Only 42 days to the wedding! And we have no idea what music to use. I was thinking of the Canon in D for my entrance. I know it's overused, but I've always loved that piece, it was my favorite thing to play when I played the cello back in school. And then I thought I might have them play 'Beautiful Day' by U2 for the recessional. Do you think that's silly? We could just do the classic stuff, but I love that song, I've been a huge U2 fan since 1981. No, not a misprint, I'm old!
Anyway, people usually use more than one piece for the processionals, and I don't know what to use. I know when I ask my FH he'll say, 'Uh, I dunno...' He's not much help with that sort of thing.
We also have to put together a ceremony somewhat, as we're meeting with the rabbi on Monday. As I was raised Episcopalian (but aren't religious at all) I'd like some parts of it to be from the Episcopalian rite, but not sure which. And my mom is supposed to do a reading, as she's a reader for her church and is very good, but I'm not sure what she wants to read yet. YIKES! I was supposed to think about all this stuff today but I've been ill and spent most of the day sleeping.
So--what are YOU using?
Dee606
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ok- i just want to bump because I remember that a few weeks ago someone posted a link to ceremony music & of course I didn't add it to my notebook.... Can anyone remember the site or bump the thread? thanks
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I wonder if it was this one...
www. w edalert.com
I had to put a space between w and e cuz it gets censored out for some reason...I hope this is what you're looking for! It totally helped me!
anglbyme
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I am playing Enya Only Time for the prosessional and the traditional Bridal March for me.............
AeroJenn
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I'm also using Canon in D for my entrance -- i think its beautiful. And I love the idea of doing Beautiful Day for the BP processional -- thats so different and the song is so pretty!
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I'm using Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke....and my BP is coming into either Sheep May Safely Graze or Sleepers Awake by Bach (I have to find out if my organist can do Sleepers Awake). You can hear all of these on w edalert.com.
Love Beautiful Day! If I could use contemporary music I totally would- my dream was to have our entrances to instrumentals of Beatles songs.
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First of all, my SIL used Beautiful Day for her recessional, and it was cool! I think that would be a great choice.
We used kind of a mix of traditional & non for our music, but I think it flowed. For the bp, we used Canon in D - I've always loved that song and had to include it somehow. I walked down to Somebody by Depeche Mode. Then for the recessional we used This Will Be by Natalie Cole.
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I think I am walking into Air on G and Cannon D for BP.
AlliCatB
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there are a bunch of albums dedicated to bridezillas on amazon, and you can listen to samples too
I didn't even THINK about this until your post... just as I get one thing checked, I have another thing added....
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We used:
Entrance of Bridal Party: Prelude to Te Deum (Marc-Antoine Charpentier) Entrance of the Bride: Overture from Royal Fireworks Suite (GF Handel) Bride and Groom Recessional: Hornpipe (Handel) Wedding Party Recessional: Hornpipe (Handel)
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Posted by anglbyme
I am playing Enya Only Time for the prosessional and the traditional Bridal March for me.............
I am using Enya too, for the BP, Israel Kamakawiwo's Somewhere over the rainbow for the parents, Charlotte Church's Ava Maria (for now, I'm kinda on the fence about his one) and pipes for the recessional
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Posted by Heather11207
First of all, my SIL used Beautiful Day for her recessional, and it was cool! I think that would be a great choice.
She did? That's great. I didn't think of this myself, I read it in NY magazine. Where did they start it, if you remember? At the beginning? We're having a Jewish ceremony, at the end of which you break the glass, everyone yells Mazeltov!, and then I thought we'd have the DJ play one of the spots where it starts in with 'It's a Beautiful Day....' instead of the beginning of the song. I'll have to make sure he can do that.
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We're using... Prelude - Trumpet Voluntary BP processional - Canon in D Bride Processional - From this moment (instrumental of course) Recessional - Signed, sealed, delivered HTH
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Posted by Pencils
Posted by Heather11207
First of all, my SIL used Beautiful Day for her recessional, and it was cool! I think that would be a great choice.
She did? That's great. I didn't think of this myself, I read it in NY magazine. Where did they start it, if you remember? At the beginning? We're having a Jewish ceremony, at the end of which you break the glass, everyone yells Mazeltov!, and then I thought we'd have the DJ play one of the spots where it starts in with 'It's a Beautiful Day....' instead of the beginning of the song. I'll have to make sure he can do that.
That's right where they started it - right at 'It's a Beautiful Day...' The DJ can do that no problem, I would think.
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That's right where they started it - right at 'It's a Beautiful Day...' The DJ can do that no problem, I would think.
I figured he could. Now I just have to talk the groom into it! He probably won't mind, though. It's fun, and we want to have some fun on the day.
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Posted by AlliCatB
there are a bunch of albums dedicated to bridezillas on amazon, and you can listen to samples too
I didn't even THINK about this until your post... just as I get one thing checked, I have another thing added....
ooooh, thanks for posting the sample link... I love being able to hear sound clips.
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We are using Jesu Joy of mans desiring as our processional and the wedding march for myself...I dont kno-this may be changed-the wedding march always makes me giggle
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Thanks for the links, these are really helpful b/c we're trying to decide ceremony music now too!
zenergy47
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we are using some songs from the beatles
Pencils
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The groom said OK to 'Beautiful Day'! Great. He also suggested we end the reception to the last song from the Mikado. Uh, OK. No 'New York, New York?' If it makes him happy. (Yes, my FH loves Gilbert and Sullivan. He's so adorable!)
