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Our wedding playlist, part 1: Friday night cookout

I’m starting to see a lot of web searches for wedding playlists bringing people to our site. We put a lot of effort into coming up with soundtracks for the different parts of our celebration. We started by choosing music from our collection that we wanted to share with our friends and family. Next, we [...]

Our wedding playlist, part 2: Saturday morning

The morning of the ceremony, we hosted a breakfast at our cabin. This music was chosen to be relaxing and a little bit silly.
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Our wedding playlist, part 1: Friday night cookout
Our wedding playlist, part 3: Post-ceremony celebration
Our wedding playlist, part 4: During the band’s break
Our wedding playlist, part 5: Dancing
Our wedding playlist, part 6: [...]

Our wedding playlist, part 3: Post-ceremony celebration

We hired an excellent classical guitarist, Chuck Pinnell, to play for our wedding ceremony.
After the ceremony, the music was chosen to be celebratory, with an emphasis on love (of course). After a half hour or so, we let it get a little silly, with songs like “Enchanted Reptile Palace,” “Dixie [...]

Our wedding playlist, part 4: During the band’s break

The wonderful Lou and Peter Berryman came down from Wisconsin to play at our celebration. This music was chosen to provide some background music during their break.
Yes, there’s a duplicate. We heard William Shatner’s Tambourine Man during the Friday night cookout. We figured some of our guests may have luckily avoided missed hearing that [...]

Our wedding playlist, part 5: Dancing

This music was chosen to begin with slow dances, then to get progressively faster and louder. The Cure’s cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” is wonderful dance track.
Also see:

Our wedding playlist, part 1: Friday night cookout
Our wedding playlist, part 2: Saturday morning
Our wedding playlist, part 3: Post-ceremony celebration
Our wedding playlist, part 4: During the band’s [...]

Our wedding playlist, part 6: Saturday night party

After the reception, we had a late-night gathering at our cabin to wind down. This music was chosen to be a little more mellow than the loud dance music, but still lively.
Also see:

Our wedding playlist, part 1: Friday night cookout
Our wedding playlist, part 2: Saturday morning
Our wedding playlist, part 3: Post-ceremony celebration
Our wedding playlist, part [...]