Wedding 101 · Tool

The DJ Sheet

Every cue and every song, from the prelude to the send-off, with pronunciations and the lists. Hand it to whoever runs your music.

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This is the sheet I put in a couple's hands. Fill in what you know, skip what you don't, and hand the printed copy to whoever runs your music: a DJ, a band, or a friend with a laptop. It reads the same in a dark room either way.

The two of you

Your name Your partner's name Wedding date

Still missing: fill in the sheet and this line keeps score.

ACeremony BEntrance CDances DMoments EThe lists

A. Ceremony cues

One person cues, and the officiant sets the pace. Put a name on every row so nobody is looking at anybody else when the moment comes.

Prelude

Twenty minutes before, soft and instrumental, while your guests find a seat. A vibe is enough here; a song list is a bonus.

Song Artist Version or note

Starts Minutes before the ceremony. Vibe

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Seating of family

For the parents and grandparents being walked in, if you do that.

Song Artist Version or note

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

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Wedding party processional

How many walk tells the DJ how long the song has to hold.

Song Artist Version or note

How many walk Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

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The entrance

Your walk. Who walks with whom, together or one at a time. Say it here exactly the way it happens.

Song Artist Version or note

Who walks with whom Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

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Under a reading or a unity moment

A bed under a reading, a candle, or sand. Low enough to talk over.

Song Artist Version or note

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Remembrance moment (optional)

A song that meant something to the person you are honoring, while a candle is lit or a chair is set.

Song Artist Version or note

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Signing (optional)

If you sign at the ceremony, something plays. A minute or two.

Song Artist Version or note

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Recessional

The one everybody hears. Big and happy, and a cold start is fine.

Song Artist Version or note

Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

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Postlude or receiving line

What plays while everyone files out, or the vibe if you greet each guest in the aisle.

Song Artist Version or note

Vibe Who cues it One person cues each row, and the officiant sets the pace.

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Mics and the site

What the ceremony needs to be heard. Whoever runs sound reads this line first.

A lapel mic for the officiant Readers who need a mic Musicians who need to plug in or be miked A mic stand for a singer The ceremony is outdoorsThen: power at the site, windscreens on the mics, and hurricane covers on any candles. Power at the site

Phones during the ceremony

Unplugged or not, it is your call. Type the line once and it prints three ways: the website line, the sign at the entrance, and what the officiant or MC says before the processional.

Your call

Unplugged Phones are welcome

The line, in your words

B. Grand entrance lineup

In the order they are announced. Names the way they should be said, and one line about them if you want one. The lineup is what I read from, so the pronunciations matter more than anything else on this page.

Name, the way it should be said Sounds like Write it how it sounds: SHAWN, not Sean. Who they are to you Song for this pair Leave it blank if one song carries everyone.

One line about them Informative, entertaining, personal, or emotional. Pick one.

Name, the way it should be said Sounds like Write it how it sounds: SHAWN, not Sean. Who they are to you Song for this pair Leave it blank if one song carries everyone.

One line about them Informative, entertaining, personal, or emotional. Pick one.

Name, the way it should be said Sounds like Write it how it sounds: SHAWN, not Sean. Who they are to you Song for this pair Leave it blank if one song carries everyone.

One line about them Informative, entertaining, personal, or emotional. Pick one.

Name, the way it should be said Sounds like Write it how it sounds: SHAWN, not Sean. Who they are to you Song for this pair Leave it blank if one song carries everyone.

One line about them Informative, entertaining, personal, or emotional. Pick one.

0 announced, about 5 minutes with the two of you. Ten minutes with the party and five alone is my rule; a line about each pair adds to it.

One song for everyone

If every pair comes in to the same song, put it here and leave the rows blank.

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

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The two of you

Say it the way you want to hear it, names included. That exact sentence is what gets read.

The announcement

You come inTradition says last. Come in first and you get to watch the party come in, and they get to hug you on the way by.

Last, after the party First, and watch the party come in

Your song

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

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Theme, if any Sports, a movie, a game show: tell the MC and the lineup gets written to it.

C. Special dances

Your guests are watching during these. Every choice below is one I ask about at the planning meeting.

First dance

Full song or an edit. About a minute in I can bring the wedding party out; about two minutes in, everyone.

Song Artist Version or note

Length

The full song Edited (fade it early)

Invite the wedding party in after about a minute Invite everyone after two minutes

Link, and do we have a copy

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Parent dances

Each of you with a parent, or whoever you choose. One shared song or two separate ones; both are common.

Dance one: who With

Dance one song

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

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Dance two: who With

Dance two song

Leave it blank if the two dances share one song.

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Songs

Separate songs One shared song

Invite other pairs in after a minuteParents and kids of any age join in. It takes the spotlight off and fills the floor. No parent dancesSkip them and the sheet leaves them out.

Anniversary dance

Yes, do the anniversary danceI count down the years until one couple is left on the floor. Five minutes, and it never misses.

Last song

A slow last dance and then an encore, or one closer. The circle around the two of you is my default, and it photographs.

Last dance

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

How it ends

Slow last dance, then an encore One closer and done

The encore

One upbeat song held back for the very end, if you chose the encore.

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Everyone in a circle around the two of you A private last danceGuests step out to line up for the send-off and the two of you get one song alone in the room.

D. Moment songs

These take a song each. Skip a tradition in the Events Picker and its row stays here but comes off the missing list.

Cake cutting

Sweet or funny. Two minutes, and the room is watching.

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Bouquet toss

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Garter

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Money dance

Call it whatever you like; the MC announces it your way. Cut-ins every 30 to 45 seconds keep the line moving.

Song Artist Version or note

The container What you call it Who runs the cut-ins

Link, and do we have a copy

Link Typed, not embedded. Any link to the exact version you mean. We have a copy of this one (for anything obscure)

Send-off

What plays while the MC lines everyone up, and what plays as you go.

Song Artist Version or note

Link, and do we have a copy

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Dinner vibe One line: what the room hears while people eat.

E. Must play

Twenty is the most a night can take without turning into a jukebox. These get played, in the right spots, whatever the floor is doing.

Song Artist

0 of 20.

Do not play

A song, an artist, or a whole genre. Flip "not even if requested" on the ones that stay off no matter who asks.

Song or artist Artist

Not even if requested

Song or artist Artist

Not even if requested

Song or artist Artist

Not even if requested

Song or artist Artist

Not even if requested

0 on the list.

Genres and eras

Like, fine, or avoid. "Fine" means I use it when the floor asks for it.

Pop

Like Fine Avoid

Hip-hop and R&B

Like Fine Avoid

Country

Like Fine Avoid

Rock

Like Fine Avoid

Dance and EDM

Like Fine Avoid

Latin

Like Fine Avoid

Oldies (50s and 60s)

Like Fine Avoid

70s and disco

Like Fine Avoid

80s

Like Fine Avoid

90s

Like Fine Avoid

2000s

Like Fine Avoid

2010s

Like Fine Avoid

Today's hits

Like Fine Avoid

Line dances

Like Fine Avoid

Slow songs

Like Fine Avoid

Jazz and standards

Like Fine Avoid

Guest requests

Requests from the floor

Yes, take them Yes, filtered against our lists No requests

Three words for the room

How the night should feel. Three words is all I need to pick the first hour.

Word one Word two Word three

Things that would make us cringe

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