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Super smart questions to ask a wedding venue

You’re engaged. Congratulations. As we pointed out in an earlier blogpost, one of the first things you’ll need to do for your Columbus wedding is to line up your wedding venue. Venues book real early, so you’re smart to plan at least twelve months out securing your venue. Here are…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 11, 2021

Wedding etiquette

How to handle an obnoxious wedding guest

The simplest way to handle an obnoxious wedding guest is don’t invite her. Or him. Sadly, that’s not always possible. You know how family relationships can be! Your parents may insist that you invite ‘cousin Penelope’ even though she is the most obnoxious person you know. Just watch the Saturday…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 4, 2021

Dance

Best Adele love songs for weddings

Adele burst onto the music scene in 2009 and has never looked back. The 2009 Grammy Awards named her best new artist and best female pop vocal performance. Although she’s known for writing compelling break-up ballads, she knows her way around a love song, too. Let’s take a look at…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 28, 2020

Budget

Hidden wedding costs that will bust your budget

Most engaged Columbus couples create a wedding budget, which this blog highly recommends to avoid the stress that can occur when wedding bills come due. But beware the hidden wedding costs that can sneak into the equation and surprise you when you add up all of your expenses. License fees…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 21, 2020

Dance

More Broadway love songs for your first dance

Broadway has produced a plethora of passionate love songs over the decades. But you’ve got to carefully review the lyrics, because not every Broadway love song works for your first dance. For example, the epic “If I Loved You” from Carousel is an endearing love song with a melody that…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 14, 2020

Dance

Best Broadway songs for your first dance

This blog loves to write about the great songs you can consider for your first dance. There are so many options. We’ve written about contemporary and classic songs couples request for their first dance. Today’s blog considers some of the best Broadway songs for your wedding reception first dance. In…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 7, 2020

Ceremony

Music for your unity candle ceremony

The unity candle ceremony is a late 20th century American innovation. Following the exchange of vows and rings, the bride and groom light a larger, “unity,” candle with two smaller tapers, symbolizing the unity of two lives and two families. Some trace the origin of the tradition to an early…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 30, 2020

Culture

Marriage is a good investment

Marriage makes you richer. No matter where you live, government data shows marriage is a good financial move. The Journal of Sociology explains: What impact do marriage and divorce have on wealth? US data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), which tracks individuals in their 20s, 30s and…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 24, 2020

Toasting

Make ‘em cry and you’ve given a great wedding toast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCYlgGWaJ78 The best Columbus wedding toasts make your audience laugh and cry. Here’s the rub: it’s harder to make people laugh than cry. Not everything is funny. So Owen Wilson’s advice to Rachel McAdams in "The Wedding Crashers" (above) is spot-on: speak from the heart, make e’m cry, and your…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 16, 2020

Dance

Stevie Wonder’s classic first dance song

Stevie Wonder released his best-selling album, “Songs in the Key of Life,” in 1976. He jammed 21 songs into the album which explored a wide variety of musical genres. One track from the album, “As,” is a popular wedding song, having appeared on The Knot's list of popular classic first…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 9, 2020

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Super smart questions to ask a wedding venue

How to handle an obnoxious wedding guest

Best Adele love songs for weddings

Hidden wedding costs that will bust your budget

More Broadway love songs for your first dance

Best Broadway songs for your first dance

Music for your unity candle ceremony

Marriage is a good investment

Make ‘em cry and you’ve given a great wedding toast!

Stevie Wonder’s classic first dance song

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