Johnny Gonzales The Wedding Ceremony Cocktail Hour Reception Guitarist

  Carol Dodge of Glastonbury, Conn., was walking with two friends recently when she brought up a nagging question: “My husband’s partner’s daughter is getting married. What should I give?” One friend then asked, “What have you given in the past?” Mrs. Dodge described her mental calculations for the recent wedding of her niece. She had estimated the cost of feeding five family members at the reception and then added more cash as a gift, and decided to give $1,000, she said. “What?” her friends said, gasping. Mrs. Dodge, clearly bewildered by their reaction, asked: “Wait, what are you saying? Is it too little? Is it too much?”   Read More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/fashion/weddings/wedding-gift-cash-grab-whats-too-little-whats-too-much.html?_r=0    

My childhood friend Kathryn is marrying, and she asked me to read a poem at her wedding. I took to this task, at first, like an overachieving English major, yanking heavy anthologies off the shelf and leafing through physical books. Then I reverted to normalcy, typed “wedding poems good” into Google, and emailed a bunch of people to see if they had ideas I could rip off. Entire article here: http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/08/5-kinds-of-poems-you-hear-at-weddings.html #

Why not make it really unique?” After launching her idea a few months ago, Ms. Price has used burlap and silk leaves to create an outdoorsy wedding shower invitation , and corrugated cardboard, with miniature trees Read entire article here: http://www.chattanoogan.com/2015/12/31/315152/Mother-Daughters-Launch-Creative.aspx

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend, but when it comes to engagement rings, some couples are bucking the trend — and forgoing jewelry altogether. Read entire article here http://www.today.com/style/couples-are-sealing-their-eternal-love-ink-tattoo-engagement-rings-t61221 Johnny The Wedding Cocktail Hour Guitarist www.johnnygonzalesmusic.com

Christmas is a very special time and when it comes to asking for her hand in marriage your potential bride-to-be may sincerely reflect her heart decision if you can make a few of her Christmas Engagement wishes come true. These ideas are just a few things that can make a date out into a once in a lifetime event. Here are just a few points to consider that may elevate that moment and her decision into the heavenlies. Gentlemen, here are nine things from her perspective that she would like to hear and see when being asked to be married at Christmas time. 1. That he will give a Christmas gift to my parents or/guardians first and inside the gift ask them for permission to marry me. 2. That he will respect my parents wishes to marry me. 3. That he will look me in the eye when he asks for my hand in marriage. 4. That he will wear that handsome Seasonal clothing article or put on that cologne accessory that I gave him. 5. That he will not combine my engagem...

I Could Have Danced All Night is the joyous exuberance from discovered love. Written from the monumental musical My Fair Lady and released to the silver screen, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Lowe conveys joy beyond comprehension at loves revelation.

The Best Christmas Present Engagement Ideas   Create a jewelry Christmas tree for her with engagement announcement   Gift Wrap engagement rings and put it under the Christmas tree Have carolers sing for her on your behalf asking for her hand in marriage Cook intimate Christmas Turkey dinner and for desert put engagement rings next to her favorite cake or pie. Compose the 12 Days of Christmas asking for hand in marriage as one of the days. Take her Christmas shopping for a favorite coat she likes and put her engagement ring in one of the pockets, gift wrapped of course with her name on it. Whether she says yes or no buy her the coat. Go on Facebook and create a special Engagement page, invite all of your friends and coordinate a time where they all are online at the same time as you ask for hand in marriage. Make her a special Christmas wreath with her engagement ring at the center of it. Ma...

A beautiful love song with a Christmas theme from Beatle George Harrison. A Christmas wedding song.   Tell me what you think.   Johnny

Winter bridal music with a Russian flavor. Played on an acoustic guitar. Here is one of my favorite soundtrack themes from Dr. Zhivago. To the winter brides!