Reception Grand Entrance Help!

If I'm understanding correctly, you'd play the 2 minute long instrumental version while the wedding party walks out (which would take...30 seconds?) and then you'd have a gap while the song finishes before you guys walk out? If that's the case, I'd just have the DJ fade the instrumental version into the lyric version and skip the waiting time.

The wedding party will all come out to the instrumental version. Then the DJ will fade to the actual song with the lyrics and everyone would have to sit and listen to the entire song for 2 minutes before we come out.

Ah - I see. I'd talk to your DJ and see if he can kind of overlap them or cut them together so you get them walking out to the instrumental, and then flow into the end of the song with lyrics so you can walk out and do your choreographed bit. Or maybe he can turn down the lyrics track while talks?

That seems like an awkward lull that would probably just confuse the guests. These are the options I've thought of.

1. Everyone comes out to the lyrical version of the song. The wedding party would take 30 seconds at the most, the DJ could lower the volume a tad to make your announcement, then raise the volume again when you enter. Then you can do your dance at the end.

2. Wedding party comes out to instrumental song then DJ fades into the lyrical version, but not from the beginning of the song, maybe about halfway through.

Either of those sound doable?

I wouldn't take a break after announcing the wedding party, that would be kind of odd. We announced our wedding party (19 people) then bride & groom to one song, then when we came in, the DJ faded into our first dance song and we started that way.