The Wedding Ceremony

Your ceremony will be perfect - just remember the most important thing about the entire day is marrying your love. This is what makes it perfect -- despite anything else that occurs!

On this page, we'll give you an overview of activities to help remind you of the many details to consider leading up to your ceremony. On the actual day of your ceremony, forget these! Focus on you.

You should select people who make you feel great! Never feel pressured to choose an attendant for reasons other than your own happiness.

Participants in your ceremony have traditional responsibilities.

It's a good idea to create small checklists for the friends and family participating so they know precisely what to do. It's easy to forget things during the excitement and emotion of the day!

Click here for a typical list of wedding party responsibilities. You can customize this as needed!

Discuss your musical selections with clergyman performing the ceremony. In some cases, he or she must approve the selections before they can be used.

Be sure to arrange for appropriate sound systems and/or equipment. If you have recorded music, find out if you need a cassette tape or a CD. Many churches only have a cassette player! Also, if you have live music, you may have to request microphones, music stands, etc.

Caution! If you have a song that must be cued up on cassette, make SURE it's cued properly. We heard a story of a local wedding where the bride wanted "From this Moment" to be played during the unity candle lighting. Unfortunately, the tape wasn't cued properly and the final words from the previous song played first --- Shania Twain singing, "Don't be Stupid!"