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Vannessa & Jennifer’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh, NC

Jennifer & Vannessa’s

Wedding Vendor Team!

 

Venue & Catering:  Donovan’s Dish

Photographer:  Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Ceremony Audio and Microphones:  All Around Raleigh DJ

Wedding Coordinator:  Timeless Events

Hair and Makeup:  Wedded Kiss

Rentals:  Curated Events

Florist:  Teacup Floral

 

Jennifer & Vannessa’s

Wedding Day Timeline

 

4:30 – DJ Set Up and Playing Music for the Ceremony

  • Two Mics for Duet by Michael & Katie
  • Mic for Officiant Eric
  • Bridal Party song is duet by Michael and Katie 
  • Duet by Michael & Katie (song not received by DJ as of 12/27)
  • Recessional song is You’re My Best Friend by Queen

6:30 – Grand Sparkler Entrance | Song is Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen

  • Mrs and Mrs Vannessa and Jennifer!

6:35 – First Dance for Jennifer & Vannessa |  Brandi Carlile – I Belong to You (fade out by 3:20)

6:40 – Dinner | Thank you from Vanessa’s Parents

7:45 – Toasts | Jennifer’s Maid of Honor | Vannessa’s Maid of Honor

7:54 – Dancing! 

9:50 – End of Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding | Final Song is Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga

 

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

 

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Jennifer & Vannessa’s Wedding at The Meadows by Ariel Kaitlin Photography

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows at Firefly Farm Preserve in Raleigh, NC

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy were such fun and wonderful clients to work with!  They really took the time to put their personal stamp on their wedding day with both decor and the song list.

This was a fun wedding and little did we know it would be one of our last pre-pandemic weddings of 2020!  The governor enacted COVID restrictions on their wedding day for no gatherings of 100 or more. Luckily we were under that amount so it did not affect the wedding.  The ceremony was beautiful and  located to left if the main house on the property.

After the cocktail hour, it was time to get our bridal party introduced into the reception to “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” by The Darkness.  Our bride and groom’s entrance followed to “Better Together” by Jack Johnson and went directly into their first dance.  After the toasts, the DJ opened the night with the married couple’s Anniversary Dance which helped open up the dance floor.  From there on, it was a fun time of dancing with a packed dance floor the rest of the night. We ended the night with “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show with all of our guests on the dance floor with Andy and Kim and then, of course, the amazing Sparkler Exit.

Kim & Andy’s Wedding Vendor Team

 

Officiant:  Gwen Downs

Wedding Planner: Timeless Events

Wedding Photographer: Kivus & Camera

Venue: The Meadows at Firefly Farm Preserve

Ceremony Musician: All Around Raleigh DJ

Hair & Makeup: Head Turners

Caterer: Fords Fluent N’ Food

Florist: The Wedding Woman

Rentals: CE Rental

 

Andy & Kim’s Wedding Planner

The Meadows at Firefly Farm Preserve, Raleigh, N.C

4:00 – Seating Music style is Vitamin String Quartet
4:25 – Seating of Mothers to ‘A Thousand Years’ by Vitamin String Quartet
4:28 – Bridal party entrance to ‘Still Alive’ by VSQ
4:30 – Processional to ‘I Will’ by Subito Strings
4:55 – Recessional to ‘You Are The Best Thing’ by Ray LaMontagne
5:00 – Cocktail Hour- Upbeat Cocktail Music
6:00 – Introduction of Bridal Party to ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ by The Darkness

*Shelby and Jerra
*Jenny and Jessica
*Katie and Robbie
*Caroline and Andrew
*Kelsey, Kristin, and Parker

6:03 – Introduction of Bride and Groom to ‘Better Together’ by Jack Johnson

Mr. And Mrs. Andy and Kim!!

6:05 – First Dance to ‘Honeybee’ by Head and The Heart
6:08 – Father/Daughter to ‘When You Need Me’ by Bruce Springsteen

6:10 – Mother/Son Dance to ‘What A Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong

6:12 – Welcome by Father of the Bride Rick
6:15 – Dinner Music – Big Band then into Motown and Oldies

6:55 – Toasts by Kristin & Kelsey (Sisters of the Bride) and Parker (Brother of the Groom)

7:15 – Pie Cutting to ‘How Sweet It Is’ by James Taylor

7:30 – Anniversary Dance
7:35 – Dancing!
9:50 – Last Dance to ‘Wagon Wheel’ by Old Crow Medicine Show

9:55 – Sparkler Exit

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows in Raleigh by Kivus & Camera

 

Kim & Andy’s Wedding at The Meadows by Kivus & Camera