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| Leezard |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 04:54:11 AM
Did you have a song sung at your wedding? or what song did you and your husband dance to as your first dance? or were you at a wedding and heard a really neat song done?
I've been asked to sing at another wedding, my cousin's this time, and I need to come up with a list of songs for her to choose one for me to sing. I've done some searches but I wanted to see if any of you might have some neat ones I haven't considered yet. Plus, I think it's interesting to see what others have done on their big day :)
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 4:02:51 PM
Meredith, that's a great choice (both songs, actually!!) I really love a Nightengale Sang in Barkley Square!
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| MereOnceMoore |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 4:00:17 PM
We didnt' have anyone sing or a live band or anything, but we did have a friend of the family play the piano and she learned "A Nightengale Sang in Barkley Square" for me. I love that tune.
When the party was over my husband and I got in the car and he had cued up Anniversary Song by the Cowboy Junkies in the tape player. That was always "our" song I guess.
I love that tune!
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| farmgirl1 |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 06:24:38 AM
When my husband and I got married, because it was my second we had a friend of mine sing God Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts. It was very fitting. My sil sang Valentine by Martina McBride. We danced to At Last by Etta James, I danced with my dad to What A Wonderful World, and my husband danced with my daughter to Butterfly Kisses.
I also went to a wedding once that the groom danced with his mother and the bride danced with her father at the same time to Flies In The Butter by Wynona Judd.
I just love weddings.
Robin
Farm Girl Sister #28
#1 prissy farmgirl.
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| Lainey |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 05:31:19 AM
Oh Elizabeth, I love that song 'There is Love'! I like the lyrics to it. I've sung that one before at a friend's wedding.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Jan 25 2008 : 04:28:51 AM
i thought of another one this morning while i was listening to my favorite band, alabama...you only paint the picture once.
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
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| peggysue |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:54:44 PM
when i got married the first time, our minister's daughter sang "endless love" at our wedding, but she had a cold, so it sounded terrible, and my second hubby and i didn't have a traditional wedding, we were married sitting in our living room, and half way thru the vows i had to throw up... should've taken that as a sign, and we spent our wedding night in the emergency room.. our first dance was the "phenergan/codeine waltz", he was trying to help me to the restroom, and i was sliding down the wall.
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| chicken necker |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:34:49 PM
I dont think this will help you but thought I'd add it. My wedding was based on the movie "Robin Hood" with Kevin Costner. I'm big into the RennFest type thing anyway. We had the soundtrack played. " I would die for you" Bryan Adams
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| Firemama |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:27:35 PM
Yes Jessica thats it!! Thanks ; )
Mama to 2
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:22:23 PM
Oh....let me think...is it "You're Still The One" by Shania? that would be a neat song for renewing your vows. :)
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
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| Firemama |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:19:35 PM
I walked down the isle to From this moment, by Shania Twain. When/if we ever renew our vows I want to walk down to the follow up of that one, it goes Looks like we made it look how far we've come my baby, glad we took the long way we knew we'd get there someday..I dont remember the name. but lots of people said we would never be married long, I was only 17 after all, but 10years later here we are.
When my Dhs aunt got married her husband snuck in Pretty Fly for a white guy, boy was she mad!!
GoodLuck to you
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:16:22 PM
Aaaghhh!!! That's so funny--well, I'm sure SHE didn't think so :)
I couldn't help but snort, my little gran was sooo funny! She had such a wry since of humor!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 8:09:10 PM
Jonni - I just snorted just thinking about someone saying that. That is hilarious!!! The best wedding memory was at one of our great uncle's wedding that was outside. Well he was marrying a woman who was a few years older than him. When the preacher said "is there anyone here that objects?" my brother shouted "She's too old for him!" We were little kids and it was on the wedding video too.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 7:11:42 PM
The worst execution of a song that I remember was at my cousins wedding (it was, sadly, Annie's song, only sung acapella and in a screeching soprano...It was this big to-do where they pulled up in a horse drawn carriage, and this lady from their church sang ALL of their music (it was required). My Grandma Helen, who was just like a little bird, wore hearing aids, and leaned over to me during this neverending song and said with MUCH mischief in her beautiful bright eyes, "I'm turning her OFF!!!" and with that she turned down her hearing aid!!!!!
I snorted and everyone turned around to look at us...the poor lady was really terrible 
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 6:52:54 PM
Oh a song I just thought of is Chuck Wick's "Stealing Cinderella." That is just a beautiful song.
One big suggestion...for the "us song" during the wedding, keep it short. You are standing up there for a while and it can get a little tiring standing there. The song we played during the ceremony during our vows, we faded out after the chorus. I've been to some weddings that the song made me really sleepy.
Have you seen the Youtube videos of the first dances of different couples? I've seen a few that danced to "Thriller" (Michael Jackson), to a few other songs. They are pretty funny!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 6:42:31 PM
ok, i have to put my two bits in. storybook love by willie de ville (the end of Princess Bride)
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
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| Leezard |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 6:36:14 PM
Bumping this back up :)
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| Leezard |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:58:47 AM
Thank you all for sharing about your weddings! It's fun to hear what others have done and to get ideas that I might not have thought about.
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Originally posted by bohemiangel
Then there are different ones that are not typical but darn it I can't even think of them now. For my mums wedding she had different tunes as well:)
I'm all for different ones so if you happen to think of any that you've played I'd love to know what they were. At my brother's wedding I sang one that I don't think is a typical one, "There Is Love"-not typical where I come from anyway, and I'm going to offer that as an option because I know it works well with my voice but they just got married in July so I don't know of my cousin will want to use it.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 10:58:15 AM
Jonni
Don't know if you follow ice skating at all, but this past season, the Canadian ice dance team of Dubreuil & Lauzon (who are a couple on & off the ice) skated to Etta's At Last for their free dance. The program was based on being the end of wedding reception(at last) & he skated with his bow tie untied & she was in a magnificent vintage type cream dress. They are gorgeous.. (but sadly now retired) Loved it.. |
| country lawyer |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 08:49:24 AM
Fun topic!
Our wedding song was "Battle Hymn of Love." Anybody recall that? It was Jan. 12th 1991. Yep, 17 blissful years ago. My husband sang "For You" at our reception. Gosh, I'm fogetting what we had our first dance to. I'l have to ask him. Or watch the video! |
| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 08:04:49 AM
Yep - I'm a bluegrass nut too. I did a lot of research and stuff during college a few years ago. I had the wonderful time getting to interview some great musicians at festivals and doing photography. I should try to dig that out. The KY Thunder tune was an instrumental that was on that Ky Memories cd. It was a really fun song and I think all of us wanted to dance coming back down the aisle. It's a good "driving" song.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:55:52 AM
I'll have to check some of these out. OMG A bluegrass tune Jessica!! That would be so me! I'm a BG nut but a new one fairly virginal still. I try to find out and learn as much as I can!
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:47:57 AM
Aww I love the fact that a lot of folks used Alison's "When You say nothing at all." She is my all time hands down favorite female singer. I remember when she use to sing with the Cox Family.
15 minutes before the ceremony, I had selected songs from a cd called "Kentucky Memories" that was instrumental bluegrass/folk to play. Those songs included "My Rose of Old Kentucky", "My Old Ky Home", "Blue Moon of Ky", and "Kentucky Waltz".
Right before everything during the candle lighting stuff - "In My Dreams" - Josh Turner
Parents walked out to "Flowers of Edinburgh" - Pete Huttlinger
My bridesmaids walked out to "Looking in the Eyes of Love" - Alison Krauss.
I walked out to the traditional wedding march thingie "Here comes the bride...."
Our song during the wedding was "Let Me Be Your Man" - Brian McComas.
We walked out as hubby and wife to the instrumental "Kentucky Thunder" - bluegrass tune.
We wanted something different and unique. We had a simple country wedding in the church I grew up in.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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| lovelady |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:46:57 AM
I have no idea what music was played during our ceremony, I am sure it was your everyday wedding songs, played by a couple on violin and cello. I don't think I even waited for them to start playing my song before I went down the aisle I was so excited.
At our reception, our first dance was to Chantal Kreviazuk's "Feels Like Home". My dad and I danced to "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson. Not your typical father-daughter song, but it was just right for us.
This was a fun topic!
Good luck at the wedding, Elizabeth! |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:29:24 AM
Our wedding wasn't typical, either. We got married in the law office where I work (it's from 1867 and stunning) and then we all walked down the two blocks in a large procession to the Irish pub where Jus and I met, and his band played every Thursday night where we had our reception.
We didn't have mother's dances or anything like that because my father's gone and I have two mother in laws, and two father in laws...
Justin is a singer, so he sang U2's "All I want is You", and the Rolling Stones "You can't always get what you want" and it was very fitting for a reception...."I saw her today at the reception, glass of wine in her hand..."
Gosh. It's been 8 years!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 07:22:50 AM
Our song was "Could Not Ask For More" By Sarah Evans. Hubby danced with his mom to "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler and I danced with my dad to "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. We also had Canon in D, "Everything" by Lifehouse, and "I Do" by Mark Wills.
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
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