snowballing down the aisle

After the bedekin it felt like everything went on warp speed/auto pilot and I was just along for the ride. MiMi helped me make sure my veil would stay on, tied our rings onto a ribbon so that they weren't loose in Ben's pocket, and our parents helped Ben into his kittle. The same kittle my mom spent 2-3 days making for him after my attempts were thwarted by my fuzzy bridal brain (never ask a bride to do arithmetic or cut fabric).

Before walking down the aisle, I wish I could have heard the ceremony music better but because it was so chilly and damp out I was sequestered behind closed doors. When I did try and crack the door open to listen, our DOC pushed the door shut again, saying that it wasn't my turn yet. :( Oh well, it sounded great through the doors!

Here's what happened (from the program). Remember, all the music was by La Bella Brass Quintet:

Prelude

Great Gate of Kiev – Mussorgsky

Shepherd's Hey – Grainger

Quintet No. 3 movement I – Ewald <-they ended up playing the entire piece because the bedekin took so much longer than expected



Kiddie Parade

Carnival of The Animals, Royal March of the Lions – Saint-Saens

Processional and Circling

Western Fanfare – Ewazen (grandparents and siblings)

Earl of Oxfords March – Byrd (Ben, AKA the groom)

Les Preludes – Liszt (me, AKA the bride as a I processed w/ my parents and then circled Ben 7 +1 extra time for no reason)



Yartzeits

lighting a memorial candle



Kiddushin (or Erusin)

blessing over wine and marriage and betrothal and ring ceremony



Reading of the Ketubah



Reading

I Like You (excerpt), by Sandol Stoddard



Nissuin

reading the Sheva B’rachot

Oseh Shalom

traditional Jewish song

Birkat Cohanim

priestly blessing



Breaking the Glass!



Recessional

Simmon Tov u Mazel Tov!



Postlude

Dance – Renwick

Die Bankelsangerlieder – Anonymous

Quintet No. 3 movement IV – Ewald

Ben looks so serious in the above photo! But, I'm glad his parents look so happy. It looks like less of a gangplank walk this way :-P

This is where my mom told me to think of my HS graduation, and be glad that it wasn't snowing at the wedding too.

And I laughed down the aisle. I wish I'd remembered to look at Ben before circling him. Whoops.

At least I got to look at him at the end of the aisle, that's what matters. Poor, cold guests. There were blankets for them to use on their laps, but only my girlfriends whom I'd mentioned the blankets to took them and then wore them like cloaks!

Also, see those 2 video cameras? Why haven't I seen ANY video yet? I know my friend Miri taped it for us, but it's in PAL format and she needs to find someone to convert it to regular DVD for us. Someday, it'll make a great belated wedding gift.

Ceremony to be continued....