Soggy Downpour only Increases the Fun at Krista & Matt's Wedding
New Hartford, Conn. (TWDF) - Soggy conditions did not dampen the mood or the food of the revelers at Krista and Matt's outdoor wedding on Saturday at the Grande home. The only thing to be ruined was the footwear of the women of the bridal party, which either dissolved or reverted to its pre-dyed colors. The handsome groom Matt helps beautiful bride Krista show here that the backup footwear choices can be just as fashonable and infinitely more practical.
A wedding attendee who works at Miss Porters Finishing School in Farmington said to the mother of the bride that it was one of the most elegant weddings she had ever attended.
The caterers said that they usually have lots of leftover food but that the wedding attendees ate it all. It is not known at present whether the wedding party was charged extra for not leaving any leftovers for the next couple.
Weather Channel meterologist and all around bad weather guru Jim Cantori was on hand for the event, but washed away in a wave of water before he could file any live footage. We have not heard from him since but he was munching on a lovely hors d'oerve. As you can tell, living with a French couple has not improved my French spelling (sorry Etienne and Brigit!).
The thirty acres of the wonderful Grande property provided ample audio buffering for the merrymaking, which, while lasting joyously and boistrously late into the night, attracted virtually no notice from local law enforcement authorities.
The pre-service music featured J.S. Bach's Air for the G String (not the wardrobe-related kind), Abide with Me, and Siciliano with Krista's Aunt Barbara on the Recorder. Cousin Sarah followed on the French Horn with Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze (written at a time of full employment of Serta Sheep), and Alexander Glazunov's Reveries. Glazunov was not available for further elucidation of these Reveries, so we are left to wonder..
The tent had ideal accoustics for French Horn, Recorder and Piano Playing, singing, and general partying.
The bridal processional music was Sarah Decker's arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D, for Flute (Charlene Riccardi) and French Horn.
Rick Riccardi, of Rick Riccardi and the Bronson Orchestra accompanied the above instrumentalists, as well as the choir on the anthems Borning Cry and When Love is Found. Rob Pedersen of "We do good music and we do it fast" raced through The Wedding Song so that we could test Rick's keyboard skills and get to Krista & Matt's big kiss and the recessional Purcell Trumpet tune, which Sarah ably transposed on the fly.
The incredibly cool party favor books were masterminded by Krissy Pedersen. They are folded so cleverly that I suspect that she doubles as a secret agent for Rand McNally. It features a poem from Dad on the inside - for the text, checkout this December, 2003 entry.
The bridesmaids were Deb Bushman and Laura Grande and Krissy Pedersen and Kelly, who was with us via satellite from Bogotá, Colombia. The groomsmen were Rob and Jon Pedersen and David Patrie and Stephen Landry. JJ Pedersen was the ringbearer. The wedding party graciously decided not to send JJ all the way to Mt. Doom in the land of Mordor, but merely a few steps away to Rev. House. JJ seemed very happy to give up the rings, not having magically bonded to them in any way.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Enos and Barbara Strauss served as lectors.
Wedding Photos courtesy of TWDF News Service representatives Rick and Stacey Riccardi. Rick was able to play keyboard with his hands and take digital pictures with the foot pedals. Wedding weekend coverage continues below, and later this week on twdf.net.
The dapper ringbearer, JJ, prepares to hand the rings to Rev. House. Krissy, the mother of the dapper ringbearer shows relief that the rings are still attached to the pillow after having clanked to the floor just minutes before. Deb, in the foreground, looks on.
It's official -- that is, if Deb and my signatures as witnesses on the wedding certificate are certified by a tribunal. (No wait, I'm getting the adoption and wedding processes confused).
Matt and Krista share a kiss in response to the incessant banging of dishes of excited onlookers. Only at wedding receptions can we get away with this sort of behaviour.
