I had the honor of providing San Diego wedding DJ & wedding lighting services for an NFL Raiders wedding at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. In addition to my wedding DJ services they also flew in The Tyrone Smith Revue which is a 10-piece party band from Nashville. This is the band that played at the reception for the President’s daughter Jenna Bush’s marriage to Henry Hager. I had been looking forward to this wedding for months and knew it was going to be a great wedding!

The wedding ceremony started off outside overlooking the golf course. The flower design for the ceremony looked amazing as it transitioned from white to light pink and then faded into a vibrant fuchsia. Once the ceremony was over guests were guided to the outdoor patio terrace for cocktail hour.

Once inside the ballroom guests were treated to a custom seamless dance floor surrounded by lounge furniture. Positive Energy Productions provided all of the lighting for this San Diego wedding which included fuchsia uplighting throughout the room. This really added some color and tied all of the elements together. We also lit up the dance floor with a few spotlights to really make their design stand out once we dimmed the lights down.

There were a variety of wedding floral centerpieces on each table which added some interest instead of the same arrangement on every table.

As their San Diego wedding DJ I took care of all of the MC duties for the evening including the introductions, first dance, father / daughter dance, mother / son dance, as well as, all of the other events. The band played through dinner and took a few breaks now & then. I was able to fill in these gaps with music and take care of some of the events during these breaks. The band ended at 10pm and we were able to switch gears into the DJ portion of the evening. The dance floor was packed all night. We ended up going an hour overtime because they were having such a great time.

The cake spotlighting (in the photo below) really stood out tonight and added tons of drama to the wedding cake. It also allowed the wedding photographers to capture some really interesting silhouettes of the couple (see the photo at the top). After the wedding I took a quick photo with the bride & groom while we were waiting for everyone to line up for their sparkler exit. One we were ready we sent them outside and they made their getaway.

Well they didn’t exactly head back to their room. This ended a little differently than most weddings because after their sparkler exit they ran right over to the pool and jumped in! The entire wedding party all got inspired and jumped in as well! Made for a great time, excellent photos until security came out to shut it down. I have been wondering what security would have done against 10-12 NFL Raiders players…

San Diego Wedding and Event Lighting Provided: 

+ 12 Uplights

+ Cake Spotlighting

+ Dance Floor Spotlighting

San Diego Wedding DJ & Vendors:

Coordinator + San Diego Weddings by Gina

Band + Tyrone Smith Revue

DJ + Positive Energy Productions

Photographers + Corey Conroy Photography

Videographer + Joe Park Wedding Cinematography

Florist + Nancy Stevens Wedding Flowers

Lighting + Positive Energy Productions

Lounge Furniture, Chairs, & Dancefloor + Concepts Event Design

Cake + Shirley Resnick, The Cake Lady

Groom’s Cake + Twiggs Bakery

Photo Booth + Lovely Photo Booth

Ceremony Strings + Caprice Strings

Transportation + Simply Elegant Limo

Cigar Rolling + Cuban Cigar Factory

Ice Sculpture + Soc Cal Ice

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Tonight’s couple selected the Rancho Bernardo Inn as their San Diego wedding venue. I started off the night with a portable sound system for the cocktail hour outside on the San Bernardo patio. Upon entering the San Bernardo Ballroom I really liked the look of the escort card table. They had small silver frames for each guest surrounded by some manzanita branches with hanging candles and crystals. One unique wedding idea was a “wish them well” congratulations tree where people could write a special note for the bride & groom. They also had a few fun “kids only” tables inside the reception room complete with gifts and activities.

I provided the wedding cake spotlighting that really made the cake stand out in the large room. You can see a photo below of how it really helps to pop out the cake at a distance.

It was a large Indian group this evening and the bride & groom mentioned that they didn’t think many of them would dance since they were pretty conservative. As you can see that was not a problem…

Click here to view more photos of this event on the photographer’s blog.

Extras Provided: Cake Spotlighting

MUSIC:

Wedding Party Entrance:  Umbrella – Rihanna

Bride & Groom Entrance:  Beautiful Day – U2

First Dance:  Lucky – Jason Mraz

Cake Cutting:  Ice Cream – Sarah McLachlan

San Diego Wedding Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator:  “Day of” LOVE

Florist:  Branches

Photographer: Stephina Photography

Cake:  Flour Power

Officiant: A Wedding Celebration, Patricia Coleman

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Rancho Bernardo Inn has many different locations for your San Diego wedding ceremony. Tonight’s ceremony was held over on the Valencia Lawn. There is a fountain well located near the ceremony and our couple put a box of pennies on it with a note to make a special wish for our newlyweds. The sports and football themed reception was held in the San Bernardo Ballroom. The groom’s cake was a fun football field with the couple running from the “Single” side to the “Married” side of the field. The uplighting really warmed up the room and the gobo monogram projection on the wall above the couple’s sweetheart table added some interest. You can see the before and after photos below. After the cake cutting we showed a nice 8 minute photo slide show of our bride’s mother that passed away a short time ago. It was a nice way to celebrate her life and have her be a special part of our couple’s wedding. Dancing went really well tonight. We had a little bit of a late start but they really ate it up. We were scheduled to end at 12 midnight but the bride ran up to me and wanted to extend until 1 am. At about 12:15 the staff told the bride and groom that the event had to end at 12 midnight so we closed the evening out with their last dance. Overall a great wedding!

Click here to view a short video slide show of this wedding from Photographer Sara France.

Extras provided: 8 uplights, gobo monogram projection, cake spotlighting, slide show projection equipment

MUSIC:

Bridesmaids: All I Want Is You – U2

Bride’s Processional:  Instrumental Bridal March – Jonathan Cain of Journey

Recessional: Magnificent – U2

Bridal Party Entrance: Let it Rock – Kevin Rudolf Ft. Lil Wayne

Bride & Groom Entrance: Monday night Football Theme

First Dance: Life After You – Daughtry

Father/Daughter Dance: She’s a Wild One – Faith Hill & Daddy’s Money – Ricochet Mix

Mother/Son Dance: All to You – DJ Keo

Last Dance: My Way – Robbie Williams

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Coordinator:  Lindsay with First Comes Love

Photographer:  Sara France

Cake:  For The Love Of Cake

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This weekend kicked off with a wedding at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. I helped provide the ceremony music which was held just outside the ballroom on the Aragon Lawn. We moved inside the Aragon Ballroom for the cocktail hour and reception. A nice personal touch was the fact that family members made the entire cake this evening. We were all a little worried about it in the beginning because they were bringing it inside all in pieces. They assembled it and added some last minute detailing. It turned out well and was actually a fairly large cake for 200+ people. They wanted to really highlight this so I provided the cake spotlighting (photos below). Take notice of the room shots at a distance to really see how this makes the cake stand out. We also added in the uplighting to match the girl’s dresses and add some color to the walls. Dancing went well tonight. We had a late night break from the dance floor with some cheeseburgers and fries with all the toppings.

Extras Provided: Cake Spotlighting, Custom Colored Uplighting

First Dance:  Only You Can Love Me – Keith Urban

Father/Daughter Dance: I Loved Her First – Heartland

Last Dance: The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra

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A very intimate wedding at the Rancho Bernardo Inn Grenada Room. This wedding was for around 40 of our bride and groom’s closest family and friends. The bride & groom are planning two weddings… one here in the United States and the other wedding back in Japan with the bride’s family. Since the wedding in Japan will mostly represent the bride’s heritage (with a few things mixed in for the groom) the wedding here in San Diego mostly represented the groom’s Scottish heritage (with a few elements to represent the bride).

The ceremony was held out on the Buena Vista Terrace overlooking the golf course. I played some bagpipe music they selected and the groom was dressed in a traditional kilt. Cocktail hour then moved to another outdoor patio/grass location just outside the reception room. Guests were invited into the Grenada Room for dinner and dancing. Once we kicked off dancing I was a little nervous because it didn’t start off with a bang like most larger receptions. I wasn’t expecting a huge wild party with only 40 people but I wasn’t sure if they would warm up throughout the evening. Let’s just say that was not a problem… Once we got into the music a little bit the guests were out there tearing it up. We not only kept things going until the end but actually extended the party for an extra hour (for a total of 7 hours which is fairly long for a ceremony & reception – especially for a smaller group). They were there to have a great time!

A few unique items tonight: The name cards and the cake cutting set representing the bride. Some excellent chocolate favors that looked like small purses… our bride’s favorite accessory. The water effect lighting added a cool visual effect on the dance floor and ceiling.

Extras Provided: Water Effect Lights

MUSIC:

Grand Entrance: “Scotland The Brave” – Bagpipes

First Dance: “It Had To Be You” – Harry Connick Jr.

Last Dance: “Closing Time” – Semisonic

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A nice summer ceremony out on the Aragon lawn for 225 people. One of the most unique things I have seen at a ceremony happened today. As the groom walked in all of the guests started to clap. The guests continued to clap as each bridesmaid walked down the aisle. They clapped for each person as they walked down including the bride! Having done over 1000 weddings I have never seen this happen. It made for a lighthearted and fun ceremony. Guests then moved into the Aragon ballroom for cocktail hour and reception. After dinner we showed a nice video up on the large screen. The cake spotlighting really made a difference tonight in the large ballroom. Take a look at the before and after pictures below but the photo that stands out is the dark room shot where the spotlighting allows the cake to pop out from a far distance across the room. Dancing went extremely well tonight for a late Sunday night wedding (ending at 11:00pm).

Extras Provided: Cake Spotlighting, Video/Slide Show Projection

San Diego Wedding Vendors:

Coordinator: Tami Austin

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