Stacey and David at the Florentine Gardens Estate. All photos on this page courtesy of Photography by Frank Manning, www.frankdomywedding.com
Stacey and David had a perfect, clear fall afternoon for their ceremony in the garden area of the Estate at Florentine Gardens.
Stacey and David's first dance at the Florentine Gardens
After cocktail hour and the bridal party and parent intros at the beginning of their reception, the happy couple danced their first dance to the Smokin’ Section version of the Ben E King ’60s Soul classic “Stand By Me”, handled by our lead vocalist Tommie.
“Stand By Me” (Video clip)
All video clips courtesy of Reel Moments Video, www.reelmoments.com
Music performed by the Smokin’ Section band
Immediately after first dance, David invited his and Stacey’s guests to join them on the dance floor and the crowd enjoyed a medley of Frank Sinatra’s favorites including our take on “The Summer Wind”
“The Summer Wind” performed by the Smokin’ Section (Video clip)
We had our expanded Latin unit featuring the great Cuban sonero David Oquendo on board for the festivities that day. Oquendo and the Smokin’ Section got the latin dancers out in the center to the classic bolero “Alma Con Alma” then worked them up into a sweat to an always popular merengue favorite.
“Compadre Pedro Juan” performed by the Smokin’ Section (Video clip)
Around cake time, Stacey danced with her father to the sentimental favorite “Cinderella” by Steven Curtis Chapman as performed by our guitarist vocalist Mikey. Then the groom and his mom got their turn to “Through the Years”.
“Cinderella” performed by the Smokin’ Section (Video clip)
Stacey got the feeling on the Sam and Dave classic, “Soul Man”.
“Soul Man” performed by the Smokin’ Section (Video clip)
After that, things opened up as Stacey and the bridesmaids really got into the Smokin’ Section’s take on the ’80s classic “Jenny Jenny (867-5309″), and the crowd got worked up on “I Gotta Feeling”, “Just Dance” and “Love Train”. The salseros and salseras (and many other of Stacey & David’s guests) got their clave on to our version of the Tito Rodriguez/Eddie Palmieri classic guaguanco, “Bilongo”. After that the party built to a final boil with Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer”.
“Livin’ On A Prayer” performed by the Smokin’ Section (Video clip)
Patrick at the Florentine Gardens ran his usual smooth, efficient party, and it was fun for us working with the photographer Frank Manning and Reel Moments Video for our first time. The party came to a close with a reprise of David and Stacey’s first dance selection, “Stand by Me”, this time with all the couple’s guests joining them on the dance floor.
Reception site: The Estate at Florentine Gardens www.florentinegardens.com, 201-666-0444
Photographer: Photography By Frank Manning, www.frankdomywedding.com, 201-926-9948
Videographer: Reel Moments Video, www.reelmoments.com 845-323-5784