What will play when you or your friend makes that great entrance at the chasunah? These top ideas will get the dance floor hopping!
Everyone remembers their wedding day. Sort of. Yeah, I know it runs by in blur, but not everything. Those of us who were picky about the songs were very busy with our song selections.
But, one thing that was gonna make it or break it, whether you’re musical or not, was the intro.
Oh! That intro! Yes, indeed! All the pieces of your band heralding the arrival of His and Her Royal Highness, the chassan and kallah just outside the doors of the ballroom! The bochurim jumping up and down in crazy dances waiting for you just burst into the room so they could hoist you on their shoulders to the dance floor.
There are many intros that make us tick. However, while most happen to be secular, it doesn’t have to be in order to be good. And sometimes, a Jewish one may even sound better than you envisioned.
Here is my rundown on 5 awesome Jewish intros that can rock your wedding experience off to a great start. (Oh! You’re already married?? Well, then you can tell your single friends before it’s too late.)
Look how much energy you can start off your chassuna with. You can keep it cool and keep it Jewish! What a way to start it off.
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Are all of these intros sourced from Jewish sources? I know that many have borrowed from other music in the past.
Could be. But many of these don’t have an obvious non-Jewish source and certainly doesn’t reflect such a feeling. I do believe that some of these are quite original. If you find out otherwise, please let me know.
Personally, I see things from a slightly different perspective. It doesn’t depend so much on the source as on how the music makes people feel, which is evidenced in how they move. Does the intro make people dance in a leibedik way, or in an inappropriate way? You can see it when you’re at a wedding – regardless of whether the music is “technically” Jewish or not. I think most of us know that much of contemporary (as well as non-contemporary) Jewish music has been borrowed from secular sources.
I also have no idea what my intro was. I just know that it wasn’t ear-splitting, was quite leibedik, and made me happy.