Kris and Jene - Little Log House Pioneer Village 06/07/08
06/12/08 18:49 Filed in: Events
We arrived at
the Little
Log House Village Hall in Hastings @ 2 pm
yesterday. The weather was sunny and getting
pretty warm, upper 70's with humidity. It had been
raining a lot these past few days and I am sure
Jene and Kris were thrilled to have the sun as a
guest on their special day. I helped Karl unload
into the Village Hall. Easy load in. It was one
great room, all wood floors and walls, high beamed
ceiling with rustic chandeliers. We were on a
stage. The only down side was our stage was very
small and there seemed to be a big dip in the
middle. I was definitely afraid to move around up
there. If I was going to dance I would do so on
the dance floor.
While Karl went to work setting up the system for the reception I headed over to the St. Bonafice Church. It is an old, beautiful church with lots of stained glass, sculptures and original wooden pews that brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. I was going to be in charge of the ceremony music so I wanted to be sure and familiarize myself with the equipment. The wedding party and family were assembled in the church with the photographers. I saw Kris up on the alter and she gave me a big smile. I am always happy to see Kris. She is a fun loving, easy going and a very kind person. I couldn't speak to her at that time because she was having her pictures taken but I found my way upstairs to the equipment. There I met Stacy. She was going to be singing during the lighting of the unity candle. Between Stacy, Beth, the personal attendant and myself we figured out the music and the system and were ready to roll. I went back to the village hall to check on Karl. He already had everything set up and didn't really need my help. I think I put some cases away for him.
Karl looked very handsome last night. I love a white shirt, tie and black pants on him. He looks so professional and clean cut. I guess thats my type. So back to the church. I mingled with the family and friends and felt very good about how things would go. Everybody was in such good spirits and ready to have a great time! I went over the cues with the officiant and wedding party then went back upstairs. We were playing O'Neill Brothers music for the ceremony. I basically just had to start and stop and push the button on the right cd player. Still kind of nerve racking until it is all finished. The Officiant, Groom and Best Man entered, my cue to start mothers processional. The mothers were seated and that was my cue for the wedding party song. Then the white carpet was rolled out and the flower girl and ring bearer came down the aisle to the alter, my cue for the Bridal Processional. All went well. The officiant told me after the exchanging of rings there would be a short prayer and then I was to play the song for the soloist. That also went well and Stacy has a beautiful voice.
Then the recessional and back to he Village Hall for the party. The bride and groom went for a carriage ride and then some of the other wedding party and family went for a ride. When they got back a few more photos then we did a Grant Entrance, that I thought went very well. I had practiced it several times. Jene & Kris chose the "About Us Game" for the clincking of the glasses. They did not provide a basket of names so we improvised. When we saw someone clinking we would go to them and they would have to stand up and say something about the bride and groom (share a story or experience or how they knew them) before Jene & Kris would kiss. Sometimes there were more than one person, of course, clicking but we got to pick who we wanted or who was closest or pick more than one person.
The dinner was buffet style and everyone was saying how good the turkey was. There were toasts by Best Man and Maid of Honor. After dinner some of the wedding party wanted to take some cars back to the hotel. We ended up having to wait quite awhile for them so we started open dancing before the First Dance, etc.. When the people from the wedding party returned we started the formal dances. It was kind of fun breaking it up and doing it later like that. After the First Dance, Kris danced with her father to My Little Girl, by Tim McGraw. Jene's mother is in a wheel chair but got up to dance for the Mother/Son dance, In This Life by Collin Ray. I was almost in tears again. The Mother/Son dances have been affecting me lately. Someday that will be me. Jene's mother had to rest before the song was over and his new mother-law-in stepped in and finished the dance with him. Then the wedding party danced a slow song but it was immediately followed by Rascal Flatts version of Life Is A Highway and that got the party started again!
There was a lot of country music last night, old and new. The other well received genres were eighties and classic and eighties rock. Played a few current hip hop and nineties funk as well. I tried to learn a new dance from one of the young men who had some great moves but ended up making a fool of myself. He could really move. I think I got an A for effort though. At one point the Bride pulled Karl onto the dance floor and a bunch of ladies danced with him. It might have been to Love Shack. The Bride, Kris, told us later that many of her guests commented that we, the DJ's, were a lot of fun and played great music all night. I gave her a big hug. She also told us she was going to refer us anyone who needed a DJ. I felt like things were going well all night and that people were happy but when the Bride and Groom come up at the end of the night and tell you exactly that you know you did your job and you did it well. I reminded Kris that Northfield was not that far from Savage and we should get together another time and she agreed.
I had told Karl before we left for the wedding that if things went really well, he would get a back rub when we got home. Well, I fell asleep on the car ride home so needless to say he did not get a back rub. He just reminded me of that and I am going to go keep my promise right now.
Carol Morgan
www.collsound.com
While Karl went to work setting up the system for the reception I headed over to the St. Bonafice Church. It is an old, beautiful church with lots of stained glass, sculptures and original wooden pews that brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. I was going to be in charge of the ceremony music so I wanted to be sure and familiarize myself with the equipment. The wedding party and family were assembled in the church with the photographers. I saw Kris up on the alter and she gave me a big smile. I am always happy to see Kris. She is a fun loving, easy going and a very kind person. I couldn't speak to her at that time because she was having her pictures taken but I found my way upstairs to the equipment. There I met Stacy. She was going to be singing during the lighting of the unity candle. Between Stacy, Beth, the personal attendant and myself we figured out the music and the system and were ready to roll. I went back to the village hall to check on Karl. He already had everything set up and didn't really need my help. I think I put some cases away for him.
Karl looked very handsome last night. I love a white shirt, tie and black pants on him. He looks so professional and clean cut. I guess thats my type. So back to the church. I mingled with the family and friends and felt very good about how things would go. Everybody was in such good spirits and ready to have a great time! I went over the cues with the officiant and wedding party then went back upstairs. We were playing O'Neill Brothers music for the ceremony. I basically just had to start and stop and push the button on the right cd player. Still kind of nerve racking until it is all finished. The Officiant, Groom and Best Man entered, my cue to start mothers processional. The mothers were seated and that was my cue for the wedding party song. Then the white carpet was rolled out and the flower girl and ring bearer came down the aisle to the alter, my cue for the Bridal Processional. All went well. The officiant told me after the exchanging of rings there would be a short prayer and then I was to play the song for the soloist. That also went well and Stacy has a beautiful voice.
Then the recessional and back to he Village Hall for the party. The bride and groom went for a carriage ride and then some of the other wedding party and family went for a ride. When they got back a few more photos then we did a Grant Entrance, that I thought went very well. I had practiced it several times. Jene & Kris chose the "About Us Game" for the clincking of the glasses. They did not provide a basket of names so we improvised. When we saw someone clinking we would go to them and they would have to stand up and say something about the bride and groom (share a story or experience or how they knew them) before Jene & Kris would kiss. Sometimes there were more than one person, of course, clicking but we got to pick who we wanted or who was closest or pick more than one person.
The dinner was buffet style and everyone was saying how good the turkey was. There were toasts by Best Man and Maid of Honor. After dinner some of the wedding party wanted to take some cars back to the hotel. We ended up having to wait quite awhile for them so we started open dancing before the First Dance, etc.. When the people from the wedding party returned we started the formal dances. It was kind of fun breaking it up and doing it later like that. After the First Dance, Kris danced with her father to My Little Girl, by Tim McGraw. Jene's mother is in a wheel chair but got up to dance for the Mother/Son dance, In This Life by Collin Ray. I was almost in tears again. The Mother/Son dances have been affecting me lately. Someday that will be me. Jene's mother had to rest before the song was over and his new mother-law-in stepped in and finished the dance with him. Then the wedding party danced a slow song but it was immediately followed by Rascal Flatts version of Life Is A Highway and that got the party started again!
There was a lot of country music last night, old and new. The other well received genres were eighties and classic and eighties rock. Played a few current hip hop and nineties funk as well. I tried to learn a new dance from one of the young men who had some great moves but ended up making a fool of myself. He could really move. I think I got an A for effort though. At one point the Bride pulled Karl onto the dance floor and a bunch of ladies danced with him. It might have been to Love Shack. The Bride, Kris, told us later that many of her guests commented that we, the DJ's, were a lot of fun and played great music all night. I gave her a big hug. She also told us she was going to refer us anyone who needed a DJ. I felt like things were going well all night and that people were happy but when the Bride and Groom come up at the end of the night and tell you exactly that you know you did your job and you did it well. I reminded Kris that Northfield was not that far from Savage and we should get together another time and she agreed.
I had told Karl before we left for the wedding that if things went really well, he would get a back rub when we got home. Well, I fell asleep on the car ride home so needless to say he did not get a back rub. He just reminded me of that and I am going to go keep my promise right now.
Carol Morgan
www.collsound.com
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