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Do you have to invite shower attendees to your wedding?

What is wedding shower etiquette when it comes to planning your wedding guest list? Do you HAVE to invite someone to your wedding IF you invited them to a wedding shower? The Knot consulted with a variety of wedding etiquette experts who acknowledge that as a rule of thumb, this…

Columbus Pro DJsFebruary 2, 2026

Wedding planning

Avoid family wedding drama

Wedding couples occasionally call upon family members to provide wedding services, rather than using professional vendors, in order to save money. We don’t recommend it, as it opens the door to family wedding drama. For example, a woman (a professional hair stylist by trade) wrote to Dear Abby this week…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 26, 2026

Wedding planning

Avoid wedding guilt-trip traps

Wedding dynamics can produce the potential for a wedding guilt trip to be thrust upon you. The advent of social media only multiplied the guilt potential. A couple we know planned a very large rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding. The restaurant accommodated 65 people. Any more would…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 19, 2026

Toasting

How to give a wedding toast without annoying the guests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvT_FcIlk4o We ran across a delightful essay with the title of: “How to Give a Wedding Toast Without Annoying Hundreds of Hungry Guests.” We recommend you read it. The writer, Chandler Dean, is a comedian and professional speech writer. His premise is a funny one and spot on. When you’re…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 12, 2026

Dance

“Ordinary” is no ordinary love song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ah9tWTkmk You would’ve never heard the song, “Ordinary,” if its composer didn’t believe in it. Songwriter Alex Warren admits the song was an accident. He said, “We didn’t write it to be a hit, we didn’t mean to write it to be anything more than just a love song.” But…

Columbus Pro DJsJanuary 5, 2026

Dance

Best Alison Krauss love songs for weddings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc One of our favorite Christmas songs is an ancient Irish carol written at least 5 centuries ago called, “The Wexford Carol.” Alison Krauss and cellist Yo Yo Ma collaborated (above) to create the essential version of this masterpiece, characterized as it is by a folk/bluegrass vibe. It got us…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 29, 2025

Wedding planning

Who pays for the day-after wedding brunch?

The day-after wedding brunch is extremely popular these days. It allows out-of-town guests an opportunity to spend a little more time with family and friends they haven’t seen for awhile, without all of the distractions (fun!) that take place during a wedding ceremony and reception. It also allows the couple…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 22, 2025

Culture

7 signs that you’re in love

What makes marriage great? Commitment. What’s scary about marriage? Commitment. The reason married people are happier, healthier, live longer, are wealthier, and have happier and healthier children is built upon a foundation of commitment. And commitment isn’t scary when it’s made out of love. So what is love? And how…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 15, 2025

Wedding planning

How to stop wedding crashers in their tracks

A scene from "The Wedding Crashers" Are wedding crashers really a thing? Occasionally, yes, they are. A recent bride wrote to an advice columnist lamenting the wedding crashers at her wedding: “I got married recently, and while the day was beautiful overall, a few unexpected guests showed up — actual…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 8, 2025

Dance

Highbrow popular music for the cocktail hour

The Vitamin String Quartet Most people love string quartets. As a rule, these groups play Bach, Mozart, and Pachelbel. How would you like it if they played Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Prince? You know, high brow popular music for the cocktail hour? That’s what the Vitamin String Quartet…

Columbus Pro DJsDecember 1, 2025

Do you have to invite shower attendees to your wedding?

Avoid family wedding drama

Avoid wedding guilt-trip traps

How to give a wedding toast without annoying the guests

“Ordinary” is no ordinary love song

Best Alison Krauss love songs for weddings

Who pays for the day-after wedding brunch?

7 signs that you’re in love

How to stop wedding crashers in their tracks

Highbrow popular music for the cocktail hour

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