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Toasting

10 ways to make your wedding toast a disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrLr4rk6qs It is so easy to blow a wedding toast. We hear a lot of mediocre toasts every month and a lot of really bad ones. Occasionally, we hear a gem. If you’d prefer to deliver a wedding toast disaster, here are 10 tips: 1. Make it long Most toasts…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 3, 2021

Dance

Billboard’s top love songs

Billboard Magazine compiled a list of the top 50 love songs of the past seven decades. Let’s face it, love songs never grow old. Billboard’s top love songs are a great guide for couples brainstorming on first dance songs. Here’s how Billboard devised their ranking system: “The ranking is based…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 26, 2021

Wedding planning

Outdoor weddings gain in popularity

Outdoor weddings gain in popularity Thanks to the pandemic, outdoor weddings are more popular than ever. The Wedding Wire surveyed 7000 couples last year to quantify the tremendous boost enjoyed by outdoor wedding venues. Outdoor ceremonies increased by 11% over 2019; outdoor wedding receptions soared by 16%. In all, 60%…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 19, 2021

Marriages are more mixed than ever. The Knot tells us that 51% of couples marry someone with a different background.

Culture

Mixed weddings require customization

Marriages are more mixed than ever. The Knot tells us that 51% of couples marry someone with a different background, whether of a different race, religion, ethnicity, or geographic area. The Pew Research Center studies marriage trends. They learned that in 2015 forty percent of marriages were between interfaith couples…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 12, 2021

Ceremony

Wedding vows that matter

If you're engaged or considering marriage, this is a good time to home in on what’s important when it comes to the marriage covenant, because you will be called upon to publicly state what it means to you during your wedding vows. You and your betrothed need to be ready…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 5, 2021

Dance

The top two wedding day traditions

While last year's pandemic upended our lives last year, one thing won’t change: people will keep getting married, and wedding day traditions will continue. As large scale weddings resume, two wedding day traditions will return to the forefront, according to a WeddingWire survey. Flower girls go all the way back…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 29, 2021

Budget

The simplest, most affordable way to avoid wedding one-upmanship

Don't let wedding one-upmanship bust your budget Wedding celebrations are beautiful. They’re all about love, except when you spend beyond your means. Sadly, it’s easy to overspend because of a human condition called ‘wedding one-upmanship.’ But there’s a cure. More on that in a second. You know how wedding one-upmanship…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 22, 2021

Culture

Marriage is about to get better

The year of the Coronavirus crisis will usher in a new era of marriage. If you’ve been contemplating marriage, this is the time to act. If you’re already engaged and have plans disrupted by this national lockdown, don’t give up the ship. This disruption will make your pending marriage better,…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 15, 2021

Dance

Here’s a wedding jazz standard for your first dance song

One of the most delightful melodies ever written for theater is “All the things you are.” It is simply lovely musically and lyrically, which is why it has become something of a wedding jazz standard. The music was written by Jerome Kern in 1939 for a little known musical (Very…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 8, 2021

Culture

Marriage is for everyone

The advantages of marriage are amazing. The public hasn’t caught on, though, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal: “Middle-class Americans are forsaking marriage amid financial insecurity, effectively making the institution more of a luxury good enjoyed by prosperous Americans.” According to the article, finances are the reason:…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 1, 2021

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10 ways to make your wedding toast a disaster

Billboard’s top love songs

Outdoor weddings gain in popularity

Mixed weddings require customization

Wedding vows that matter

The top two wedding day traditions

The simplest, most affordable way to avoid wedding one-upmanship

Marriage is about to get better

Here’s a wedding jazz standard for your first dance song

Marriage is for everyone

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