Reminder: The names have been changed to protect the guilty!
On 11/27/21 Mary and Cal tied the knot in front of family and friends at a beautiful location overlooking the Cumberland River on the grounds of The Estate at Cherokee Dock. Silver Strings was a trio with Craig Duncan on violin, Linda Davis on viola and Paul Nelson on cello playing hymns for prelude including “Fairest Lord Jesus”, “How Deep the Father’s Love”, and “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”. For the mothers and grandmothers we played “My Tribute”. Next came the bridesmaids’ entrance to “A Thousand Years”. Mary chose Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” for her entrance on her father’s arm.
The officiant guided the couple through their ceremony with humor and spirit. Part of the ceremony consisted of Communion for the Annie and Josh while her brother and girlfriend, one singing and one playing guitar, serenaded them with “How Great Thou Art”. The triumphant recessional, “You Are the Best Thing” was played for the newlyweds’ exit.
Angie Ruiz of Velour Premier Events was planner and coordinator for this wedding celebration. Angie does such a fantastic job of running the show she has made it to the top ten wedding planners/coordinators in Nashville. It’s always a pleasure working with her.
Before prelude I began to worry that I had given Craig the wrong start time and called to find out why he was so late. He was on the grounds but trying to figure out why he’d had a a loud noise develop on his van right after he entered the gate. Nothing to be done so he got to the site with enough time to talk through the necessary details of the ceremony. Paul and I both went to his van to make sure he was going to be able to get home ok. It turned out that one of the tires was punctured when he rolled over a sharp something or other that caused the tire to lose air rapidly. Craig and Paul decided they could change the tire themselves…which turned out to be quite a challenge in the dark with only cellphone flashlights for light. I wasn’t much help except to hold the flashlights…like a girl. Car jacks aren’t what they used to be, taking forever to crank up the vehicle. We didn’t think to block the tires at first to prevent the van from rolling and had to start over when we noticed the jack was starting to lean as the van was being raised. By the time the mission was accomplished I couldn’t feel my toes anymore it was getting so cold. All’s well that ends well. Craig was able to make it home safely.
But I digress…Congratulations to the happy couple! Silver Strings wishes them many years of happiness, adventure and joy.
