I have played for many weddings on the sundeck of the Potawatomi Inn, but this was the first time the weather wouldn’t cooperate for Becky and Jimmy’s outdoor ceremony. Fortunately, the Lake James Ballroom is still a beautiful place to get married when the rain keeps everyone inside!
The room was partially set up for the reception, with chairs arranged on the dance floor for close family. All of the other guests sat at their assigned tables. The parents and grandparents of the couple entered to “King William’s March,” followed by the bridal party processional of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”
Becky opted for “Canon in D” for her processional. During the ceremony, the couple placed love letters they had written to each other in a box. As they did this, I played “Prelude in C” ~ another Bach piece. The traditional “Wedding March” by Mendelssohn was the recessional, and I kept the upbeat mood going with the postlude as the guests exited the ballroom and went through the receiving line.
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