Posts Tagged ‘Fayetteville wedding DJ’
Destination wedding etiquette
If you’re thinking of a destination wedding, you’re probably wondering what is proper destination wedding etiquette on your end … and on your guests’ end. A father wrote to Miss Manners still seething over his son’s pre-COVID destination wedding. The father paid to wine and dine guests for the rehearsal dinner, and the bride’s parents…
Read MoreThe band played the wrong song!
On their 15th wedding anniversary, Eric and Jenny were reminiscing about their wedding day. And do you know what they remembered most? That the band played the wrong song for the first dance! Mistakes happen, but this one was a whopper! First dance songs are practically sacred, because they define a romance. They provide lifelong…
Read MoreHow to toast someone you don’t like
Most wedding toasts are fairly easy, because you’re toasting someone you like. What happens if you’re put in the position of leading a toast for someone you don’t like? It happens. A dad wrote in to advice columnist, Carolyn Hax, presenting his dilemma: “My son is getting married, and I’m expected to give a toast.…
Read MoreA master class in giving a wedding toast
Rarely, VERY rarely, do we run across an impeccable best man toast. But we stumbled across this one on YouTube (above), and it’s worth a closer look, as this gentlemen delivers a wedding toast master class. As we’ve written before, the best wedding toast should make your guests laugh and cry. Humor and sentiment are…
Read MoreThe Great American Songbook
Will singers still be singing Taylor Swift songs fifty to a hundred years from now? Time will tell. Time HAS weighed in on a canon of American songs dubbed “The Great American Songbook.” These are songs that have withstood the test of time. The Great American Songbook Foundation defines these songs like this: The “Great…
Read MoreShould you bake your own wedding cake?
The quick answer is no. You should not bake your own wedding cake. A Florida bride who DID bake her own wedding cake last year created a social media firestorm with her home-made five tier wedding cake. Lilly Mendoza decided to bake her own cake for a simple reason: she wanted to, and she knew…
Read MoreIs the bouquet toss history?
The bouquet toss isn’t the staple at weddings that it once was. A survey by The Knot reveals that less than 4 out of 10 weddings feature it anymore. It seems a declining number of single women just aren’t interested in participating in this ritual anymore. And yet it provides such great photo/video ops. It…
Read MoreIs cash crass?
Should a wedding invitation be viewed as an invoice? Of course not, but it’s hard to think otherwise when couples ask for cash wedding gifts instead of traditional, tangible gifts like china, toasters, and bath towels. Some wedding couples grouse that their cost per wedding guest is x dollars each, so the gift they receive…
Read MoreUsher vs. Toby
Two music giants were just in the news. Country star Toby Keith passed away a couple of weeks ago after a cancer battle. And R & B star, Usher, performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Mr. Keith was a big deal in country music circles, selling over 40 million albums. Although he never had…
Read MoreElvis tops Taylor and Ed
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeren are 2 of the biggest stars around. Nonetheless, a long dead rock legend headlines the list of top first dance songs of 2023. Yes, Elvis Presley’s 1961 hit love song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” knocked Ed Sheeren’s “Perfect” off the top of the list, according to the Real Weddings…
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