Ceremony music for my TINY beach wedding?

Question

My wedding is in 20 days. I am not really sure about music for the ceremony. We are having our ceremony on the beach and there will be less than 20 people so I don't want to make a big production out of it. The ceremony lasts for a whole 20 minutes, I told the celebrant I didn't want music because I think its corny but she really felt that it will create atmosphere. The only one song I can think of that I always wanted at my wedding was All My Life by kci and jojo but she said I needed 3 or 4 songs to be played at different times in the ceremony, one for when I am walking down, one for after we have been married and one for before the thing even starts to play while everyone is waiting for me (or a few to play while waiting)
Which part of the ceremony do you think I should play the kci and jojo song? I was thinking of Pachelbel's Canon in D for the 'walking down the sand' song.
Can you suggest any 'we are waiting for the bride but she is taking her sweet *** time' songs?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think your celebrant is wrong (3-4 songs for a 20-minute beach wedding?). If you do not want to have music at your ceremony, then don't. I had a tiny, 20-person wedding with a brief ceremony and no music whatsoever--and it was beautiful. With so few people, and particularly for an outdoor wedding, you don't need to have all the elements of a giant, "traditional" wedding. It just becomes ostentatious.



Only my parents questioned the "no music" rule--everyone else understood what sort of wedding we were having--but afterward, my father agreed that it was perfect and that adding music would only have been a distraction.

Answer 2

It depends on the kind atmosphere you want to create. My friends had a really relaxed fun wedding and had chapel of love and I'm getting married in the morning as their waiting music. My cousin had a small beach wedding and her sister in law sang amazin grace but that's because it was my nan's favourite song (she passed away a few years ago and it was their way of bringing her to the wedding).



I think you need to chose songs that mean something to you and hubby to be.

Answer 3

How about somewhere over the rainbow by israel kamakawiwo'ole, youtube it, its fantastic for a beach wedding. My brother had it at his. ''While you wait music'' well my hubby and I made our own CD and included songs like:

Queen - Youre my Best Friend

Metallica - Nothing else Matters

Van Morrison - You do something to me

Uncle Kraker - Follow Me



Hope that helps and have a wonderful day xx

Answer 4

Though you are planning a short wedding you might want to consider the time before and after the wedding that family and friends might be socializing! A little music could be a nice touch.

Answer 5

First you have to decide what is the single most important to you. Do you have a specific date or season in mind that you MUST get married in? Do you have a certain venue that you must have? Big/formal or small/informal?, etc. Once you've decided the thing that's most important to you, then you can base everything else around that and everything will fall into place. Congratulations and best wishes! :) x

Answer 6

Check out the Simple Weddings Blog at www.simpleweddingsblog.com - just did a post about this very subject!

Answer 7

I think a wedding without music is rather blah. It is bad enough that everyone has to stand in the sand, but it would be nice to have some music to dull the boredom of it all. Good luck.