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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

Wedding planning

Ready for a chaos-free wedding?

Reddit weddings feature some amazing and outlandish real-life wedding situations. The most recent one is a doozy. A woman was ‘disappointed’ because she just attended her friend’s chaos-free wedding. Seriously. She was looking for juicy, wedding drama, as she wrote on Reddit: “I arrived early and sat in the back…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 24, 2025

Dance

Wow, what a performance of a wedding classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igiivfI7DBs&list=RDigiivfI7DBs&start_radio=1 “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” is a timeless wedding song. Popularized by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in 1967, couples continue to request it at weddings to this very day. Country Life lists it as the 29th most romantic first dance song EVER. Brides Magazine has…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 17, 2025

Wedding planning

More hullabaloo over kids at weddings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffbqE4QeT1U We wrote about the controversy of kids at weddings last week. The subject has exploded into a national debate among prominent podcasters. Two podcasters with similar world views squared off against each other on the subject. Matt Walsh, host of the Matt Walsh Show (above), offered a ten minute…

Columbus Pro DJsNovember 10, 2025

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

Ready for a chaos-free wedding?

Wow, what a performance of a wedding classic!

More hullabaloo over kids at weddings

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