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Culture

Wedding movies keep coming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gKXowSyfjM Hollywood never gets tired of making wedding movies. The latest one is called, “Irish Wish,” starring Lindsay Lohan and Ed Speleers of Downton Abby fame. You’ll find it streaming at Netflix. The movie dives into themes of unrequited love and careful-what-you-wish-for plot gyrations that, of course, are totally predictable.…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 20, 2024

Dance

Lyrics matter with wedding songs

We wrote about the ‘Great American Songbook’ a couple of weeks ago. Those timeless songs are defined by not only great melodies, but great words. And lyrics matter with wedding songs, which is why contemporary couples still have us play these standards. By contrast, too many contemporary songwriters don’t seem…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 13, 2024

Toasting

A master class in giving a wedding toast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrxAeHs-Z-c Rarely, VERY rarely, do we run across an impeccable best man toast. But we stumbled across this one on YouTube (above), and it’s worth a closer look, as this gentlemen delivers a wedding toast master class. As we’ve written before, the best wedding toast should make your guests laugh…

Columbus Pro DJsMay 6, 2024

Dance

The Great American Songbook

Will singers still be singing Taylor Swift songs fifty to a hundred years from now? Time will tell. Time HAS weighed in on a canon of American songs dubbed “The Great American Songbook.” These are songs that have withstood the test of time. The Great American Songbook Foundation defines these…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 29, 2024

Toasting

Should you pre-screen the best man’s wedding toast?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HjlWhUHtGc The best man’s wedding toast is a staple at weddings around the world. We’ve heard a ton of them over the years. Most tend to be too long and rambling, but occasionally we hear a gem. But once in a while we'll hear one that is simply inappropriate, like…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 22, 2024

Wedding planning

Is an AI wedding in your future?

Artificial Intelligence, better known as AI, is a real thing these days. And it looks like it has spread to the wedding world. Fox Business reported that Zola is offering AI wedding planning. As this blog has pointed out before, wedding planning typically involves over a thousand decisions, all wrapped…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 15, 2024

Wedding planning

What to include in your wedding website

On Monday, your co-work Susie asks you what time is your wedding. On Tuesday, childhood friend Mindy calls and asks what the dress code is. On Wednesday, Aunt Martha calls and asks what hotel to stay at. How do you cut down on all of these calls? Your wedding website.…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 8, 2024

Invitations

Wedding invitation mail problems

A wedding couple in Houston, Texas, mailed their wedding invitations on Presidents Day. A month and a half later, only six invitations had been delivered. Same thing for a couple near Atlanta, Georgia. Wedding invitation mail problems are a concern this year, and the USPS acknowledges that recent reforms have…

Columbus Pro DJsApril 1, 2024

Wedding cake

Should you bake your own wedding cake?

The quick answer is no. You should not bake your own wedding cake. A Florida bride who DID bake her own wedding cake last year created a social media firestorm with her home-made five tier wedding cake. Lilly Mendoza decided to bake her own cake for a simple reason: she…

Columbus Pro DJsMarch 25, 2024

Culture

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 DJsMarch 18, 2024

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