Anyone who knows us can tell you that Los Tortolitos are huge fans of mariachi music. Some of my favorite memories with Mr. Tortolito are those where we are sitting back and relaxing, sipping on a Paloma while being serenaded by a mariachi band. Mariachi was one of the elements that we knew we wanted to incorporate in our wedding from the start. We can't our wedding without it! They personify my definition of celebration, happy times, joy; and are one of the most genuine expressions of our Mexican culture.
At our reception, mariachi will be entertaining our guests during the cocktail hour into the early part of dinner. We've also got another big role in mind for them: ceremony music. We will be having a Misa Panamericana (Panamerican Mass), which is essentially a full Catholic mass incorporating live mariachi music. The church where we are getting married at has one Panamerican Mass a month, and Mr. Tortolito and I make an effort to go to those since we can't get enough mariachi music! I think this will be the perfect touch to our wedding as well as a treat for our guests since it is not very common in the U.S.
Most of the songs played during mass are pretty standard, only the mariachi will be playing their rendition of them. Music that we do have some freedom with are the processional songs. We need to decide on the beginning processional music, which shouldn't be too difficult of a task. For the bride's entrance, though, I will be walking down the aisle to Ave Maria:
Wow. It's going to take a minor miracle for me to maintain my composure and make it down the aisle to Mr. Tortolito without a river of tears+mascara+eyeliner+contact lenses rushing down my face. But I'll worry about that later.
Anyone else incorporating mariachi music into their big day?
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