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Here are some tried and true traditional songs as well as a few contemporary ideas. You can sample just about anything online, so make a list, and start listening.

♥  THE PRELUDE - As guests are filing in, greeting one another and taking their seats, it's nice to have some quiet music playing.

Traditional music choices:

Air on the G String, Johann Sebastian Bach
Canon in D, Johann Pachelbel
Trumpet Tune and Air, Henry Purcell

Contemporary music choices:

Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John
Morning Has Broken, Cat Stevens

♥  THE PROCESSIONAL - The music should feel momentous and full of joy as you and your bridal party walk down the aisle. It's perfectly fine to stick with Here Comes the Bride, but there are plenty of other possibilities as well.

Traditional music choices:

Air, George Frideric Handel
Cantata No. 29, Johann Sebastian Back
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Contemporary music choices:

Annie's Song, John Denver
Here I Stand, Usher
I Will, Alison Krauss

♥  THE RECESSIONAL - You're married! As you walk back up the aisle as husband and wife, do it to music that reflects your elation, be it the classical or something a little more sassy.

Traditional music choices:

Hornpipe, George Frideric Handel
Prelude in C, Johann Sebastian Bach
The Arrival of Queen of Sheba, George Frideric Handel

Contemporary music choices:

Beautiful Day, U2
Cherish, The Association
Once in a Lifetime, Keith Urban

Black Hills Bride Staff