“I’m a recent bride and a music junkie.” That was the first sentence of Caroline’s email…and I was sold, hook line and sinker. It only got better as I read on and I knew this was a match made in Bloven (blog heaven?)! Caroline continues with the importance of music on her wedding day:

“Andrew and I were married on the beach in the Outer Banks, the most important place on this planet to us as a couple and my family. When we first began planning we knew we wanted to focus our attention on a few things: the beach, the importance of our families to us, and our love of books & music. In planning a wedding, I knew that I should be concerned about the flower arrangements and the food at the reception. But the only aspect of the day that I wanted to devote time to was the music. I grew up on backstages across the country, my dad is in a band and, as a kid, most weekends were spent running around sound check. Because I was raised by musically obsessed parents, I too became a music junkie. Therefore, our wedding day music choices were the most important decisions on my list. After hours upon hours of selecting and tossing out songs I finally narrowed my 16-hour playlist into a manageable 6-hour playlist.”

Ceremony
Prelude: Love & Some Verses – Iron & Wine
Seating of the families: A Living Prayer – Alison Krauss
Bridal Party processional: Life in Technicolor – Coldplay
Bridal Processional: Caroline – SGGL (lullaby written for the bride by her father when she was first born)
Song during the Ceremony: In Christ Alone – Stuart Townsend
Recessional: Be Thou My Vision – arrangement by the Purple Hulls

Cocktail Hour
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontange
Gotta Have You – The Weepies
Sweet Darlin’ – She&Him
Song For The Asking – Simon & Garfunkel
Cupid – Sam Cooke
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
Care of Cell 44 – The Zombies
Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor
Two of Us – Guster (Beatles cover)
Naked as We Came – Iron & Wine
Ever After You – The Gabe Dixon Band
They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Til Kingdom Come – Coldplay
Caroline – Brandi Carlile
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
Don’t Stop The Music – Jamie Cullum
Love Is Here To Stay – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Reception
Bridal Party Entrance: Jump Up Behind Me – James Taylor
Bride & Groom Entrance: Strawberry Swing – Coldplay
First Dance: If There Was No You – Brandi Carlile
Father/Daughter Dance: Here Comes The Sun – James Taylor & Yo Yo Ma (Beatles Cover)
Groomsmen Entrance (with Ice Cream Tubs for their version of “cutting the cake”): Brand New Key – Melanie
Maids of Honor Toast: Some Things Are Meant to Be – sung by Maids of Honor (Little Women Soundtrack)

Jai Ho – A.R. Rahman
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
Surfin’ USA – Beach Boys
Good Vibrations – Beach Boys
Girl – Beck
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Zak and Sara – Ben Folds
Penny On A Train Track – Ben Kweller
I Will – Ben Taylor
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) – Beyonce
Caroline (Give up the Ghost version) – Brandi Carlile
Somewhere In Brooklyn – Bruno Mars
One Fine Day – The Chiffons
Forever – Chris Brown
Yeah 3x – Chris Brown
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
Do You Love Me – The Contours
Hard Candy – Counting Crows
Cupid Shuffle – Cupid
Run Around Sue – Dion
You Can’t Hurry Love – Dixie Chicks
Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
At Last – Etta James
Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine
She Doesn’t Get It – The Format
The First Single – The Format
Janet – The Format
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Franki Valli
G Major – Guster
I’m Into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits
Shout – The Isley Brothers
I’ll Be There – The Jackson Five
The Love You Save – The Jackson Five
How Sweet It Is – James Taylor
Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Green Light (feat. Andre 3000) – John Legend
Jackson – Johnny & June Cash
Wavin’ Flag (Celebration Mix) – K’naan
Choo Choo Cha’Boogie – The Manhattan Transfer
Valerie – Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse
Dancing in the Streets – Martha & The Vandellas
Hey Mama – Mat Kearney
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden and Whitehead
The Way You Look Tonight – Michael Buble
Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
Party In The USA – Miley Cirus (Andrew’s favorite)
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Summertime – New Kids on the Block
Lisztomania – Phoenix
With This Ring – The Platters
Love that Girl – Raphael Saadiq
Hallelujah I Love Her So – Ray Charles
Forever My Friend – Ray LaMontange
What I Like About You – The Romantics
Twisting the Night Away – Sam Cooke
I Love You More Today Than Yesterday – The Spiral Staircase
Dynamite – Taio Cruz
My Girl – The Temptations
The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations
Dancin’ In The Moonlight – Toplander
Horchata – Vampire Weekend
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Moondance – Van Morrison
Getting’ Jiggy With It – Will Smith
We Speak No Americano – Yolanda Be Cool

Last Song Of The Night: You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor

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Photography: Kendall Colquitt of feteography