Wedding Party = Team Zissou

I am currently deep in the throws of the full blown FLU and blogging from Sick Bed City, CA. Which is why this post may or may not sound a lil on the looney side.  Whatever.  I dig looney.  And you the reader are definitely no stranger to looney when it comes to The Bowie Bride Blog.  So let's rock some balls.

Mike and I love the movie The Life Aquatic. ALL our friends in the wedding party love it too - particularly Mike's sister and our friends from undergrad.  The Life Aquatic was a big deal in our circle of friends when it came out during our college years.  I don't know if that's due to the fact Bill Murray wears a seafoam green wet suit and red beanie throughout most of the movie, or if it's the rad-as-f-ck musical score that makes us love it so much, but every single part of that movie screams AWESOME.

So, since we aren't interested in calling our "Wedding Party" by their "gender appropriate names," i.e. Bridesmaid and Groomsman, I thought we could call them something a little more fun.  We're already crazy enough to name our tables after Bowie Alter Egos, so why not go for the weirdo wedding gold and refer to our Bridal Party as Team Zissou.  There are many advantages to calling our Bridal Party by this name. Please observe:

1. It's badass.
2. It's really f-cking badass.
3. In the movie, one of the Team members, Seu Jorge, plays acoustic Bowie covers sung in  Portugues - which would be VERY fitting cocktail hour music for our Bowie-inspired wedding. I own the whole album of Mr. Jorge's covers and let me tell you: listening to Bowie in Portuguese is kind of awesome. So I know our guests will dig it too.
4. The bridal party will receive the signature Team Zissou red cap. And maybe we'll throw in the signature Team Zissou Speedo as well. IF they're lucky.
   
5. We will wear our red Team Zissou caps proudly when the entire bridal party, Mike, and I are introduced to the reception hall. And we will come out in true Team Zissou fashion: Guns blazing and to the tune of this little number:

The first time I heard this musical piece of genius, I nearly lost control of my bowels because it was THAT amazing. Now. The question remains: Will I be able to control my bowels when it's played at the start of the reception?  Not sure.  But I will tell you this: When it comes to Team Zissou, I'm willing to take the risk.

Are you guys calling your wedding party by an alternate name? And are you doing the whole musical wedding party introduction before the reception thing?