Our wedding soundtrack
Just in case this is useful to someone out there, here are the lists of carefully-selected music we used for our Catholic wedding ceremony and the reception.
Ceremony music:
We had an organist and a trumpeter for the ceremony, in addition to our cantor.
Processional- La Grâce, Georg Philipp Telemann
Responsorial Psalm- Psalm 128: Blest Are Those Who Love You, Marty Haugen
Preparation of the gifts- Covenant Hymn, Gary Daigle
Communion- As Grains of Wheat, Laurence Rosania
Communion meditation- Ave Maria (sung in Italian), Franz Schubert
Recessional- Trumpet Tune, Jeremiah Clarke
Bridal Party entrance- Praise You, Fatboy Slim ("We've come a long, long way together/through the good times and the bad.")
Our entrance- ABC, The Jackson Five (tons of fun, and a little tribute to our "high school sweethearts" status!)
First dance- Have a Little Faith in Me, John Hiatt (This song has been meaningful to us since those very hard long-distance relationship days: "You see time, time is our friend/ cause for us there is no end/And all you gotta do is have a little faith in me/I said I will hold you up, I will hold you up/Your love gives me strength enough/So have a little faith in me")
Cake cutting- First Day of My Life, Bright Eyes ("Remember that time you drove all night?/Just to meet me in the morning?" That basically defines our relationship while I was in college. ")
Father/daughter- You are My Sunshine, Sara Gazarek and My Girl, The Temptations (this was a surprise to me- my dad and sister put together a little medley of these two songs. You are My Sunshine was the first song my dad sang to me, hours after I was born.)
Mother/son- Godspeed, Dixie Chicks (whoa, tearjerker! Lovely song.)
Last dance- Heavenly Day, Patty Griffin (Sigh, I just love this one. It was just right for the final moments of the night. "The smile on your face I live only to see/ It's enough for me, baby, it's enough for me.")
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Yes, Godspeed was a tearjerker! hahaha
Aunt Maggie and I were crying uncontrollably lol!