lights, music, wedding: sampler for the song-inspired

{ sheet music tea lights by carolinacottage }

i have a confession. i sing in an a cappella group. yes, that kind of thing like in college. and on "the office." yeah. i know.

for the last couple of years it was an on and off sort of thing, low key. now we have all these concerts and it's inevitable that i will end up on youtube, and this troubles me (haha, 'hear comes treble') greatly. and of course with theatrical people there has to be drama. this for me is soooo 1995 it is beyond expressing.

so we had two concerts this week, and my poor sainted boyfriend got roped last minute into running the sound board last night, one of his infinite talents as a musician. i saw a professional side of him i hadn't seen, and got to thinking how music is so much a part of both of our lives, in very different ways.

after the concert, talking with our dj friend, we ended up on the subject of weddings -- strangest song request, how far in advance people book -- (dj d-mac, DC-area brides -- can't recommend highly enough)...

then today, reading all the song lyrics people have posted for the contest this week, have been musing on how much melody and words bind us together, how much we navigate life by our songs. our music -- the song you make your own, the one that reminds you of when you met, or broke up, or got back together, or fell in love, or of why you're together in the first place -- the song you have to get up and dance to --

what's your song? i don't just mean first dance -- what's the song that you keep coming back to?








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