Contemporary vs. Traditional

Throughout the wedding planning, I've noticed that Gentry has some very traditional tastes when it comes to weddings. I think this is because he's basing his opinion only on the weddings he's attended, and I'm basing mine on the flood of wedding blogs, message boards and magazines I've digested in the last 19-months which scream, "Put your own stamp on your wedding. Do it your way. Personalize it."

Hence, we have conversations that go like this. Gentry: But it's a wedding invitation, the font has to be cursive. Me: No.
Or
Gentry: But don't all the groomsmen gifts have to be the same thing? Me: Not unless they're all itching to get silver monogrammed canteens.

But one area I think I want to stick to tradition is with the ceremony music. Ruth, the doctoral student at UGA who we've hired to play piano for the ceremony, e-mailed me a few contemporary choices I could choose from.

One was "More than Words" by Extreme, which does make for a pretty song on the piano, as you can hear here:




But I don't want my guests sitting in their seats thinking, "Boy, I didn't know Angie and Gentry were such big Extreme fans."

So, I think I'm going to stick to "Pachelbel's Canon" for the bride's processional and "Ave Maria" for the rest of the processional. I might have her play "What a Wonderful World" and "Georgia on My Mind" for the prelude, but I think that's all the contemporary tunes I'll have.

I've read on other wedding blogs that lots of brides are choosing Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars," but I don't think that's for me.

Speaking of Extreme, here's a cute video of a young tot singing it I thought you would enjoy.