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June 28 was a busy day for weddings.  A Silver Strings trio was dispatched to Benton Chapel that afternoon to play a mostly traditional wedding music for the wedding of Lindsay and Dustin.  Lindsay chose “Canon in D” for her processional but threw tradition to the wind for the recessional, exiting with her new husband to the strains of “Wagon Wheel” played by master fiddler, Julianna Waller.

Benton Chapel is a lovely sanctuary with clean lines and wonderful acoustics.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to be a part of this celebration but did get some pictures of the rehearsal.  The love among the family members was abundantly clear and I have every confidence that this is a match made in heaven.

Congratulations to Lindsay and Dustin and their families!

On June 26, 2014 Silver Strings had the honor of performing the music for the wedding of Jeremy and Shanique at the Foundry located near Marathon Village.  We were a quartet again and warmed up the guests with songs like “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and John Legend’s “All of Me”.

We played a mix of traditional and contemporary music for the processionals…”Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” for the families and Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed” for the attendants.  A most precious part of the processional was a young fellow acting as the Town Crier carrying a sign that said “Here Comes the Bride”.  The small stage at the Foundry was filled with smiling attendants beaming as a stunningly beautiful Shanique approached the altar to a recording of a friend of theirs, Michael Hicks, singing “A Song For You”.  It was a very wonderful and dramatic processional.

Blessings to Jeremy and Shanique and may they live happily together and prosper.

This party had to have been the coolest party yet.  Angie and Lyndon invited their friends and family to an “engagement party”, telling only a couple of key people that they were actually getting married that evening.  The scene was a lovely home of a friend…we should all have such generous friends.  Because it was a second marriage for both of them, they didn’t want the fuss of a big wedding and thus the subterfuge.

Silver Strings played pop and rock favorites to contribute to the virtual smoke screen so that guests wouldn’t know what was up.  About 45 minutes into the party Angie excused herself to don her wedding dress and at a signal from Lyndon, we began to play “Canon in D” to bring her in to marry Lyndon right then and there with their offspring standing up with them.

Congratulations to Angie and Lyndon and wishes for many happy years together.