined to Lean on Me - Bill Withers (and we're asking all other father/daughter and mother/sons to join us on the dance floor, since it's a longer song!)

3) Not doing cake cutting (just serving cake with no display cake to cut!)

4) Not doing garter toss

5) Not doing bouquet toss

6) Not doing garter toss

7) Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton OR What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

First dance: I won't give up. Jason Mraz

1) Reception entrance: Moves like Jagger

2) First Songs? Us: When you say nothing at all

Father and bride: Lean on me (I used to sing along with the song when I was a toddler)

Mother and Groom: I Hope you Dance

3) Cake Cutting? I've got you babe

5) Bouquet toss? Lady Marmalade

6) Garter toss? Hot in Herre

7) Last song of the night? I'm a believer -smashmouth

And these have changed before and may change again before its all said and done!

I'm just starting off on this and FH is being NO HELP so i only have a few and not 100% on all yet. i feel like its all over the place lol

1) Reception entrance: undecided

2) First Dance: Creep-Radiohead

Mother/son dance: ? but probably something Nirvana

3) Cake Cutting: Birthday cake- Rihanna

4) Getting the garter: ?

5) Bouquet toss: ?

6) Garter toss: not doing

7) Last song of the night: Jimmy Buffet- Margaritaville

1) Reception entrance for us- Still deciding

BP- still deciding, parents- not doing a Parent's entrance as we are 36 and 41

2) First Songs- Us- I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz, me and dad- Father and Daughter by Paul Simon, FMIL and FH as well as me and my son- In My Life by the Beatles

3) Cake Cutting- Sweet Pea by Amos Lee

4) Getting the garter- not doing as ALL of our friends are married!

5) Parents dance- Into the Mystic by Van Morrison

7) Last song of the night- Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

Omg, Love this thread because I need help!!! None of this is set in stone -

1) Reception entrance for BP & Parents - Forever - Chris Brown? @Rachel - LOVE Bring em out for this!

Us - Feel So Close - Calvin Harris

2) Our First Dance - undecided but possibly Everytime we touch - Cascada, Father/Daughter - The way she looks tonight or isn't she lovely?

3) Cake Cutting - Put my love on top - Beyonce

4/5/6 - Not doing

7) Last song of the night - Don't stop believing - Journey (it's our song)

1) Reception entrance: Parents - Hall & Oates - You make my dreams come true, Wedding party -undecided. Us - Calvin Harris - Feel so close

2) First Dance: John Legend - Stay with you, Father/Daughter - Natalie Grant - always be your baby. Mother/son - Aaron Lines - 20 years late

3) Cake Cutting: Ray Lamontagne - You are the best thing

4) Getting the garter: not having one

5) Bouquet toss: not having one

6) Garter toss: not having one

7) Last song of the night: undecided