A Real Hi-Fi Wedding: Memory & Jacob’s Sweet Alabama Wedding

September 13, 2010
Posted by Ashley

I love to discover awesome weddings in my home state! Alabama is quite lovely, and we don’t all drive around tractors – unless we’re lucky (yes, I’d love to own a farm one day)! Memory and Jacob’s wedding took place in the tiny town of Mooresville, Alabama. With the natural and rustic elements in place, these two added a few personal touches to really make the day theirs!

The Craig Duncan Orchestra, out of Nashville, Tennessee, played at our wedding. I asked Mr. Duncan to start us off with some big band goldies that my grandparents would enjoy. So, after they played “My Girl” for my father and I and “Just the Way You Are” for Jacob and I, they started off with the Dave Brubeck classic, Take 5 and moved into other classics like “Take the A Train” and “Route 66”. Jacob and his mother danced to an amazing rendition of Petulia Clark’s “Downtown” and that really helped kick off the party! Highlights for me were: Sweet Home Alabama, Stand By Me, and Mony Mony by Tommy James & the Shondells. Jacob and I fought over this choice. I wanted it, he didn’t, but he conceded and I’m glad he did. Such a fun dancing song!!! The stand-out for me was the “Dixie Land Delight” that they played just before our send-off: Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me”!

Photography: Stephen DeVries