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Outdoor ceremony music suggestions?

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    JeniRae    May 2, 2009   Pittsburgh

    Hi, Bees!

    We're getting married under a large pavilion at the same site as our reception. We're going for a relaxed feel (guys in suits, 'hand-picked' looking bouquets, etc) with a Kentucky Derby theme/influence (married on Derby day next year - 365 days from tomorrow!- and dad's a racehorse trainer!) but don't know what to do for music.

     A string quartet seems a little formal, no one's crazy about a CD player...

    single string instrument? keyboard? something else?  

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    goldtome    9/13/2008   Huntsville

    what about an acoustic guitar?  or just a violin?

     
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    hulafish    09/27/08   Hawaii

    we are having a similar style wedding...using a 3-piece string trio with a banjo!  :)  That would fit the Derby theme!

     
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    sweetvenus    05/02/09   Nashville, TN

    I was going to suggest an acoustic guitar as well. Or if you wanted it a little fancier, guitar sounds wonderful when paired with a violin.

     
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    JeniRae    May 2, 2009   Pittsburgh

    ooh, I like it.

     

    I suggested a fiddle to FI and got a weird look in response...

     

    How about suggestions for non-traditional wedding-esque songs on acoustic guitar? 

     
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    rebecca    September 13, 2008  

    I was at a wedding with an acoustic guitar and you could barely hear it (and I was in the wedding party so it was right in front with me!). I'd recommend either getting a group or amplification of some kind.

    As I remember, I think the guitarist played "The Wedding Song," by Peter, Paul and Mary. I had never heard of it before, so I think that's a little less mainstream for weddings.

     

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