Friday Fave: Wedding Music

Zach and I have dubbed November as "Wedding Month" due to the fact that we'll be spending the next two weekends traveling the country for the nuptials of our friends and family. Next Friday we'll be jet-setting to Orlando for the wedding of my friend (and former bridesmaid) Vanessa and her fiance Luis. Then the following weekend, we'll head to Connecticut to participate in the wedding of Zach's brother Rob and his fiance Shannon.

I'm extremely excited about both events - I love weddings! And one of my favorite aspects of the special day is (no surprises here) the music. I love it all: the instrumental (Pachelbel's Canon in D, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire, The Wedding March), the vocal (Ave Maria, The Prayer, Sunrise, Sunset), and of course the dancing (American Pie, Sweet Caroline, and Hey Ya! are always fun).

I am singing at both of the weddings we'll be attending this month, and both brides have discovered that choosing the selections isn't as easy as one might assume. I got married last summer (08/08/08 to be exact) so I know firsthand that planning the music can be an overwhelming responsibility. Luckily, I had a wonderful advisor (aka my mom) who not only helped choose the music, but actually wrote one of the songs that was performed at the ceremony. She named it "Child of Mine" and asked my good friend and bridesmaid, Victoria, to sing it at the wedding. Listen to a recording of it (sung by me!) below:



Isn't it beautiful? It was such a special and amazing day, and hearing a song written especially for me by my mom made it even that much more spectacular.