Rant and Resolve

EPISODE 7: THE SHOE/NEWLYWED GAME

• WebXly Presents • Season 1 • Episode 7

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The Shoe Game is a popular wedding game DJs play with the happy couple during the wedding reception. Join Us as we share the Shoe Game Rant and our Newlywed Game Resolve.

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This episode is for Brides, Grooms, Couples, and Wedding DJs, and Planners.  You might get some ideas, agree, or be annoyed. Either way, we hope you enjoy it!



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Cathy:

Today's episode we'll be talking about the Shoe Game/mNewlywed Game. Coming up next.

Crystal:

Thanks for joining us again for another Rant and Resolve episode. I'm so excited to talk about our topic this week, which is going to be the Shoe Game versus the Newlywed Game. But first, Cathy, what have you been up to this week?

Cathy:

Nothing.

Crystal:

Absolutely nothing?

Cathy:

Absolutely nothing. Nothing but work.

Crystal:

Wow. Well, I have been very blessed because my birthday is in July, and my mom is amazing, and she wanted to buy me a birthday present. So for the year of 2022. Hopefully we don't have a pandemic issue, and we get to go on a cruise.

Cathy:

Not, this July next, July's birthday.

Crystal:

Absolutely. And the one thing I asked her when she wanted to get this cruise was mom, if we are still in a pandemic, can you get your refund back? She said yes. And I said, well, as long as you can get your refund back I'm in. So I can't complain about having a free cruise. Hopefully it'll be safe at that time. We always want to encourage everybody to be safe. until now, until then, and hopefully we are going to be in a better world and we're going to be awesome by that point.

Cathy:

Well, I'm gonna say that has about planning ahead.

Crystal:

Absolutely. I mean, like if she wants to buy me a cruise, what girl can complain, you know, it's a wonderful birthday gift. I just want to make sure myself and my family stay safe, and as long as she can get her refund back. I told her if we are still in a pandemic. I'm gonna have to bail out but other than that, I'm looking forward to it.

Cathy:

Okay, so I got a joke for you.

Crystal:

Okay, I'm all in.

Cathy:

What does the pepper do when it gets angry?

Crystal:

fires up,

Cathy:

It gets Jalepeno face.

Crystal:

What? LOL

Cathy:

How about this? What do you call cheese that isn't yours? nacho cheese.

Crystal:

Nacho cheese. Oh my gosh, I can't even with you. All right. So let's get into it. The Shoe Game / Newlywed Game. So I'm excited to get into this new rant. So let me explain to you about the shoe game in the wedding industry. So you have a couple they sit back to back and each one takes their shoes off and hands one shoe to the bride, and the bride hands one shoe to the groom. They are asked a series of questions and they raise the shoe up based on who it belongs to. So if I were to say, Hey, who's the best driver, the groom would raise up a shoe that would say the bride is, so it'd be her shoe. Or vice versa. The bride would raise up a shoe that would be his shoe. It has been a rant a lot in the wedding industry. I have had the privilege of working with several DJs and Cathy, I know you can chime in on this because we've worked together a lot in the industry and nobody wants to see a dirty shoe raised up in the air especially right before lunchtime.

Cathy:

They bought things like nice fancy brand new shoes. Some brides buy like these laced up shoes and nobody wants to take them off.

Crystal:

Exactly as a wedding planner. I'm thinking, Man, that girl's been in them hills all day long, her feet are swollen, you're never going to get those hills back on. It's just not going to happen. I don't care what size you are. If you can be the tiniest girl, your feet are going to swell and them hills. Taking them off and trying to put them back on. Never a good call. It also looks extremely clumsy. What I have recommended to a lot of our wedding professionals and a lot of them understand this is the Newlywed Game. So I was at this wedding and I worked with this quote, unquote amazing DJ and I think he was definitely from the 80s.

Cathy:

He was probably a rocking DJ in the 80s

Crystal:

He definitely had the mullet going on. He knew every line dance good on him. And he seemed to love the ladies. But let's move forward with his props. He had brought out a man, teddy bear and a girl teddy bear one had a bright little vail on it, and the other one had a little like bow tie on it. That would have been really cute as a brand new item to give to my child. But when you know that has been passed around with God knows how many weddings not a cool thing. And you know, I've actually had a bride that's scared of teddy bears. It's a whole different story. whole different topic. But don't assume that your couples are going to be wanting teddy bears that are bacterialy infected and have been passed around and probably not washed. Just saying. I've also had a DJ who has pulled out from the 90s Barbie dolls. Barbie dolls. Not every bride is fit like a Barbie doll. And it's kind of an insult that she's holding up this little Barbie doll. Don't assume this that your bride is a Barbie doll. .

Cathy:

I can see DJs you know they all got props. We all have a prop bag right? What can we bring out at an event but not at a wedding.

Crystal:

You just don't

Cathy:

Maybe a kid event or some other fun event. Not at a wedding.

Crystal:

Yeah, I mean, our brides are beautiful and every aspect and you cannot assume that they're a teddy bear lover or they appear to be like Barbie doll style. We just don't need to be using those props. Guys. ladies that are your DJs please do not ask 20 questions. Keep it down to five or six. And Cathy, you are amazing because you were able to inter twine like some really cool music mix. Keep it upbeat, keep it short and simple. And the audience loved it. The bride and groom are so ready to get back to their drinks and go on and eat and do all kinds of cool things. Because they're exhausted, they've been taking pictures and all these kinds of things. And at the end of the day, they do not want to sit there in a chair with everybody staring at them for 20 questions. This is not a Jeopardy show. It's meant to be fun. It's meant to be quick and fun. In fact, that's probably my same rant with that. And when I first started to become a DJ, I wanted to see what was going on because you have your club DJ who is supposed to be the center of attention. Rah rah, look at me. I'm rocking the house. Everybody's dancing all night till 2am I'm the DJ, I'm want to be Calvin Harris or whatever. But then you've got a wedding DJ and at a wedding DJs you're not Calvin Harris. It's not your day. It's not a club. It's their day. I do agree with you. And I think the resolve and I think we resolve this on our own. But of course, I'd love to hear what other DJs use as props. I think it's a great topic. I think everybody gets creative. That's the idea. You're supposed to stand out, make people want to call you back do their wedding. They had so much fun at that wedding, they want you to do yours. What we did was we went to a Newlywed Game style. And in that Newlywed Game style, what we decide and crystal actually came up with this and I thought this was brilliant. The idea was to get a napkin, being a wedding planner, you were always around the linens, you always were able to put aside two colors of linens just two different colors. So they were just kind of holding up their napkins, which was cool. That made it more fun because you would explain the game they would say okay, raise this napkin or this napkin versus the shoe or the teddy bear or the Barbie doll. So it made it a little bit more classy when you're at a wedding, of course, depends on your kind of wedding, but that's the ecommendation. So that was a great idea. The other thing is, is yes, the questions. Oh my gosh, I've been to weddings and I've seen these guys. It's like you're there and in the center of the floor and the bride and groom are just sitting there. And it's supposed to be engaging for the audience, the guest to enjoy the questions and you're going down 20 to 30 question sheet. I get it that you can google shoe game or Newlywed Game questions but it doesn't mean you have to read all of them. Okay, so I'm going to recommend five to seven questions and keep it under the 10 Minute. By that time they've already been drinking they're getting ready to dance, they want to be up, toasts are about to happen. You want to keep the wedding going you know make it fun. Think pop quiz, not this is the S.A.T. Okay? That's a good analogy, Cathy, It's not the DJ show, the guest didn't come to see you. They I want to give a shout out though to all of my amazing DJs came to see the bride and groom. So you really want to make it a day to remember , you want to make their friends and their family laugh and enjoy. Enjoy the game. Keep it quick, short, simple, because all those things are leading up to toasts and cake and then dancing. And then everybody's just ready to have fun. And I liked what we did when we did ours. We would play like little clips, but it was great because it was me and you, so you could be on the microphone out there asking the questions . .Then I could play the clips. But there's nothing wrong with having that couple sit back to back. You don't have to be standing over them. You could be at your microphone, asking the questions. easily get the chair set up, get those questions answered. Do a little bit of sound bites, they get it wrong. or they get it right, ma e it fun. Hey, and to all you ew DJs joining the wedding wor d. Remember it is a differ that I've had the privilege of working with you guys are nt environment than the club wor d. So do your research, do y ur homework and being a wed ing DJ is fun. It's exc ting. It's unique, lots of sto s and starts. So learn your cra t become really good at it and you will be playing weddings all the time and making really goo money. But the bottom line on his rant and resolve is rea ly to make it classy. It's a wed ing. Make it quick, make it sim le. That's my resolution. And of course, if anybody's ever bee to a wedding and has a ran, you definitely want to go to ant and resolve and look for the big red button in the top rig t that says submit your ran. We love wedding rants. The wed ing pros like to hear them, b ides and couples like to hear t em. Tell us your wedding rants we can't wait to talk abou them. So submit those on Ran and Resolve. amazing and you're rocking it and great job. Thank you all for joining us for another episode of Rant and Resolve where we elp bring both consumers and business owners together to elp create the ultimate bu ing experience. Join us next eek when we talk about the unplu ged cerem

Cathy:

Whoo another awesome romance wedding topic. We'll see you next week.

Crystal:

Chow