Private Celebrations Become Public
We’ve been off to the far reaches of the country – North Carolina, Ohio, New York, Indiana – on various family missions. Mark saw Les Paul play in NYC. Peter and I married off our college roommate in Cincinatti.
One such mission was my own wedding in the North Carolina mountains, at which several incarnations of the PleaseRock posse made appearances. The jam session at the reception included friends from Y O U, Yacht Rock, Trances Arc, the Constellations, the Greater Vavoom, Lithp, Second Shift, The Rejects (my dad’s band), and .38 Special.
Bencuya, Dannells, and Freeman led a mini-orchestra through my arrangements of music ranging from Bach and Chopin through the Beatles and Sufjan Stevens for the ceremony. Beau Dobbin was kind enough to record: flute, acoustic guitar, vibes, harpsichord, trumpet and violin in windy outdoor conditions are tough, but he did well. Here’s the orchestra performing Moviekiss.
Ginger from A Moment in Time took photographs, proving as adept at rock photography as she was at the more traditional wedding-ish moments.
Overall, it was a fairy tale wedding. Just like the wedding on The Hills… with the exception of everything.
