Moving playlists AND songs from one computer to another

Hi there,
I need to move several playlists and the songs in those playlists from my Mini to my laptop. Why? The laptop is going to be playing the music at my wedding, and the Mini's staying home.
I have 6 different playlists. I know how to export the playlists as an XML file and import that file onto the laptop. But what about the files themselves? Between the 6 playlists, there's probably over 200 songs. I'd rather not hunt them all down, move them manually to the laptop, export XML playlists, lather, rinse, repeat.... but I suppose I will if I need to!
If it help, my Mini's entire iTunes library lives on an external hard drive.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Moral support?

I'm confused--if your laptop is authorized to play all of the songs in your mini library, why can't you just burn a DATA DVD (if you have a DVD burner) of everything on the playlist. This should work on your laptop (as long as it's authorized to play purchased tunes). Post back if you have questions, but I don't know why this won't work!

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