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When I started planning my wedding I just assumed I would walk down the aisle to the wedding march and thought that was what every one did. I remember as a child all weddings having this so was really surprised when I went to a friends wedding to find her walking down the church aisle to some cd. To be honest it just did not set the seen for a wedding, but apparently Im the one who is unusual, so my question is:
Does any one still use the bridal march?
If we had been married at an actual church then I totally would have. There is something magical about the organ pounding out those first few notes.
I was in the same boat as you!! Until very recently I didn't realize this was a "choice"... silly, I know!
Personally I will not be walking down the aisle to the bridal march.
I walked down the aisle to Hornpipe for Water Music by Handel (we had a trio of students from the music conservatory).
It was gorgeous.
I don't like the bridal march because it came from an opera where a swan marries a person. That weirds me out. It's not even all that old.
I did not - I'm a pianist/piano teacher for a living, and couldn't stomach using the "wedding generics". I walked down the aisle to my husband's choice - Portuguese Love Theme from the movie Love Actually!
Yes they do - and I probably will as well. I'm not really a fan when a bride walks down the aisle to Michael Buble or a song of the moment :s
It's definitely something less brides do now. Most walk down the aisle to a love song off a cd.
I did. I loved the traditional-ness of it. Anytime I hear that music, I instantly think of that moment when the bride walks out. So it worked for me :)
We were going to before we changed plans at the last minute. We were going to have our wedding in a church and have the organist play the bridal march. DH's request.
I wanted to but our Rabbi would not let us. It actually worked out for the best because we found another piece of music we loved so much more.
I walked down the isle with bridal march. I growing up I always wanted to walk down the isle with bridal march. I always associate bridal march = wedding, as to Santa in red suit.
Some people still do. Not all churches allow it as it is secular, not religious, while others don't allow it because it was composed by an anti-Semite muscian. In the last 10 yrs, I have only heard it at one wedding, and it was butchered by the pianist.
I didn't want to do it, but my husband insisted that I walk down the aisle to "The Bridal March." I thought, "Ugh." We found a really pretty compromise though, and used the version by Jonathan Cain. I loved it, and so did my husband and dad...both of them got teary eyed! Check out the version on YouTube if you haven't already. :)
I've never been a fan of it. My view is, our wedding is a personal event and we want every part to be about us. Why should I walk down the aisle to some cliché piece of music I don't even like because it's "traditional"? I'm planning to ask a friend to play "Tell Me What You See" by The Beatles on acoustic guitar for my walk.
That said, I'm sure plenty of people still use it. My best friend would have if the sound system at their venue hadn't crapped out during our procession.
I'm still choosing to walk down the aisle with a wedding march because that's how I always pictured it!
Do whatever suits you!
I would if I could, but our Catholic church doesn't allow us to use any secular music. Sad.
@GreenEyedMoon: really? They seem to be all over the place on their rules. My BFF said their priest wouldn't allow it either, but DH's did. Odd. I guess it's because it came from an opera about a shotgun wedding? (that's what our pianist said). I was like really? Who hears that song and even has a clue it's from an opera? It's almost entirely associated with a wedding.
Our synagogue does not allow it either. I'm guessing partly because it's secular music and partly because Wagner was an Anti-Semite.
I never really envisioned myself walking down to it, though--I wanted to walk down the aisle to the same song my mom did on her wedding day, so I'm using traditional Jewish music. I don't think I've ever actually been to a wedding where someone walked down the aisle to the bridal march!
@GreenEyedMoon: Really? That’s so surprising. I thought that the bridal march would of originated from traditional (ie church) weddings in the first place?
We had a string quartet, they played the bridal march as I walked in, and the wedding march as we walked out. As traditional as you can get. The Mr is very into classical music, so it was a big deal to him.
I found the wedding march a little too loud and harsh for me, personally. I never thought I'd be a traditional bride, but I'm walking down the aisle to Canon in D. I toyed with a lot of modern song, but in the end I felt like I was trying to hard to find something 'different' and I just want the bridal moment to be traditional and beautiful. Our recessional, on the other hand, is completely bonkers, so I guess it's a compromise :)
It's too classic for my taste and I've never been a fan of the melody. I wanted to walk to something more contemporary that held meaning for DH and I.
Plus when I was a kid we always used to sing, "Here comes the bride, big fat and wide," and that's all I hear in my head during the bridal march now, lol.
@Showers: No, it originally came from the Wagnerian opera Lohengrin, first performed in 1850. Fun fact: in the original opera, the song is not played when the bride walks down the aisle, but rather when she's on her way to the bedroom later. Also, her marriage is almost an immediate failure.
@hisgoosiegirl: The Church doesn't have an official stance on what can and can't be played during a wedding, so it's really up to each individual diocese and/or priest. I just got unlucky.
Wagner is a relative of mine on my maternal grandmothers side and I didn't use his bridal march either, lol
@GreenEyedMoon: Well you learn something new every day!
I used it, couldn't imagine not using it!! The last few I've been to have used it as well! But it is entirely your choice as to what you want to walk down the aisle to!
I've never liked the Bridal March, and I wanted something more untraditional, yet something that had meaning, so I'm walking to "At Last" by Etta James. I just didn't feel like the more traditional wedding aisle songs were "me", which is why I chose against them. I think some are really pretty, and some aren't so much. I think it just depends on the individual, and the type of wedding you're having.
@mrs pugetsound: awe that is really pretty! I've never heard any other version of the bridal march before. I might have to reconsider my options :) lol
I think I will walk out onto the beach to "Marry Me" by Train but I am not 100% sure.
@BodyByViGirl: that's a beautiful song, and we're playing it for the bridal party to walk down to :)
I did and don't regret it at all. The music guy did it in organ (blah!) but the soft piano I wanted would have been perfect. Now, 5 months later, it's not really an issue they used the organ.
We used it in a Catholic church.
I think I'm going to! Just one of the few things I want to be traditional about. That being said, I still have just over a year to change my mind... haha
I want to with a harpist playing it! I do not know why but I realllllly want a harpist!! If I do not get one(FI thinks I am crazy) I want to walk down to From this Moment from Shania Twain and Bryan White. We were at McDonalds a few mo.ago and I heard this in the play area and I was like Ahhhh I love this song!! I had the CD years ago growing up and deep down love country from around that time. FI is not a big country person at all though. We will see!!
I did and I honestly can't imagine entering to anything else. The live pipe organ pounding out those notes is just beautiful!
My church didn't let me.... apparently he was an antisemetic. I didn't get "here comes the bride" or the wedding march (the recessional song).
I was pretty sad about it.
Personally, I will not be. I am Catholic, but Fiance is not. If we were to be getting hitched in a Catholic church, obvi it would be more traditional.
But absolutely nothing about our ceremony is traditional.
So, I am walking down the aisle to Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
But different strokes for different folks & all that :)
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