Annie and Brian chose to have their reception at the Island Resort & Casino. ***Disclaimer***Photos are taken by me…not Freeman’s. I’m NOT a professional photographer. :) Hire a professional for your wedding photos.
The Team:
Photographer: Freeman’s Photography
Decorator: Ever After Decorating
Food & Beverage: Sherri Skradski of Island Resort And Casino
Wedding Entertainment Director: Mitch Taylor of Taylored Weddings
It’s always a thrill for me to get to see the new and creative ideas that each couple comes up with. The other wonderful part about my career that I love so much is seeing past couples at current brides and grooms wedding receptions. Annie and Brian’s reception guests included a future bride’s Mom, Taylored Weddings clients Sandra and Cory and past clients Lindsey and Clay Stearns, Dan and Jeana LaCarte whose daughter served as Flowergirl for Annie and Brian as well as Erik Samuelson serving the drinks. 
Annie and Brian performed their cake cutting ceremony after dinner with Annie surprising Brian with a Grooms cake in honor of his recent Corvette purchase. After cake was served we moved on with Annie and Brian’s First Dance as husband and wife to “Me And You” by Kenny Chesney. Annie and her Father Russ danced next to a song that makes him well up with emotion thinking of their dance together “Edelweiss” from Sound of Music. Brian and his mother then shared their Mother/Son dance with their guests “There You’ll Be” by Faith Hill.
The Wedding Party then joined the floor to “That’s What Friends Are For” by Dionne Warwick and the dance floor filled immediately after that and didn’t stop until the very end of the night. Often I have brides and grooms express to me a concern about choosing the Island Resort for their reception due to the casino being a draw to take their guests away from the celebration. Annie and Brian were surprised at the end of the night to see SO MANY of their friends and families still there celebrating with them. 
This wasn’t your typical musical journey of a wedding reception. NO YMCA, NO Chicken Dance, NO Celebration yet people still partied until way late to the sounds of Kei$ha, Isley Brothers, Madonna, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Spice Girls, Bob Segar and yes, Black Eyed Peas. Michele from Freeman’s Photography told me that no one cried at the ceremony yet tears were visible welling up in Annie’s eyes with our unique presentation of their last song of the night “Come Away With Me” by Norah Jones. Congratulations Annie and Brian!