(Book). In The Bride's Guide to Musicians: Live Wedding Music Made Easy and Affordable , renowned harpist Anne Roos draws upon 25+ years of experience to guide you every step of the way in planning the musical portion of your perfect wedding. She also helps you find cost-effective ways to include live music in your overall wedding budget. With tips from internationally recognized wedding professionals, this fun guide is designed to be the only book you'll need when you go shopping for your wedding musicians. It comes complete with worksheets, checklists, and more! You'll learn * how you can afford live music (and all kinds of other frills) for your wedding * how to choose the perfect musical selections for your wedding day * how to find great wedding musicians * how to audition musicians before you hire them * what you need in a performance agreement (including sample contracts!)

(Book). Professional harpist Anne Roos draws upon her years of experience working with wedding planners and brides to guide the reader every step of the way to becoming a successful wedding musician. Readers will also get insider advice from internationally recognized wedding planning professionals, comprehensive worksheets, and checklists that provide all they need to know to plan their business and performances, and even sheet music arrangements of traditional wedding music. This is a must-have book for musicians and bands who want to keep their calendar full with high-paying wedding ceremonies and receptions.

This unique book features an audio CD containing samples of 99 classical music pieces for weddings and lyrics from 100 of the most popular wedding songs. It also includes information and advice on how to select bands, musicians and DJ's.

From the critically acclaimed wedding musician, John R. Schneider, this 48-page booklet has been endorsed by the Wedding Musician Association and includes the following information: Wedding Countdown Checklist, Complete Wedding Glossary, Today's Wedding - Latest Facts and Figures, Music for the Ceremony and Reception, Role of Master of Ceremonies, Types of Wedding Musicians, Where to Find Wedding Musicians, Negotiating Rates with Musicians, Etiquette for Wedding Musicians, Selecting Non-Music Vendors, Wedding Music on a Budget, and Suggested Readings and Poetry.

With the average cost of weddings today at over $20,000, it’s no wonder that today’s savvy, budget-conscious brides are looking for deals to get the wedding of their dreams at a fraction of the cost. But in today’s world where extreme couponing and the number of wedding sweepstakes competitions is on the rise, for the modern bride, discounts and bargains are simply not enough. For these brides, only free will do. Enter The Bride's Guide to Freebies, the book that shares insider secrets on how to potentially get thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and products for your wedding for free. No, this is not a book of suggested bargains and discounts. Rather, this book provides freebie-finding strategies on everything from the dress to the food to the entertainment, information on what to say (and not say) to score lots of swag, and how to foster positive relationships with vendors that result in spectacular add-ins. And each and every tip and strategy featured in the book is designed to give the budget-conscious bride the ultimate payoff: lots of wedding goods and extras… for absolutely zero money.

A complete guide to selecting every piece of wedding music, from before the ceremony to the last dance. It contains: a CD with excerpts from 99 of the most popular classical pieces for weddings, which can help you select music for before, during and after the ceremony, the cocktail hour, during dinner, etc.; lyrics for 100 of the most popular songs for weddings; and hundreds of song titles with genre, artist and album. These songs are organized into tables, making it easy to choose music appropriate for each moment of the wedding. This unique guide also contains valuable information and advice on how to select bands, musicians and DJs, in addition to useful worksheets to simplify the selection process. Illustrations.

An updated and revised edition of one of the first Complete Idiot's GuidesRever, now published in the new Illustrated format! Includes more than 250 new photos and line drawings and a new 16-page color insert. Focuses on the latest trends and most up-to-date advice from wedding planners across the country. New write-in wedding planner section at the back of the book.

With more than 2.5 million weddings per year in the U.S., this guide is an absolute necessity when it comes to answering not only customary etiquette questions, but also the thornier, more modern problems that today's brides face. Bridal Guide is the #1 bridal magazine for female readers 18-34. The As a foremost expert on all things wedding-related, the editor-in-chief of the magazine -- and the author of this book! -- has appeared on Good Morning America, the Today show, and E! Style, among others. This guide is committed to helping you find bridal market promotions, including launch parties, tie-ins with advertisers, contests, and bridal fashion shows. This is the third book in Bridal Guide's wedding series. For more from Diane Forden, check out How to Plan the Perfect Wedding...Without Going Broke! and How to Choose the Perfect Wedding Gown.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A great collection of popular, classical and sacred songs for wedding musicians or engaged couples who are planning their service. Over 40 categorized songs, plus a website to hear audio clips! Choosing the perfect wedding music has never been easier! Songs include: Bless the Broken Road * Canon in D * Everything * Forever in Love * God Gave Me You * Grow Old with Me * I Will Be Here * In My Life * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * The Lord's Prayer * Love Never Fails * Marry Me * Ode to Joy * Trumpet Voluntary * When You Say Nothing at All * and more.