Boy, times are changing from when I was married........
Designers are creating wedding dresses in colors like black, grey and blue; the throw away bouquet is not being done anymore by many brides; traditional wedding cakes are not being served; groom and groomsmen are wearing regular suits; the bride and groom take pictures before the ceremony; brides debating on whether or not to keep her last name.
Do you think this is just a trend that will phase out and all the old traditions will come back? Open for discussion.
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Permalink Reply by CharlestonWedding Photographers on I also perform as an officiant. I do it for FREE along w/ any photography pkg. I agree......makes it nice when everything is done in one location. We have had to travel one full hour just to get to the reception location. That's not something we care to do!!
Since I am also fully ordained I do charge for my services for that along with services for DJ/entertainment but I have been taking photos and giving the couple a FREE CD with all their pictures.
Permalink Reply by happychloe on Change is inevitable, but the conventional stuff will stay .
Since I responded to this thread from the DJ side of this I thought I would respond from the minister/officiant side.
Most of the weddings I have seen in the past and future ones where I will be presiding over which is something I am very proud to do for my clients, I am seeing both traditional ways and non traditional ways since some couples want to follow the way their parents had their wedding years ago. And there are some who want to do things totally different and set their own style which I do admire actually.
Most young couples these days are seeing how others are doing things and also seeing the videos being posted on youtube anything from dancing down the isle to coreographed or planned out dance routines which is something I see as fun and new. Now I also have had clients where they have held both the ceremony and reception in the same event hall which does allow me to not only be the DJ but to also be their officiant so I can preside over their ceremony.
Just some input from both sides of my business
Permalink Reply by Ankush Singhal on Well, as they say change is constant! The more we would grow in centuries, the traditions and the ceremonies are bound to witness changes according to adapting capability of the people. Though, the basic traditions should remain same but, we still need to be flexible in our approach and accept the changes happenings with time.
Permalink Reply by promsandweddings on Hello
In country my country wedding tradition is like this A liberal bunch, Swedes often decide to marry after living together for a few years, or after the woman is pregnant with their first child. With almost 20 hours of sunlight each day, summer is prime wedding season.A crown belonging to the bride’s family or church, and, although it hardly sounds comfortable, a gold coin in your right shoe and a silver one in your left for good luck. Making walking even harder, your shoes stay unlaced to improve your chances of easy childbirth.If you want to follow a seriously old-school tradition, breathe as little as possible, since brides and bridesmaids carry bouquets of weeds that stink to high heaven in order to ward off trolls (don’t knock it -- trolls haven’t crashed anyone’s wedding so far). According to another old tradition, men dance vigorously around the bride to knock her crown off, and the victor has good luck.
