Your reception can make a special wedding day even more special. And likewise, a good selection of songs can make your wedding reception even more special and memorable.

For this reason, you should take the reception song seriously. Start planning all of your wedding songs early, including the reception music. And remember to choose music which expresses your feelings and which also fits in with your wedding\'s overall theme.

The reception is a party, and the music should reflect this. Especially important is the grand entrance. It gives you the opportunity to express the atmosphere that you want for the reception.

Your grand entrance might be low key or high energy. Ask yourself the following questions as you try to pick the perfect grand entrance songs:

Do you want the entrance to be funny? If so, would you like it to convey any inside jokes? What song do you feel will symbolize your transition into the married life?

What sort of energy would you like your entrance to generate? Would you prefer the grand entrance to be low key, high energy or romantic? Remember that you can select any song for the entrance as long as it fills the role that you have in mind for it.

Next, let\'s consider the cake cutting song. Most weddings will feature some kind of musical number for this event.

The cake-cutting ceremony is considered a formal tradition with most receptions. It symbolizes luck for the bride and groom for all guests who eat a piece of the cake.

It\'s important to find out ahead of time if your spouse wants to make it a messy or neat tradition. If it will be the messy one, ask your photographer to capture a few nice pictures prior to the traditional shoving of the cake.

Now let\'s talk about the bridal-dance song. This is an important selection, because it is a chance to present yourselves publically as wife and husband.

If you have a DJ, most will have a few good suggestions for songs. However, be cautious about selecting songs from wedding song lists. This should be a very personal dance and should represent how the two of you feel about each other.

Many weddings will also include parent dance songs. This is done either right before or right after the first dance of the bride and groom.

These are also personal selections and should reflect how the parent and child feel about each other. If you\'re not that close with that parent, you might want to just use an instrumental piece. This will prevent awkward feelings.

Some weddings will follow up the parental song with a bridal party dance. This is done as an expression of gratitude to your friends for taking part in the wedding party.

A few weddings also include a song just before the bouquet toss. This can be pretty generic, but some possibillities that have worked well have included California Girls, Check Up On It, Hey Ladies, Don\'t Phunk with My Heart, LadyMarmalade, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, I Will Survive, Ladies Night, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Girls Night Out, Chapel of Love, I Know What Boys Like, No Scrubs, and It\'s Raining Men.