Article: Wedding bells and whistles; Today's brides forgo the white and fork out the green.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)

Byline: Stephanie K. Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Jeannine Nelson is searching for a Scottish bagpiper. Not that the Arlington free-lance writer and editor is Scottish. Her ancestors were mostly Polish. But Miss Nelson hopes to incorporate both Eastern European traditions and her fiance's Scottish customs in the couple's Feb. 21 nuptials at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Annapolis.

Miss Nelson is among the American brides who are redefining the ceremony of matrimony. Customs are changing to reflect changes in culture: Weddings are more elaborate - and more expensive - than the simple rituals of the past, and fewer brides today walk down the aisle ...

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