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Laura & Blair’s Wedding at The Cotton Room in Durham, NC

January 12, 2024

Today we’re taking a look back at Laura & Blair classic southern fall wedding sprinkled with gold magnolia leaves. This couple let their unique style come through in every little detail on their wedding day and everything came together amazingly. Laura and her team of bridesmaids made the gold magnolia backdrop for their wedding ceremony. The groom is a musician and Laura’s entrance song was his own version of Canon in D…wow! Make sure you scroll through all of the photos below because it got a little out of control when I called Laura and Blair up and let them take over the turntables!

“Thank you to these amazing wedding vendors for helping us make Laura and Blair’s wedding day perfect!”

Venue: The Cotton Room is a true Durham original with exposed brick, lots of sunlight and wood floors but what truly makes this venue top-notch is the incredible staff.

Photography: Joseph and Andrea at Connection Photography were absolutely amazing to work with again! Check out their beautiful and artistic style in the photos below.

Florist: Only Tre Bella could capture the bride and groom’s exact style in flowers. We are lucky to work with Tre Bella a lot and they always impress.

Wedding Cake: Miel Bon Bons artistically captured Laura and Blair truly unique style with the delicious and beautiful wedding cake.

Catering: Triangle Catering provided an amazing in-house experience worthy of the amazing day.

Laura & Blair Wedding’s Timeline/Planner

The Cotton Room, Durham, NC

4 pm – All Around Raleigh DJ set up and playing music

4:30 – Ceremony Begins

Prelude music is solo classical (Chopin-Waltz in A flat Major, Liszt-Love Dream, Bach-Cello Suite 1, etc)
Pre-processional (family) song is ‘Clair de Lune’ by Debussy
Processional (bridal party and bride) song is ‘Canon in D’ performed by the groom
Recessional song is ‘You Are the Best Thing’ by Ray LaMontagne

4:50 – 5:50 – Cocktail Hour

5:55 – Grande Entrance

Mr & Mrs Blair & Laura!!

6:00 – Dinner Begins

Welcome by Andrea’s Father Ron

7:00 – Toasts

Best Man and Maid of Honor

7:15 – First Dance

Song is personalized version of ‘You Make My Dreams Come True’

7:20 – Father/Daughter

Song is ‘Landslide’ by Fleetwood Mac
Ron and Laura

7:25 – Mother/Son Dance

Song is ‘You Make Me Feel So Young’ by Frank Sinatra
Blair and Elizabeth

7:30 – Open Dancing

8:00 – Cake Cutting

Song is ‘Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie’ by Jay and the Techniques

8:05 – Party Time!!

10:00 – Expected end of Laura and Blair’s Wedding Spectacular

Allison & Andy’s Awesome Wedding at The Rickhouse in Durham, NC

July 1, 2022

Allison & Andy’s Wedding by Jamie Blow Photography

We recently had the pleasure of providing music and photo booth for Allison and Andy’s awesome wedding at The Rickhouse in Durham, NC! DJ Jim Unger loved working with these two and the incredible team of vendors who made it all possible!

At the ceremony, Allison and Andy chose a selection of Vitamin String Quartet covers and The Lord of the Rings songs which are always fun to play. For their cocktail hour, they chose some great classic crooner style songs from Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin and Nat King Cole.

At the reception, we played “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars for their introduction song which really brought up the energy! After dinner was over we packed the dance floor for the rest of the night until we played a great mix of James Taylor, Ray Charles, Swing to Temptations . Once the dance floor was really going strong, we brought in artist from their playlist like Beastie Boys, 50 Cent and 69 Boyz.

If this wedding was any indication of the years ahead for them together, Allison and Andy are in for a lot of fun! Our best wishes to an awesome couple.

Allison’s Review on Wedding Wire:

5.0/5.0 “All Around Raleigh DJ was absolutely fabulous! The DJ (Jim Unger) played all the songs that we liked and was able to read the crowd to determine the perfect next song. The dance floor was packed the entire night and the DJ helped to make it an amazing wedding.” – Allison

Thank you to the wonderful vendors

listed below that helped make it perfect!

Coordinator and Florist: Knots ‘N Such
Ceremony & Reception Venue: The Rickhouse
Officiant: Randy Taylor Weddings
Hair & Make-Up: Bella Trio
Catering: Southern Harvest
Photographer: Jamie Blow Photography
Rentals: American Party Rentals
Cake Designer: Simply Cakes
Chalkboard Artist: Marika Wendelken

Allison & Andy’s Wedding by Jamie Blow Photography

Allison & Andy by Jamie Blow Photography

Vivian & Edward’s Dinosaur Wedding at Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC

October 9, 2017

Red Bridge Photography – Vivian & Edward’s Wedding at Museum of Life and Science – Dinosaurs!

Vivian & Edward’s wedding at the Museum of Life and Science was really amazing and special in so many ways! This was a really unique venue that we didn’t know too much about but, as you can, it is pretty obvious why this great couple chose this spot. Where else can you have your photos taken with a T-Rex on the Dinosaur Trail and with butterflies in the Magic Wings Butterfly House!

As you’ll see in the wonderful photos from Red Bridge Photography below, the couple went with a very pretty green accents which really brought in the lush scenery surrounding the museum. The newlyweds got time to take their photos in the butterfly house and had their ceremony out on the grass right in front of the building. Very stunning!

The vendor team below was spectacular to work with. Everyone pitched in and worked so hard to make this wedding seamless for Vivian & Edward and their friends and family. Please visit them and tell them that they rock!