Glad the other wedding won’t drown yours out with the chimes, and I agree, a marching band at a wedding?? Weird.
I actually think it would be cool to have band lead everyone from chapel to reception location if couple met in band or if football held special meaning. First lines in New Orleans are very common. But glad the issue of chimes was taken care of fairly easily
Wise decision by the college!
Can they play chimes after both weddings are over?
We would have been gone, and the other party wanted the marching band after their ceremony. Our planner suggested to them to play chimes after their wedding, but they wanted it played before, which was during D1’s ceremony. The school said they have the right not to play the chimes if there are events around the campus that require silence. I gave you guys a short version. This actually went on over a month - we thought we had it resolved then it came back and it got kind of unpleasant (the other planner was using very strong words).
Second line wedding parades are usually led by a 5 piece brass band. Not exactly a big college marching band!
Wow–I don’t think I’d be happy to be the recipient of “strong words” in connection to a planned wedding. It would be very off-putting. 
Ok…here is a question. My MIL just sent me a picture of the dress she plans to wear to our DD’s wedding. Let me start by saying…it’s fine. She wanted to be sure she didn’t clash with the MOG or me. Does this really matter? It never dawned on me that MIL needed to wear any social color or anything…really…any dress would,have been fine.
But if I had thought it was hideous…would I have said so? Not likely.
Did anyone give dress style, color directions to the grandmothers!
^ yes. My D didn’t want me or my Mom to wear Navy, as her bridesmaids wore that. Reality was, we were never in any pictures together with the bridesmaids, so not sure it really mattered…
Navy is a pretty common color…did she tell all the female guests NOT to wear navy too? I know…no!
MOG and I will be in pics together. So, we coordinated. Grandmother will be in a pic with the bride and groom, and the big family pics…but not with the wedding party.
It was nice of her to ask, and I told her the dress choice was nice.
I guess it was nice of her to ask…but I was wondering what would have happened if I didn’t think the dress was so good.
I bet she’s just excited and wants to feel connected to the event. 
@thumper1 - how nice that she asked. If my mother were alive to attend DD’s wedding, she’d be 92. Free pass on attire.
Both my mom and my mil talked to me about their dress. My mom decided to wear pants and a sparkly jacket because she can’t wear heels anymore, I told her it was fine. My mil found a very pretty black dress which she claims she might wear to every grandchild’s wedding.
I know they were both excited and as @doschicos said, it was a way to be included. Honestly, I’m not sure how many more pictures I was in than the grandparents.
She did choose a nice, simple dress. God I hope she wears flats! No need to wear heels…and she falls easily.
I guess I’ll have someone mention that!
It was nice she asked, but it never dawned on me that she would!
My MIL wore the same dress to my son’s wedding that she wore to my nephew’s 3-4 years earlier. My SIL and I shopped with her when she purchased it, but never saw it on her after alterations. No to me TMI, but due to her age and size of her breast, the bra she wore was horrible; it offered zero support. When she mentioned wanting to wear the dress again, all I could think about was her upper body 
I carefully mentioned to her that maybe since she had lost a bit of weight that she have the dress refitted and try on with a different bra. Well, she didn’t take my advice and the dress did not fit as well as we would have liked. I was hoping my SIL would take her shopping, but also did not happen. Oh well, she was 90 at the time; I am sure no one really was paying attention to how her dress fit!
My S and DIL did not ask the grandmothers to wear any particular color and each chose to wear flowy black pants with fancy tops. My mother wore a beautiful hot pink raw silk jacket-style blouse and my Mil wore a multi-colored silk top. They looked beautiful and, most important, they were comfortable.
You would have said something nice about it anyway because what else can you do? Now, if she had given you a choice of two dresses, that would have been different. You could have said something like “I really like the lilac one. That color is great on you” when what you really meant is “The yellow one makes you look like fire hydrant.”
just to clarify, My D did not Dictate what Mom and I wore, other than when WE asked what she wanted us to wear, she said anything but navy…
Ok time to find a dress. Long. The bridesmaids are wearing burgundy. Help
I had good luck with Neiman Marcus online - I got a great dress at a terrific price (flash sale). D’s bridesmaids are wearing blush, the guys are wearing navy suits, and I am wearing a royal blue dress. I wanted something more evening-wear than MOB-wear … which I assume you want, as well, @jym626 . Lord & Taylor also has a good selection of evening dresses, as does Dillards.
Can you wear any color you want? If the bridesmaids are wearing burgundy, you could do any color that doesn’t clash (although I can’t imagine you’d choose orange …).