church wedding do we need a choir?

A choir can be a massive help when it comes to the hymns, especially if you don't have a massive congregation or family and fiends that won't sing well iykwim. Choirs sing rather than mumble. Also if you choose hymns that people might not know, choirs help people along. If there is a choir and you can run to it, I'd recommend it. x

I'm going to have a choir as it is only an extra £45 and our families aren't known for their singing talents! I think it will give a lovely sense of occasion too x

We're having a church wedding but have opted not to have the choir, we'd rather save money there and have the bell ringers instead! I think it's safe to say that both of us will be feeling nervous on the day, so standing in front of all our friends and family will be nerve racking enough, without having 30-odd people we've never met watching us exchange our vows!

Also, as we're getting married on a Friday, we figured it probably wouldn't be feasable/fair to expect all of the choir members to be there as they would have to take time off from their day jobs to attend.

if it's something you can imagine having as part of your day though, go for it!

I definitely wasn't planning to. I've always said I didn't want much fuss - no choir, no bells etc. But my mum thinks most people won't sing or will just mumble, and she is right really, so now I'm considering it. If you think your guests will be like mine then it's probably worth thinking about

When my friends got married in a Methodist church they had a choir and they sang Movin' On Up by Primal Scream, which was amazing. It was beautiful and added a real sense of occasion, I thought.

I'd have loved one, and it was only going to be about another £50 or so, again for the reason of just having people actually sing rather than mumble along but we're planning on standing in the area between the choir stalls so people can actually see us a bit better, so its a no go now, cus it'd look and feel really weird having choir members staring right at us from either side throughout the ceremony! hopefully people will just sing up a bit!

I didn't have a choir (was far too expensive at the time) and to be honest, I couldn't even tell you who sang and who didn't. All I could hear was the Vicar, my husband and my dad!

Vicar's are very good at taking the lead with singing and being heard. Choirs are lovely, I had a Gospel Choir but not needed if it's to get the guests singing along.