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Cyberdancer Does Not Dance
at her own wedding! Ahh, you're thinking, broken leg? against the religion? Nope. Just no formal reception. We bought some champagne and a cake at the grocery store that day, put on some records, threw a bouquet and a garter, but I don't remember dancing...
So instead of regaling you with the story of what that Bride & Groom dance was, I'll tell ya about the hippie songs that were part of our actual wedding ceremony.
...which was in a Catholic church and everything! We did have a reading from the scripture, but we also did a duet reading (drama queen and king, don't forget) from The Prophet and e.e.cummings, I think. I honestly don't remember. We were both nervous wrecks, and my Oral Interp professor from the previous (Spring) semester gave us a B- on the delivery. Another couple (male and female) also did a dramatic reading as they joined the Best Man (Joe's nephew, one year younger, who also made our rings, but not for that day--I keep promising to tell that story...) and Maid of Honor (my sister, who you will recall had married me previously --17 years previous, to be precise). That was pretty cool. At least, I thought so at the rehearsal. So much blurs in the bliss of the moment. Joe's nephew 2 years younger was the guitarist--our version of organist-- at our wedding. He played from the choir loft, out of sight, instrumental versions of the rock songs of the day. All I know is that he played Arlo Guthrie's lilting melody "Alice's Restaurant" as my processional:
"You can get anything you like...."
and the Beatles' "Two of Us"
"...riding nowhere..." as our recessional!
In the midst of the ceremony our friend Cheryl sang "A Time for Us" from the Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet, very popular that year. Romantic, huh? She would go on to become an opera singer in the very home of opera, Rome. Ken continues to play guitar in rock band after rock band.
And 30+ years later, the two terrible readers can be heard humming,
"We’re going home.
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead..."
~~ex"Two of Us," The Beatles
To be fair, I think we did dance at our impromptu BYOB reception. Probably to "Light my Fire"... but maybe not with each other, come to think of it.
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Okay, you did it to me again. Now I'll have songs from Get Back / Let It Be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Not that there's anything wrong with that! - Karen
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I--am--constantly--astounded.^
[and that is one of my favourite late
Beatles song~naturally autobigrafical]
The dancer should get married more
often---even if she doesn't hoof it!
9/24/04 2:56 PM
Didn't dance with eachother huh?
LOL