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Our Wedding Day: Sparkler Exit

Written on January 24, 2012 by Ms. Adams in antrim 1844, procopio photography, wedding, wedding recap

Once our last song was finished, our DJ asked all of our guests to line up outside the reception hall to send us off.

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Once outside, our wedding coordinator passed out sparklers and matchbooks. In some random bride centric moment, I purchased personalized matchbooks with our initials. I don’t have a picture of it and I don’t know why I insisted on doing it. Oh well, at least they were only like $30.

With the sparklers lit, it was time for Mr. A and me to make a run for it. In fact, we ran so fast that our photographers only got a few shots.

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I think I was deathly afraid that the sparklers would catch my dress/hair on fire. Which you think I would have thought about before selecting sparklers…c’est la vie. I also had this fear that the sparklers would crap out by the time we got to the end. I was wrong about that too. Those sparklers went on for a good two minutes after we ran through. Really we should have just run back through a second time.

Anyway, I definitely don’t recommend running. Or you won’t have very many pictures. Milk the moment as much as possible. Give your hubs a sweet kiss and then slowly walk your way through the sparkles. Unless you have very evil friends, I’m sure no one will catch you on fire.

Our photographers did get a really cute shot of my bridesmaids with their sparkles.

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Love those girls.

Our photographers also took the time to take a few nighttime shots of our venue.

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I love this fountain shot soooo much.

And with that, our reception was over just as soon as it began. I mean it literally went by in an instant. Luckily, Mr. A and I decided to throw a little after party so we could get some more quality time with our favorite people (check back in tomorrow to see that post).

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The After Party

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Our Wedding Day: Last Dance

Written on January 20, 2012 by Ms. Adams in antrim 1844, procopio photography, wedding, wedding recap

Mr. A and I knew that we wanted to end our night of dancing with a serious bang. The hard part was choosing between two seminal classics, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer.”

Although I love them both, “Livin’ on A Prayer” has a really special place in my heart. Back in my college days (wow, that makes me sound old), it was my sorority sisters and my favorite party song. I can remember many nights in the basement of the frat house next door dancing my butt off to 80s classics. For some reason, “Livin’ On A Prayer” became our going out anthem. We used to joke that we wouldn’t leave the party until we heard “Livin’ On A Prayer.” I can’t even begin to count the number of amazing nights that were ended rocking out to that song. So how could I not end the biggest party of my life with an old time favorite?

To be fair to the awesomeness that is Journey, we decided to play “Don’t Stop Believing” as our second to last song (think of it as an opening act). That song in and of itself got everyone back onto the dance floor.

And then that “Livin’ On A Prayer” opening riff started and the talk box kicked in and the crowd literally erupted. I can’t tell you how many squeals and fist pumps proceeded “Tommy used to work on the docks…” Now you want to listen to the song huh?

There’s just something about this song that triggers instant screaming and fist pumping. I love that first time that you get into the chorus and the whole crowd starts screaming “ooohhhhhh.”

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“Oh, we’re half way there

Oh oh, livin’ on a prayer

Take my hand we’ll make it I swear

Oh oh, livin’ on a prayer

Livin’ on a prayer”

I can tell you that it’s the loudest I’ve screamed and the hardest I’ve fist pumped. Everyone around us was rocking out as hard as they could too (even our preacher).

Speaking of our preacher, I was going to insert the awesome picture that our photographers snagged of him dancing (he finally agreed to come to the dance floor just for this song) but someone made mention that he was happy he wasn’t featured in yesterday’s post. Me thinks, I shouldn’t upset the preacher. Something about bad karma and losing my “in” with the Big Man.

There are some amazing pictures of other people rocking out though.

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Can’t you just hear us screaming “We’ve got to hold on ready or not; You live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got.”

I still get goose bumps thinking about all the energy in that room. It doesn’t hurt that I listened to “Livin’ On A Prayer” like 11 times while writing this recap.

And if I squeeze my eyes closed hard enough, I can see all my favorite people in a crowd around me jumping and doing their best Jon Bon Jovi imitation. I’m really lucky to be able to add another memory to one of my favorite songs. Now every time I hear it, not only do I smile remembering that creepy old frat basement covered in Milwaukee’s Best cans (hey, we were poor, don’t judge) but I also remember that time the day of my life was capped off by the most amazing fist pumping session I’ve ever seen.

What song did you pick for your last song?

Up Next:

Our Guests Send Us Off With Sparklers

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