What a great night at the historic Hibernian Hall! The room was set up beautifully and the guests anxiously awaited the arrival of the guests of honor during the cocktail hour. As soon as the bridal party and bride and groom were announced the dancing started! They were dancing to all the wonderful songs picked out by our bride and groom. We even had a guest singer and guitar player towards the end of the night that really got the crowd going! What a perfect night and we are excited to have been a part of that special day. Congrats once again to the bride and groom.
Check out what the bride said on the testimonial page!
PV played a wedding this past weekend at a fairly new location in the Mt Pleasant area called Baols Farm (www.boalsfarm.com). What a great venue for a ceremony and reception! A quaint, authentic working farm off of Clements Ferry road provides a great backdrop for a photographic evening. The ceremony took place on site and upon completion, the guests ventured to cocktail hour located opposite of the ceremony. The weather was perfect…not too hot or cold! The band set up under a covered area on the backside of the barn and provided a great area for dancing! The bride and groom shared their first dance followed by the father/daughter and mother/son dances. The food was blessed and the dinner and dancing began! From the start of the music til the end, the guest never left the dance floor. Our last song Happy by Pharrell finished the night on a high note and the bride and groom left in a classic car with a sparkler departure. What a wonderful evening…congrats to the bride and groom!
PV played two weddings this past weekend and the first one was out at Magnolia Plantation! We were set up behind the main house under a tent done beautifully by Katherine Miller and the girls from Yoj Events (www.yojevents.com)! The ceremony was on site and the guest moved to the main house’s veranda for a cocktail hour. After the bride and groom finished with their pictures, they joined the cocktail hour and moved into the tent for dinner. We started with the first dances and a welcome from the father of the bride before Mosaic (www.mosaicedibles.com) served dinner to all the guests. Our first set was a more quiet set while the guests enjoyed their dinner. We took a break for the cake cutting and then started with one long set to finish the night! The crowd must have been energized from dinner because we had both the girls and the guys singing with us on stage! The night ended with everyone on the dance floor before a sparkler departure into the night! What a great evening and thanks to all who made it that way!
PV played a wedding this past weekend at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, SC. This was our first visit and what a beautiful place to get married. The bride and groom got married in the chapel on the same property and walked across the street to the Inn for their reception. The guests enjoyed a full service, sit down dinner but the bride and groom kicked off the night by dancing their first dance to Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban played live by PV. Dinner was then served and the band took a break waiting to rock! 
PV played a great wedding on a beautiful property in Conway, SC right on the river. The property had a large tent where the band and the dance floor was located and most of the food was on the deck and inside the building. The band started off with a few songs and then introduced the bride and groom onto the dance floor for their first dance. They also shared a dance with their parents before dinner was served to everyone! 
PV played a wedding this past weekend in the heart of Gamecock Country! With Williams Brice in the background and tailgating on our mind, we played for familiar faces at the University House. The Wingard family had us play a party at their beach house on Folly Beach, then hired us for their older daughter’s wedding at the same house…and then named the beach house Permanent Vacation after the band! How awesome is that! This was their youngest daughter and it had been a while since we saw everyone which made this event especially exciting. The bride and groom shared their first dance and then the bride had a dance with her father…after breaking the ice the dance floor opened for the guests. After delicious BBQ from Greenwood, SC the guests brought their energy to the dance floor and packed it for the rest of the night. We even got a guest appearance by the father of the bride and some other familiar friends to perform a Swinging Medallions song! What a great night! Congrats to the bride and groom and we can not thank you enough for making us a part of the event!
PV played a wedding at the Charleston Place hotel downtown by the market this past weekend. It had been a while since we played this venue and the people are just as wonderful as they were in the past! Jessica Smithson is the catering sales manager and wedding specialist for the Charleston Place and she really knows how to make your night perfect! Book your wedding at Charleston Place and you will see what I mean!
The event started with a cocktail hour outside the main ballroom and then guests were invited into the main room in preparation for the wedding party. The wedding party was announced and the event got started with their first dances. After a welcome, the guests enjoyed the wonderful food from the Charleston Place and then brought their energy to the dance floor. We played a variety of songs from Motown to Rock and even learned a few songs for the bride and groom, Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash and Give It Away by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
PV played our 4th gig to end a long weekend with a great wedding out at the Ion Creek Club! What a wonderful place for a wedding and the bride and groom took full advantage of the property by having the ceremony on site out by the water. Perfect weather for an outdoor ceremony and it must have helped to put the guests in a great mood because they brought that energy to the dance floor. After the first dances the food stations opened but so did the dance floor. The guests packed the dance floor from song one til the end of the night. The bride and groom left happily married to a sparkler departure! What a great ending to a wonderful weekend! Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Kline!
PV had the pleasure of playing the 2nd annual Golf Ball Gala for East Cooper Community Outreach at the Daniel Island Country Club. This is also the second year for us which is truly an honor. This year they decided to have a silent and live auction and hired our good friend Tom Crawford to MC for the evening! He is one of only a few people in the nation designated specifically for silent and live charity auctions.
With all the great items and a great MC, they all went for top dollar for a great cause. After all the guests pockets were empty, they joined us on the dance floor for the rest of the night! What a great party for an excellent cause! Thanks for all who donated their time and money to ECCO!
PV played a wedding this past weekend at Sunnyside Plantation in Murrell’s Inlet, SC. What a beautiful location for a wedding, both ceremony and reception! The venue is located right on the inlet with beautiful marsh views.The band was set up on a stage under a tent overlooking the water. The guests enjoyed the ceremony which started at 6:00 and then moved to the tent for a cocktail hour while the wedding party took advantage of the setting sun for some wonderful pictures!
PV took a road trip this past weekend to play a wedding at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, NC (
What a beautiful spring like day, perfect for reception at the Citadel Beach house. The bride and groom took advantage of the beach-front lawn outside for the ceremony and then moved inside for the reception. PV kicked off the music at 6:00 awaiting the announcement of the bride and groom! After some wonderful sunset pictures with Nuvo Images (
What a great place to get married! We have played here a few times in the past, both outside and inside, and it really is a wonderful place all around. Kelly and her staff are wonderful and really do their best to make a client’s day perfect! 
Our first wedding of the season was at the historic Hibernian Hall, downtown Charleston. What a great way to kick off the year! The bride and groom got married at the Citadel’s Summeral Chapel and then made their way to the reception. The guests were welcomed with a cocktail hour and PV started up the music upon their arrival as well.
The band just played house music during this time as the guests mingled waiting on our guests of honor. The bride and groom finished up the photos and then headed our way for the first dances. The first dance was played on CD and sung by one of the groomsmen. The bride followed the dance up with one with her father and then the groom danced with his mom. The bride also requested one more dance so that she could dance with her step-father as well. The foods stations open and the band started after a welcome from the family.
The guests were a little slow to jump on the dance floor, but after the sun went down and the drinks were flowing, the people packed the floor to every song that we churnedout. We even got some of the groomsmen involved with a little singing at the end of the night. They were in a country cover band so they sang Family Tradition, Friends in Low Places and Wagon Wheel before we closed the night out with our hip hop medley. The bride had Girls Just Wanna Have Fun on the IPOD as the last song and they left with a bubble departure in front of the main house. It was a great evening and we are happy for the bride and groom. Congrats!
Once the bride and groom were done with the photo they moved everyone into the room and kicked off the dancing with their first dances for the evening. The food stations also opened after the dances and the guests dug into the great food provided by the creek club. After a full belly the dancing kicked off and did not end til the last note by the band. The bride and groom left that night with a sparkler departure. Another great night at the Ion Creek Club!
The band started with the arrival of the first guests and took a very short break right before announcing the bride and groom. They shared their first dance as a married couple and then both shared a dance with their parents as well. This was the ice breaker for the dance floor and it was packed to the rest of the night with the band. The food stations also opened that night and we were lucky enough to be working with a great caterer in Brick Lane Catering (
The band played half the night and then turned the band party into a DJ party! The band packed up but also put on a different hat and began to DJ for the remainder of the evening. This is a neat feature that PV has to offer their clients and allows the clients to get the best of both worlds. Why just hire DJ or just a band when you can have BOTH! We played some of the newest tunes and some special requests that we arranged for the bride and groom. They danced til the last songs and left the reception with a sparkler departure. Congrats to the bride and groom! Thanks for making us a part of your big day!
The food is always wonderful and one of the few times you will ever see steak at a station. YUM! After eating the guests gather courage and move towards the band for some late night dancing. We look forward to this event each year and thanks the folks with the trade conference for including us again. Until next year…
The bride and groom had their first dance after a cocktail hour and everyone found their seats to dive into a wonderful dinner provided by the club. After dinner the dancing shoes were on and they did not come off the whole night. It is always a good sign when you have a white dance floor that looks black at the end of the event! Haha! Congrats to the bride and groom and a big thank you to Sara as well for a great event!
Theguests arrived to a cocktail hour and were invited into the main room as soon as the bride and groom arrived for their first dances. The dances were beautiful and served as a spark for the rest of the guests to dance the night away. The dancing did not stop from that point on til the end of the night and I think carried over into the streets! We wish the bride and groom the best and I know that we will see them again sometime soon. Congrats!
Check out the picture showing the mother’s, father’s and bride’s reaction to the song! It was AWESOME. That set the tone for the rest of the night and it was fantastic. They even had the King of Pop (not MJ, but almost as good) on site for some late night, refreshing sweet treats (
![p19047038-3[1]](http://www.pvacation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p19047038-311-300x187.jpg "p19047038-3[1]")
This was the start of the dancing and not even the heat could keep the guests off the dance floor. We played 2 sets and ended the night strong with I Gotta Feeling, Dynamite, Don’t Stop Believing and Shout! Whew! What a way to end the night. The bride and groom left that might with a sparkler departure and we left extremely excited about another happy bride and groom!
After the dacnes PV started with the live music and the food stations opened as well. Some guests danced and some enjoyed the food and towards the end of the set they were all dancing. We took a break and then came back on with a set full of beach music. The crowd loved it but some of the younger guests were asking for some hip-hop. The bride knew this would be the case so she had some of her favorites on the IPOD and while we took our second break we kept the dancers on the floor with some “booty” music. The dance floor stayed packed for the rest of the night. We started off with our hip hop medley and they LOVED it. The last song of the night was Shout and the crowd lifted the bride and groom high above thier heads in celebration. The left with a boat departure off the main dock as the guest waived sparklers. Another great party and a great way to close out Mothers Day weekend. Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers out there as well! We love you!
Once the photos were done the bride and groom moved to the tent for their first dances. They choose You Are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne played live by PV. The father daughter dance was Be Young Be Foolish by the Tams played live by PV followed with Carolina Girls by the Catalinas played live by PV. After those dances the food stations opened and so did the dance floor. It took the guest a little while to warm up, but once the dancing shoes were on they did not come off. The last song, or what we thought was the last song, had the groom on his back in the middle of the dance floor. The crowd loved his moves so much that they asked us to play an extra hour at the end of the night. A little overtime was good by us and we kept rocking for another hour! What a fantastic night and at the end we were all feeling great. Another great trip to the Beaufort area and we look forward to our next visit! What a great place to play a wedding!
After the cake cutting the band started back up with an Anniversary Dance. This is where you get all the married couples on the dance floor and slowly ask those to leave that have only been married 1 year, 2 years, 5 years and so on. The last remaining couple had been married for 44 years and the bride gave her bouquet to them as a gift. That was the last scheduled event for the reception and the dancing started immediately! The crowd packed the floor for the remainder of the night, including a ONE MORE SONG, ONE MORE SONG chant at the end of the night…which we agreed to and rocked Don’t Stop Believingas the last song of the night. The bride and groom left that night in a limo but no official departure. What a great night and congrats to the newlyweds.
The bride and groom were announced into the main ballroom and all three of the first dances were on the IPOD. You are the Best Thing for the Bride and Groom, Unforgettable for the Father and his daughter and then Uptown Girl for the groom and his mom. The last song was a surprise for the grooms mother and she loved it. They moved right into the cake cutting and then it was time to dance! The crowd was into the music from the first song til the last. What a fun group! All ages danced to all the beach and party tunes and when we changed gears to the rock and funk not a person left the dance floor. It was packed all the way up until the last song. The bride and groom left that night with a sparkler departure and it was a night to remember!
Comment from the Father of the Bride:
The evening kicked off with the Grand March and then moved into the introduction of the debutantes. After they were introduced the band played one song and then everyone went downstairs to have a drink preparing for the party which started at 10. PV kicked it off at 10 and went straight til 12 with the crowd dancing the whole night. We were able to play everything from the Temptations, oldies, beach music, funk to the Black Eyed Peas and the crowd danced to each song! We ended the night with SHOUT and then we are on our way back to Charleston. Thanks again to Mark and John and to Georgetown for hosting the PV invasion.
The photographers on site were Rick Dean and his crew of Rick Dean Photography (
Before dinner the bride and groom were announced and shared their first dance as a married couple to At Last by Etta James, played live by PV. The guest went crazy with the song choice as the bride and groom were dating for a LONG time before the marriage. After the dance the bride and groom sat down for dinner and the band kicked it off with some music. Even though dinner was started that did not stop the guests from dancing. They started out with just a few couples but by the end of the first set the whole dance floor was packed tight!
The cake cutting and a few toasts were done during the first break and then the bride and her father kicked off the second set with their dance to My Girl by the Temptations played live by PV. After that dance the floor stayed packed for the whole rest of the evening! The bride and groom left that evening with a sparkler departure as a happily married couple. Another great wedding in November…speaking of that…Happy Anniversary to my sister and her husband who celebrate their anniversary in November as well. Happy 2 years!
The bride andgroom danced their first dance to a special song that the groom picked out as a surprise for the first dance. PV agreed to help with the surprise and learned the song to play live. It was God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton andthe bride was overjoyed with the selection. Smooth move by the groom! The next dance was for the parents, bride and her father and the groom and his mother. The picked Unforgettable by Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole on the IPOD. Following their dances was a welcome by the father of the bride and a toast by the best man and maid of honor. They planned a toast together and it was done really well. Finally a blessing and the food stations opened as well as the dance floor. The guests started dancing right off the rip and continued all night. The bride andgroom spent the whole final set on the dance floor breaking it down with all their friends and family. After getting a request for Don’t Stop Believing all night we finally pleased the crowd andplayed it along with Take Me Home Tonight as the last songs for the evening. The bride andgroom left with flags waving in an old, classic Ford truck. What a perfect way to leave the historical plantation. Another great evening at the Cotton Docks.
The bride and groom and the rest of the wedding party were announced into the reception while the IPOD was playing I GOTTA FEELING over the speakers. There first dance was a Clay Walker song on the IPOD and then the food station opened for the evening and PV started to play. Once the crowd had a full belly of food they were ready to dance. The floor was packed all night right up until the last song by the band. The groom and some of the groomsmen even got in on the singing action. The bride and groom capped the evening off with a sparkler departure. What a great evening…we even had a client ready to book the band on site for her wedding. That is always a good thing!