The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44855   Message #662580
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
04-Mar-02 - 01:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
Well, what a pleasant surprise to return home and see all the expressions of goodwill. Thank you all, I am going to send PMs to each of you to thank you.

The wedding went off without a hitch. It was somewhat unconventional to say the least. We were married at 7.30 on the stage of the Main Street Cafe in Homestead, on the night of our Friday Open Mike, and the place was packed with all our friends here in South Florida. Lynn, the notary who married us, is a friend and a regular at the Open Mike. This was also her first wedding so she was thrilled.

Yvonne came down the "aisle" to the sounds of the Wedding March played on electric guitar by our local guitar hero, Scott Emmons. If you remember how Hendrix played the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, you can imagine how Scott played the Wedding March. It was wonderful.

Afterwards, everybody sang for us, and we had the honor of hearing a song specially written and sung for us by Grant Livingston, one of Florida's best singer/songwriters.

Our wedding cake was British style, fruit cake with hard icing (frosting). ( American wedding cakes for those who haven't tasted them are soft, with soft icing and have to be eaten with a fork )

I will send in a photo for the Photos page as soon as I have something digitized.

Once again thanks for your good wishes, and I will contact everybody personally by PM.

Murray