Skip to main content
All Posts By

Columbus Pro DJs

are you ready for marriageCulture

Are you ready for marriage?

The Knot reports that the average age women got married in 2022 was 30 years and 32 for men. Median marrying ages have been creeping up for decades. In 2000, the median marrying age was 26.8 for men and 25.1 for women, raising the question: when is a person ready…
Columbus Pro DJs
March 18, 2024
Wedding planning

Is the bouquet toss history?

The bouquet toss isn’t the staple at weddings that it once was. A survey by The Knot reveals that less than 4 out of 10 weddings feature it anymore.  It seems a declining number of single women just aren’t interested in participating in this ritual anymore. And yet it provides…
Columbus Pro DJs
March 11, 2024
cash wedding giftsWedding planning

Is cash crass?

Should a wedding invitation be viewed as an invoice? Of course not, but it’s hard to think otherwise when couples ask for cash wedding gifts instead of traditional, tangible gifts like china, toasters, and bath towels. Some wedding couples grouse that their cost per wedding guest is x dollars each,…
Columbus Pro DJs
March 4, 2024
top Reba McEntire wedding songsDance

Country music Super Bowl snub

Have you notice the absence of country music stars from the Super Bowl halftime shows? You have to go all the way back to 2003 when Shania Twain performed to see country music showcased at television's biggest event. And yet next to Rock, Country is the US’s most popular music…
Columbus Pro DJs
February 19, 2024
Super Bowl halftime showDance

Usher vs. Toby

Two music giants were just in the news. Country star Toby Keith passed away last week after a cancer battle. And R & B star, Usher, performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Mr. Keith was a big deal in country music circles, selling over 40 million albums. Although he…
Columbus Pro DJs
February 12, 2024
top first dance songs of 2023Dance

Elvis tops Taylor and Ed

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeren are two of the biggest music stars of the era. Nonetheless, a long dead rock legend headlines the list of top first dance songs of 2023. Yes, Elvis Presley's 1961 hit love song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” knocked Ed Sheeren’s “Perfect” off the top…
Columbus Pro DJs
February 5, 2024
wedding objectionCeremony

“Does anyone present object to this marriage?”

There’s an uncomfortable spot in a wedding ceremony when the officiant may say something like this: “Therefore, if anyone can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.” Gulp. Everyone holds their breath to see if a wedding…
Columbus Pro DJs
January 29, 2024
not-so-big-weddingWedding planning

The not-so-big wedding

Twenty-five years ago, architect Sarah Susanka authored a fascinating book titled, “The Not So Big House.”  In many ways, her thinking is a natural complement to a post-pandemic trend, the ‘not-so-big wedding.’ Susanka points out that the 1980s sparked what she called the “‘starter castle’ complex, the notion that houses…
Columbus Pro DJs
January 22, 2024
Can't get enoughDance

Jennifer Lopez’s ode to weddings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UMnAIaBofo Weddings are a foundational element of our culture. Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez loves weddings so much she’s done it not once, not twice … but four times! Her new music video, “Can’t Get Enough,” (above) pokes fun at her marital history. Ms. Lopez’s first hubby was actor/producer, Ojani Noa, followed…
Columbus Pro DJs
January 15, 2024