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Suggestions for the Entrance
- At Last – Jazz Standard
- Ava Maria – Traditional
- From This Moment – Shania Twain
- It Had to Be You – Jazz Standard
- Love Changes Everything – Aspects of Love
- Marry Me – Neil Diamond (duet)
- Ode to Joy - Traditional
- Pachabel’s Canon – Traditional (instrumental)
- Ribbons in the Sky – Stevie Wonder
- She’s Got A Way – Billy Joel
- Songbird – Eva Cassidy
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
- Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
- Unforgettable – Jazz Standard
- Walk With Me – Akasa (A Cappella ballad – great for girls choir or A Cappella group)
- Wedding March – Taditional (instrumental)
- When I Fall In Love – Jazz Standard
- Will You Dance? – Maria Forde
Signing of the Register:
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This is the most flexible time for music. Please look at Lisa’s song lists for options here. Almost anything you like goes here.
Suggestions for the Exit:
- All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
- As – Stevie Wonder
- Ave Maria – Traditional
- Best of My Love – The Emotions
- Everlasting Love – U2
- For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder
- Happy Together – The Turtles
- I’ll Be There – Jackson 5
- It Had to Be You – Jazz Standard
- Joyful, Joyful – Sister Act Two (needs a group of singers)
- Love Changes Everything – Aspects of Love
- Ode to Joy – Traditional
- Oh Happy Day – Gospel Favourite
- Our Love Is Here to Stay – Jazz Standard
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
Song Suggestions for a Church Service
- For a song that everyone will be able to join in with, Amazing Grace is hard to beat.
- Ode to Joy has lyrics especially written for a wedding, and is a well known tune.
- Set Me as a Seal on Your Heart: “Set me as a seal on your heart, set me as a seal on your soul. Strong as death is love, unyielding as the grave, nothing will quench its flame, nothing will quench its flame” (A male/female duet using the words from “The Song of Songs”)
- You Are Mine: “…I will bring you home, I love you and you are mine…”
- The Power of Your Love: “…hold me close, let your love surround me, bring me near, draw me to your side”
- Here Is My Life: “…here is my life, myself the bread that I bring, here is my soul, my wine, the song that I sing…”
- For the Beauty of the Earth: “…for the joy of human love… Lord of all to Thee we raise, this our joyful hymn of praise”
Looking for something different?
- Walk With Me – a beautiful a cappella song perfect for the bride’s entrance.
- Take My Breath Away – Tuck and Patti – mellow, reflective beautiful lyrics
- Marry Me – Neil Diamond – perfect for the day
- O Freedom – African chant – groove out to this!
- Everlasting Love – uplifting end to your day
- Songbird – Eva Cassidy
- Kiss the Flame – Jewel