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A Chat with Southcoast
What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition?
We work with our customers before during and after the event to ensure proper communication and the right music is being played. All clients receive a complimentary Phone consultation.
What was the inspiration to start or run this business?
My two daughters and wife.
What do you love most about your job?
I love being around music 24/7
What is the best reaction you’ve ever gotten from a customer?
Great Job! But it was the look and hand shake that said it all!!!
Sound Check before a Wedding Reception at the Cuvier Club in La Jolla, CA
Gorgeous Wedding Ceremony and Reception at the Cuvier Club in La Jolla, CA
Here comes the bride!
Here comes the bride! Ceremony music ideas
75 Unique Wedding Ideas

- Instead of the traditional three-course dinner, have your guests sit down to a family style serving for a more intimate gathering.
- Create one large floral centerpiece out of several mini vases. Invite guests to take one on their way out!
- Set up a mini photo studio at the reception for guests to ham it up in front of the camera. Send their photos with your thank-you cards for a fun surprise.
- Instead of displaying the menu on standard stationary, get creative and have it sprawled across plates or charcuterie boards in elegant calligraphy.
- Is there a charity that’s dear to you? In lieu of favors, make a donation in your guests’ names; leave an explanatory card on each dinner table. (One charity to try: changingthepresent.org).
- Toast the woman who has had the greatest impact on your life, then hand her your bouquet as a tribute.
- Hosting cocktail hour outside? Set up stations of different lawn games around the cocktail and lounge area to give your guests some entertainment besides mingling.
- Have a ring warming ceremony, in which both wedding bands are passed through guests to send their well wishes and love into before theyāre placed on each finger.
- Does your groom have a thing for bowties? Create a bow tie bar during cocktail hour where guests can swap their ties for one. This brideās mom spent months sewing bowties for every male guest at the wedding!
- Including your pet on your wedding day? We canāt think of anything sweeter! Instead of throwing a tie or bow on them, give them their own flower crown to match your dĆ©corāflorals for the girls and greenery for the boys.
- Hire an artist to live paint your ceremony or reception. Theyāll create a work of art out of the happiest day of your life that you can hang on the walls of your future home and treasure for years.
- Get personalized forks or spoons to eat your wedding cake. Theyāll also be a sweet reminder when you pull out the cake for your one-year anniversary.
- Customize your toasts by asking your oldest friends (his, too) to say something about each of you.
- Incorporate your birthstone in your dĆ©cor for a special touch. Weāre loving the boho glam of these amethyst napkin rings!
- Give your bridesmaids something a little more untraditional to carry in lieu of bouquets. These greenery wreaths with statement flowers are absolutely gorgeous and eye-catching. Weāre also into balloons and lanterns as bouquet alternatives.
- Another guest-book idea: leave a glass bowl with cards (or postcards, if youāre a wanderlusting couple!) and pens beside it, with a note asking guests to contribute a favorite memory of you or your partner, a bucket list idea, or a piece of advice for
https://www.brides.com/story/75-ways-to-make-your-wedding-unique
The 8 Things Guests Secretly Wish You’d Do at Your Wedding
More booze, less monogrammed favors, please!
Psst! Want us to let you in on a little secret? Wedding guests tend to care more about good booze at your big day than fancy favors (that they’re likely to forget to take home anyway!).
While your wedding is, of course, about what you and your fiancĆ© want, keeping the guest experience in mind will go a long way in creating your happily ever after. With that in mind, here are eight things friends and family secretly wish you’d do at your wedding.
1. Demystify the Dress Code
Attire wording on invitations has become an art unto itself, points out wedding planner Amy Shey Jacobs, President of Chandelier Events. “Festive Chic. Dress to the Nines. Beach Elegance. Dress to impress. But gone are the days of the simple, straightforward Black Tie.” She recommends going with Formal, Semiformal, Cocktail Attire, etc. or be prepared for questions when invites arrive. Still love the new creative touch? “Consider a What to Wear insert card or page on your wedding website!”
2. Do Away with Assigned Seats
Most wedding guests really wish the bride and groom wouldn’t assign specific seats at the dinner table during the wedding reception, notes wedding planner Sandy Malone, owner of Weddings in Vieques. “It’s enough to be assigned to sit at a specific table, but they definitely do not like being told where at the table to sit, especially if they’re not close with the other guests seated there or if the seating plan separates them from their own spouse or date.”
3. Stop Playing Matchmaker
One thing your single guests really wish you wouldn’t do? Try to set them up with your cousin/frat brother/sorority sister (you get the point here) by seating them at the same table next to each other, says Laura Ritchie of Grit & Grace Inc. “Instead organically introduce them at cocktail hour and let nature takes its course. No one wants to be stuck next to someone they are supposed to ‘love’ only to find out its a total mismatch.”
4. Invest in the Booze Instead of All the Other “Extras”
According to Ritchie, guests secretly wish you’d get rid of the favors and sparkler exit and splurge on having liquor, beer and wine at the reception. “No one leaves a wedding yearning for that last piece of gold wrapped chocolate when instead that money could have been used to upgrade the bar.” Amen!
5. Don’t Interrupt the Party for the Cake Cutting
We know it’s important to you, however, to your guests? Not so much. They secretly don’t care about stopping the party to watch you do the cake cutting, reveals Ritchie. Make everyone happy and make this a private event during dinner with your parents (and perhaps bridal party) standing around. “Grab the quintessential picture and then be done with it. The caterer will have more time to slice and serve cake later, and you won’t be interrupting that killer dance party down the road.”
6. Serve Scrumptious Late Night Snacks
Think crowd pleasers! For example, in Southern California, the In-N-Out Burger Cookout Trailer is where it’s at, tells planner Brooke Keegan of Brooke Keegan Special Events. “You can never go wrong with a crowd favorite!” And your tipsy guests will totally thank you.
See More: 5 Things All Guests Love at Winter Weddings
7. Help Them Get There Easy
In terms of invites, guests super appreciate having all of the wedding details and any directions or maps included with the invitation, says invitation designer Danielle Behar. “This allows for your guests to arrive on time and in a good mood and what bride wants frustrated guests arriving on your dream day? Having a wedding website where guests can go to check any last minute updates is a simple but key touch.” And if you can afford it, transportation to and from the wedding will always win over your crowd.
8. Make the Dinner Reception Feel More Like a Party
And not a snooze fest! This can be done in a variety of ways, says Anthony Navarro, founder of Liven It Up Events. “First, have the bar only closed for a short time. Normally, if you’re switching rooms from cocktail hour to dinner and dancing, the bar can close during this transition, but otherwise, should be open throughout the evening.”
Second, have the band playing as your friends and family enter the room. “They can take their seats or make their way to the dance floor.” Limit the number of speeches throughout dinner and keep them short and sweet, he suggests. “As opposed to offering a plated meal, set up food stations throughout your reception area but still have a seat, assigned or not.” This enables interaction and mingling and creates that coveted party atmosphere.
https://www.brides.com/story/what-guests-secretly-want-at-weddings
9 Essential Tips for Making Your Guest List
Drafting and cutting your guest list might not be quite as fun as tasting cake flavors, but follow these essentialĀ tips (thenĀ keep track of everyone on your list,Ā including RSVPs and menu preferences,Ā withĀ The Knot All-In-One Wedding Planner app), andĀ it’ll go way more smoothly than you think.
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