| If you are getting married in a register office or are | | | | ceremony. The venue may have a member of staff |
| having a civil wedding ceremony within a licensed | | | | on hand to do this for you or you may have to ask |
| venue, then your choice of wedding songs is less | | | | one of your ushers or a trusted guest to do it for you. |
| restrictive than for religious ceremony. | | | | Live music at a register office may be possible, but |
| With a civil wedding ceremony your songs must not | | | | you should clear it with the registrar first. If they are |
| have any religious references, but other than that you | | | | busy on your wedding day then you request is likely to |
| can choose whatever wedding songs you like. | | | | be turned down, because having live music takes time |
| Typically these venues will provide a CD player to play | | | | for the musicians to set up and pack up afterwards. |
| your music so you will need to supply your songs on a | | | | Many couples will choose a mixture of traditional |
| CD before the wedding ceremony commences. You | | | | wedding classics such as 'here comes the bride' and |
| may also have the option to have live music from a | | | | more contemporary songs such as 'love is all around'. |
| string quartet for instance or a harpist. | | | | A licensed venues it is easier to have a choice of |
| If you require the use of a CD player for your wedding | | | | several songs for various elements of the ceremony, |
| songs then you may need to designate someone to | | | | whilst a register office may limit a change of music to |
| turn it on, off and adjust the volume throughout the | | | | just two or three because of the time element. |