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Have you ever entered a wedding ceremony venue and got confused whether to sit on the left or the right side?  Perhaps you were lucky to have an usher help seat you by asking you if you’re from the Bride’s side or the Groom’s side.  Traditionally, in many cultures, the Bride’s side is the Left Side and the Groom’s side is the Right Side.

There are two tales why this is so.   In Chinese influenced cultures, the female bridal party members stay to the left of the male members.  This is in keeping with the “yin” and “yang” principle.  Female energy is “yin” and male energy is “yang”.

Another old story is that the bride has to stay at the groom’s left side so that he is free to draw his sword with his right side to defend against jealous suitors who are trying to steal his beloved.  Hmmm… what if the groom is left handed???

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With only 33 days before the wedding, I have finally bitten the bullet and started working on putting the Ceremony programs / missalette together. Actually, I only started working on it because our officiating priest asked me to prepare it so he can take a look at our reading selections and the Filipino/Hispanic parts of the mass that he is not familiar with.

We’re having a full Roman Catholic mass. Yes, the longer one with communion and everything. I hope people enjoy music because my goal is to keep people from falling asleep with beautiful music. Not everyone attending our wedding is Catholic including Mr. Bloom so I hope to keep it interesting. Luckily, my priests and the parish are not as strict with their music requirements. It doesn’t have to be all hymnals! However, I’d still rather avoid it being like a Broadway show!

I digress! First thing to be done is to select our readings for the ceremony. My main reference is a…

Do you have any suggestions on what to play for the Money Dance/Honeymoon Dance song(s)?

Below are suggestions of what I found while surfing the web.
We prefer the songs that don’t sound greedy!  =D
The purpose of our Money Dance is for tradition as well as some personal one-on-one time with our guests.
Here’s an article I found on Money Dance/Dollar Dance:  http://www.walkerpub.com/moneydance.html .
And I thought the Money Dance was just a Filipino and Hispanic tradition!

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All You Really Need Is Love - Brad Paisley
Amen kind of love - daryle singletary
Back At One - Brian McKnight
Bad touch - Blood hound gang
Before Your Love - Kelly Clarkson
candy - cameo
Colour My World - Chicago
Fins - Jimmy Buffet 
Fool in the Rain - Led Zepplin
For the Love of Money - O’Jays
Hey Big Spender - Sweet Charity
I Found Love (When I Found You) - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
If I had a Million Dollars - Bare Naked Ladies
Kiss the Bride - Elton John
Lately - Tyrese
Love Don’t Cost A Thing - Jennifer Lopez
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
Material Girl - Madonna
Money - Pink…

I’m having a “Money Dance” at our wedding in September.  I’m of Filipino descent and born in Canada.  My fiancé is Czech but came here as a child.

Filipino weddings have adopted the “Money Dance” from the Hispanics and it’s actually expected at Filipino weddings.

The Czech tradition has the bride carrying a small blanket like a baby.  The guests come up to her and put money in the small basket as a symbol of supporting the start of the couple’s new family.

I’ve been to over 125 weddings (I perform at weddings) over the years.  The most successful money dance in terms of not boring your guests to tears as well as  in terms of $ is to:
1)  Not forget to bring the straight pins with plastic ball tips.
2)  Have the MC introduce the money dance with an explanation of the tradition as to not offend those who don’t know about the tradition.
3)  Most importantly, have people dance around the bride and groom doing the Money Dance.  This way, guests aren’t just sitting around watching the lineup…