Shadows Ranch Wedding

Yesterday I played a wedding in Georgetown, CO at Shadows Ranch. I played duets with a cellist also from Denver. She was great! Shadows Ranch was a very sweet old country house with a large backyard. It had a small pond and a small lake out back. The wedding was held in the back yard on the lakeside. The bride and groom stood elegantly under a lit gazebo. My favorite part about the wedding was the horse and carriage that took the bride all the way around the lake and then up to the start of the aisle. After the ceremony, the horse took the bride and groom around the lake while the guests gathered to welcome the returning couple in a shower of bubbles. It was so precious! The only negative part about the wedding was that it was planned for 5:30 p.m., outside, in August, in Colorado. That means...RAIN. Fortunately we were set up under a small tent. We had to share the tent with the sound system and we were cramped for room, but we were dry. As far as our instruments were concerned, dry was all that really mattered. The ceremony was short and sweet. There was a poetry reading, personalized vows, and a unity candle lit by the mothers. We played very traditional pieces: Pachebel, both Wedding Marches, and Jesu. The bride had one bridesmaid and one groomsman and a flower girl. The colors were lavender and light blue.