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Wedding Tips

Piping at Weddings

Most frequently, the wedding party requests a piper to play outside the church before and after the wedding ceremony. Sometimes they also request tunes to be played during the ceremony inside the church, for example, during the processional, recessional, or candle lighting. On some occasions, piping is done at a wedding where the ceremony and reception are held in the same building. At one such wedding, the pipes were played on the balcony as guests arrived, played for the processional and recessional, and then played again for a short time as guests filed out to the cocktail hour.

During outdoor weddings, the piping is usually incorporated into the ceremony. Another option is to have the pipes played at a cocktail hour or at a certain point during the reception. The cocktail hour option is especially popular where there is an outdoor garden or patio for the cocktail hour.

Michael Hannigan
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