Weddingbee Blog

At first glance I seem like a very traditional person. I like the white dress, the classic touches, the white flowers, the wedding in a church, yada yada. I wear a pretty simple and classic style of dress (jeans, cardigans, and ballet flats). I prefer old movies over brand-new blockbusters. Are you following where I’m going with this?

When it came to the music we wanted to play at the ceremony I wanted traditional music. Mr. D did not want the classical music that is played at most weddings. He wanted it to sound more like “us.” He very much wanted to incorporate the song “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley. For those of you not familiar with the song:

As you can see, it’s a beautiful song but the lyrics are not exactly what you think of when you think wedding. Honestly, it’s a very depressing song. Despite the darkness of the songs, Mr. D desperately wanted it.

I even had a song that I wanted to walk down the aisle to that is not traditional in the slightest:

And we hit an ever bigger snag while planning our ceremony music: unless it was a Christian song, it could not have lyrics. It was a church policy, one of the few that we had hit that created a problem in planning.

Mr. D was admittedly sad. I was a little disappointed too. Despite being a more traditional bride, I really wanted that song. Then a light shone on the answer to our prayers.

Vitamin String Quartet.

Ever heard of them? You probably have if you have been around the hive long enough. They are a string quartet (obviously. Sorry for being Miss Redundant there!) who take more modern songs and give them the “classic” treatment. As we thought our songs were no longer a possibility, this thrilled us, ESPECIALLY when we realized that the songs we wanted were already given the Vitamin String Quartet treatment.

I mean, this is the best of both worlds for me. I get newer songs with a classic twist. That is totally me!

We also cleared it with our church, just to be sure and everything is fine! So what is our ceremony line up?

Well here it is (let me know what you think!):

• Prelude “Chasing Cars”
• Seating of the Special Guests “hallelujah”
• Wedding Party Processional “Fireflies”
• Bridal Processional “Yellow”
• Recessional “Dare you to move”
• Postlude “Clocks”

Just for clarification, these are all covers by the Vitamin String Quartet.

I’m so happy to have found a way to incorporate my love of the classic touches and Mr. D’s want for our wedding to be individualized.

What about you? Was picking your ceremony music easy or hard? Were there any snags that may have put a dent in your plans?