Geelong Entertainment Services

Music at a wedding Ceremony can be something easily not given enough attention. But just as the flowers, dress, and location are crucial to setting the tone, music is a crucial way to convey your feelings, personalities, wedding theme, and to help your guests relax.

GES can help you in the following ways to ensure your ceremony is everything you dreamed of.

• Assist you in selecting appropriate music for your ceremony

• Provide you with a Portable Rechargeable Public address System. This a battery operated speaker/CD player that comes with a wireless microphone which will allow your celebrant voice to be amplified as well as playing music throughout your ceremony.

• Make a CD for you with all of the songs that you have chosen for your ceremony so it is easy to navigate through your songs throughout the ceremony

• Provide a professional DJ to be present at your ceremony to cue all of your songs in at the right times

• Change the tempo of any of your special songs to suit your requirements.

The general rule is that music is not played while the celebrant and wedding party are speaking. Having said that, the following sections are great places to have music.

The Prelude

Allow your guests to arrive to an atmosphere filled with music that sets a scene of elegance and romance. Ask your DJ to play 15-20 minutes before the bride arrives.

Choosing Music For The Bridal March

The bridal march (also known as the procession), is the most important piece of wedding music you need to choose. We can assist you in choosing suitable, walk-able pieces.

We find that it works really well if you separate the prelude music from the bridal march music with a short pause. This will also make the bride's entrance more dramatic when the music starts up again. The Signing of the Register Sometimes it can appear that the wedding ceremony has come to a bit of a lull while the register is being signed. Music played during this time fills the gap and provides a seamless continuity between the sections of the ceremony. The Recessional Music for the recessional (your exit), should be up-tempo and joyful. Again, make sure you can walk to it. The Postlude This is where music plays while your guests leave the ceremonial area and usually lasts for about 5 minutes

If we can assist you in any way with advice for your ceremony music please don't hesitate to contact us.