At the wedding itself, many couples hire small chamber groups to play classical music before and at the end of the ceremony.

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Guests were not told where the wedding was to be held until a week before the event.

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Some called it the wedding of the year - or the decade - or the century.

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The wedding is over quickly, but the feelings for each other have to last a lifetime.

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Many of the guests are invited to a dinner on the night before the wedding.

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So working couples might pay for some or all of the wedding themselves.

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Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John.

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The wedding got an extreme amount of attention from the media.

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Reporters were not permitted to go near the wedding.

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The Clintons tried to keep the wedding top secret.

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Traditionally the bride's parents pay for the wedding.

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About four hundred people reportedly attended the wedding.

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Technology has also made it easier for other people to decide what to give the couple for a wedding gift.

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The exhibit includes over forty examples of women's wedding clothing from all twenty-two countries in the League of Arab States.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Some couples planning a wedding create their own websites so they can provide information to the people they invite.

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And some have both. During a wedding, the couple might read special vows or promises that they have written for each other.

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A wedding guest told the New York Times that he had shown no sign then of being extremist or even at all religious.

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The planner helps the bride find a wedding dress as well as dresses for her bridesmaids.

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He collected folk songs from the Caribbean and Europe, including this "Wedding Serenade" from Italy.

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A wife may hit the ceiling because her husband forgot their wedding anniversary.

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Still,the average cost of a wedding is more than twenty thousand dollars.

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Each group brings its own wedding customs and traditions to the mix.

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When he goes to a wedding, he wants to be the bride.

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The information is entered into a list on a wedding registry.

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