• Soul Therapy has performed for close to 1,000 wedding receptions in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and all over South East Queensland and Asia over the years.
  We wish to offer you some thoughts for making your reception run smoothly & successfully.

• Your Entertainment: Book A Great Entertainer
  (If you have booked Soul Therapy already you have that bit covered)
  Try to make sure your Band is informed of when your speeches are organized, this way they can set their breaks to optimise the amount of time they are on stage for you.
  Specialist-Wedding Musicians know that your reception is not the same as playing at the local pub.
  Performing for your special day requires flexibility and attention to detail.
  Experienced Functions Entertainers will make sure they are able to see and hear proceedings when they finish their sets, this enables them to turn off break music for impromptu speeches or stay on top of any change in the schedule that may take place.
  A Great Wedding Band wants your event to be a very special memory and will do everything in their power to make sure that happens.
  If your entertainers do not have this commitment you are wasting your money.
  Great Entertainment is an important element in making your event a success, the reception venue, food, drink and beautiful surroundings, means very little if your guests are bored.
  

• Photographer: If your photographer is a wedding professional he will understands how to manage your photographic session so as to ensure you arrive at the reception on time. (This is the most consistent problem with receptions running late. Nothing is more frustrating for wedding & function coordinators than to have the food that you have paid for going cold or ending up over cooked.)

• Sunday Weddings: If your reception is on a Sunday try to make your finishing time no later than 10.30pm as most of your guests have to go to work in the morning (nothing makes you feel like your reception fizzled more than you being the last in the reception hall after everyone has left)

• The Bridal Waltz: The Bridal Waltz is the trigger for the party to start. "It is important!!” Your guests have been sitting eating; drinking & listening to speeches, your entertainer has been playing dinner music and the mood is mellow, dessert is finished and now your band is ready to get the party started. A good entertainer is capable achieving this, however the waltz makes the reception kick into overdrive instantaneously. The bridal waltz is like the referees whistle blowing the start of game on, it is a signal that helps your band and your guests move into party mode. Try to make it the last official thing you do because if you serve dessert or make more speeches after the waltz it is sometimes difficult to get the party started again.

• Organization: Give everyone associated with your reception a running sheet of the night’s proceedings, this way you won't have to chase anyone up on the night. (I.e. Function Coordinator, Band, M.C. etc)

• Seating Arrangements: Try to make sure your seating arrangement is well thought out; you don't want grandma sitting in front of the speakers. Try to get the biggest party animals in your guest list sitting, as close to the action as possible, they will help get things moving. These people will enjoy the music and will be the ones the band can target when the party really starts.

• Summer Weddings in Queensland: If your reception is in the middle of summer it is a good idea to consider only allowing non alcoholic fruit punches or light beer and white wine for pre dinner drinks, as the combination of the summer heat and alcohol can result in some of your guests not lasting the night.
  Try to ensure your reception venue is air-conditioned or you may find all your guests sitting outside leaving the beautiful atmosphere & great entertainment you have invested so much time and money in creating for your special party going to waste.

• The Perfect Day: Don't stress too much about every little thing. If your wedding is too perfect you won't have any funny stories to tell your grandchildren.