I was attending the wedding of a friend this weekend. It was an old time sort of wedding in an 1870's church out in Bayou Salado (South Park). Another friend was playing old time banjo for the ceremony and I couldn't help but join in on the fiddle. At the end of the ceremony my banjo playing friend told me we would play "Marching Through Georgia" as the wedding party exited. I was sure I heard that wrong as the groom is somewhat Conferate in his leanings. But sure enough to my astonishment, that's the tune that came out of the banjo and I joined in. I asked him about it after the wedding. It is a New Mexico tradition started in the the 1870's (like the church). The folks in that area apparantly liked the sound of the tune they heard during the "War of Northern Aggression" (ahem)(as my friend puts it). It quickly became a traditional wedding tune with the name: "Marcho de las Novios" (the March of the Newlyweds). Ya coulda knocked me over with a feather. So now I have another form or use of this popular tune.

Rex