Yesterday was Prism's second gig in a week, and it was a great one!
We played for a wedding at the
Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho. This wedding was held on the Sandstone Terrace, a lovely, breezy patio alongside some convention rooms at the hotel. One of the brides has Japanese ancestry, so the wedding included elegant Asian elements. The ceremony took place in front of the two double doors in the picture, and they created a backdrop of red paper fans, red hanging paper lanterns, and streamers of folded paper cranes. The brides both wore Asian inspired clothing with matching red woven fabric, and the young ring bearers wore kimonos.
The couple also included some Japanese music in the ceremony. They requested that one of us play a melody called Sakura while the attendants entered, so Nell was able to find the piece and did a beautiful solo rendition of it. We don't have a recording of her playing it, but
here is an idea of what it sounds like. It's a simple, melancholy sort of song, but it sounded just perfect.
The rest of the ceremony focused on great wedding classics, plus lots of sacred worship music. One
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by JS Bach, and the second entered to
Canon in D by Johan Pachelbel. During the ceremony, friends of the couple read inspirational prayers, and a worship team with singers and a guitarist performed several hymns. You can see the first two pages of their wedding program to the right; the couple included the sheet music to the hymns so that the guests could join in. What a great idea! Dave couldn't resist and especially enjoyed singing along to the hymns.
bride entered to
After the ceremony, the couple exited to
Hornpipe (from The Water Music) by GF Handel, and everyone adjourned to a reception room to mingle before dinner was served in a nearby convention room. We got to join the guests there and help provide a jolly atmosphere until dinner was ready. We played lots of uplifting favorites like
You Raise Me Up by JB Graham and Rolf Lovland,
Top of the World sung by The Carpenters, and
Makin' Whoopee by Donalson. We got a request to play some Beatles, so we played Hello Goodbye (sadly, we have no recording of it yet) and
When I'm 64.
What a great way to spend a Friday evening!
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