Mr. & Mrs. Johnny & Tiera Garfield...Wedding...September 9, 2011

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the coast at the Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad for Johnny & Tiera Garfield's Wedding Ceremony & Reception on one of the most popular wedding day's of the year, 9/10/11!

The skies turned blue around 11:00 AM, just in time for the ceremony to start at Noon.  The wedding was a Hawaiian / Beach theme.  I played some special island music requests for the seating of the guests and also for the wedding party.  Tiera was escorted by her Dad, Richard, to the Hawaiian Wedding Song. 

Cocktail Hour was outside the Reception area near where the Ceremony took place.  Their guests enjoyed appetizers and cocktails while the Wedding Party took additional pictures.  Once again per their request, their family and friends enjoyed listening to island, beach, and calypso music.

After the Grand Entrance with personalized introductions of the Wedding Party, I told a unique Love Story how Johnny & Tiera first met when they were 7 & 8 years old, playing together in the streets of Carlsbad near Johnny's grandparents house...here some 12 years later, Tiera is with her cousin Bob, cruisin' the old neighborhood and low and behold who is washing his brand new truck, Johnny...the rest is history.  They shared their First Dance to Jack Johnson's, "Better Together"!


It was fantastic working with Dani Solano, their photographer, owner of Dani's Digitals...she really captured some amazing photographs and I thank her for allowing me to share some of them here in this blog.

We started the open dancing with a Longevity Dance...I invited all the couples out on to the dance floor and before the dancing started we found that Tiera's grandparents had been married the longest, 45+ years, they were happy to share some advise to Johnny & Tiera so that their married would last at least that long.  Then everyone danced to "Let's Stay Together"!

Their family & friends had a great time dancing all afternoon under a bright sun & blue sky.


I played requests from Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Kool & The Gang, Commodores, Flo Rida, The Gap Band & many others.

The Last Dance of the afternoon was a special and unique song choice by Johnny & Tiera...

They danced to "We'll Meet Again" by Johnny Cash along with their Family & Friends!

Thank you so much, Johnny & Tiera, for your friendship and for allowing me to be a part of your Wedding Celebration.  Wishing you both all the best for years to come.

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