“Chaos Unleashed: The Unforgettable Moments That Made Weddings Unpredictably Wild!”
I wasn’t a guest but I was working at the venue. Beautiful wedding, beautiful couple. All was moving along quite well. They couple had their parent dances (groom/mother, bride/father) and then they had their first dance. Immediately following that that DJ kicked off the reception and during the first song of the reception he collapsed. CPR was started immediately and we cleared the venue. CPR was administered by guests until the paramedics arrived. They did CPR for 45 minutes to an hour, to no avail. It was another 45 minutes to an hour for the coroner to arrive. The DJ was in his mid 30s and had a major heart attack. 🙁
In the 1970’s, there were no MP3 players. If you wanted music at your wedding reception, you hired a band. Like the one I played guitar in.
At one such wedding, the bride and groom were doing the first dance. Very romantic. Until the father of the bride walked over and confronted the groom about something (never did find out what it was.) At that point the groom and the bride’s father began duking it out on the dance floor. Both were a little intoxicated, so they weren’t doing each other much damage, but that just meant the fight had no reason to end.
And then it got really bad. You know how the usher sometimes ask the wedding attendees “Bride’s side or groom’s?” Well, most of the wedding guests proceeded to jump to their feet, rush the dance floor, and square off against somebody from the “other side”. We, the band, decided we weren’t doing much good by providing a soundtrack to this fiasco, so we quit and one of us called the police.
