So this is going to be a weird question (I figured I should warn you up front.)
My father was in the military, and he died in a plane crash when I was 13. I want to do a memorial to him as part of my wedding ceremony becuase we were very close. I will be entering through the side door of the church, at the back of the sanctuary, and want to have a table set up that is even with the center aisle. On the table will be an unlit white taper candle, my bridal bouquet, and my dad's helmet. When I enter, I will be carrying the small flag that I was given at his memorial service. I will hand the flag to my mother (who will be walking me down the aisle), and light the white candle. She will then place the flag on the table and hand me my bouquet. My problem is what music I should have when this is happening. I don't want the bridal march to play while I am doing this, I want that to start when I turn to walk down the aisle. My intial thought (which I also initially recoiled from, but grew on me the more I thought about it) was to have TAPS play. Then, I looked up the lyrics and the third and fifth verses jumped out. My sister, who is my matron of honor, has a lovely alto singing voice, so I am now thinking that I want to see if she would be willing to sing the third and fifth verse as I enter and light the candle and then ask the people to rise for the bridal march. I would like to have the back set up so that I would not be seen until I reach the table at the center of the sanctuary.
I know that my first thought was "that will make me cry" but, in my opinion weddings are supposed to be emotional.
I just wanted to get everyone's opinions on this.
Thanks!
Kristin
