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Sing-A-Long Wedding Entrance Ideas?
I need your help. I don't want a traditional wedding march down the aisle, for the processional, bride's entrance or recessional. I need some ideas. I want one or more to be a sing-a-long. The attendees singing the words during at least one. I'm thinking probably during the bride's entrance. I want the ceremony to be upbeat and joyous. And for family and friends to participate instead of just watch. But I'm drawing a blank. It would need to be something most people know the words to or most of the words, we could even have words in the program. No bad ideas, what came to my mind was Brandy You're a Fine Girl, lol.
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Re: Sing-A-Long Wedding Entrance Ideas?
NO, no, no, no, no! Please do not do this! It is tacky, cheesy, and many of your guests will feel uncomfortable doing this. Many people do not like to sing in public.
Alternate idea: Hire a harpist to play Celtic, happy music. It is different, but does not require audience participation.
If your family and friends like to sing along so much, maybe ask them for ideas.
Just because your family and friends like irreverence, singing, and fun doesn't mean they would want to do this at a wedding.
Because that's how you end a night. That is not how you walk down the aisle. No matter how untraditional, different and unique like everybody else you want to be. I would be so ridiculously uncomfortable.
And if you're going to use the rebuttal "you obviously don't know my friends and family..." Um. Yeah. We don't. Tell me something I don't know. What I do know is that this is an awful idea. Why not find a fun instrumental to walk to? There are plenty of alternatives to a harpist or other lame music. That alternative does not include a drum circle, hand holding and kumbaya.
Fucking Hell.
We are trying to save you from a very bad idea!
How about an accordion player doing "Lady of Spain"?
In which case, ditto @FeeleyToBe: why don't you ask your family and friends for suggestions, if you think they'll love this so much?
So, yeah, you have a good cross-section of completely unbiased people who are telling you this is a bad, awkward idea. And on top of being a bad awkward idea, it's made even worse by the fact that it really seems like you only want to do it to show off just how "untraditional" you can be like it's a badge of honor, which just makes it seem forced. Honestly, if this really was just so inspired and fun and "you" then I would think this idea would also be accompanied by you already knowing the song to pick because it's a song that is so "you" that everyone would know it and not at all be surprised and put out by it because you all just spontaneously break out into this song at a moment's whim. But instead, you're trolling the internets for song ideas from strangers to save you from picking obscure 70s pop songs. And that song is like 3 minutes long - just how slow are you planning on walking down that aisle?
ETA: I consider myself fairly untraditional when it comes to a lot of wedding ideas. But you want me to have fun and participate? Make it at the reception, not the ceremony. I, as a hypothetical guest, don't need to have fun and participate in the ceremony because I'm not the one getting married. You know what makes it fun for me as a guest? When the bride and groom have clearly put a little (not a lot) of personality into the ceremony (have cute songs play before the ceremony, walk into a upbeat song - don't make me sing to it, just walking into it is enough, having the officiant maybe give one cute anecdote), and then MAKING THE CEREMONY AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL BEING LEGALLY MARRIED. Then we get to move on the partying and having some fun. The ceremony doesn't have to be walking down to Wagner in a long dress listening to a lecture from the officiant - but the ceremony is about two people getting married, not karaoke. Get married and then get the party started asap.
The bolded came up at the wedding of one of my cousins. Everyone hated it.
Just skip the songs unless they're hymns sung as part of the service.
Fiance and I have discussed and have decided to ignore it if it happens. Maybe people will get the hint early on and stop (if they even do it to begin with).
And if you do it, for sure post it on YouTube so we can see.
Don't steal it. Let it fall flat. If you don't like to be expected to kiss on demand, consider that most other people don't either.