Wedding Reception | 20 December 2007 | Stacey and Ryan | Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Reception for 50 guests held in the Botanic Gardens Restaurant which is located within the Royal Botanic Gardens, an oasis covering some 30 hectares in the heart of the Sydney, CBD. The Gardens wraps around Farm Cove at the edge of Sydney Harbour thereby occupying one of Sydney's most spectacular positions. Subsequently it is an extremely popular location for wedding ceremonies and wedding photographs. The Botanic Gardens Restaurant is a stunning venue surrounded by tropical rainforest and boasting wide verandahs which overlook the harbour. Given that Ryan and Stacey met through their love of plants, it was the obvious choice for their wedding ceremony and reception.

The ceremony was held in the gardens earlier in the afternoon. Whilst the heaven's kept threatening to open up and ruin Stacey and Ryan's plans, with the benefit of planning they quickly enacted Plan B and relocated to an alternate location within the Gardens when light rain started to fall for what ended up being only a brief period. Although not the preferred location for the ceremony, they were blessed with the weather subsequently clearing and a beautiful Sydney evening. Stacey and Ryan even arranged for the guests to be shuttled from the ceremony location to the Restaurant by the trackless train which runs through the Gardens, treating the guests to a free tour of the fantastic vegetation, animal life and scenery.

It was a lovely, elegant and largely informal reception with lots and lots of dancing. From the moment Stacey and Ryan entered the reception they hit the dance floor, this was a cue for the majority of the guests to join them. May I say that being a small wedding reception, what the guests lacked in numbers, they certainly made up for it in enthusiasm and willingness to help make the evening an occasion that Stacey and Ryan will never forget. Essentially there was dancing at the very beginning, during background music, between meal courses and at the end of the evening - any time there was music playing, there were guests dancing!

The reception was made extra special with a large number of family and friends flying in from overseas to celebrate this wonderful occasion with Stacey and Ryan.

Songs selected by Bride and Groom;

• Bride & Groom Entry Song: "Sunchyme" by Dario G
  

• Cake Cutting Song: "Air That I Breathe (Reprise)" by Simply Red
  

• Bridal Waltz/First Dance: "Amazing" by George Michael
  

• Open Dancing: "One More Time" by Daft Punk
  

• Final Farewell Song: "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer
  

Bride & Groom and Venue Photography by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

___________________________________________________________________

Other Wedding Professionals

Cake & Styling: Sweet Art

Photographer: Adam Monaghan - 0410 848 044

Videographer: Soda Films

___________________________________________________________________

Fun On The Dancefloor

As indicated above, the guests and the bride & groom just loved to dance, dancing at any and every available opportunity. Stacey and Ryan's first dance (well it wasn't really their first dance - they had already been dancing most of the night, let's just call it the "official bridal dance") was really lovely and certainly 'amazed' a lot of the guests.

Video by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Read more...

Australian Bridal Industry Awards | 11 December 2007

ABIA Press Release

One of New South Wales finest wedding suppliers, DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment was honoured at the 11th Australian Bridal Industry Awards held at the Waterview Convention Centre on Tuesday the 11th of December 2007. The Chairman of the ABIA, Mr John O' Meara congratulated DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment on the achievement as a Finalist in the Professional Disc Jockey category. Mr O' Meara said that DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment should be extremely proud of the achievement especially when one considers that 2,167 wedding suppliers were nominated for the 2007 New South Wales ABIA Awards. Mr O' Meara went onto say that it was businesses like DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment which complimented and elevated the wedding industry with its attention to detail and the pride, passion and professional manner in which they delivered their wedding product to the customer.

The ABIA's are a much sought-after Award for Australian wedding suppliers as they are determined by the votes of past brides. Each year the ABIA distributes over 60,000 nomination forms through their Accredited Members, who in turn send them to their past bridal customers enabling them to cast their votes for their most outstanding wedding suppliers. DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment was nominated for an ABIA based on the quality of product, quality of service, value for money and the attitude of the staff who serviced the brides needs, before, during and after their wedding day.

Read more...

Corporate Event | 8 December 2007 | Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney

Corporate Christmas Party for 50 guests consisting of Directors, wives and families. Held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney in the Heritage Room. An intimate family orientated Christmas celebration.

Venue Photography by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Read more...

Corporate Event | 6 December 2007 | Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Corporate Christmas Party for 100 members of staff held at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Royal Botanic Gardens in the heart of Sydney. A casual cocktail style function was held in a lovely setting surrounded by beautiful gardens and offering glimpses of Sydney Harbour.

I will be performing at a wedding at this same venue in two weeks time, so you will have the opportunity to see the venue setup for a more formal sit-down event.

Venue Photography by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Video by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Read more...

Corporate Event Time

November/December each year is a time when most corporates reward staff for their efforts by putting on a Christmas celebration. DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment has a number of high profile corporate clients which regularly utilise services offered. Some of these corporates understandingly do not wish to be mentioned and in accordance with these wishes will not be featured on this blog in any manner. Others that are featured, will be in a discreet and respectful manner, however no actual company names will be mentioned.

Read more...

Wedding Ceremony & Reception | 3 November 2007 | Katelyn and Mark | Tumbling Waters Retreat, Stanwell Tops

Ceremony and Cocktail Reception for 70 guests held at Tumbling Waters Retreat, Stanwell Tops located an hour south of the Sydney CBD on the southern border of the Royal National Park. Perched on the edge of an escarpment overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by magnificent gardens, Tumbling Waters Retreat is a truly unique venue where couples can have their ceremony, photography, reception and honeymoon all in the one place.

For most of the day it was overcast and it did appear that the heavens would open up and spoil Katelyn and Mark's ceremony and photography plans, however, the rain held off until very much later in the evening allowing for a beautiful ceremony to proceed as planned on the purpose built decking area and for some fantastic photos to be taken in and round Tumbling Waters outstanding garden.

The wedding ceremony, which was officiated by Deborah Jenkins, was followed with the guests being treated to drinks and various nibbles. This was followed by very substantial cocktail type food. It was a lovely relaxed reception yet still managing to remain elegant and the feel was enhanced somewhat by the atmosphere that the uniqueness of the venue created. I did notice on a number of occasions during the day that Katelyn was overcome by happiness and did become a little teary.

Later in the evening Katelyn, Mark and their guests certainly let their hair down and danced the night away, as evidenced by the photos and video in this post.

Songs selected by Bride and Groom;

• Processional: "Unchained Melody" by Il Divo
  

• Signing Of The Register Songs: "You Raised Me Up" by Westlife, "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams

• Recessional: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
  

• Bride & Groom Entry Song: As the ceremony & photographs all took place at Tumbling Waters Retreat, there was no formal entry for the Bride & Groom .
  

• Cake Cutting Song: "Heaven" by DJ Sammy (Candlelight Mix)
  

• Bridal Waltz/First Dance: "Moondance" by Van Morrisson
  

• Bridal Party Dance: "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" by Bob Sinclar
  

• Final Farewell Song: "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Blues Brothers
  

Bride & Groom and Venue Photography by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

___________________________________________________________________

Other Wedding Professionals

Marriage Celebrant: Deborah Jenkins

Photographer: Diamond Photography - Shairon Paterson

___________________________________________________________________

Fun On The Dancefloor

Katelyn and Mark spent a significant amount of time on the dance floor along with the majority of their guests. Feel free to have a look at how much fun they are all having.

Video by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Read more...

Wedding Reception | 19 October 2007 | Lauren and Peter | Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney

Reception for 70 guests held at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf located in Sydney. Doltone House has a number of rooms at this particular facility and Lauren and Peter decided on The Loft for their reception. The Loft is unique in that there are two distinct areas - upstairs for dining and downstairs for the dancing and socialising. Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf also has an outside area which affords views of the Harbour and the city skyline. Subject to weather, this area can be utilised for arrival drinks, which is exactly what Lauren and Peter elected to do given it was a beautiful Sydney day. Lauren previously worked as an event coordinator for this venue, so of course she was very aware of everything it had to offer.

It certainly was a lovely, elegant and fun reception with a number of emotional moments during the speeches. What was really evident was the very deep love that Lauren and Peter have for each other - I could not help but notice their continuous displays of affection.

Songs selected by Bride and Groom;

• Bridal Party Entry Song: Lauren and Peter elected to have no music for the Bridal Party Entry
  

• Bride & Groom Entry Song: Lauren and Peter elected to have no music for their Entry

• Cake Cutting Song: "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole
  

• Bridal Waltz/First Dance: "At Last" by Etta James
  

• Bridal Party Dance: "The Way You Look Tonight" by Michael Buble
  

• Bouquet Toss: Lauren and Peter elected to have no music for the bouquet toss

• Farewell Circle: "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley, "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbara Streisand & Bryan Adams, "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" by Dionne Warwick
  

• Final Farewell Song: "Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young
  

The cake cutting was held in the downstairs area of The Loft.

Bride & Groom and Venue Photography by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

___________________________________________________________________

Other Wedding Professionals

Photographer: Tanya Rochat

Event Management: Form Over Function

___________________________________________________________________

Fun On The Dancefloor

Have a look at how much fun Lauren is having in the second video clip - she is really enjoying herself - even somebody accidentally stepping on her dress does not stop her!

Video by DJ:Plus! Mobile Disco Entertainment

Read more...