Article by Aaron Hu
My wedding has to be exciting and fun  and definitely memorable. Since we decided to gowith a professional wedding planner a lot of my time has been spoken for. I never actuallyrealized or appreciated the complexity of taking on someone else's wedding. You  or moreappropriately the wedding planner  have (has) to contend with all the intricacies as well as allof the unforeseen and inescapable problems, disagreements, discrepancies etc. etc. that seemto crop up almost every day. As the bride-to-be I thought I had it tough: well, not so toughcompared to my planner. He is simply out of this world, and I mean that with all respect andgrowing awareness of the pressures he juggles daily. I bless and thank my cousin, Jersie  whoalso happens to be one of my closest friends and ally  for convincing me to let Danny takeover.
Jersie and I were in the mall the other day, and every store we passed or went into was pipingmusic out as if the shoppers were octogenarians and close to deafness. Aside from theunbearable loudness, you could barely distinguish what kind of music was coming from whichstore. We got so fed up we left rather quickly, but not before I started thinking about what kindof music/band I wanted for my wedding. And my next thought was how I could reinterpret theidea of music into a wedding favor. Sounds weird, maybe, but I love a challenge.
We found an outdoor place to sit and have some coffee, and almost simultaneously blurted outthat music was going to set the tone and liveliness for the evening so we had better start talkingabout what music I wanted and what band I wanted so our guests could dance inside andbounce outside when they left. I called Michael, my fiancée, asked him if he had anypreferences: he said those kinds of decisions were mine; he would be there no matter what andas long as I was there his life was complete. Wow... what a guy!!!
Next I called my parents. They, on the other hand, had suggestions. They were partial to1940's music... torch song type of stuff... I didn't say "No" right out of hand, but I did whenthey mentioned  every so lightly  that they loved classical and opera. I made light of it too,thanked them and said "Talk to you later..." Jersie and I, and most of our friends, liked musicfrom the 60's up through the present  with a few exceptions. We mulled over which era weliked best; and then we mulled some more. I looked at her eventually and told her I wanted aband that could do it all... from old-fashion/classical rock'n'roll to the hottest music of today,but could also bring in some of that `moody' music from my parent's day. Then I dialed Dannyand broke the news to him. Had I been able to see him react, I just know he wouldn't havebatted an eyelash. Thank you, Jersie.
I got home, called Michael to tell him what I had decided on for music. He just laughed andasked me what next, some kind of musical wedding favors, and then hung up. Trust him toleave it all up to me, and be on the same wave length as me even though he didn't realize it.
I got comfortably ensconced on my bed, put my creative cap on, and began thinking. I wantedeveryone to have something that would bring smiles to their faces and fill their thoughts withwarm, fun, memories. That's when it hit me... I would have whatever band we chose to pre-record a short repertoire of the music they would play and we would somehow have it installedin a small simple but tasteful music box. What a great, unique wedding favor. My parents hadbeen asking me, us, what I wanted for a wedding gift. This was it... something I would have andcould also share with everyone I loved and cared for. Might take some convincing, but I wastheir only (baby) daughter among four brothers. What a hoot. It's "love" that "makes theworld go round," and music that makes it spin.
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