MAKING YOUR BIG DAY EXTRA SPECIAL
Civil Wedding Ceremony
The beauty of a Humanist or civil ceremony is the flexibility you have regarding your musical choices , however with civil ceremonies in some cases hymns, songs or religious references are not allowed.
I have added a rough ceremony layout below. The running order may vary , so please check with your registrar or celebrant.
Processional: song
Lighting of Marriage Candle: instrumental
After Reading: song
Unity Candles: instrumental
Signing the Register: song
Recessional: song
Song Suggestions:
Song Suggestions:
- She moved through the fair
- The first time ever I saw your face
- To make you feel my love
- All of me (Blake)
- All of me (John Legend)
- A thousand Years (Christina Perri)
- Marry me (Train)
- Bless the Broken Road ( Rascal Flatts)
- Beautiful in white (Shane Filan)
- Warm (Coronas)
- How long will i love you (Ellie Goulding)
- Nella fantasia
- Galileo
- Thinking out loud (Ed Sheeran)
- The One (Kodaline)
- The rose
- The voyage
- Somewhere only know
- How long will i love you (Ellie Goulding)
- Heaven (Brian Adams)
- Ill always love you ( not the Whitney song)
- Everything I do (I do it for you)
- That’s what friends are for
- All I want is you (U2)
- I won't give up (Jason Mraz)
- Tenerife sea (ed sheeran)
- Fallen (from pretty women)
- We’ve only just begun ( Carpenters)
- To make you feel my love (Bob Dylan, Adele)
- Footprints in the sand (Leona Lewis)
- Songbird (Fleetwoodmac and Eva Cassidy)
- I cant help falling in love with you
- The light catches your face
- Chasing cars
- Look after you (The fray)
- When I see you smile
- When you say nothing at all
- From this moment
- Diamond
- Your song (Elton John)
- Fields of gold (Eva Cassidy Version)
- Isn’t she lovely
- God only knows
- In my life
- Where ever you will go (the calling)
- What a wonderful world
- You make it real for me
- When I fall in love
- Perfect moment
- Endless love
- I say a little prayer
- Time after time
- Blowers Daughter
- The dance
- Come away with me
- Feels like home
- More than words
- Caledonia
- Falling slowly
- The water is wide
- Still the one ( Shania Twain)
- Im yours
- You do something to me (Paul Weller)
- Circle of life
- Luckiest (Ben Folds)
- Love changes everything
- You belong to me (Jason Wade)
- Come what may
- You make it real (James Morrison)
- Man & Wife
- Moon river
- Kentish town waltz
- You light up my life
- Here we stand (wedding song)
- All of me (Blake)
- This I promise you (Ronan Keating)
- On top of the world (Carpenters)
- I wont let go (Rascal Flatts)
- Higher love (James Vincent McMorrow version)
- Raglan road
Recessional:
The following songs are popular choices for the 'recessional' section of the civil wedding ceremony:
- Oh happy day
- I wanna love you (Bob Marley )
- All works out (Riptide Movement)
- Wings
- My girl
- Signed sealed delivered
- For once in my life
- Higher and higher
- Hold back the river (James Bay)
- Next to me (Emelia Sande)
- This will be an everlasting love
- Shine silently
- Thank you (Dido)
- The Greatest day (Take that)
- Im yours
- One day like this (Elbow)
- Perfect Day
- Walking on sunshine
- Hey day
- Love is all around us
- Sky full of Stars (Coldplay)
- Happy together
- You're my best friend (Queen )
- Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
- Lovely Day
