keepingcalm

I know this is rather off topic for a college forum but since you all know so much and our family seems to be collectively brain dead about this, I am hoping some of you may have some ideas.

D and husband have been asked to sing a duet for cousin/neice's wedding. (Last year they sang Try to Remember for my parents 50th and brought the place to tears. Not hard since it was family, I know.) So now my neice would like them to sing at her wedding. We are having some trouble coming up with an appropriate selection of songs that a 50+ man and 16 year old girl can sing without it looking -umm should I say yucky, i.e., they can't be in love with each other.
We live in an area and have contacts with many talented accompianists, and hushand can figure out correct keys and cuts, so they songs don't need to be perfect vocal fits. D is a soprano and husband is a high baritone almost tenor. Ideally they would both like a song that they could use cuts from for later auditions, hence the MT rather than pop.
The one song we have found that works both vocally and stylistically is "A Man and a Woman" from 110 in the Shade but we would like to give my neice some options she can chose from.

musicmom1215

All I can think of is Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof, although Golde's part might be too old for your daughter. I should have been writing things down as I've heard them. There have been several times after hearing songs that I've teased my daughter with the MT production I would want to make of her wedding, if there ever is one!

baymom

My S and D sing at weddings and although some of these aren't MT, these have gone over really when they have performed them:

The Prayer (Charlotte Church/Josh Groban version)
Till There was You (Music Man)
The Wedding Song
By My Side (Godspell)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King)
Annie's Song

As far as the "yuck factor" with the age difference, I don't think people necessarily think of these singers as having the relationship like characters in a musical. Rather, they think of the sentiments as they relate to the bride and groom. Good luck!

Tarhunt

I once rewrote the words (slightly) to that song from West Side Story whose title escapes me now. It starts with: Make of our lives, one life"

Just change the "ours" throughout most of the song to "their." Worked pretty well, and it's a lovely duet.

Chedva

The song from West Side Story is called "One Hand, One Heart". You can also try "Twin Soliloquoys" from South Pacific. "I'll Know" from Guys and Dolls would work with the age difference, since they're singing about their ideal loves, rather than to each other. "Colors of my Life" from Barnum might work.

And if it's at the reception, and they could do a funny one, try "Little Things" from Company:

keepingcalm

Thank you all so much. This is very helpful as several of the songs mentioned above they both have at least passing knowledge of, rather than learning from the ground up. One Hand, One Heart would be my pick but husband assesses ranges, D's is OK since she has sung Marie's part before, not sure hub can get that high anymore.