Our wedding is themed around my fiance's career choice -- astronomy. Our invites are star-themed, our tables are named after constellations. One thing that I had mentioned that might be kind of neat is to have some members of my old concert band "introduce" us into the reception hall at the time we arrive. I thought it would be neat to have some trumpets there, doing a grand intro, then after the bridal party sits at the head table, they could do some sort of cool, jazzy number. Side note: I played in a semi-pro concert band for a few years, and the brass section was beyond amazing!! My FMIL decided that she needed to find an accordionist to do this same thing, and to also play during dinner, even though we already have music lined up for dinner. I have told her that she really doesn't need to do this, I'm looking into a group of people to do this, and we have dinner music lined up. She has spent months talking about this, and looking for an accordion player, without luck. I got on Google one day, and bam, in about 30 seconds, I found not 1, not 2, but a whole damn group of accordion players in our city! She is internet savvy-ish, and has a tablet. Anyways, I didn't mention this finding to anyone, as I would much rather have old band buds play. Fiance said tonight that she now wants to invite a family member whom she just found out plays the accordion. So, someone new is added to our list, and she is still intent on this damn accordion thing, even after telling her more than once that we have other plans. I don't know if my band friends can or will even be up for doing this, but am willing to pay them for it. I just don't know how many times a person needs to be told "no" before they actually hear it.
