Joy and Doug met via an online dating service. Joy’s message to potential suitors was that she wanted to go on her “last, first date.” She did just that with Doug.
The two celebrated their day with family and friends at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas on July 10, 2016. The venue is a great outdoor spot, surrounded by incredible foliage that the garden has to offer.
Joy was a co-worker of mine when I worked at the Port of San Diego. Many of my former colleagues were in attendance, which made for a nice mini reunion for me.
The night consisted of a fun dance party consisting of a lot of “wedding classics” and a few Motown hits that I love and haven’t played in a while.
Here’s the setlist:
Cocktail Hour
Paul Dateh - Good Life
John Legend - Slow Dance
Craig David - Officially Yours
Lionel Ritchie - You Are
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Donavon Frankenreiter - Free
Sara Bareilles - Love On The Rocks
Ellie Goulding - On My Mind
Kygo f./Parson James - Stole The Show
Ella Henderson - Ghost (Dave Aude Remix)
Zendaya f./Chris Brown - Something New
Jack Johnson - Upside Down
Ariana Grande f./Mac Miller - The Way
Avicii ft Zac Brown Band - Broken Arrows
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Brick - Happy (70s Classics)
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mamma Jamma
Prince - Kiss
Dinner
Colbie Caillat - I Do
Magic! f./Sean Paul - Lay You Down Easy
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
Selena Gomez - Come & Get It
Diana Ross & the Supremes/The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Pt. 2 (Select Mix Remix)
Whitney Houston - So Emotional (Edge Remix)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (Select Mix Remix)
Phil Collins - Sussudio (Select Mix Remix)
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Hot Classics Remix)
The Commodores - Lady (Hot Classics Remix)
Rudimental f./Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me
Nora En Pure - Saltwater
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air (Le Boeuf Remix
Tori Kelly - Nobody Love (Select Mix Remix)
Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)
Chainsmokers, Ashanti - Only U vs Roses (J. Espinosa Jumpoff Edit)
Drake f./Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance
Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Select Mix Remix)
Father/Daughter Dance
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole - Unforgettable
Open Dancing
Michael Buble - Everything
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Jackson 5, The - I Want You Back
K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
Emotions - Best Of My Love
Earth Wind & Fire - Sing A Song (Hot Classics Remix)
Casper - Cha Cha Slide
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Supremes - Come See About Me
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is
She & Him - I Was Made For You
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
Rod Stewart - We're Having a Party
Mark Ronson f. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
B-52's - Love Shack
Jersey Boys - December 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Otis Day & the Knights - Shout
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live)
Flo Rida - My House
Sia, Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Select Mix Remix)
Mary J. Blige - Real Love
Village People - YMCA
Last Dance
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: San Diego Botanic Garden
Photographer: TBD