Quote Originally Posted by Piper View Post
I noticed in an earlier post, something about the Piper being a "surprise". Since you're the Bride, I doubt that would be the case in this instance, but I'd think it would always be a bad idea to surprise the Bride at her wedding. .
Or perhaps know your wife well. I am a person of faith but the church my wife and were married in seemed to be bent on simony. I was truly disturbed. You had to pay a minimum fee for the organist if you had music whether you used her or not, and it was a steep fee. In the spirit of asking forgiveness rather than permission, and since we did not have a wedding Mass but were married at a daily Mass, I had a piper for the recessional hymn and then outside as people exited the Church. I did surprise her with the piper, and my father in law ever a fan of Indian casinos intoned "who won the jackpot" when he heard the pipes.