It’s no big secret that Old Hall Ely is one of my favourite wedding venues to be asked to work in, so it was a real pleasure to provide the entertainment for Aimee & Andrew’s evening reception as the first of many 2024 weddings I’ve been booked to do.
Old Hall lends itself to my LOVE letter setup. In fact, the LOVE letters were specifically built for that particular stage. Even after several years of use, they still look the part in the gorgeous starlit marquee.
The evening portion of Aimee and David’s special day kicked off with “the big reveal” as the curtains of the dance marquee are drawn back to reveal the happy couple doing their first dance as Mr & Mrs.
As always in The Old Hall, the end of the dance was celebrated with a shot of confetti.
And onto the party....
Aimee and Andrew had provided around a dozen songs they wanted to hear during the rest of the evening, with the rest being down to my own selections and guest requests. The emphasis was to be on ’80s and ’90s music with no cheesy action dances.
That’s ALWAYS going to be a good night in my book!
A full dance floor proved that the selections were spot on – and a couple of days later I received this from Aimee & Andrew
Some photos
And the playlist....
The played list was a result of Aimee and Andrew’s own selections, those of their guests and some from me.
It seems to have jumped around a little bit, but worked on the night
Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley |
I Loved Her First | The Heartland |
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | Whitney Houston |
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Sgt Slick’s Melbourne Recut – Edit) | Sgt Slick |
Just Can’t Get Enough | Depeche Mode |
Ride On Time (Original Version) | Black Box |
You Should Be Dancing (2007 Remastered) | Bee Gees |
Dancing Queen | ABBA |
It’s Raining Men | The Weather Girls |
I’m Your Man (Clean) (Single) | Wham |
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! | Shania Twain |
Shut Up and Dance | Walk the Moon |
Summer Of ’69 | Bryan Adams |
Livin’ On A Prayer | Bon Jovi |
I Like To Move It (Radio Edit) | Reel 2 Real |
Rasputin | Boney M |
I Think We’re Alone Now (DJ Edit) | Tiffany |
Pour Some Sugar on Me | Def Leppard |
Mamma Mia | Abba |
You’re the First the Last My Everything (Single Version) | Barry White |
September | Earth Wind And Fire |
Megamix | The Spice Girls |
C’est La Vie | B*Witched |
Everybody Get Up | 5ive |
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (Radio Edit) | Backstreet Boys |
Candy | Cameo |
Murder on the Dancefloor | Sophie Ellis Bextor |
Hey Ya! | OutKast |
Blue (Da Ba Dee) | Eiffel 65 |
We Like to Party (The Vengabus) | Vengaboys |
Sex on Fire | Kings Of Leon |
Mr. Brightside | The Killers |
Tubthumping | Chumbawamba |
Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac |
Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett |
Proud Mary | Ike And Tina Turner |
Footloose | Kenny Loggins |
Crocodile Rock | Elton John |
Wonderwall | Oasis |
Good Enough | Dodgy |
Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) | Cornershop |
Alright | Supergrass |
Angels | Robbie Williams |
Place Your Hands (DJ Edit) | Reef |
Birdhouse In Your Soul (DJ Edit) | They Might Be Giants |
Show Me Love | Robin S |
Jump Around | House of Pain |
Take on Me | Aha |
Walk Like an Egyptian | Bangles |
Love Really Hurts Without You | Billy Ocean |
Dancing on the Ceiling | Lionel Richie |
Waterloo (Clean) (Single) | Abba |
Beat It | Michael Jackson |
Come on Eileen | Dexys Midnight Runners |
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | Wham! |
Flashdance…What a Feeling | Irene Cara |
The Reflex | Duran Duran |
Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey |
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing | Aerosmith |
Country Roads | Hermes House Band |
Sweet Caroline (Single Version) | DJ Ötzi |
Mr Brightside | The Killers |
Chelsea Dagger | The Fratellis |
I Predict A Riot | Kaiser Chiefs |
(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life | Bill Medley; Jennifer Warnes |
Are YOU celebrating your special day at The Old Hall in Ely?
If so, I’d love to hear from you. It’s a venue I adore working in and one I visit many times in a typical year
