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Author: Joe Klement
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Ever imagine the groomsmen dancing to the YMCA in front of all your guests or 80% of your guests engaged in the Bird Dance… well with Platinum DJ, we see that all the time because our DJs know how to properly engage the bridal party and wedding guests in non-cheesy dance-floor-fun. If you’re looking for a professional AND interactive DJ who can read the crowd and get your guests on the dance floor then Platinum DJ should be your choice. We are currently booking 2012, 2013, AND 2014 weddings so call us today toll-free at 888-247-4631 or visit us on the web at djplatinum.ca.
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Earth Mother
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Hazel Goblindancer
If you live in or around Calgary and are looking for a unique and attractive wedding venue, look no further. The Hyatt Regency in Calgary is a stunning hotel that offers extensive wedding planning services and beautiful rooms for receptions.
Whether you are planning a small reception of 35 guests, or a large one of up to 1800 guests, the Hyatt Regency in Calgary has a room to suit your needs. They offer a number of different wedding packages and cover everything from hors d’oeuvres and personalized decorations to a wedding cake and a dance floor. The packages are designed to allow the couple to have exactly what they want. If you need a hand picking a vendor for flowers, music, or photography, just ask. They can even handle the stress for you by making the arrangements themselves. If you have dietary restrictions on your menu or if you even want your guests to each pick their own entrée, no problem.
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Hazel Goblindancer
Today, my wedding is a week away. My mother and grandmother will arrive tomorrow evening and then comes complete insanity. Don’t get me wrong, I am excited, but having the 3 of us together in my tiny house is going to be interesting. You see, they asked me to wait on some things until they got here so that they could help out. Such as my shoes, my hair appointment, make-up, and my flowers. Now I am starting to think this was a bad idea.
Since the end of November, I keep having extremely vivid and disturbing dreams about my wedding. Like that my fiancé will ditch me on our wedding day, that my family won’t make it because of the weather, that my dress gets ruined just before I get to the aisle. Now, I don’t worry about these things during the day, but my subconscious is taking advantage of my exhaustion and stress over other things and has decided to attack. I know, in my logical mind, that these things won’t happen and that everything will be fine, but to be honest, at this point I can’t wait until the day after.
I am also feeling excited, which I didn’t think would happen. I am not an overly excitable person. In fact, I have a fairly dry sense of humour and a very logical mind. I take things on with a plan, and usually come out just fine. So, now I am all out of sorts because I have had butterflies in my stomach for a month. Perhaps it’s because we tried planning our wedding about 5 times before we actually made a solid plan, and this time it’s really happening. Maybe, somewhere deep down, I thought that we were just going to stop planning it and never actually get married. Now that we are and it’s so close, things are starting to sink in.
There are still a number of things that need to be done, and I can’t get my mind around how such planning is necessary for a 20 minute ceremony and, after that, a small dinner. There are so many different people involved in a wedding and you have to rely on all of them to contribute their part perfectly or else it will cause a domino effect. And at the head of it all is you, the big boss, the orchestrator of everything that is your wedding. If anything falls apart, ultimately it comes back to you. For you brides out there who are planning large weddings, I feel for you. For you brides out there having small events, I share your pain. Although I have had a lot of fun picking out my dress, ordering a cake, and deciding on all of the details, it hasn’t all been kittens and gumdrops.
I am sure that it will all be worth it in the end, and that it will be everything that we wanted. I know that all of this planning and stress and perfectionism will pay off in the end. I just hope that the next week flies by and that with the added support of my mother and grandmother, I will make it through with a smile and a spring in my step.
Columbine Rainbowwand
Since we are quickly approaching the date of my wedding, there isn’t much left to do. As I write this, I still have one last dress fitting in about a week, and we have to pick up my fiancé’s tux about a week before the wedding. Other than that, we are waiting.
So far, the hardest part of planning has been worrying about other people-who we should invite as a witness, if we would hurt someone’s feelings, how to please everyone. That’s why we decided to make it very small. We are getting married in front of and having a small dinner with 7 people. Now, to please everyone else who wanted to come, we have decided that we are going to have a delayed reception. As in, probably a month or two after the wedding. It will be casual, pay for your own, and attendance is optional. We haven’t started to plan that yet as we’ve got enough on our plates as it is, but the idea has pleased most and it’s a way for us to have the wedding that we want without stepping on too many toes. The reception will not have favours, and we don’t want any speeches, it will be more like a gathering to have a bite and catch up.
Another unpleasant aspect of wedding planning has been the realization that you still have to handle everything else, as usual, when you’re planning a wedding. In our case, we planned a wedding while our house was torn apart due to a leak. We still don’t have flooring and just got cupboards last week. Of course I didn’t plan on having that happen, but it hasn’t helped stress levels. Weddings of any size are stressful and all come with their own problems. It hasn’t been a walk in the park. I don’t know what I was expecting when I decided to get married this year, but it wasn’t this. My mother and grandmother will be here from across the country on December 17th, and I still have 3 animals that I am responsible for on top of an extremely long to-do list.
If I could go back and change one thing about wedding planning, it would be to have a better plan. I thought I had a good one to start out with, but I forgot about all of the intricate details. I thought it would be easy to find a location, rings, a dress, and all of the other things needed. It wasn’t, and I didn’t plan for hiccups, so when they happened I was taken off guard. Sticking to the budget was also difficult since I had no idea what things were going to cost. I did stay within my very modest budget, but having to do so made things more complicated. My best advice would be to give yourself a lot of time and to research things before setting a budget and starting to book things. Look at all of your options, get price estimates, check out locations, make calls, and do up a sort of preliminary plan. Then when the time comes to actually get things in order, you will have back-ups and a number of choices. And remember to breathe. As with everything else, wedding planning can become consuming and it can take up a lot of your time. If it starts to become too much, take a break from it. Get help from your friends and family, spread out the responsibility if you can, and try to enjoy the anticipation.
