On November 26, 2016 Silver Strings as a quartet did what I like to call an “emergency” wedding. I received a call from Kathy, the mother of the bride, a week before her daughter’s wedding in a near panic because the musicians that daughter, Whitney, had secured weren’t answering calls and emails. I don’t understand that mentality but it was my good luck to get the call.
The wedding took place at a gorgeous place near Percy Priest Lake called The Lodge. There were some very interesting aspects to the ceremony not often seen. All the guests were asked to pick a stone from a basket to hold during the ceremony and along with that, a piece of paper to write something to the newlyweds. At an appropriate time they were asked to think of a wish for the couple and then they were asked to support the couple and answer “Yes I do”. We then played “The Prayer” as the stones were collected and place in a vase as a keepsake.
I’m a little ahead of myself….we played a mix of modern and classical music for the prelude but then played Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” for the parents and wedding party. Whitney met her fiancé at the altar to the strains of Ed Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes’ “Home”. Later during the service Morgan Beckford, a friend as well as a soprano with the Memphis Opera, sang Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love”. Such a pleasure to work with a professional vocalist! We recessed the happy couple to “Here Comes the Sun”.
We played for cocktails, pulling out classic Rock favorites as well as contemporary pop. Fortunately for us we were invited to have dinner after we were finished. There was a fun taco bar from which we filled plates and sat down to watch the disc jockey in action. A few guests offered toasts that had all of us slapping our knees laughing.
Congratulations to Whitney and Dominic and their families!! Best wishes for a long and happy union.
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