Learning To Be A Wedding Planner

After months of working with a difficult and exacting bride, you open the cake box shortly before the reception. The bakery, which is closed, sent a cake for someone named David, in honor of his bar mitzvah. At GMU, Would-Be Consultants Learn Tricks, and Trials, of the Trade

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The sounds of music at weddings

Sure, the dress, flowers and cake are key, but the best way to turn a wedding into a party is with music. “People should start thinking about music for their wedding right after their engagement,” says Greg Denard, who fronts one of the country’s most popular event bands, GDO Soul, and has played alongside greats including Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Sheryl Crow.

“You may have to book a year in advance at least for a good, reputable band,” warns Denard, who has traveled the world, playing big budget weddings.

Here are his tips for ensuring your wedding sounds as good as it looks:

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Keeping The Wedding Party Happy

On the day of the wedding, members of the wedding party are essential in helping the Bride and Groom to make sure everything runs smoothly. Traditionally, there are a number of members that make up the wedding party, each with their own duties and responsibilities.

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Trash the Dress: New style of formal dress photography catching on fast

Where did you have your wedding picture taken? Outside? A park? Large trees and a small lake in the background?
Would you consider jumping, wedding dress and all, into that lake?
Or would you exchange a stained-glass cathedral for a dark alleyway?
More and more, brides and prom-goers are answering “yes” to two growing trends in professional photography: Trash the Dress and Drown the Gown.

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Wedding Music Tips

Think back 20 years. Can you imagine trying to locate musicians for a wedding reception in 1987? There was no Internet, no streaming video and no online audio clips. The search was basically limited to your local Yellow Pages, or nights on end of running all over town so you could listen to prospective DJs or bands perform live at clubs.

If your town (or another close by) didn’t have a band or DJ you liked, you were out of luck. There was no viable way to locate entertainment all across the country. Thankfully, today we do have the Internet. This allows you to have a huge selection of performers at your disposal, which can be previewed either via their own sites or through gig-booking sites. However, this enormous selection and wide geographic spread leads to questions. Here are the top 5 questions you’ll want to ask when hiring performers for your wedding.

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Preview Your Destination Wedding

Any couple who books their actual vacation at any Sandals resort, will get their $99-per-person test-drive fee back in credit from the resort.If you want to test-drive your honeymoon, the next date to go is Jan. 16 or 30, 2008.

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Wedding Rehearsal Planning

I have been to a great many weddings lately. My friends’ children are all at the marrying age, and they all seem to be getting married this year.

In fact, I have planned all three of my rehearsal dinners. I know how many guests I will invite and what the tables will look like and what we will serve on great big white plates. I have it perfected, but alas, not only is there no bride in sight, there is not even a hint of a girlfriend between my three sons.

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Designer Gowns For Less Than $200

Women spend an average of $1,000 on their dress for their wedding day, but Target hopes to change that without sacrificing style. The giant retailer is selling dresses online targeting budget-conscious brides. There’s an array to choose along with accessories, all for under $200 — definitely a way to help bring down the cost of the big day.

Elizabeth Harris is getting married and looking to cut costs.

She tried four of the dresses, fashioned by designer Isaac Mizrahi.

Some of Harris’s family and friends got together to give their opinions. Some of them didn’t know they were from Target, and they didn’t know how much they cost

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Wedding Cake Flowers That Look Real

Wedding cake flower decorations and sugar flowers used for decorating cakes that look delicate and real are becoming more and more popular.

Kaye Hartman of Petal Crafts, LLC now shares her secrets to help people who want to learn the art of making these beautiful wedding cake flowers that look delicate and real.

Hartman has been making the realistic wedding cake flower decorations individually by hand for eight years. Demand for her sugar flower art grew rapidly as wedding counselors and planners became aware of her skills, so she expanded her company and hired artists to help her.
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