Remember the two retro love birds, Leia and Brad, we met on Monday? Now it’s time to dive head first into their wondrous wedding!

Leia and Brad’s wedding was a colorful crafty family affair! Both of their parents helped with every detail of the wedding! Brad’s Dad photographed the whole event on his old Nikon Super 8 camera and his Mom (an opera singer) helped Brad practice dancing. Leia’s Mom custom made her wedding dress, and Leia also wore her Mother’s wedding veil. Her Dad made all the wedding signs, the candy bar sign and the record stands. Brad and Leia choose their ten favorite artists for the record/table numbers and put the lyrics from the songs that they felt expressed why they wanted to be married.

Ceremony
Grooms Entrance/Seating of Groom’s Mother: September Song – The Fantasticks
Wedding Party Entrance: Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Bride Processional: La Vie En Rose – Louis Armstrong
Unity Candle Lighting: Pavane – Gabriel Faure’
Recessional: All You Need Is Love – The Beatles

Reception
Entrance: The Ecstasy of Gold – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
First Dance: Feels Like Home – Randy Newman
Father/Daughter Dance: I Love You Because – Last of the Breed
Mother/Son Dance: The Can’t Take That Away From Me – Fred Astaire
Cake Cutting: This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
Send Off Song: When the Saints Go Marching In – New Orleans Jazz Band
Go Home Song: Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Cocktail
So What – Miles Davis
Get to Getting – Nat King Cole
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Random Rules – Silver Jews
Political Science – Randy Newman
Strange Overtones – David Byrne
When the Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong
Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
Violent Femmes – Sweet Misery Blues
I Believe In You – Don Williams
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Mamas and the Papas

Dinner
Waterloo Sunset – Kinks
Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Bob Dylan
In My Life – Beatles
I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
All of the Time – Zoo Pilot
Blue Skies – Willie Nelson
Such a Woman – Neil Young
I’m the Man Who Loves You – Wilco
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do – ABBA
Time of the Season – The Zombies
Love is All Around – The Troggs
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Thirteen – Big Star
Try to Remember – The Fantastiks (Jerry Orbach)
River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
Don’t Worry Baby – Beach Boys
Thank You For Being a Friend – Andrew Gold
Waiting Around to Die – Townes Van Zandt

Dance
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
Loser – Beck
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Bing Crosby
Oh Boy! – Buddy Holly
Chicken Dance – Chicken Dance
Life Could Be a Dream – Chords
School Days – Chuck Berry
Train In Vain – Clash
Lover’s Question – Clyde McPhatter
Do You Love Me? – Contours
Then He Kissed Me – Crystals
Young Americans – David Bowie
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin
Wishin and Hopin – Dusty Springfield
Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd
Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Devoted to You – Everly Brothers
Do You Wanna Dance? – Beach Boys
Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) – Four Tops
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Something Stupid – Frank Sinatra w/Nancy Sinatra
Jump In the Line (Shake Senora) – Harry Belafonte
Nobody But Me – Human Beinz
Shout – Isley Brothers
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
Twist & Shout – Beatles
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown
You Really Got Me – Kinks
La Vie En Rose – Louis Armstrong
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Rock the Casbah – Clash
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Hey Ya! – OutKast
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Be My Baby – Ronettes
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Twisting the Night Away – Sam Cooke
Going to the Chapel of Love – Shirelles
Tears of a Clown – Smokey & the Miracles
My Girl – Temptations
What’s New Pussycat? – Tom Jones
With a Girl Like You – Troggs
Silver Wings – Merle Haggard
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
I Think I Love You – Partridge Family
Do Wah Diddy – Manfred Mann
Street Fighting Man – Rolling Stones
Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Take My Breath Away – Berlin
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cindy Lauper
Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runner
We Got the Beat – Go-Gos
Think About Love – Dolly Parton
I Just Want to Dance With You – George Strait
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
1999 – Prince
Situation – Yaz
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
So What Cha Want – Beastie Boys
Jump Around – House of Pain
Fight the Power – Public Enemy

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Photos: Katherine O’Brien
Venue: Inn at Wild Rose
Coordinator: Jason Freshly
Catering: Royal Fig
Officiant: Spike Gillespie
Ceremony Music: Monarch Chamber Ensemble
DJ/Best Man: Joshua Nichols
Dress: Handmade by Mom
Cake: Krissy’s Cakes
Super 8: Ron Paxton
Hair & Makeup: Chelle Simoneaux