church weddings.

[maggie01]

Is it possible to have any songs other than hymns at a church wedding. If so any suggestions please

[cliffsdoll]

i love,      

what a wonderful world

somewhere over the rainbow

all you need is love

[simsfreq]

You'd have to ask the church I suppose, it would also probably depend on what kind of church it is (Catholic, Church of England?)

[dave_c]

Well, a year back I attended a Wedding in a Catholic Church, and when the service was finished instead of the usual song, a one of the bride's friends sung 'When I Fall in Love'.

If it's your wedding, obviously a lot planning is usually needed (unless it's a quicky civil ceremony) I'm pretty sure you could choose what hymm or any other song you want, as long as you ask the vicar/priest/etc. As long as tactful I'm sure you'll have no probs!

[Dark Angel]

Yes, you can - I've been to weddings where songs like "True Love" "Cherish","We've only just begun" , "Somewhere out there" "Let it be Me", " have been sung.

[flump1]

Hello maggie01    When we married my husband and I chose to have a recording of a song by Babara Streisand and Bryan Adams called ' Iv'e finally found someone'  at the time we signed the register.It is a slow ballad with wonderful lyrics and we have now adopted it as 'our song' . If you ask whoever is conducting the service and maybe offer to play them a sample of the choice I am sure it will be allowed.

[Rumford]

Depends a bit on whether you expect the congregation to join in. I sing in my local C of E church choir and have attended numerous weddings. The general pattern is two or three well known hymns for everybody to sing and then a wide choice of, often secular, music played during the sigining.

The interesting thing is that the wedding is often the only time a lot of people attend church so the choice of hymns is the ones people remember from their schooldays. I can't tell you how many repetitions of Lord of the Dance or All Things Bright and Beautiful I've done.

[ursula62]

I was asked to sing "Because God Made you Mine" at a church wedding - and I'm no Mario Lanza!

[maggie01]

thanks its my daughter whos getting married. Only just started the preparations but they wanted something a bit different thats why that wanted to choose a song that meant something to them both.

[OBonio]

If you do go for a hymn at all, make them short! My wife chose All Things Bright and Beautiful... all 5 verses + choruses. Hardly had enough spittle left to get the vows out ;o).

[maggie01]

OBonio she was probably trying to make the most of it. Weddings are so expensive these days you need to make the day last as long as you can or they just go past in a blurr.

[dove]

Whose Sorry Now

[maggie01]

Dove have you had a bad experience.

[dove]

no maggie 01.... just having a laugh. Never been married no one wants me!

[Ward-Minter]

Play David Bowie's "Wild is the Wind", the most beautiful love song ever sung!!!

Hope this helps

Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind

[CHORUS]
You touch me,
I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!

Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures of the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

[CHORUS]

Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

[spudqueen]

A friend of mine had 'You'll Never Walk Alone' at her Church wedding.