Courtney and Jeff

Courtney and Jeff had an amazing wedding at the Terrace Bay Inn shortly after Thanksgiving of this year. Courtney and Jeff had an amazing wedding at the Terrace Bay Inn shortly after Thanksgiving of this year. The wedding was beautifully decorated by Amanda from Ever After Decorating. It’s really nice to see brides and grooms pay tribute to the history of their family tree and I was glad to see Courtney and Jeff do this near the guestbook. .

Courtney and Jeff opted to go with beautiful uplighting behind the head table and chose a red to accent the white and black elegant color choices. The bridal party introductions went very smoothly with Courtney and Jeff being introduced into the room to the song “Smile” by Uncle Kracker. Afterwards we moved to the Cake Cutting Ceremony with a gorgeous cake created by Cake Sera Sera. . Guests were invited to dinner in a very fun and creative way and after dinner guests also enjoyed a candy buffet as well.

Our full grand march happened after dinner with the bridal party entering to “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” and Courtney and Jeff introduced to “Love Is A Beautiful Thing” by Phil Vassar. From there we segued to their first dance to “History In The Making” by Darius Rucker, followed by Courtney and her father Dave’s dance to “I Loved Her First” by Heartland. Jeff and his Mom shared a dance to “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts and then the wedding party helped kick off the dancing.

The dance floor was hoppin’ all night, only stopping for a fun Garter and Bouquet segment featuring Jeff’s favorite NFL team…the CHICAGO BEARS! The reception ended on a wonderful note with a special twist to their last song “I Love This Bar” by Toby Keith…pleasantly surprising Courtney, Jeff and their guests. Congratulations Courtney and Jeff! Best wishes on married life together!

Courtney, Jeff and Mitch

Weekly Wedding Tip – Fun way to choose wedding colors!

Color Samples

When choosing colors for your wedding day, don’t simply rely on just the ads and choices you see in your bridal magazines. Check out your local hardware store’s paint section. Bring home paint swatches and look at colors together with your fiance, coming up with a unique color palette for your wedding together. It’s a great way to start your planning and who knows, you may come up with some ideas for painting rooms in your new home too!

Cabo, WEDG and the Lamarch Skerbeck Wedding

Wow! What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been. My wife and I recently celebrated our upcoming 10 year anniversary with a trip to Cabo San Lucas in January. We traveled around the tip of the Baja Peninsula of California; saw the sea lions on the rocks out at Los Arcos.

We also went ziplining across the canyons of southwestern Mexico. What an amazing, exhilarating thrill ride! If you’ve never experienced this and are a thrill seeker at heart, this is an activity you definitely should try. On the last night of our trip, we even saw flying fish in front of our resort as we walked the beach the night before we came home.

On the business side of things, I am extremely excited to announce that as of February 8th, 2008, I achieved the title of Wedding Entertainment Director and have been approved and accepted as the latest member of the Wedding Entertainment Directors Guild. The Wedding Entertainment Directors Guild, or WEDG, utilizes a rigorous application process to verify that each and every member is a proven professional in the entertainment field with a minimum of 5 years experience in wedding entertainment and/or a minimum of 200 wedding reception performances. Every Wedding Entertainment Director utilizes seven key services to ensure a uniquely personalized entertainment experience that will not soon be forgotten. Those seven components are Comprehensive Personalization, Creative Involvement, Event Direction, Talented Spokesperson, Music Programming, Appropriate Presentation and Quality Amplification. I am also the first Wedding Entertainment Director, or WED from the state of Michigan. For more information on Wedding Entertainment Directors and the WED Guild, please visit http://www.wedguild.com/ or http://www.thebestweddingreceptionever.com/.

I have to sincerely thank the LaMarche and Skerbeck families for the beautiful reception that they held on January 26th, 2008 for their children Cindy and Dustin. The setting for Cindy and Dustin’s reception was the Terrace Bay Inn ballroom, which was beautifully decorated by Tiffany Albaugh from Final Touches Designs. Mike, Laurie and the staff prepared an exquisite meal and I’m sure everyone thoroughly enjoyed their reception. Here are a few of the comments Cindy and Dustin had to say: “Mitch, Thank You so much! You were awesome! We loved not having to worry about anything at our event! Our favorite memories had to be the Love Story, the fact that you played great music and the dance floor was packed all night! We loved getting a detailed schedule ahead of time and our guests had a great time! Thanks!”

I will wrap up my blog by thanking all of my past and present clients for their belief in me and my ability to deliver exactly what they want on their wedding day and to my family for supporting my dream of being a full time wedding entertainer. I’m sure several of you have heard the phrase “Time is money”. I recently heard a much better take on this phrase. Next time you think of that phrase, change it to “Time is Life”. Something to think about.

Mitch Taylor