How to do a great Wedding Bouquet & Garter Toss

THE BOUQUET & GARTER TOSS

At creativedjservices we've performed literally thousands of Bouquet & Garter tosses and we add some special unique performance elements with our custom props etc. but there are plenty of things that you can do yourself DIY to drastically increase the level of joy and impact for yourself and your guests.

When Should It Be Scheduled?


The Bouquet Toss and the Garter Removal occur in quick succession and are generally scheduled for after dinner. Most couples adhere to the age-old tradition of conducting these rituals during the dancing portion of the evening, a choice that can often create some un-intentioned, slightly negative results.

In most cases your DJ will have built a thriving dance floor and lots of energy by the time these events take place. That DJ now has to watch as your dance floor is cleared and the energy in the room takes a big dip.

After the Garter is all wrapped up your DJ will crank up the music and once again open the floor which will quickly fill with happy, gyrating guests. Or will it? In many cases a crowd can be a lumbering, fickle beast that is slow to react.

Your DJ will be left doing everything in their power to build another dance floor while you lament the fact that the floor isn't going very well.

An obvious, guaranteed solution to this situation is to re-schedule the Bouquet and Garter for any time between the dessert and the First Dance which signals the start of the dancing and party portion of the evening.

If you'd like to have your Bouquet and Garter occur during the dancing it's best to schedule it for early in the evening soon after the First Dance. This way the event may be finished before the dance floor really gets fired up thereby diminishing the level of interruption.



The Order of Events


The Bouquet Toss usually precedes the Garter and here's the usual order of events.

Your DJ will invite all of the single ladies and men to the dance floor or area of your choice. Your DJ will gather up all single ladies in one area behind the Bride. On a count of three the Bride will toss the Bouquet, the first lady to catch it is the next to get married.

After the toss your DJ will have the Bride sit in a chair and then instruct the Groom to remove the Garter. We have many special concepts that we can add which really elevate your entertainment level.

All of the single men will then take the place of the single women and upon a count of three the Groom tosses the Garter.

The first single man to catch the Garter will be the next to get married.

An option is to then have the man who caught the Garter replace it on the leg of the lady who caught the Bouquet. A further option is for them to then join each other in a dance. As with every other detail of your event the choice of which items to incorporate and the order in which they will occur.


Here are the Top 10 Garter Songs!


1.. You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker
2.. The Stripper - David Rose
3.. Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
4.. Macho Man - Village People
5.. Just A Gigolo - David Lee Roth
6.. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
7.. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
8.. I Feel Good - James Brown
9.. Legs - ZZ Top
10.. Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men


Here is a list of Classic choices that we have used with great success!

(Selections Marked with *** are the Most Popular songs on the following lists)


Can't Get Enough Of Your Love – Barry White

Love Me Do - The Beatles

White Wedding – Billy Idol

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

Brick - Dazz

Bad Mama Jamma - Carl Carlton

Brick House - Commodores

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

Groove Is In The Heart - Deelite

Let's Dance - David Bowie

Pink - Aerosmith

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Walk Of Life - Dire Straits

I Touch Myself - The Divynls

Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer

Love Me Two Times - Doors

Best Of My Love - Emotions

Tell Mama - Etta James

One Nation Under Funk - Funkadelic

Maneater - Hall & Oates

Flashdance - Irene Cara

ABC - Jackson 5

Get Up Off Of That Thing - James Brown

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight

Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix

You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker

Shotgun (Instrumental) - Jr. Walker

Take It Off - Kiss

Celebration - Kool & the Gang

Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang

American Woman - Guess Who or Lenny Kravitz

Nookie - Limp Bizkit

Jim Dandy - Laverne Baker

You Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer

Fever - Madonna

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

This Will Be An Everlasting Love - Natalie Cole

Fever - Peggy Lee

Kiss - Prince

Give Up The Funk - Parliament

Bustin' Out - Rick James

We're Having A Party - Rod Stewart

Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart

Hot Legs - Rod Stewart

Addicted To love - Robert Palmer

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Walk This Way - Run D.M.C.

Your Love Is King - Sade

Sex Bomb - Tom Jones

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

You Can Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones

Wild Thing - Tone Loc

Wild Thing - The Troggs

Beautiful Girls - Van Halen

Drop Dead Legs - Van Halen

Hot For Teacher (If the Bride is a Teacher) - Van Halen

Men In Black - Will Smith

Cherry Pie - Warrant

Oh Yeah - Yello

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top




Modern Choices



Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground

Milkshake - Kelis

Hot In Here - Nelly

What A Man - Salt n Pepa'

Let's Talk About Sex - Salt n Pepa'

Push It - Salt n Pepa'

Get Busy - Sean Paul

Hey Sexy Lady - Shaggy

Thong Song - Sisquo

Naughty Girl - Beyonce'

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera

1-2-Step - Ciara

Bootylicious - Destiny's Child

Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child

Slave To Your Love - Britney Spears


Instrumental

***The Stripper - David Rose***

***Mission Impossible Theme***




We hope you find these suggestions useful. Please don't feel that you have to restrict yourself to the options listed. Use the lists as a "thought-starter" and let your imagination soar! We'd love to hear your ideas or suggestions contact us at Creative DJ Services. Thanks