Rushton/McCallum Reception-July 10th, 2009
July 14th, 2009
Jamie and Elissa’s reception fell on a Friday (and I got to take Saturday off, sweet!). The event took place at Cary’s lovely Prestonwood. The guests arrived to a cocktail hour outside of the ballroom as I finished setting up. I lined up the bridal party and could tell they were ready to rock! James is from England and alot of the bridal party and guests made the travel “over the pond”! The parents, ring bearers, and flower girls came in to “Bittersweet Symphony”, the bridesmaids and groomsmen came in to “Bring ‘em Out by T.I.” and finally the bride and groom made their way down the huge staircase to “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay. It was awesome! They went right into their first dance “This Years Love” by David Gray. I love that song…After their dance, a huge buffet opened and the guests enjoyed Prestonwood’s amazing food. As soon as dinner ended, we went into the parent dances. Elissa danced with her dad to “Butterfly Kisses” and Jamie danced with his mom to “You Bring Me Up”. Those are tear jerkers, but great songs. The toasts were excellent by the best man maid of honor. They really had prepared and it showed. Very funny stuff, Jamie and Elissa got roasted a little. The beautiful cake was cut afterwards and then the dance floor opened to a big start and never dwindled. I had the crowd rocking to everything from Abba to Flo-Rida. The biggest song of the night? Billie Jean for sure! Love live MJ. This was a great reception, I wish they could all be on Fridays with Saturdays off!
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