More Failed Wedding Ideas

For some reason, the failed wedding ideas always seem to be mine.  Seth’s ideas are good ones.  Mine are goofy.  Here’s what we’ve rejected:

1.  Walking down the aisle to the Shirelles singing “Going to the Chapel of Love.”  It’s not technically correct since we’re getting married at an old camp, and it’s kind of a long song so everyone would have to walk down the aisle to this instead of just the bride.  I could see it working, except for that chapel part.  Am I getting the artists wrong?  Because I’m looking for the lyrics, and the Google is telling me that the Dixie Cups sang this.  At any rate, I don’t think having the Dixie Cups sing this would make much of a difference.  It’s still out.

2.  Dancing to “You’re Awful” from the movie On the Town with Betty Garrett and Frank Sinatra for our first married dance together.  We both love Frank Sinatra, and we both love making fun of each other, so I thought this one would be a no-brainer.  We entertained the idea for a few days (I may have thought about this for longer than a few days), but in the end, our actual song won out.

3.  Having our officiant say “Engage!” in Jean-Luc Picard’s voice instead of, “You may now kiss the bride.”  I suppose this would have worked better if she had been at our engagement.  Or, you know, we were dressed in Star Trek gear.  Don’t worry though, I’m not that big of a Star Trek fan (translation: I suggested Star Trek gear, and Seth said no).  I also suggested that we invite Patrick Stewart to come to our wedding, but we figured he probably wouldn’t come.  Poo.