Best Mary Blige wedding songs
Super Bowl 2022 fielded a particularly star-studded halftime show: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Mary Blige. Blige is known as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.” With a moniker that provocative, this blog thought we’d check out the best Mary Blige wedding songs. “Everything” What’s it like to be in love?…
Read MoreThe best wedding toast ever?
YouTube bursts with self-proclaimed ‘best wedding toast ever’ videos. Few are. Most are bloated, meandering wrecks. One of our own favorites was but 65 seconds long. However, it would be pretty hard to top Lin-Manuel Miranda’s. Mr. Miranda is the composer and star of the epic Broadway musicals, “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.” Yet on…
Read MoreThe champagne wedding toast is the second top food trend
The Knot surveyed wedding couples and learned that having a champagne wedding toast was the second top food trend at weddings, followed by a dessert bar, and late night snacks. Only the timeless wedding cake topped it. Legend has it that this tradition traces back to Shakespearian England days. Guests would dunk stale toast into…
Read MoreWedding toasting protocol
Who should make a toast for wedding events? When? How long? These are common wedding toasting protocol questions every couple has. Here are quick answers. When should wedding toasts be made? Engagement Parties Rehearsal Dinners Wedding Receptions Who should make the wedding toast? Father of the bride at engagement parties. This is less of a…
Read MoreDon’t mistreat single friends at your wedding
Rita and Ruby didn’t know each other. The only thing they had in common was their common friend, Ramona, who invited them to attend her wedding. Ramona made a tactical error and seated them together at the ‘singles table.’ Bad move, according to Brides Magazine: don’t mistreat single friends at on your wedding day. Brides…
Read More“I don’t want to miss a thing”
As we wrote last week, Brides Magazine published interesting poll results of favorite wedding first dance songs by generation. A couple of these first dance songs crossed over two generations. One of them was “I don’t want to miss a thing,” which made the top three for both Millennials and Generation X. The song has…
Read MoreFavorite first dance songs by generation
Brides Magazine put an interesting list together of favorite first dance songs by generation. What is interesting about the list is that one song, “Unchained Melody,” was a favorite with two generations. Another, “At Last,” made the top three with two different generations. Here are the lists: Millennials “All of Me,” by John Legend “I…
Read MoreClassical music songs for your first dance
Are you open to a wide range of music? If yes, you might want to consider a classical music song for your first dance at your Fayetteville wedding celebration. Many couples use a classical music composition for their wedding ceremony, as we have blogged on in the past. But practically none consider the power of…
Read MoreThe “Somewhere” love song is back in the news
“Somewhere” is back in the news. And those of you contemplating your upcoming first wedding dance song should take notice. As you have probably heard, Steven Spielberg just directed a remake of the 1961 hit musical, West Side Story. The original won a boatload of Academy Awards, including best supporting actress for Rita Moreno, who…
Read More10 ways to make your wedding toast a disaster
It is so easy to blow a wedding toast. We hear a lot of mediocre toasts every month and a lot of really bad ones. Occasionally, we hear a gem. If you’d prefer to deliver a wedding toast disaster, here are 10 tips: 1. Make it long Most toasts are way too long. Ten minutes…
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