When your bride-to-be insists on getting married in a traditional church setting, you might be wondering how to jazz up your ceremony and make it feel more your own. In 2013, one groom, Jordan, hit the jackpot when he mustered up one of the most ingenious wedding entrances on Earth, glitzing the moment with a daring slice of his own personality, all while handing the limelight to his bride, Andrea.
With more than 2.7 million views to date, Music Man readers can watch the couple’s surprising walk-down-the-aisle moment unfold in the video below!
Jordan and his black-suited groomsmen enter the chapel, just as you’d expect. But just before Andrea enters the room in her flowing white gown, the distorted sounds of an electric guitar begin blasting from the altar – the camera panning to reveal Jordan and two of his groomsmen, Jared and Jason, decked out with instruments and serving an exquisite heavy metal rendition of the age-old wedding tune, Pachelbel’s ‘Canon in D.’
Jordan even steals the lead solo on the genre-twisting live cover as he anticipates Andrea’s grand entrance. And while this might sound like a disaster in the making, or a hit episode of Don’t Tell the Bride, the best is yet to come…
With all eyes on the doors, Andrea shocks the wedding guests when she walks down the aisle playing an electric guitar of her own, strumming distortion-rich chords which wed Jordan’s lead riff perfectly, all while her mother watches on with a cackle-worthy look of general distaste plastering her face.
The officiating priest smiles at the bride, but hidden beneath his expression is the same ‘for God’s sake’ look shared by Andrea’s mother, making this clip even more iconic. In all his years of priesthood, we doubt the older gentleman has ever been tied up in a wedding quite like this before!
Jordan and Andrea meet at the altar, both still rocking their segments of their heartwarming ‘Canon in D’ cover; Jordan smiling at his bride as if he can’t believe she actually went through with his insane plan.
By the end of the couple’s top-tier performance, the guests erupt in cheers and applause, marking one of the most unforgettable wedding entrances in internet history.
This antic was clearly Jordan’s idea, from his general confidence to his ability to solo through one of the most high-pressure situations a man can face in his life. But the fact that Andrea matched his vibe and let her groom steal a moment in their otherwise standard wedding ceremony proves their undoubted true love; the ultimate compromise and a story that will make their eventual grandchildren smile. As one top commenter on this viral clip wrote, ‘The couple that plays together, stays together.’