Ipod ceremony music? Which speakers?

Aww, sorry to hear about your guitarist.  Reminds me of the person we rented chairs from.  She was just starting out her business so her delivery fee was much lower than normal.  We booked her about 6 months in advance.  As time went on, she caught on to the business, and asked us for a deposit, which we were fine giving her.  Then she tried to up our delivery fee.  Good thing we had previous invoices to show her.  She ended up giving us the lower fee.  However, I was still worried that we might have pissed her off and our chairs wouldn't be delivered.  Worst things could happen so I wasn't too worried.  Thankfully everything turned out great! 

I think it's wise to have a back up plan for music, as that is very important.  I used an iPod speaker for my outdoor garden ceremony.  I'm sorry I can't remember the name of it.  We went there ahead of time to test it out.  I thought it was fine.  But the day of the wedding we had some minor glitches.  That day with the music turned up to the max, the music sounded staticy at times.  Not very good quality.  From far away it sounded fine but closer up it wasn't so great.  There was also a long pause before we walked down the aisle as a married couple but it wasn't a big deal.  My suggestion is to buy a few speakers to try them out.  Test it with the volume to the max (account for the noise volume to be louder the day of with everyone talking pre-ceremony).  Listen to the sound quality from near and far.  It's also a good idea to have the person who is in charge of the music present so they know what works best.  My person wasn't able to make it to our test run.  Hope this helps!