Weddingbee

Truth be told, I don’t like attention. On the morning of my wedding, I was trying to convince my bridesmaids to link arms with me so that we could walk down the aisle together… and I was dead serious! Why? I am a total and a complete klutz. I mentioned that I tripped and fell on my behind during the wedding rehearsal, right? Well, you can just imagine how terrified I was about my “first dance” with Mr. Eggplant. I had nightmares of wobbling around in four-inch heels, tripping over my dress, and landing flat on my face.

To combat my fear, I had planned to take dance lessons with Mr. Eggplant. But as the last month before our wedding approached, we just couldn’t fit it into our schedule. I needed to come up with a way to divert the “first dance” attention away from me, and fast! When I read Mrs. Hibiscus’ entry about her first dance song, I thought it was the perfect way to shift the focus away from my two left feet. I played off of Mrs. Hibiscus’ idea and decided to tell the story of how Mr. Eggplant and I met.

To continue the grand entrance from my last media post, once our emcee had played our music video and asked everyone to stand up, he announced us as newlyweds as we danced into the reception room with funky intros. Next, our emcee asked the guests to move to the dance floor and make a great big “circle of love” around the bride and groom as we commenced our first dance to the following recording (”Hold You in My Arms,” by Ray Lamontange with voiceovers by Mr. and Mrs. Eggplant):

It was the perfect first dance. Everyone was listening to the narration, so for those four minutes, Mr. Eggplant and I were the only two people in the room. Our guests LOVED the recording because it was an unexpected personal touch to a typically traditional event.

This project was so quick and easy. In fact, using Garageband and a MacBook, Mr. Eggplant started it just two days before our wedding. The song turned out better since we waited until the last minute, because we recorded it conversation-style rather than rehearsing a script.

Of course, there’s another ”first dance” involved in weddings, and that’s the father-daughter dance. My dad’s hobby is playing and collecting guitars. For our father-daughter dance, Papa Eggplant made a recording of himself playing his favorite song, “Moon River”:

The song was short, sweet, and personal so our guests weren’t bored. And to divert the attention away from me, Mr. Eggplant and his mom joined us on the floor one minute into the song.

Noot everyone has a dad that plays the guitar. But if you have an Apple computer or know someone who does, recording a voice over to your dance song is a simple way to add a very personal touch to your wedding. Your guests will love it and you’ll have something to keep for years to come! I still smile when I listen to our song.

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