Villa Sancti Di Bella Vista Wedding
What contributed to the success of this wedding?
It was more of a collaboration.
The bride, the groom, their families and guests; everyone contributed greatly to this wedding:
- A friend of the family officiated the wedding ceremony and later played traditional Irish tunes on the accordion.
- I wrote a new quartet arrangement of Coldplay’s “Paradise” for the bridal party’ processional. See: Elegant Music Quartet Repertoire.
- At the end of the wedding ceremony the bridal party broke into song singing “All You Need Is Love” for the Jessica and CJ’s recessional accompanied by the Elegant Music Quartet.
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Father Daughter Dance The Father of the bride (a very creative guy) inspired by his daughter’s wedding put together an amazing medley of music excerpts for the Father Daughter Dance. These included meaningful passages from: Harry Chapin’s “Cat In The Cradle”, Bob Dylan’s “May you Stay Forever Young” performed by rapper will i am, the traditional Irish song “Take Me Home To Mayo”, an excerpt from a traditional greek dance and “Butterfly Kisses” by Lee Greenwood.
- So, the Irish side of the family brought the accordion.
- The New Jersey side of the family brought “the Springsteen”.
- And the Greek side of the family brought the Ouzo (a dessert liquor made from Fennel)
- …and everyone danced!
Here is what I played as their DJ
Zorba’s Dance, Mikis Theodorakis
Start Me Up, Rolling Stones
You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns N’ Roses
I Love It (feat. Charli XCX), Icona Pop
Dance To The Music, Sly Stone
You’re The First, The Last, Barry White
Wedding Reception Dancers @ Villa Sancti Di Bella Vista Malibu CA
Hey Bitty / Hey Micky, Tony Basil
Alright, Supergrass
Fireball, (feat. John Ryan), Pitbull
Fire Burning, Sean Kingston
I Love It, Icona Pop
Crazy In Love, Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars), Mark Ronson
Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough, Michael Jackson
Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), Beyoncé
Honey, Mariah Carey
California Love, 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
Walk This Way, Aerosmith/Run DMC
CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!, Justin Timberlake
Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice
Cake by the Ocean, DNCE
Bust A Move, Young MC
September, Earth, Wind & Fire
I Can’t Help My Self, Four Tops Four Tops
Move Shake Drop Remix, DJ Laz ft. Flo Rida, Casely, Pitbull
Hypnotize, The Notorious B.I.G.
Disco Inferno, 50 Cent
All Is Fair In Love and Brostep, Skrillex
Locked Out of Heaven, Bruno Mars
Ignition (Remix), R. Kelly
Bailando (English Version) [feat. Sean Paul, Desemer Bueno & Gente de Zona], Enrique Iglesias
Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera), Pitbull
Back In Black, AC/DC
Two Hearts, Bruce Springsteen
Born to Be My Baby, Bon Jovi
Raise Your Glass, P!nk
Don’t Stop the Party (feat. TJR), Pitbull
Danza Kuduro, Don Omar & Lucenzo
Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna), T.I.
Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey
Congratulations Jessica and Christopher John! And a “very well done” to their friends and family who contributed to making this a beautiful wedding. We all had a lot of fun!
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music 323-270-3650
Host of Wedding and Event Podcast