It's the happiest day of your life! Maybe... Weddings can be moments of incredible joy, or of high drama. So what was the "big deal" on your "big day?"

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Comedian Charlie Demers tells us how he became the star of his own wedding - partly by being the groom, but also partly thanks to his mastery of Catonese pop music.

So the big day is planned... the honeymoon is booked... and then your bride-to-be decides to call the whole thing off. Whaddya do? If you're Franz Wisner, you take the honeymoon anyway - with someone else. We'll talk with the author of Honeymoon With My Brother and How the World Makes Love... And What It Taught a Jilted Groom about why being left at the altar was the best thing that ever happened to him.

A lot of couples feel some butterflies in their stomach on their wedding day... but nothing quite like Heather Kent and her fiance Ian MacKay. They'll tell us how their destination wedding turned into a stomach-churning destination disaster.

What's your most vivid wedding day memory? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street for your stories.

In 2003, Rob Sutherland and Barry Simon met in Ottawa on Canada Day... and fell in love. Over the next eight years, the two occasionally talked about getting married... but never got around to doing it. Until last summer, when something unexpected made the question much more urgent. Rob will tell us their story.

Everyone knows that putting on a wedding is a monumental undertaking. Chris and Jaqi Ross were so overwhelmed just thinking about it that they let their engagement drag on for three years... until Jaqi saw an ad for a free "anti-wedding" planner. They'll tell us about the challenges of planning their wedding - and whether it's even possible for a wedding to be an "anti-wedding." (For the Washington Post video on the project, head here.)

Eleven years ago, Ruby Yudai and her sister were invited to the Philippines for a very special occasion: to serve as bridesmaids at their uncle's wedding. The thing is, Ruby hadn't been to the Philippines since she was four years old. And she wasn't entirely familiar with all the rituals of a traditional Filipino wedding. So in the days leading up the wedding, Ruby made all kinds of faux-pas... but none beats what actually happened during the ceremony...

When Nadine Schweigert decided to walk down the aisle a couple of months ago, she felt like she had found the perfect match. She was marrying somebody she knew intimately and had spent her whole life with.  Except her stroll to the altar wasn't like most others - because Nadine was getting married to herself. She'll tell us why she decided to get hitched... solo.

There are few shopping experiences as pressure-filled as shopping for a dress. So will Sook-Yin Lee say "yes" to the wedding dresses she tries on... even though she's not getting married? Tune in to find out... (Below: Sook-Yin tries on the dress.)




What would you do if the best laid plans for your dream wedding started to go up in smoke... literally? We'll talk with Nancy and Michael Rogers about their hot... very hot... wedding ceremony. (Below: The happy (?) couple. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicholas Augustus)




What could be more fun than a road trip? Well, how about a road trip combined with weddings all across the United States? That's what Stephen Mosher and his partner Patrick Dwyer did last year to celebrate their 25th anniversary together as a couple. The two men drove to all eight states where same-sex marriage is legal... and got hitched. They'll tell us about it... and about Married and Counting, the documentary they made about the experience (you can see the trailer below).




And here's our music playlist for Saturday, June 23:

Imaginary Cities - "Marry the Sea"
The Avett Brothers - "January Wedding"
Billy Idol - "White Wedding"
KD Lang - "Helpless"
Hidden Cameras - "Ban Marriage"
Cadence Weapon - "Jukebox"
Rah Rah - "Little Poems"
The Dixie Cups - "Chapel of Love"
Sarah Harmer - "Open Window (The Wedding Song)"