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Meanwhile, Uncle Chan Ting at his table commented that the music selection was a blast from the past and older than us! The strains of the urhu and pipa provided a perfect backdrop and I believe greatly contributed to the success of my Shanghai Nite wedding. As mentioned in the earlier article, the theme wedding can be successfully pulled off with the simple attention to details such as music and coordinated subtlety. Luckily for me, I was able to combine what I wanted in perfect coherence with my theme.

Why not stay away from the usual strains of Kitaro or Kenny G (yawn!) and inject a livelier mood with the music you want. A friend who got married in 1995, played the X-Files soundtrack, enlivening an otherwise somber wedding dinner. More recently, another friend played all 80's music: Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Culture Club, and various other one-hit wonders at her wedding dinner. She wanted to have fun and spare her guests the usual elevator muzak selection as provided by the hotel. As we ate and drank, we she-bopped to Cyndi Lauper and boogied to Billy Idol's White Wedding. The Wedding Singer movie definitely brought back memories of a younger time, when we were still young and innocent with nary a care in the world. Ahhh, thanks to Class 95 (a Singapore radio station, targeted at age group 25 to 45, playing middle of the road pop, hit music of the 70's, 80's and today) and the revival of Retro, us aging Generation X-ers can still live in our time warp on Friday and Saturday nights (Class 95 goes Retro every weekend with celebrity deejay, Doctor Mix. They have also compiled a couple of CDs of Retro music to pander to this lucrative demographic.) and act like the old fogeys that we are becoming.

For those who want to maintain some decorum and conduct a dignified wedding affair, nothing is as unique as having a harpist churn out soul -rending tunes on an actual harp whilst you and your guests slurp your sharksfin soup and devour crispy fried chicken. A good wedding consultant can arrange for the harpist who will turn up in full classical gear, replete with a real harp. My apologies for harping on this (no pun intended,...., well okay, some pun intended) but I was just thrilled to bits when I attended a wedding held in a huge garden with the harpist and her harp evoking haunting melodies right there as if it was the most natural thing in the world. It will lend that certain Je ne sais quoi to your wedding. Of course you had better hurry before everyone jumps on the harp bandwagon and having a harpist at your wedding becomes passé.

Another touch of class can be provided by a string quartet or trio. Remember how the string quartet played on as the Titanic was sinking? Ever so noble and heart-rending, the musicians stood their ground whilst everyone was running around and screaming their heads off! In a sea of chaos, they were calm and steadfast. Besides classical pieces, some quartets and trios can belt out decent pop tunes to the delight of your guests more accustomed to contemporary music. Once again, you know who to call if you want to add these different touches to your wedding. [page 3]