Wedding Orchestras, Bands, DJs & Entertainment Q&A

Live Music for ceremony?

I am trying to decide if I should book a piano player and singer for my ceremony. We currently have a bag pipe player booked. We are getting married outside in a gazebo that is in the middle of a flower garden.

They have music on a disc there that sounded ok. I thought I would check into a piano.... [Read more]

Reception entertainment

A lot of our family members don't dance, and my fiance and I can't stand half the music DJs are offering. Would it be ok to simply make some mixed cds of our own music, perhaps ask guests for musical requests on the RSVP cards, and play it at a level loud enough to dance to but soft enough to.... [Read more]

I'm Invited to Out-of-Town Wedding - My Husband Isn't Invited

Dear Sir/Madam:

I was invited to a friend's out-of-town wedding but my husband (of 10 years) was point-blank not invited.

The groom-to-be does not necessarily like my husband and that's the reason he gave for my husband not being invited. I'm not sure if the fact that he doesn't like my.... [Read more]

Ceremony music

Hello. I was just wondering if playing a different song as the processional was okay and if it should be played with or without the lyrics? We are playing a song called "I Promise" written by Jim Colyer and he sent me a CD with vocal and without. This is also our first dance song at the.... [Read more]

Only classical wedding music during the ceremony?

We are going to be married in a somewhat stodgy Episcopal Church. All music must be classical or sacred. We have a friend whom we would like to sing something during our ceremony, but we're having trouble coming up with the right song. She is Jewish so we don't want something heavy about Jesus, and.... [Read more]