<p>Pretty terrific theme, zoos! At my wedding, my DH and I were welcomed into the reception with the band playing the theme from “Rocky.” (Think late 70’s wedding.) The photographer captured a great picture with me and DH with fists raised as well as our friends in the background, some in mid-air with fists raised! Our relatives? Not so much of the fist raising…;)</p>
<p>ETA: Yes, in my experience with attendance at a number of Jewish weddings over the years, it is customary for both parents to walk the groom down the aisle.</p>
<p>Ellebud, how about having the bride walked down the aisle by her grandmother? Or maybe her grandmother and her mother, if she can stand it. (It sounds like this was the kind of situation where the father was the abuser and the mother made excuses for him?)</p>
<p>Zoosermom, I’m thinking about exactly what she means by that. It is a pretty song. (I was going to bet The Wind Beneath My Wings, which I think would sound nice on the clarinet.)</p>
<p>I love the beautiful sound of a clarinet. My best friend played the clarinet, I played the flute, and we both agreed that the clarinet didn’t get much respect in comparison to other instruments. I was asked to play for many different kinds of occasions, but my friend was never asked to play anywhere solo, and she was quite talented.</p>
<p>Great idea consolation.
I looked at my album. My dad walked me down the aisle.</p>
<p>LOL at beauty and the beast, zoos. Think she will change her mind? Is this the older d with the serious bf? how does he feel about that?</p>
<p>Its fascinating to see the differences in protocol and feelings about this. When we got married I made some basic decisions with my mom and then said “we’ll be there” :)</p>
<p>Yeah, Jym, that is the one! He is a very easygoing guy so he is happy with whatever. I am still laughing about it. She knows it is sketchy, but to be fair it sounds spectacular on the clarinet. She makes the argument that the story could be a metaphor for each bringing out the best in the other. I pretend to believe her!</p>
<p>It never crossed my mind to think to set these things out, but it never crossed my mind to think that my sister wouldn’t ensure handicap accessibility for our mom. Thankfully, my kids are very close to my mom and I couldn’t think that they would treat her other than with respect. As far as food goes, my D is also pretty easygoing and if she isn’t reminded to have a vegetarian option, a caterer could steamroll right over her.</p>
<p>When my D gets married this March, one of her brothers will be playing all the ceremony music. He and she are working out the “play list” and I must admit, I cannot wait. He has already told her he will NOT be looking at her because he knows he would not be able to sing if he did. I think the song she and her daddy will walk down the aisle to is “Rose of My Heart” (look it up…there is an arrangement by Johnny Cash) The words are just perfect and he will do a great job with it. Her other brother will be doing a reading, probably a hand-fasting poem. </p>
<p>I am going to be a big old mess. But a very happy mess.</p>
<p>My dog is recovering, thank you. One of her three palpable lumps, a lymph node, has shrunk to nothing after the first chemo, which is good. Now we have to get her in shape so that she can have her first dose of the second drug, which I hope she will tolerate much better!</p>
<p>Re wedding songs, how about the Rodgers and Hart song “To Keep My Love Alive.” :D</p>
<p>DIl walked in to Roslin & Adama from Battlestar Galactica, played by a violinist and piano player from the contradance band. It is actually a lovely piece of music (you can find it on YouTube). DIL was able to find sheet music, too.</p>
<p>Speaking of music, my D (very obviously raised with two older brothers in a household of Star Wars fans) said she did NOT want to walk down the aisle to the traditional wedding march because in her head she always gets that song confused with Darth Vader’s march. :)</p>
<p>I’ve been married, and married, and often I’ve sighed
“I’m never a bridesmaid, I’m always the bride”
I never divorced them, I hadn’t the heart
Yet, remember these sweet words, “Till death do us part”</p>
<p>I married many men, a ton of them
Because I was untrue to none of them
Because I bumped off every one of them
To keep my love alive</p>
<p>etc</p>
<p>Roslin and Adama is lovely. So say we all. :)</p>
<p>ROFL! We’ll all say “So say we all!” here. </p>
<p>We came in to something pretty by Purcell if I remember correctly. (Harpsichord and recorders played by friends in any event.) If we’d picked a favorite song it would probably have had horrible misogynist words like “Under my thumb”.</p>
<p>We had both sets of parents walk each of us down the aisle and stand with us under the chuppah. It took a lot of discussions, though, as DH’s parents were divorced and there was still a lot of bad blood between his mother’s family and his father. Luckily, everyone behaved him or herself!</p>
<p>Being Sondheim fans, we both walked down the aisle to songs from one of his shows that ran 16 performances (we saw the 14th). My parents were opera fans, and DH is a classical musician, so our recessional was the Triumphal March from Aida. The first few bars are pretty unknown, and by the time people realized what is was, we were out the door!</p>
<p>My D and her H walked down the aisle together, (preceded by his parents and then her parents ), to Spearhead’s “The Sound of Sunshine” and entered the reception for their first dance to Muse’s “Madness.”</p>
Our relatives? Not so much of the fist raising…;)</p>
It is a pretty song. (I was going to bet The Wind Beneath My Wings, which I think would sound nice on the clarinet.)</p>