Saturday, November 05, 2005
Let's Dance...
Alex and Clarissa's got married last June. Here they are six months later. Clarissa looks lovely. Alex looks like he’s getting the picture.
What about the wedding? Well, it was in a large Catholic Church in the middle of the afternoon. It was over ninety out but cooler inside. I like this church!
Catholic weddings are great. They’ve got it down to a science-they’ve been at it for a while. Everything’s informal, but they don’t skip the essentials.
There’s a good deal of wandering around by people who may, or may not, be part of the ceremony. The minister walks out into the aisle during his sermon. The soloist sounds great, but looks like she sings all day, every day.
Communion? Of course.
I’d have to say this was a partisan Cuban event. The Martinez family and their friends were represented well. There were plenty of tuxedos and dresses with trains. I wore a Brooks Brothers suit and looked like I belonged in the vestry. The bridesmaids looked the best of all other than the bride herself, naturally.
The reception was in a hotel after the ceremony around 4:30 P.M. This included dinner, so it was going to be a long night.
No matter. The room was a three-story rotunda with all the tables on the first floor...sort of like a huge oval office. You can not believe how good the sound was in those acoustics.
A live band with plenty of horns played Latino music. When they took a break, a DJ took up the slack. The music was continuous until the party ended. And that’s a good thing, because…
Cubans Really Like To Dance!
Believe me, it was a show. Juan Manuel Fangio, five time World Champion race-car driver (Argentina) said, “Racing is life, all the rest is waiting.” Well, I bet Cubans think, “Dancing is life, all the rest is waiting.” They’re so good at it, to sit there and watch was a pleasure, hour after hour.
There was a couple so in tune, so fluid together, I went up to them later on and said, “You two are married, right? You dance so well with each other.”
“Yes,” she said. “And you are the person who does the blog?”
Well, they dance way better than I blog. No question.
Posted by Jamie Stollenwerck, November 2005 ¶ 8:01 PM
Alex and Clarissa's got married last June. Here they are six months later. Clarissa looks lovely. Alex looks like he’s getting the picture.
What about the wedding? Well, it was in a large Catholic Church in the middle of the afternoon. It was over ninety out but cooler inside. I like this church!
Catholic weddings are great. They’ve got it down to a science-they’ve been at it for a while. Everything’s informal, but they don’t skip the essentials.
There’s a good deal of wandering around by people who may, or may not, be part of the ceremony. The minister walks out into the aisle during his sermon. The soloist sounds great, but looks like she sings all day, every day.
Communion? Of course.
I’d have to say this was a partisan Cuban event. The Martinez family and their friends were represented well. There were plenty of tuxedos and dresses with trains. I wore a Brooks Brothers suit and looked like I belonged in the vestry. The bridesmaids looked the best of all other than the bride herself, naturally.
The reception was in a hotel after the ceremony around 4:30 P.M. This included dinner, so it was going to be a long night.
No matter. The room was a three-story rotunda with all the tables on the first floor...sort of like a huge oval office. You can not believe how good the sound was in those acoustics.
A live band with plenty of horns played Latino music. When they took a break, a DJ took up the slack. The music was continuous until the party ended. And that’s a good thing, because…
Cubans Really Like To Dance!
Believe me, it was a show. Juan Manuel Fangio, five time World Champion race-car driver (Argentina) said, “Racing is life, all the rest is waiting.” Well, I bet Cubans think, “Dancing is life, all the rest is waiting.” They’re so good at it, to sit there and watch was a pleasure, hour after hour.
There was a couple so in tune, so fluid together, I went up to them later on and said, “You two are married, right? You dance so well with each other.”
“Yes,” she said. “And you are the person who does the blog?”
Well, they dance way better than I blog. No question.
Posted by Jamie Stollenwerck, November 2005 ¶ 8:01 PM
