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Sat, May 03, 2008

Big Wedding

Posted at 9:45 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

Our office manager got married today. It has been many years since I attended a full formal wedding. And I'm sure I have never attended a wedding reception in an aircraft hangar before (it was a small hanagar, but still --). There were 10 seat per table, and there were a LOT of tables: I wasn't quite geeky enough to count the tables, but there were probably 300 or 400 hundred guests.

The ceremony, gowns and food at the reception were all very nice. Heather's gown was magnificent, and the bridesmaid gowns were also quite pretty in several pastel colors. The groomsmen wore black tuxes and black shirts, with ties and vests that coordiated with their partners among the bridesmaids. It made a very elegant effect.

They've changed the rules for Catholic weddings: it no longer involves a full Mass including the consecration and communion.

And I was amazed by the number of women who wore pure black to a formal wedding. My generation and subculture tended to skip the big church weddings with the princess gown and huge reception and gift registry, but wearing black at a wedding is just... ewww.

I left a little while after the dancing started. "Dutch Hop" music is very similar to polka music. The live band was keyboards, accordion, trombone and hammered dulcimer, and overly amped.

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