About 17 years ago I was invited to my friends wedding in Beverly Hills. It was a Jewish Wedding, at one of the most elegant synogogues I’ve ever been in. The ceremony itself was dignified and elegant. At the end, the groom broke the glass, everyone said L’Chaim..at that point the entire wedding party turned around, put on groucho Marx nose and glasses, the band started playing “WE’RE OFF THE SEE THE WIZARD” (from the wizard of OZ) and the entire wedding party skipped down the aisle!!! It was totally surreal.
But 17 years later, I still remember it like it was yesterday! The groom said it was his idea...he just said he couldn’t believe how serious it all was..he wanted to kick off the reception with people feeling happy! And that they did! I haven’t thought about this guy for years...I’m going to go see if he’s on Facebook right now!
I’m in agreement here. I think the ceremony should be solemn, and then everyone tears loose at the reception.