I'd be interested to know what some of you play at a wedding when asked to do an arch for the couple as they're leaving?
Aside from stuff like Love & Marriage (Sinatra), Magic moments (Como etc.
One that I've found popular is Tommy Steele-Flash bang whallop, what a picture!... it has the whole arch singing and dancing along, even the young ones, who almost certainly have never heard the song before.

You could always really scrape the bottom of the barrel and play Su Pollard - Starting Together!


Hi De Hi Folks

i play tunes like

3rd finger left hand - martha reeves
going to the chapel - dixie cups
and you'll never walk alone as they finish this always gets everyone singing at the top of their voices.

How's about boys and girls, The Ovaltiney's - Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye

Another one bites the dust

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and you'll never walk alone as they finish this always gets everyone singing at the top of their voices.

I did a gig once (not a wedding) in north London, where I'd been asked to play Ferry cross the Mersey, so I stuck it on and the whole place went berserk! they got in a massive circle and were singing every word. I was scratching my head thinking what I could follow this up with, and slightly confused as to why this was so massively popular with this crowd. I decided that You'll never walk alone would probably be the most suitable... as soon as the first few notes of Walk Alone started playing, virtually the whole crowd were staring daggers at me screaming at me to 'take this sh off' I'd never ever had a reaction to a song like this... it turned out that they were all Everton fans, so the Liverpool anthem didn't go down too well

Anyway, taking you slightly off-topic there. Anymore nominations for songs that you play for the wedding arch?

For older crowds I've got an old medley/mix of "Eastenders Sing-a-long" songs...Roll out the barrel, My old mans a dustman etc..etc...(hey, the Albert Square cast were young then. and needed the money)..

For younger couples pretty much anything.. but think of two things...trying to keep those in line amused until the happy couple get to them...and pass them..and also that the couple will be trying to talk to everyone as they pass... (even if its the same old "Thanks for coming, lovely to see you, hope you enjoyed yourself" speech, to everyone...) So, a mid to low volume would probably be appreciated.

Also, where the crowd are likely to follow the Bride and groom out before the night has ended....make sure you've announced that there plenty more music afterwards...

Remember too, that the wedding arch is an ideal time for you to announce that you offer a 10% discount for the Christening Disco, if its within 8 months....

Can we go Irish for a second?

If you have any stomping Reels or Jigs - it's a cracker!

During my 25 years of DJ-ing I've never been asked to this arch thing. Whats it all about???

A wedding Arch is simply a time when all the guests that the bride & groom have been trying to avoid all day (and evening) finally get to shake hands with the groom and snog the bride

When the Bride & Groom are about to depart the Wedding Reception (hopefully together...but, you never know...) You call for all the audience to form two lines, facing each other, about 6ft apart, all the ladies in one line, all the fellas in the other line. Depending on the shape/size of the room, the lines normally start at the dancefloor and run out to the fire exit/room exit.

You then get the happy(?) couple to start at the Dancefloor end of the lines and they spend a few seconds thanking everyone for being their, hoping they enjoyed themselves....anything other than "I hope your tiny wedding present is something better than it looks when we unwrap it..."...

During the several minutes that this takes, you play some rousing music to stop the 70 couples who are standing in line, but not conversing with the bride and groom, from getting bored.

Depending on the couples arrangements, the whole audience except for the compleely plastered ones, will follow the couple out to the car park, for that age old tradition of "Will the grooms car start, even after all those things that we did to it...?"

In some rooms, two long lines just are not possible/practicle...therefore, a huge circle of guests could be made on the dance floor, you then send the bride and groom off in opposite directions around the circle...resist the urge to swap the background music for the Hokey Cokey.... Then again....

It must vary from different parts of the country because where we are the bride and groom do all that BEFORE the couple enter the room for the wedding reception. Which most of the time we are not required. I'm not saying it does'nt happen at all but for the weddings I've done I play a first dance then get everybody else up. And then at the end of the night or maybe sooner in some cases everyone drifts off.

that happens every where, but the "wedding arch" is an old tradition where the bride & groom thank every one, and the guest wish the good speed

.... under the moon of love - showaddywaddy..... goes down a storm!