Friday 3rd July’s wedding DJ Meldrum House booking took us north to Oldmeldrum, just outside Aberdeen — a 153-mile drive from home and one of the longer trips we make. This 13th-century baronial mansion, set on 240 acres of parkland with a ballroom built for celebrations, makes it easy to see why it’s such a popular choice for couples in the North East.
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Wedding DJ Meldrum House: Setting Up
We left home at 2pm and arrived on site at 5:30pm, giving ourselves plenty of time to get set up before the evening got underway. Because the wedding breakfast was running a little behind schedule, we had a short wait before we could get into the ballroom — not unusual on a wedding day, and nothing to worry about. Timings shift for all sorts of reasons, so a good wedding DJ builds in the flexibility to roll with it.
The First Dance — Skerryvore’s “Take My Hand”
Katie and Ryan chose Take My Hand by Skerryvore for their first dance — a brilliant, invigorating choice that had every guest up and watching. In fact, it’s exactly the kind of big, warm Scottish folk-rock that lands perfectly as a first dance, and it set the tone for the whole night.
Ceilidh Dancing — The Gay Gordons and the Virginia Reel
We had two ceilidh dances on the night — the Gay Gordons and the Virginia Reel. Because Katie and Ryan’s guests mainly already knew both, life was easier as a caller: instructions landed quicker, the floor got moving faster, and there was more time for the fun part rather than the explaining part.
A Generous Dancefloor
It was a good night with a genuinely generous amount of dancers throughout. There could always have been a few more up — there are always some guests at any wedding who just aren’t dancers, and that’s perfectly fine — however, the floor stayed busy from the ceilidh right through the evening disco.
What We Played — The Setlist
So here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening — from Enya to open the room and Skerryvore’s first dance, through the ceilidh, into a wide-ranging disco set, and out via Runrig’s Loch Lomond and a run of last-song classics.
First Dance to Ceilidh
- Enya — Braveheart
- Skerryvore — Take My Hand
- ABBA — Dancing Queen (DJ Re-Grid)
- ABBA — Mamma Mia (DJ Re-Grid)
- Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk
- Paolo Nutini — Pencil Full of Lead
- Erasure — A Little Respect
- The Communards feat. Sarah Jane Morris — Don’t Leave Me This Way
- Paul Simon — You Can Call Me Al
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor
- Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free (DJ Re-Grid)
- Donna Summer — Hot Stuff (DJ Re-Grid)
- Pretenders — Brass In Pocket
- Brooks & Dunn — Boot Scootin’ Boogie
- Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy)
- Beyoncé — Texas Hold ‘Em
- Estelle — American Boy
- Rihanna — Don’t Stop The Music
- Ella Langley — Choosin’ Texas
- Ike & Tina Turner — Proud Mary
- Bryan Adams — Summer Of ’69 (DJ Re-Grid)
- The Killers — Mr. Brightside (DJ Re-Grid)
- The Occasionals — Gay Gordons
- The Occasionals — The Virginia Reel
The Main Party Set
- Matoma & Astrid S — Running Out
- Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz — Prayer In C
- Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates — Sugar
- a-ha — Take On Me (Kygo Remix)
- Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott — Where Are You Now
- OMI — Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
- Sigala & Ella Eyre — Came Here For Love
- Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher — Sweet Lovin’
- Kygo & Whitney Houston — Higher Love
- Sgt Slick — Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Melbourne Recut)
- Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
- Pitbull feat. Ke$ha — Timber
- Pitbull — Hotel Room Service
- James — Sit Down
- Primal Scream — Country Girl
- Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- Laura Branigan — Gloria
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton — Can’t Hold Us
- Runrig — Loch Lomond
- The Corrs — Breathless
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes — (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
That’s a proper spread of ground covered in one night — Scottish folk-rock, disco, country, ceilidh, and floor-fillers spanning five decades. It’s rarely one genre all night at a good wedding, and reading the room to know when to shift is most of the job.
Wedding DJ Meldrum House: The Venue
Meldrum House sits further north than most of the venues we cover, so it’s a proper drive from our base — but the venue makes it worthwhile every time. Because the ballroom handles a full-scale wedding comfortably, with plenty of room for a proper crowd on the dancefloor, we’d happily recommend it to any couple planning a wedding in Aberdeenshire.
The Long Way Home
Everything was wrapped up by midnight, and after packing down we were away by 1am. Because of numerous detours from roadworks, it was a long drive home — the scenic way through a fair few B-roads and small villages meant we didn’t make it back until 4am. So it was a long day all round, but a well-earned sleep came before moving straight on to Saturday’s wedding.
Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?
If you’re planning a wedding anywhere in Scotland — from Aberdeenshire to the Central Belt — and looking for a wedding DJ Meldrum House style booking — someone who’ll read your crowd, call a great ceilidh, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.
Congratulations again to Katie and Ryan — it was a brilliant night.
