Dear Gina and Chris, thanks for being so awesome! Both the cutie pie that is Gina and her bearded hubbyman Chris are music fanatics and did it up right come wedding and reception time! I love that they gave out (THREE) cd favors based on songs they loved during certain times…what a unique spin on the idea!

My husband, Chris, and I have been together since high school, in fact, we got hitched on our 11th year anniversary (mostly because we didn’t want to change our existing anniversary day). Throughout our 11 years together, music has been a big component in our relationship. As we grew and matured together, so did our musical choices. My husband and I are very anti-top-40s-bubblegum-music (although we do have some weak points, him being hip hop and me being Taylor Swift–believe me, we have some self-loathing going on), we love our hip indie-rock music along with a lot of music from the 50s, 60s and early 70s. So when it came to our wedding music, we wanted it to be a breath of fresh air. I didn’t want to walk down to any song out of the “wedding music” album listing. So as soon as we were engaged the music became my top priority.

Chris, for his part, had always wanted to give out CDs of music for our favors. So we each picked 11 love songs from each year we’ve been together (1999-2010). We had 3 CDs to give out at the reception, #1: Gina’s Picks, #2: Chris’s Picks, #3: Moore Picks (Moore being our lastname). So without further adieu, our musical choices:

We got married at the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas, 30 friends and family members were there to celebrate with us. We kindly asked our coordinator if we could make our own CD for the ceremony, thankfully she obliged.

Ceremony Music
Seating Music: Crazy Love by Van Morrison
Groom’s Entrance w/Witnesses: You Can Have It All by Yo La Tengo
Bridal Entrance: Keep It That Way by Sing-Sing
Processional: What is Life by George Harrison

Our reception was three weeks later in Kansas City where we gave out our CD favors and had traditional bridal party dances etc…

Reception Music
Bride Groom Entry Music: Higher and Higher by Theodore Shapiro and Craig Wedren (from the Wet Hot American Summer Soundtrack)
First Dance: God Only Knows by the Beach Boys
Father/Bride Dance: In My Life by the Beatles
Mother/Groom Dance: I’ll Always Love My Momma by the Intruders (Chris’s mom is a huge Motown fan)
Cake Cutting: Your the Best by Joe Esposito (from the Karate Kid Soundtrack)

CDs
Our DJ, understanding our non-love for the standard, was able to incorporate music from all three of our CDs throughout the night.

#1: Gina’s Picks
1. 1999 – Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (again) by Wilco
2. 2000 – I Found A Reason by Cat Power
3. 2001 – Keep It That Way by Sing-Sing
4. 2002 – L’Anamour by Ivy
5. 2003 – If You Find Yourself Caught in Love by Belle and Sebastian
6. 2004 – I’d Rather Dance with You by Kings of Convenience
7. 2005 – I’ll Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
8. 2006 – Baby I’m Yours by Arctic Monkeys
9. 2007 – Pencils in the Wind by Flight of the Conchords
10. 2008 – You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift (See, weak point!)
11. 2009 – French Navy by Camera Obscura
12. 2010 – Ridin’ In My Car by She & Him

#2: Chris’s Picks
1. 1999 – Nothing Matter’s When We’re Dancing by the Magnetic Fields
2. 2000 – You Can Have It All by Yo La Tengo
3. 2001 – Someday by the Strokes
4. 2002 – Do You Realize by the Flaming Lips
5. 2003 – Move Your Feet by Junior Senior
6. 2004 – Crown of Love by Arcade Fire
7. 2005 – What’s Mine is Yours by Sleater-Kinney
8. 2006 – Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn, and John
9. 2007 – Fireworks by Animal Collective
10. 2008 – In the New Year by the Walkmen
11. 2009 – Stillness is the Move by the Dirty Projectors
12. 2010 – Hootenanny by the Magnectic Fields

#3: Moore Picks (For the older crowd who probably wouldn’t get our music)
1. The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra
2. Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto
3. Baby I Love You by the Ronnettes
4. A Lover’s Concerto by the Toys
5. God Only Knows by the Beach Boys
6. Something’s Happening by Herman’s Hermits
7. For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder
8. I Will by the Beatles
9. Crazy Love by Van Morrison
10. What is Life by George Harrison
11. Let’s Stay Together by Al Green
12. Honey Honey by ABBA

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Cake: Sweet Pea Cakes
Photos: Elaina Cochran
Venue: The Uptown Theater
Cake Topper: Naked Peggies
Dress: David’s Bridal
Invitation Suite: Jessica Fantz (sister-in-law of bride)