Reception Entertainment Director

Here’s 6 truly unique Guestbook ideas….. Vintage Atlas – Have your guests sign the pages of a vintage road atlas, highlighting the cities they are traveling from or destinations they know the couple is interested in exploring.  Great idea for brides and grooms that have either a  case  of wanderlust or an appreciation of vintage books. Re-Use Wine Bottles – Whether you “message in a bottle” your guest book by reusing old bottles (below, left) or have your guests sign the labels of bottles to be opened in the future (below, right), this is a perfect idea for a vineyard wedding. Make sure to include metallic Sharpies if you want your guests to sign the actual bottle, so that the ink shows up on the dark glass. Advice Coasters – It can never hurt to have a little helpful marital advice at the ready.  On your welcome table have a basket of blank coasters for guests to fill out with advice and funny memories. You’ll end up using these, especially ...

If you grew up in the 90s you’re going to remember a lot of these songs….. Based on popularity and impact from recent weddings performed by Atmosphere Productions . Marcia Griffiths – Electric Slide Los Del Rio – Macarena Quad City DJ’s – Come On Ride The Train Lou Bega – Mambo #5 Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca Ce Ce Peniston – Finally Rednex – Cotton Eyed Joe C&C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby Tag Team – Whoop! There It Is MC Hammer – Can’t Touch This House Of Pain – Jump Around Brooks & Dunn – Boot Scootin’ Boogie Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It Salt n Pepa – Shoop N-Trance – Stayin’ Alive N-Sync – I Want You Back DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat Mariah Carey – Someday Will Smith – Men In Black Venga Boys – We Like To Party 2Unlimited – Get Ready For This Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy Bobby Brown – My Prerogative Madonna – Vogue Deeelite – Groove I...

So I’ve seen this idea of adding a line somewhere on the RSVP card where guests can suggest a song to be played at the reception.  It’s a great idea. But…. you need to plan ahead and know the advantages and pitfalls. Firstly, you need to order your invitations well in advance, so that you have plenty of time to correlate the songs from the RSVP.  Ask for no more than 3 favorite songs from your guests (If you’re tight on space and the back of the RSVP is blank you could ask guests to write their song choice there).  Put a disclaimer line that YOU (the Bride & Groom have veto power over ALL song choices.  This way requests for the Macarena, Boot Scootin’ Boogie, and the Chicken Dance will be null and void! Here are a few ideas on wording: 1 – “”We’re looking for song ideas for the dance portion of our reception. Give us your favorite dance song and you might hear it played!” 2 – “We’re taking requests! Please tell us if there’s a song you’d like...

Jessica and Michael’s smiles captivated us all…. this is a couple truly in love. Jessica and Michael tied the knot at Saint Clements Castle in Portland, CT, with Atmosphere Productions providing Ceremony Sound and Music and officiated by Justice of the Peace Susan Deyo. Jessica and Michael’s Ceremony Music: Ruelle – I Get to Love you Karaoke (Instrumental) Emotions – Best Of My Love Jessica and Michael’s Introduction Music: Salt-N-Pepa – Push it (Custom Instrumental Intro) Temptations – Get Ready Jessica and Michael’s First Dance: Etta James – At last Jessica and Michael’s Cake Cutting Song: Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me Jessica and Her Father’s Dance: Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Sung by Jessica’s friend Maggie Circa Michael and His Mother’s Dance: Lana Del Rey – Once Upon A Dream Jessica and Michael’s Last Dance: Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – Time Of My Life Songs That Rocked The Dance Floor: Calvin H...

You’ve decided on a wedding day. You’ve picked out the church. You’ve got your photographer. What time should the ceremony be? When should the reception start? How much time do you need for photos? Planning your wedding day time-line can be difficult. Let’s break it down and see how much time you should plan for each section of your wedding day. Your Ceremony  – typically you can expect a Justice of the Peace civil ceremony to last 30 minutes maximum.  If you are planning a full mass service – you should plan a full hour to the ceremony.  If you are doing a receiving line after the ceremony – plan on about 20 minutes for every 100 guests. (If you have 200 guests, your receiving line will take 40 minutes!).  If it’s hot out, you do not want to keep your guests in the heat – let them get to the air conditioned reception site.  Exposing your guests to extreme heat for prolonged periods of time drains their energy – and they will not be as responsive later...

See how lighting can add that WOW!! factor to your reception….. Atmosphere Productions LLC is a CT Wedding DJ, providing professional mobile entertainment service, Music, Reception Entertainment Directors, MC and DJ’s primarily for Weddings in the Greater Hartford area but throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and in the New England area. Specializing in wedding disc jockey entertainment, radio and club dj’s, corporate and business events, photo booth rentals, ceremony musicians, strolling violinist, guitarist, cocktail and chamber musicians, custom lighting, custom song editing and voice-over services. For further information visit our website at  www.atmosphere-productions.com Contact us TODAY for FREE information. DJ Sam Sylvester Samuels Reception Entertainment Director As featured in Eric and Amanda’s winning wedding on the season finale of TLC’s TV “FOUR WEDDINGS” Couples’ Choice Awards™ 2014, 2015, 2016, Bride’s Choice Awards™...

Your wedding is something special. Add a personal touch and provide your guests with Customized Water Bottles…. it’s easy and unique! Just google “custom water bottle labels” and you’ll find an array of companies producing Customized Water Bottles for your wedding. With numerous designs, your choices will never be limited. You can also use special templates to design your own labels.  Today’s high-tech machinery allows any design to be printed on any personalized water labels to your exact specification. Wedding water bottle labels are a creative way to give your guests something that is different: custom water bottle labels allow you to place your signature on the event. Atmosphere Productions LLC is a CT Wedding DJ, providing professional mobile entertainment service, Music, Reception Entertainment Directors, MC and DJ’s primarily for Weddings in the Greater Hartford area but throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and in the New England ...

Picture it now: a nice warm gusts of wind, an outdoor setting, bright colors and the sounds of birds in the air without a single cloud in the sky… There are so many perks to summer weddings!!  It’s the perfect time of year for weather, scenery, and even the attitudes of other people, which are made much more pleasant by the presence of the sun and warm weather. Of course, you can’t really change the weather, but you can try to. The weather forecast is not always the most reliable thing, especially when you really need to be able to count on the five-day forecast. There are a few facets to summer wedding planning that any bride-to-be or wedding planner should keep in mind, and the first one actually is the weather. Many people plan their weddings for the summer time because the weather is a bit more predictable during this time. If you’re lucky, you will get beautiful sunshine, a light, cooling breeze and a nice clear night for the reception. If you are like any ...

Throw tradition out the window…..Think outside the box!! If you are a couple that wants something new and unique for your wedding, but don’t want the cost or headaches of planning a wedding then a Pop Up Wedding is for YOU!! Maybe buying a house is more important or spending money on an exotic honeymoon is really what you prefer. Then a Pop Up Wedding is for YOU!! Perhaps your family has been fighting constantly over the budget, or that you have to invite all their co-workers, even though you’ve never met them, or Uncle George who no one likes, then a Pop Up Wedding is for YOU!! According to Heidi Hanson, owner of Always and Forever, a Pop Up Wedding helps bring your wedding dream to life, and reflects you and your partner and celebrates the incredible love the two of you share. We believe that every couple deserves a beautiful wedding regardless of budget. That’s why the Pop Up Wedding Package starts at just $3,000. Think about all of what you are getting, a we...

Many of our clients have indicated their dislike of the Bouquet & Garter Ceremony or the lack of single guests at their reception.  ATMOSPHERE PRODUCTIONS has devised a suitable alternative, “The Anniversary Celebration Dance”. Here’s how it works: We will invite ALL married couples to the dance floor (including the Bride & Groom) and then play “Through The Years” Kenny Rogers, “Holding Back The Years” Simply Red or “Grow Old With Me” Mary Chapin Carpenter (it’s your choice…pick your favorite). After 30 seconds we will invite everyone who has been married for 5 years or less to move to the edge of the dance floor and start forming a circle with the Bride & Groom. We ask them NOT to sit down.  We will do this for 10, 15, 20 years etc. until we have the longest married couple in the center of the dance floor. At this point the Bride & Groom will present the Bouquet to the couple and the DJ will then ask the longest married couple for any advice for o...

Some call it a Wedding tradition…. Others call it the ritual humiliation of the single women! Let’s get some perspective and a short history lesson:  Tossing the bouquet is a tradition that stems from England. Wedding guests, both men and women used to try to rip pieces of the bride’s dress and flowers in order to obtain some of her good luck. The men often times would become too rowdy and attempt to remove the garter from the bride themselves.  To escape from the crowd the bride would toss her bouquet and run away.   Luckily, nowadays, our brides have an easier time….. At todays wedding receptions we now do “The Bouquet and Garter Ceremony”: A garter toss is when a bride’s garter is removed from her leg by her spouse. It is usually then tossed over the shoulder to a group of single male guests. Then we have all the single ladies gather and the bride throws a bouquet of flowers over her shoulder to an eager young lady to catch.  It is said that whoe...

Want to share the light of love with family and friends? We provided the entertainment for Mary Elizabeth & Dan’s wedding and thought this was a truly unique idea for place cards that double as a favor. For centuries lanterns have been used to light the way on dark and dreary nights… now you can show your guests that love really does light the was with these beautiful lanterns. A metal handle connects through the top and hooks on to the sides of the lantern (about 5.5″ tall with handle). Constructed with a solid ivory colored metal frame, surrounded by glass panels on all four sides, held in place by ivory metal crisscross rib supports with your place neatly tucked inside. So share the light of love with family and friends with this attractive and useful favor. It’s destined to brighten up their days and nights long after your big day through!  What a great idea….THANKS Mary Elizabeth & Dan. Atmosphere Productions LLC is a...

Looking for transportation for your BIG DAY?  Here’s 3 tips from the Nelson Family Limousine in Berlin, CT. Owner, Brian Nelson, has been a professional chauffeur since 2002 and has ample experience providing a variety of transportation services, as well as chauffeuring brides and wedding parties. Count on the  Nelson Family Limousine in Berlin, Connecticut, for a trusted car and limousine service company. EXPERIENCE Big company limos have high turnover, so consider a small buisness for the best customer service and chauffeurs that have experience with brides. It’s too important of a day to roll the dice on knowledge . NEW VEHICLES Always ask the year of the vehicle you are interested in as limos and party busses of older models are unreliable. If your party is over 10 passengers you will be in the Limo Bus market. Avoid busse s with carpet because it will not be clean on your day. Wood floors mop out and smell fresh. BATHROOMS Bathrooms are hard to f...

Planning your wedding is one of the most exciting times of your life. The natural impulse is to share the excitement with those closest to you—your bridesmaids. While your bridesmaids are genuinely thrilled for you, they may be feeling apprehensive about what being a bridesmaid will mean for them, and how it could change their relationship with you. They don’t want to burst your bubble, though—so we’ll tell you things your bridesmaids secretly wish they could: 1. Don’t forget us! When you have an exciting life change like an engagement, it feels as if you’re the only one to ever experience it. It’s hard not to think (and talk) about your wedding all the time. It’s great to share your plans! Just remember that the color of your cocktail napkins isn’t so critical to your friends that they’ll want to discuss it for your entire coffee date. Remember to ask your friends how they’re doing—and listen, really listen, to their answers—before launching into a lengthy discussion about the ush...

You’ll want to avoid these simples wedding music mistakes…. Silence is Not Golden Wedding guest are anxious to head the cocktail hour and head to the bar and relax.  Nothing makes this time seem interminable than silence.  Always have a constant flow of music.  You might think that having no music during cocktail hour mail save you some money but it makes for a LONG reception for your guests and is often a big mistake.  One of our suggestions is one of our live musicians – a strolling violin or a guitarist.  Music like this will help make your guests feel more comfortable and create a pleasing atmosphere. Second Guessing A Professional In order to save some money, you might think that providing your own music via an mp3 player and your favorite streaming service will be enough for the reception…. WRONG!!! Hiring a professional means you won’t have to worry about managing the music and events along with all the other things you have to do on you...