Eddie and Arlene have DJ’d and MC’d weddings at the Rapp-Owen Granary in historic New Harmony — a restored early-1800s granary with a timber-framed hall that hosts the ceremony, dinner, toasts and dancing under one roof. Every photo on this page is from a wedding we worked there. Our First Dance is an independent wedding DJ service; we are not affiliated with the venue.
Set up against the stone wall before guests arrive — Rapp-Owen Granary, New Harmony, Indiana
The Rapp-Owen Granary was built between 1814 and 1818 by New Harmony’s founding Harmonist community and restored decades later as an event hall. What we saw working there:
For capacities, availability and venue policies, contact the venue directly.
The Granary is one room that does everything — ceremony, dinner, toasts and dancing — and it does it with a lot of character. Timber, stone and brick give the hall a warm, historic feel that couples choose it for. Here is what mattered most from where we stood.
These are our working notes from weddings we DJ’d here, not venue rules or guarantees. Every wedding is different, and we plan each one with the couple directly.
Eddie & Arlene at the Rapp-Owen Granary — New Harmony, Indiana
This photo of the two of us was taken at the Granary on a wedding day. When you book Our First Dance, Eddie and Arlene are who you plan with — and who arrive, set up and run the music, the microphones and the timeline on the day itself. Nothing gets handed off.
At the Rapp-Owen Granary the ceremony can be held right in the hall, with guests in rows of wooden chairs and the timber and brick as the backdrop. It is a beautiful setting, and in a tall stone room nothing carries on its own. We treat the ceremony as its own event with its own sound, so the moments that matter most are heard, not just seen.
An indoor ceremony in the Granary hall — guests in wooden chairs, timber and brick behind
The Granary hall is one open space with the dinner tables set around the wood floor. Sound here is about the guest experience: people should be able to talk over dinner, understand every toast, and feel the energy lift when the dancing starts. With stone, brick and a tall timber ceiling, we keep dinner and toast volume comfortable and clear, then build the sound when the dance floor opens.
No gear talk. Good sound at a wedding is the kind nobody notices.
At the Granary the formal part of the evening and the party share one hall, so the hand-off between them matters. Arlene runs the introductions and keeps the timeline moving; Eddie reads the room and builds the music to get people onto the floor and keep them there.
A first dance on the Granary floor
These are the things we work out with every couple before the wedding. They are Our First Dance planning items — not Rapp-Owen Granary venue policies, which the venue will cover with you directly.
The people you plan with are the people who show up — Eddie and Arlene plan your wedding with you and are the two people who arrive on the day.
Every photo on this page is from a wedding Eddie and Arlene personally worked. See more venues and weddings on our Real Weddings page, or see real weddings at Discovery Lodge, City View at Sterling Square and The Old Post Office in Evansville, Friedman Park in Newburgh and Highbanks Wedding & Events in Petersburg, and Mahr Park in Madisonville, Kentucky.
Tell Eddie and Arlene your date and what you have in mind for the ceremony and reception. We answer personally.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Arlene at (270) 543-5742.
