| Music By Lauren |
| The Garter |
Along with the Bouquet Toss, this is the light-hearted time of the evening. Choose a great song to show that humor! GARTER REMOVAL IDEAS You Can blindfold the groom while taking off the garter, and guy who caught it while putting it on. Can also suggest using their teeth After blindfolding the groom, can have the bride and all the bridesmaids put their legs out. The groom then has to pick his bride's leg from the group. After blindfolding the garter catcher, can substitute an older woman (maybe one of the grandmothers) for the bouquet catcher-oblivious to the substitution, the garter catcher puts the garter on Grandma's leg. Can get guys to gather around the groom and sing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" before the groom tosses the garter. Can also get single guys in a circle around the groom, blindfold groom and spin him around before tossing the garter. Remote Control Game This is usually played after the Garter and Bouquet toss, the Bride and Groom sit back to back in chairs. The DJ should have 2-18" wooden dowels and 2 wrapped rolls of toilet paper. He should call the Best Man to assist the Groom and the Maid/Matron of Honor to assist the Bride. The DJ should unwrap the 2 rolls and place on the rods in front of the audience. The assistants hold the dowels while the Bride and Groom compete for control of the TV Remote Control for the first six months of marriage by seeing who unravels the roll first. Audience applause determines the winner in the event of a tie. Mystery Chair Pulling lots of other stuff out before the garter There is a mystery box hidden underneath the chair that the bride is sitting on containing all kinds of humorous things. When it is time for the groom to retrieve the garter he goes for the garter but instead he digs inside the hidden box and finds all kinds of funny things. Finally after finding all kinds of things he eventually finds the garter. You must pre-plan this gag with with your Entertainer to see if he can do this. The groom must be told in advance what to pull out when (also arrange stuff in the box to make this easier for the groom). Put a box with the stuff under the chair that the bride will be sitting on. Have part of the front of the box cut away to make it easy for the groom to get at the stuff inside. Drape a white tablecloth over the chair that the box is hidden from view. The DJ should tell the groom "Only remove the garter; don't take off the entire garter belt." Then cue up music such as "Mission Impossible". The groom should start by start by pulling out a pair of panties (MC can respond by saying something like "NOT THAT" or "The garter, just the garter!"). Continue with pulling out other things. MC should pump this (with banter) for all its worth. Here is a sample list of items with sample MC responses: ? Fake/toy hand ("I guess he needs a hand") ? Inflatable saxophone ("You saxy thing, you") ? Phone book / yellow pages ("Let his fingers do the walking") ? Face mask and snorkel tube ("Divers do it deeper") ? Frisbee ("I guess he likes to play around once in a while") ? Inflatable guitar ("I guess he's musically yours") ? Baby doll ("got married just in time") ? The garter is the LAST thing out (of course). Black Garter Ceremony. Some brides are choosing not to do the typical bouquet and garter toss since they have few single friends or they do not wish to embarrass anyone. If this is the case then a Black Garter ceremony may well solve this problem. But, everything must be prearranged your DJ. The groom is invited to the dance floor and then the DJ invites the married men to the dance floor. The groom then tosses the garter to one of the group of married men. The catcher then is advised that he can place the garter on his wife, in privacy at home. The bride then invites a special friend from the audience to the dance floor and gives her the bouquet. At this point, the bride and groom can start off the dancing to a special love song. Miner’s Light For groom to take garter off leg of bride. All you have to do is lift up the dress, go up the leg, find the souvenir, and bring it out.” As the groom starts, the DJ should stop him and say something like “under a full length dress it gets very dark. I have something here to help you out.” The DJ should then Strap a light on groom’s head (something like a miner’s light). This works best when bride is wearing a very long white wedding dress. The light makes the dress glow, and the guests can see the light travelling up the dress (but nothing else). Bouquet & Garter catchers bow to each other I had a garter toss done at my wedding, for a number of reasons. The garter was worn tastefully just below my knee, and the garter catcher made a courtly bow to the bouquet catcher—no mauling or anything else inappropriate. From: newsgroup alt.wedding Man wearing garter under kilt Since my husband wore a kilt at our wedding, he decided to wear the garter. We called all the single folks (male and female) up for the garter toss; the 2 of us went to get a chair and positioned it in front of the guests. Then Jherek gracefully seated himself and extended his leg for me to slide off the garter (which matched the kilt colors). We both tossed it to the crowd amidst much laughter and hilarity. From newsgroup alt.wedding Balloon drop with garter Decorators take a big balloon and fill the inside with several little balloons. Inside one of these smaller balloons is hidden the garter. The groom takes a long pole with a pin on the end of it. He bursts the big balloon which is hung over the dance floor (it therefore doubles as a very nice decoration). Once the big balloon is burst, all of the smaller balloons fall, invading the dance floor. The bachelors have to burst the small balloons in order to find the one with the garter. The same can be done for the bouquet except instead of having the bouquet in one of the balloons, you have a trinket that represents a bouquet. The lucky bachelorette exchanges this trinket with the bride for her bouquet. From newsgroups alt.wedding Generations Dance The Bride and Groom are called up to the dance floor, and all the married couples are called up to join them for a slow dance or waltz. At the end of the slow song/waltz, all couples are asked to remain on the dance floor UNLESS they've been married less than 10 years. The couples married less than 10 years (obviously including the bride and groom) are asked to "take a break" from the next song. Make sure the bride and groom stay close as they will be needed at the end of the song. About 30 seconds (or so) into the 2nd song, couples married less than 15 years are asked to "take a break" from the dance floor. Continue at 30 second intervals with 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, etc. until one couple (or a few couples if there is a tie) are left on the dance floor having been the couple(s) married the longest. Upon the ending of the 2nd song, the MC asks the couple(s) to introduce themselves (while getting everyone to give resounding applause to their married achievement). Then the couple is asked if they can offer the bride and groom any "advice to help them make their marriage as strong as their own." After the couple gives their response (hopefully witty), a 3rd song is introduced as a dedication to the couple(s) married the longest and the bride and groom are invited back to the dance floor to join them. The 3rd song should be a upbeat/fast pace song to heighten the moment and create a little surprise (i.e. "old time Rock and Roll") ... and then everyone is invited back to the dance floor to continue the celebration! Miscellaneous Groom tosses his “little black book” to his single guy friends since he “won’t be needing it any more!” Groom Removes Garter From Bride Song Suggestions: Start Off with “Oh Yeah” (by Yello), then go into one of these: 12 Play R. Kelly American Woman Lenny Kravitz Animals Nickelback Another One Bites The Dust Queen Baby Got Back(I Like Big Butts) Sir Mixalot Bad Boys Inner Circle Bad To The Bone George Thorogood Boombastic Shaggy Brick House The Commodores Can't Hold Us Christina Aguilera Diamonds are Girl's Best Friend Marilyn Monroe Do Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod Stewart Eat It Weird Al Yankovic Feelin' Good Michael Buble' Fever Peggy Lee Four Seasons of Loneliness Boyz II Men “Foxy Lady” (Jimi Hendrix), Freak Me Silk “Gimme All Your Lovin” (ZZ Top) Girls Girls Girls Motley Crue Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper Here's to Finding a Good Man Danielle Peck Hey Baby No Doubt Hey Ladies Beastie Boys “Hungry Eyes” (Eric Carmen) I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness I Feel Like A Woman Shania Twain I Like It, I Love It Tim McGraw I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince “I Wanna Sex You Up” (Color Me Bad) - “I was Made For Loving You“ (Kiss) I'll Melt With You Nouvelle Vague I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred Indiana Jones Theme Song Indiana Jones Soundtrack It's Raining Men Weather Girls Its Raining Men Weather Girls Just A Girl No Doubt Keep Breathing Ingrid Michaelson Ladies Night Kool & The Gang Lady Marmalade Christina Aguilera Legs ZZ Top Lets Get It On Marven Gaye Love Addict Family Force Five Low Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain Macho Man Village People Song Title Artist Man, I Feel Like A Woman Shania Twain Mission Impossible PFO Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett No One Alicia Keys Oh Yeah Yello On Bended Knee Boyz II Men One Way Or Another Blondie Pina Colada Jimmy Buffet Pretty Woman Roy Orbinson Put You To Bed J Holiday Sharp Dressed Man ZZ-Top She's A Lady Tom Jones Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC Short Skirt / Long Jacket Cake Single White Female Chely Wright Slow Dance R. Kelly Slow Jam Usher and Monica So High John Legend Sold John Michael Montgomery Striptease Hawksley Workman “Sweet Cherry Pie” (Whitesnake) - Talk Dirty To Me Poison The Stripper Song David Rose Theme From Jaws These Arms Of Mine Otis Redding This One's For the Girls Martina McBride Thong Song Sisqo “U Can’t touch this” (MC Hammer), - Whatta Man Salt N Peppa Who Let the Dogs Out Baha Men Wild Thing Tone Loc Wishin' and Hopin' Dustin Springfield Yakety Sax The Benny Hill Theme You Can Leave Your Hat on Joe Cocker You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate Blind Fold Skit The gentleman who caught the garter is blind folded and then spun around. While he is being spun around, we replace the lady who caught the bouquet the chair with another gentleman. Makes for a great laugh. Once we finish the blind fold skit we follow up with the traditional way of placing the garter on the lady's leg. Reverse - We switch things around by having the lady put the garter on the gentlemen. Garter Toss (all single men come out onto the dance floor) Song Suggestions: “The Boys Are Back in Town” (Bad Company) “Men In Black” (Will Smith), “I’m Too Sexy” ( Right Said Fred), “Who Let the Dogs Out” (Baha Men) “Bust a Move” (YoungMC) “Bad Boys” (Inner Circle) “Curly Shuffle” Jumpn’ the Saddle “Macho Man” Village People "Wild Thing" Tone Loc Sharped Dressed Man - ZZ Top Garter Placement (catcher puts garter on bouquet catcher) Song Suggestions: “Don’t Feel My Leg” - (Play the old switch-a-roony - While replace a girl with a hairy legged guy and Go Into) “Dude looks like a lady” (FUNNY!) “Danger Zone” (Kenny Loggins) “Just A Giggolo” ( David Lee Roth) or (Louis Prima) “Leggs” ( ZZ Top) “Do Ya think I’m Sexy”(Rod Stewart) “Naughty Naughty” (Jon Parr) “U Can’t Touch This” (MC Hammer) “You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate Hot In Here - Nelly You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart “Theme from Mission Impossible Chemical Group All Ideas Must Be Pre-Planned with Entertainment |
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| Music By Lauren |