Tuesday 2 February 2010

Wedding Traditions I

Quite a while ago I posted about wedding traditions having seen the lovely card box that Stacy posted about (have you seen her dress – wow). Hopefully I’ll get round to posting some more traditions but for now let’s stick with the bagpipes.

It is traditional to have a bagpiper at a Scottish wedding. Yes it is a very loud often screechy noise to have indoors but it is an evocative sound. 

I will be piped down the aisle and we will be piped back up the aisle as husband and wife (eek). Guess what, O’s brother is a piper and he is going to pipe our wedding.

Yippee so that is piper and ceremony music ticked off the list.

(image from here)


Other news; #2 went to India with her friend the dress maker last week (they work together and were on a business trip - handy). They bought silk for the bridesmaid dresses so that can all get underway. #2 is going to send me samples for my approval, however as it was a third of the cost of silk in the UK and non-returnable I think it'll be just fine. They have bought extra for waistcoats and ties for the boys.

7 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see the material and the dresses!

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  2. Oh I am so jealous.. I have always dreamed of going to india to get wedding fabrics! Hey ho with the cost of these weddings I think that's something that is NOT going to happen... hey ho. Must pick better connected, india travelling bridesmaids next time! Can't wait to see all!

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  3. Sounds good, we aren't having a piper at the ceremony but are hoping to have one at the receptin venue. Handy to know someone who pipes tho!

    Looking forward to seeing the dress material too.

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  4. All your references to Scottish traditions make me miss Scotland so much! I can't wait to bring J for a visit with my family (Mom's side) and finally introduce him to the beauty of bagpipes (and the beauty of everything else, of course.)

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  5. india fabrics & bagpipes. lovely.

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  6. Booyah for such handy ladies! It most definitely takes a Scot to wax lyrical about the pipes!

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