A wedding DJ plan for The Lodge at St. Edward should identify the ceremony, cocktail-hour, and reception locations separately, including the weather backup. The important question is where guests need music and clear speech at each stage of the day.
The Lodge’s official wedding venue guide describes options including The Grotto, Great Lawn, and Remington Ballroom. Confirm your reserved spaces and arrangements with the venue before finalizing sound coverage.
Cover photo: Outdoor ceremony at the stone grotto. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
A real example: patio cocktails with an indoor alternative
For a May 2025 wedding, the planning record specified cocktails on the patio outside the reception hall, with the Tonsorium Bar as the rain alternative. The couple supplied some cocktail selections and also welcomed DJ choices. The photographs from that wedding show an outdoor ceremony at the stone grotto and dancing indoors.
This example illustrates why a rain plan needs more than a room name. Your DJ needs to know when the location decision will be made, where equipment can go in either arrangement, and how guests will be directed to the next part of the celebration. The arrangements for that wedding are an example, not a promise that the same spaces are included in every booking.
Build a sound plan around the guest route
Walk through the day on paper: arrival, ceremony seating, cocktails, dinner, speeches, and dancing. For each location, identify music needs, microphone needs, power access, and setup timing with the venue team. Check the route between spaces so moving guests and moving equipment do not compete for the same narrow passage.
First dance in the indoor reception room. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
If your ceremony is outside, confirm coverage for the people seated farthest from the officiant. Indoors, decide where speeches will be delivered and where listeners will sit. These decisions are more useful than simply asking how many speakers a DJ owns.
Keep the music personal across the transitions
You do not need the same musical mood for every room. Ceremony selections can be intimate, cocktails conversational, and the reception more energetic. Tell DJ Kelli which selections are essential and where there is room to choose music for the moment. See our music planning guide for a practical way to organize those preferences.
Confirm the final version together
Evening dancing with colored room lighting. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
Before the wedding, reconcile the venue schedule, photography schedule, meal service, and DJ timeline. Confirm the music end time explicitly rather than assuming every document contains the latest version. Include the person responsible for weather decisions and the person giving ceremony cues.
Use our final planning checklist and wedding DJ resources to prepare your questions for Puget Sounds Featuring DJ Kelli.
A wedding DJ plan for The Lodge at St. Edward should identify the ceremony, cocktail-hour, and reception locations separately, including the weather backup. The important question is where guests need music and clear speech at each stage of the day.
The Lodge’s official wedding venue guide describes options including The Grotto, Great Lawn, and Remington Ballroom. Confirm your reserved spaces and arrangements with the venue before finalizing sound coverage.
Cover photo: Outdoor ceremony at the stone grotto. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
A real example: patio cocktails with an indoor alternative
For a May 2025 wedding, the planning record specified cocktails on the patio outside the reception hall, with the Tonsorium Bar as the rain alternative. The couple supplied some cocktail selections and also welcomed DJ choices. The photographs from that wedding show an outdoor ceremony at the stone grotto and dancing indoors.
This example illustrates why a rain plan needs more than a room name. Your DJ needs to know when the location decision will be made, where equipment can go in either arrangement, and how guests will be directed to the next part of the celebration. The arrangements for that wedding are an example, not a promise that the same spaces are included in every booking.
Build a sound plan around the guest route
Walk through the day on paper: arrival, ceremony seating, cocktails, dinner, speeches, and dancing. For each location, identify music needs, microphone needs, power access, and setup timing with the venue team. Check the route between spaces so moving guests and moving equipment do not compete for the same narrow passage.
First dance in the indoor reception room. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
If your ceremony is outside, confirm coverage for the people seated farthest from the officiant. Indoors, decide where speeches will be delivered and where listeners will sit. These decisions are more useful than simply asking how many speakers a DJ owns.
Keep the music personal across the transitions
You do not need the same musical mood for every room. Ceremony selections can be intimate, cocktails conversational, and the reception more energetic. Tell DJ Kelli which selections are essential and where there is room to choose music for the moment. See our music planning guide for a practical way to organize those preferences.
Confirm the final version together
Evening dancing with colored room lighting. Photo: Emily Paris Photography
Before the wedding, reconcile the venue schedule, photography schedule, meal service, and DJ timeline. Confirm the music end time explicitly rather than assuming every document contains the latest version. Include the person responsible for weather decisions and the person giving ceremony cues.
Use our final planning checklist and wedding DJ resources to prepare your questions for Puget Sounds Featuring DJ Kelli.
