Ok my last post made me think about surprises for the wedding day and i am curious if anyone else is doing this and if so what they are going to do...I had seen an 07 bride(gettinghutched) who by the way did a yankee themed wedding, surprise her FH by contacting bob sheppard, announcer for the yankees to do their intro's, and he does this for couples, he makes a recording and you send him all the names and info he needs. I thought this was such a great idea and since then, ive wanted to do something similar just dont know what...I mean my dream would be to get A-rod at our wedding for FH since Fh LOOOOOOOOOOVES him, but im guessing that wont be the easiest thing to get
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So any of you ladies doing anything?
Oh and here is the post from the bride that she wrote on her review regarding bob sheppard incase anybody is interested:
Bridal Party Announcements (A Very Special Surprise for Brett): Bob Sheppard, Yankees Public Address Announcer – PRICELESS!!!!!!! A+++++++++ to infinity!!!!!
I did a search on LIW for Yankee wedding themes and came across an old post that mentioned Bob Sheppard, the legendary Yankees Public Address announcer, could record your BP announcements. I HAD to find out about this. DH and I always do our Bob Sheppard impressions and he’s just as much a part of the team to us! So I just wrote Mr. Sheppard a letter, telling him what huge fans we are and that the Yankees are the reason we met in the first place AND that we’re season ticket holders. About a month & a half later, I heard from his son. He asked me a bunch of questions about my wedding, and then gave me the info on the whole process. I sent Mr. Sheppard a tape with his script, and he sent it back to me PRONTO! I can not even TELL you how cool this was. To hear that legendary voice saying my bridal party and our names…it was like being at a game!! SO FRIGGIN’ COOL! When it was shipped to my mom’s, I made her play it for me over the phone. She just didn’t get my excitement but was still happy (Yankee fanaticism does NOT run in my family by t he way haha. Just me and my stepbrother & his son!). When I finally was able to visit, I played it about 5 times!
We waited outside the room as the recording was played, and unfortunately, Brett was not able to hear it all that well. He did get to hear the recording later on and was very excited about it. I knew not every guest would know who Bob Sheppard was, but those that did went NUTS over this. People were just blown away that we were able to make this happen. It was SO worth it!!! Just make sure if you get this done, have your DJ make sure the volume is up- I did hear a comment that it could have been louder.
Here's a pic of me trying to explain to Brett what was going on
The other night he was listening to the recording non stop and then he was reciting it! So while the surprise wasn't what I thought it would be, it was still worth it....our guests are still flipping over it to this day.
If you’re interested in doing this, just send him a letter telling him you'd like him to record the announcements at your wedding. I would also mention your wedding date and where you're having it.
Send the letter to:
Bob Sheppard
Public Address Announcer
c/o Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY 10452
(there's no street name needed)
