Bagpipe Music in Scottish Tartan Weddings | Bluebonnet Tartan Weddings


Wedding ceremonies with a Scottish theme custom-created by Jennifer Cram, Civil Marriage Celebrant / Humanist Officiant
Home Customs and Traditions Piping in the bride The oathing stone Handfasting Scottish Style Sharing the Quaich Sashing the bride Music Choosing and using a piper Readings & Blessings Scottish readings Scottish blessings What to wear Choosing your Tartan What if you aren't Scottish? Attire for the Groom Attire for the Bride It started in Scotland Scottish Origins of General Wedding Customs & Practices © Jennifer Cram 2007-2008 All rights reserved	Nothing denotes a Scottish wedding more than the skirl of the bagpipe. Most commonly, a single piper is used, but if you wish, a full pipe band can be used to escort the bridal car down the street towards the ceremony venue and in through the gates. For the actual ceremony, swap to a solo piper. When to have a piper play for the ceremony to pipe the bridal car into the venue to lead the bridal party into the venue and/or down the aisle at the beginning of the ceremony during the signing of the register and marriage certificate to pipe the bridal party out at the completion of the ceremony Important things to remember bagpipe music is definitely not background music. If you want the piper to play as a prelude make sure that he/she is positioned some considerable distance away from where the guests are gathering. The same applies for the signing - the tunes played should be quieter and slower, and the piper should be some distance away, and definitely outside if the ceremony is taking place indoors. It is physically difficult to play the bagpipes for anything protracted period of time. If you want protracted background music playing consider a fiddler or other music source for that purpose.I