hitting the right note.

i've been meaning to write a post about music for some time.
& now seemed like a perfectly good time.

it seems like everyone has an opinion when it comes to wedding music. my opinion: play the classics and play your all-time favorites. in our case, it just so happens the classics are our favorites. so we're going heavy on frank sinatra, louis armstrong, dean martin, miles davis, nat king cole and bing crosby. {any other suggestions are very welcome, as always!}

and there are three songs that are must-haves for us:

• ella fitzgerald's at last
• andy williams' moon river
• louis armstrong's what a wonderful world
• and coldplay's green eyes.

i have a feeling there will be whispers about two of these. whispers about at last because after all, we're only in our mid-20s ... BUT, we've been engaged for almost four years and together for over six and i've been hearing "so, when's the date??" for much too long. so at last will be playing b/c i will finally, at last never have to hear the date questions again (instead, it will be "so, when's the baby coming?"). ... then there's green eyes. neither of us have green eyes. but j has been convinced since the day we met that i do, indeed, have green eyes ... which makes the song funny to me. it's also just an all-around beautiful song -- it's going to be our first dance. what do you think? would you be whispering? (am i over-thinking this?!)

we'll also include some more contemporary tunes, but they'll have to be hand-picked. there will be no chicken dancing, twisting and shouting or macarena moves at our wedding. i mean, seriously, is there anyone that really enjoys doing the chicken dance?!

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