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So we're about a week away from our wedding (eek!) and I think we've got most of the songs we'd like to use nailed down - I'm just wondering how it'll all work logisitically for the ceremony. I know all aisle sizes are different and all that, but if anyone can offer any insight, I'd appreciate it! I'm going to talk to my DJ about this as well, but we might not be able to meet with him until Tuesday-ish. So...
We will have some pre-ceremony music playing (most likely Section Quartet and/or Vitamin String Quartet songs)
When the ceremony starts, the Pastor, Groomsmen and Groom will come stand up front (probably still just with the pre-ceremony stuff playing).
FI is going to go to the back and escort my grandma in, walk back, escort his mom in, walk back one more time and escort my mom in (I've seen this done at other weddings, and my mom really liked the idea as she doesn't have any sons to escort her in).
My bridesmaids, flower girl, and ring bearer will all walk into "Forever" by Ben Harper, which is about 3:30 long.
I will then walk in (with my dad) to "Wild Horses" by Iron and Wire (the DJ can just fade it out once I get to the altar, so I'm not worried too much about the length on this one).
My question is - I'd like to start the Ben Harper song when FI starts walking grandma/MOG/MOB in, but I don't know if it's a long enough song to get that many people down the aisle. I'm not really sure how long it's going to take all these people to walk down an aisle! I never really paid attention at anyone else's wedding I guess! If not, I guess I can just ask the DJ to continue playing the Quartet stuff until it's time for the bridal party to enter. I've just been to a few weddings where they didn't pick a long enough song to get the bridal party in, and then the DJ just starts the track over or there is silence and it just gave me that nails-on-a-chalkboard feeling - like "oooh, that wasn't supposed to happen!"
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