Of all the San Diego wedding DJs calling America’s finest city home, Kendra & Anthony chose me to DJ and MC their down-home South Coast Winery wedding on Saturday, June 1, 2019. The following write-up is based on San Diego DJ Staci’s crazy organized & detailed outline for this South Coast Winery wedding.
THE SOUTH COAST WINERY WEDDING CEREMONY
Prelude ➔ Country Love Songs, Crazy girl – Eli Young band, “From the ground up” Dan + Shay
Wedding Party Processional ➔ AWOL Nation “Sail”
Bride Processional ➔ Christina Perry “A Thousand Years”
Interlude Sand Ceremony with Anthony’s two kids (Jack & Elena) ➔ Better together – Jack Johnson
Recessional ➔ Cowboy Take Me Away – Dixie Chicks
THE COCKTAIL HOUR & DINNER MUSIC
While San Diego DJ Staci offers couples pre-set cocktail & dinner playliststo choose from, Kendra & Anthony opted for DJ Staci’s Guitar-Infused Country & Classic Rock Wedding Cocktail Hour Playlist plus they hand-selected some additional tracks for their South Coast Winery wedding.
Cocktail/Dinner Music ➔ Soft Country/Classic & Guitar Rock, Death Cab – Crooked Teeth, Darius Rucker – For the First time, Green Day – When you come around, Tails carolina – Parmalee, Darius Rucker – wagonwheel, Take me home – John Denver, Life changes- Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan- Fast, Randy Travis- forever and always, Must be doing something, Meet in the middle – Diamond Rio, Heads Carolina, tails California – Jo Dee Messina, Parmalee- musta had a good time, Hey jealousy – gin blossoms, Jimmy Eat World- the middle, Love and Theft- Angel Eyes, Dan + Shay – all to myself, Dan + Shay – Tequila, George Straight- It just comes natural, Take it from me- Jordan Davis, Brooks & Dunn, “Alone” – Heart
THE SOUTH COAST WINERY WEDDING RECEPTION
MC Welcome ➔ Good evening! Welcome to Kendra & Anthony’s wedding reception!!! I am the Master of Ceremonies, DJ Staci. Please take your seats so we can officially welcome our guests of honor. Be sure to post your photos today with #AnthonyAndKendraRose. If you need to charge your devices, I do have a mini charging station up here including some universal chargers. Are you ready for our guests of honor…”
Grand Entrance/First Dance ➔ “Shotgun Rider” (play full song, they will go silently into First Dance) ➔ “Ladies & gentlemen, get on your feet to welcome–for the FIRST TIME EVER–Mr and Mrs Anthony and Kendra R—!!!”
➔ First Dance ➔ fade early: No
➔ Newlywed Brief Welcome/Thank You Speech
➔ Toasts ➔ “Ladies & gentlemen, please welcome our first toaster:”
➔ Bridesman & Officiant Ryan
➔ Groomsman Eli
➔ Bridesmaid Breanna
➔ Groomsman Paul
➔ Bridesmaid Tabatha
➔ Groomsman Ian
Shoe Game ➔ Game-time decision
➔ Group Photo on Dance Floor
➔ Open Dancing
9:55 pm➔ Send-Off ➔ Announce: “Please form two rows heading into the Barrell Room. We are going to get some ‘Send Off/Grand Exit’ photos of Kendra & Anthony…but, don’t worry, they aren’t really leaving just yet. I will be moving the party in the Barrell Room so we can keep dancing until midnight.”
move inside building (ceremony PA + DJ controller to be moved/set up)
11:55 pm Last Dance ➔ “Vinyl” William Michael Morgan
KENDRA & ANTHONY’S DANCE MUSIC RECIPE
Dance Music Rating ➔ PG-13 early on then some R/X-rated as it gets later
Play A Lot ➔ 80s, 90s, 2000s, Hip Hop/RB, Top 40/Pop
Play A Few ➔ New Country/Classic Rock, Rap, 2-3 classic country 2-step
M U S T – P L A Y S
Diamond in my Pocket – Cody Johnson, Boys of summer – Ataris
P L A Y -I F- Y O U -C A N
“Party in the USA” Miley Cyrus, “Baby” Justin Bieber, Party in the USA, Jason derulo- want to want me, Uptown funk- mark ronson, Bruno Mars, Infected- bad religion, All my life- foo fighter, Madonna- like a prayer, Selena- dreaming of you, Toto – Africa, Journey – don’t stop believing, Culture club – karma chameleon, The chainsmokers – selfie, Chop suey- When angels deserve to die System of a Down, The white stripes – 7 nation army, TNT- acdc, Mgmt- Electric feel, “Lets Get Married (ReMarqable Remix)” by Jagged Edge, Rev. Run
♥ D O -N O T -P L A Y S ♥
Black-Eyed Peas (Fergie is okay)
SOUTH COAST WINERY WEDDING FLOOR PLAN
SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDOR LIST
Here is the amazing team of San Diego wedding vendors I had the pleasure of working with on this South Coast Winery wedding:
Venue/Catering ➔ South Coast Winery
DJ/MC/Lighting/Photo Booth ➔ DJ Staci, the Track Star
Photographer ➔ Jenny Collen
Videographer ➔ Preston Brown (family friend)
Officiant ➔ Ryan Llamas
Cake Bakery ➔ Nothing Bundt Cakes
Florist ➔ Sweets and Bug
Again, I was honored to be the one and only San Diego wedding DJ Kendra & Anthony trusted with their South Coast Winery wedding. Thank you!