As I've mentioned, I had many of the details for John's and my wedding far before we got engaged. Here is the story of our first dance song:
My sister bought me a karaoke toy for Christmas last year because I love karaoke. On the "greatest hits" SD card, there were included several 80s music videos. John became a quick fan of "Safety Dance" and "We Belong" (Pat Benetar). I liked Night Ranger's "Sister Christian." The next one on the list was "Always" by Atlantic Starr. Neither of us knew what it was, but when we clicked on it, we both looked at each other and belted out the lyrics of the love-song duet. It's still one of our favorite songs. One day, I said to him, we should have this as our first song at our wedding. He enthusiastically agreed.
Here's the song, if you need a memory jog:
http://www.yourweddingplace.com/wedding-songs/first-dance-lyrics/lyrics%20always%20atlantic%20starr.htm
Anyway, John is also very keen on having a jazzy/swing type band play at our reception. So I have this brilliant idea. I'm planning to have one of my friends who is now a choir director sing at the ceremony. So I put it past her to get a male vocalist to sing this song with her at the reception, possibly a capella since most of the song is singing anyway. She said she'd love to, so I'm very excited to hear her performance because this song often brings tears to my eyes even though it's totally cheesy (and obviously to dance for the first time with my husband, too).
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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2 comments:
brazilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTF97_ve118
now if only you can find that dress and gloves in white...
I envy your youtube skillz.
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