Has anyone been to a wedding where there was a bag piper? I really love the way they sound, but I am not sure if it would be odd to have one, I was thinking to have them play while guests are entering the church and possibly when I am walking down the aisle.
Honest opinions, suggestions needed TIA
kdm822
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my fiance wants one tooo!! lol. His family is irish & mine is italian he said we should have a bagpiper & instead of throwing rice throw macaroni.
His mom thinks it would be loud. Ive never heard/seen one at a wedding tho. I doubt we would do it
kjzimpel
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We have no irish in our families. I am Norweign and he is Italian. But i just love the sounds of them!
jilliebean84
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It's actually more traditional for them to be playing outside while people are leaving the church!
FutureMRS.Benn
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I had a bagpiper at my wedding and he was GREAT!! FM if you want his info!!
BlushandBashful
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I'm having 2 bagpipers at my wedding! They will play outside the church.
fdnybride163
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ive been to a few weddings, one time they actually played at the reception, most other times though they played when the b&g were walking out of the church.
Im trying to get the fdny emerald society for our wedding as a surprise for FH
irisheyezrsmilen
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been to alot of weddings with bag pipers actually. my family is either nypd or fdny so they are pretty popular lol usually they just play while the couple leaves the church but i was at wedding in the fall and after dinner them came out and played on the dance floor.
kjzimpel
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Thanks ladies....
do you think its odd that neither of us is irish, and I want it. Fh is not a fdny but is a volunteer and it is very important to him,
Rivera2be
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I don't know if I am biased b/c I am Irish but I love them at weddings!!!! Wish we had it in the budget for one.
jilliebean84
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Posted by kjzimpel
Thanks ladies....
do you think its odd that neither of us is irish, and I want it. Fh is not a fdny but is a volunteer and it is very important to him,
Not odd if you like it! Inis Fada Gaelic is one of the Long Island pipe bands and they 'rent' their pipers out for weddings.
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My cousin did one, it was so cool. The church she got married at had a balcony in the back where the organ is and she had one up there playing when they were making their exit. It was such a surprise, as soon as the priest announced them he started playing. She booked him as a surprise for her DH, he loved it!
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Posted by kjzimpel
Thanks ladies....
do you think its odd that neither of us is irish, and I want it. Fh is not a fdny but is a volunteer and it is very important to him,
My FH is a volunteer fireman too and he loves bagpipers. I am getting them as a surprise for him for the wedding.
I'm having them come to the reception and play when guests are eating first course. This way they'll be seated anyway and it won't take away from dancing time.
kjzimpel
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Posted by MrsVtoBe
Posted by kjzimpel
Thanks ladies....
do you think its odd that neither of us is irish, and I want it. Fh is not a fdny but is a volunteer and it is very important to him,
My FH is a volunteer fireman too and he loves bagpipers. I am getting them as a surprise for him for the wedding.
I'm having them come to the reception and play when guests are eating first course. This way they'll be seated anyway and it won't take away from dancing time.
Good idea, where is he a firefighter
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Posted by MrsVtoBe
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Thanks ladies....
do you think its odd that neither of us is irish, and I want it. Fh is not a fdny but is a volunteer and it is very important to him,
My FH is a volunteer fireman too and he loves bagpipers. I am getting them as a surprise for him for the wedding.
I'm having them come to the reception and play when guests are eating first course. This way they'll be seated anyway and it won't take away from dancing time.
Good idea, where is he a firefighter
Port Washington
Irishbride16
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I'm going to have one...at the church as soon as we walk out ...goes perfect with my theme!!! cant wait!@ The good thing is that my FH works for sanitation in the city so we are going to ask one of the guys to play at your wedding!!!!!
MrsKon1111
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Im having a bagpiper at the church....he is going to plan as i walk down the aisle with my dad as a surprise
My grandparents are fresh off the boat from ireland and my dad is very proud of his irish background so i thought it would be cute
lgab21
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My cousin had a bagpiper playing when they walked out of their church. It was beautiful.
ourwedding9510
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I had one. Our guests were a little confused but when we explained why we had one it all made sense. We're not Scottish/Irish but we're both in Local 3 and Local 3 has their own pipe band. A good friend of mine is in the band so I asked him to play for us. It was awesome when he came in. We had the officiant announce us for the first time and then the bag piper walked down the aisle, turned around and walked us out. he continued playing while people walked out of the room (we got married at the RH). It was AWESOME and I'm so glad we had him do that for us! Such a GREAT surprise!
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My cousin has a pipe band, they play at all our family events, march in the St. Paddy's Day parade, etc.
He also trained the Nassau Volunteer FF Pipe Band (not sure if he still does)
A few girls from here are using them, feel free to FM me if you'd like their info
