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Avoid this tacky wedding etiquette mistake

Don’t come across as a “gimme” person! Don’t put your registry info on your wedding invitations. I know it’s so very tempting to discreetly list the URL for your registry at the bottom of your invitations. Don’t! It’s tacky. It’s a wedding etiquette mistake you don’t have to make, because…

Columbus Pro DJsJune 3, 2019

Toasting

The two essential wedding toast ingredients

People attend movies to laugh and cry. In a way, they look for some of the same things in a wedding toast, but in a couple of minutes instead of a couple of hours. So the two essential wedding toast ingredients? Sentiment and humor. Leave out either and your toast…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 27, 2019

Budget

Who should pay for your wedding?

As you plan your wedding spend you need the answer to a key question: who is going to pay for your wedding? If it’s your deep-pocketed parents, your wedding spend may be higher than what you and your betrothed could afford if you’re paying for it alone. On the other…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 20, 2019

Dance

The sheer joy of dancing

Have you ever thought about why people dance? Don’t you think dancing is all about joy? Sure, it’s good exercise. Sure, it is artistic. But dancing is much more. Dancing unites people in a joyful expression of celebratory exuberance, especially at weddings. That’s why most wedding celebrations build towards a…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 13, 2019

Dance

At last! A perfect first dance song for you

Everybody loves the song, “At Last.” Based on the number of times it is requested at weddings, it may be the perfect first dance song for you. We put together a list of the top ten perfect first dance songs a while back, and so did The Knot. We both…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 6, 2019

Wedding planning

Super simple ways to create a fun wedding reception

A fun wedding reception doesn’t just happen, it is planned. It’s not hard to create a fun wedding reception, but it’s also easy to blow it and create a boring affair you’ll lament for years to come. You need to put some irresistible, positive elements in place at the same…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 29, 2019

Culture

Marriage benefits you may not have thought of

The marriage rate in the U.S. began a steady decline in the early 1970s before leveling off around 2009 at much lower levels. Keep reading if you're not married. Younger Americans have lost sight of the reality that marriage benefits are amazing. A lot of Millennials don’t realize the positive…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 22, 2019

Ceremony

The changing role of religion in modern weddings

God is still part of contemporary weddings, but formal religion less so. Nonetheless, wedding Bible verses are still a staple in wedding ceremonies whether the ceremony is in a church or elsewhere. A majority of Millennials believe in God Although a majority of Millennials believe in God, they are less…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 15, 2019

Wedding etiquette

Co-Worker Wedding Etiquette

Co-worker wedding etiquette can get pretty dicey. Who do you invite, and more critically, who do you NOT invite? Wedding trends ramp up your challenges, as a survey of 13,000 brides by The Knot shows the size of guests guest lists is dropping. In 2009, the average size of a…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 8, 2019

Ceremony

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

One of the most popular wedding entrance songs has got to be Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by JS Bach. If you’re in the process of selecting wedding ceremony music, consider the rich possibilities of Bach’s Masterpiece. Bach composed the piece between 1716 and 1723 as part of a larger…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 1, 2019

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