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Dooney & Bourke

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Chic, for the peter gabriel version, check out the soundtrack for "shall we dance" - i know it is on there, so you should be able to find that on iTunes.


we had a classical guitarist for the ceremony and the songs we used were -


pachelbel's canon in D for the parents processional


with a little help from my friends (beatles) for the bridal party processional (we had an outdoor afternoon ceremony, so we wanted something more upbeat and fun for the bridal party to walk in to)


bach's sleepers awake for my entrance (it's one of my favorite classical pieces) - if you are interested in hearing it, you can hear a classical guitarist version on amazon.com here:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000IKTL/104-1116043-1905550?v=glance&n=5174&s=classical&v=glance


and for the recessional we used jesu, joy of man's desiring.


our guitarist has his non-classical repertoire listed on his website, so you could look through that list and maybe it would give you some ideas for less traditional music options (most classical guitarists probably have many of the same songs in their repertoire, or could easily get the music for them). the website is http://www.genepino.com/Repertoire1.html


some songs that i love on classical guitar that could work for your ceremony are -


i will (beatles) -- there are actually a bunch of classical guitar covers of beatles songs on iTunes, i found them when i was looking for music for our ceremony. i think the album is called "fab four on six" or something like that.


how high the moon


moon river


the nearness of you


also, a friend of mine walked down the aisle at her wedding to "what a wonderful world" by iz kamakawiwo'ole - it's this cool ukulele version of the song and i believe also includes part of somewhere over the rainbow.


that's all i can think of right now.



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Marc Jacobs

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I am a loser, I found the Peter Gabriel song! Thanks for the ceremony suggestions Smash, our ceremony is outside too!

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Ok, you may have already picked a first dance song, but I thought I would throw this out there - Ribbon in the Sky by Stevie Wonder.


Also, you don't have to dance for the whole song.  Ours was 5 minutes long, and we edited it down to 3 minutes.



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From what I read there weren't too many suggestions about ceremony songs, so I just wanted to make a suggestion- it is probably my absolute favorite idea for walking down the isle. It makes me well up and think of how pretty brides are just when I think of it. Although if you think that Enya is overdone (which it probably is,) then you might not want this one either and you've probably already thought of it but I just love it soooo much. Pachabel's Canon. I'm not into the classical thing at all- I just love love love it. Also, if I'm not mistaken, there is a version of it by Aerosmith (or sme band like Aerosmith) that would make it less overdone-sounding and would really really suit a wedding atmosphere. Good luck on making your decision!!

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Marc Jacobs

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Well we picked it!


Thanks Smash!!!! We have very similar tastes!

He chose: If I should fall behind by Bruce Springsteen

Thank you to everyone!!!!!

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