Our Wedding Soundtrack - My iPod Music Playlist

I did not hire a DJ, and I still regret it a little bit.  I chose to go the iPod route to save a little money, and also because I was a bit of a control freak over the playlist.  My new brother-in-law stepped in as MC (and was hilarious), and the A/V people at the hotel did a great job working the sound board.  But, when it came to the dancing part of the evening, we just set the iPod on shuffle and let it go.  The music didn't really follow the mood of the crowd like a professional DJ can, and not as many people stayed on the dance floor.  Plus, I downloaded all of the songs off Amazon literally two days before my wedding at about 1 am, which was a bit stressful. That confession aside, let's get to the tunes for the evening:

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"Special" Songs
The "special" songs, like the first dance and bouquet toss songs, were totally random. There are songs that are special to us, there are songs like I listen to every day at work, and there are songs that we picked out of mid-air.

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Cocktail Hour and Dinner Songs - Old School Classy Theme
For the cocktail hour and dinner hour, I wanted lots of the old classics - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, with a few "new classics" mixed in - like Carla Bruni and Joseph Arthur.

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High Paced "Booty" Music
I tried to balance the music on the playlist for the dancing part of the reception between "young people" music and "old people" music, plus favorites for everyone. This is the stuff that grandma could break a hip trying to dance to.

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Medium Pace / Older Music
These are the crowd pleasers, where young and old say "Oh I love this song!" and jump on the dance floor - at least that's the goal.

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Slow, Lovey Dovey Songs

I have to slow dance with my new husband! I interspersed a few slow songs, so we could have some "couples skate" moments.

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Cajun Music
Since a few people from my Cajun mother's side came to the wedding, I wanted to include some "heritage" songs. This was a huge hit! Even the non-Cajuns in the room loved the songs and all tried to do the waltzes. These were probably the most popular songs of the night.

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