BS: Another Mudcat Wedding

Subject: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 09:15 PM

Quietly hidden within the Valentine's Day thread is this note from AllanC.:
"This is a very special Valentine's Day for me. In just five more days (Saturday) I will be married to my wonderful valentine, Carmen (Edelweiss on the Mudcat.) It every day it seems that life couldn't possibly get any sweeter; yet each day it does."

Congratulations to my friend and the promise of champagne at the Getaway. Be very happy Allan and Carmen.

Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 09:24 PM

Congrates, AllenC...

...and Carmen.

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: beardedbruce
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 09:24 PM

SINSULL,

Why have champagne when real pain is so easy to get? [bg]


Congrats!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: jimmyt
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 09:29 PM

ALlan Jayne and I am so happy for you and the soon-to-be Mrs!! We always have a room for you! Jimmyt

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: mg
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 10:17 PM

Congratulations and Happy Valentine's Day!! mg

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:00 AM

Congratulations! And you'd better get one of those silly bumper-stickers for the RV--you know--"If the trailer is a rockin', don't come a knockin'" (or have you moved back into a house?)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Amos
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:02 AM

Allan:

Congratulations. Do well!!

A

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Peace
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:29 AM

Wonderful news for both of you.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Linda Goodman Zebooker
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:31 AM

Sweet! All the best,
--Linda

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Jeanie
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 03:04 AM

Many congratulations ! Here's to many happy years ahead for you and Carmen,

All good wishes,
- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: fat B****rd
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 03:07 AM

Congratulations and lots of happiness.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 03:42 AM

They are in a house most of the time, for now, but I am sure the RV will still get used.:-)

It sounds as though the ceremony will be a lot of fun...dressed up in colonial costume in an old tavern/restaurant.

Congratulations!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Genie
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:22 AM

Hey, congrats, Alan and Carmen on making honest people of each other!

Many happy years and happy tunes together!

Genie

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:49 AM

Congratulations Allan and Carmen!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:50 AM

Many congratulations to you both!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Morticia
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 05:16 AM

Conratulations, I hope you both have a wonderful day and a wonderful life.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: karen k
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 05:18 AM

Best wishes to you both. Allan, I'll look forward to meeting Carmen real soon. I wish you both all the best.

karen

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: GUEST,tinker
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 07:48 AM

Congradulations..... promises of lots of Getaway hugs and wonderful wishes headed your way. Enjoy each moment as it comes.

Tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: GUEST,Willie-O
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:20 AM

Hundred thousand congratulations, Allan and Carmen!

May you have many happy years together.

Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:57 AM

Many many many congratulations.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Alba
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:04 AM

Lovely News.
May you both always have Love and Happiness and each others Friendship throughout Life's Path:>)
Warmest Wishes and Congratulations to you Allen and Carmen.
Brightest Blessings
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: kendall
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:24 AM

That's great, the very best to you both.

Back when I was young I had one of those bumper stickers that said
If this van is rocking, don't come knocking."
However, the one I have now says, "If this rig is rocking, I'm probably having a siezure."

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: gnu
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:27 AM

Ahhh. Ain't love grand? Congrat's.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Dani
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:54 AM

YAY!!

See, I told you the Getaway is dangerous....

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 03:39 PM

All the very best wishes form the Duck household.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:48 PM

Post some photos, please!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Teresa
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:57 PM

Conga rats to you both! :D

Teresa

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 10:05 PM

I spoke with Allan today. There will be pictures. He expects to look like a "fat Ben Franklin" without a wig. Carmen will simply look beautiful. 3PM Saturday EST.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 10:20 PM

Congratulations!
Allan, I wondered if you'd ever settle down. Now it seems the wait was certainly worthwhile for you.
All the best to you both.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 11:22 PM

YA! Come see me!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Bert
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 11:24 PM

Way to go Edelweiss, Ya got a good guy there. (Pssst. I bet he's got the best of the deal though).

May you two be as happy as we are.

Tree & Bert.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Áine
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 02:49 PM

Great news, Allan!! Congrats, big hogs and big snugs to both of you ;-) Don't forget to post pics of the big day!!

All the best, Áine

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Col K
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 04:04 PM

Congratulations to you both,
Long life, health and happiness to you both.
Colin

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 05:23 PM

Much love and blessings,
Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 03:30 AM

Congratulations. May you have many happy years ahead of you.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: CarolC
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:00 PM

We've been out of town for a week and missed this the first time around.

Congratulations to the both of you! Hope the wedding was wonderful. (I have no doubt that it was.)

Subject: RE: BS: Not Just Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 04:55 PM

The wedding was exquisite. Nobody could have asked for a nicer one. Carmen was indeed the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Even though I had previously seen the dress she wore, I was in awe of how wonderful she looked in it when she made her entrance.

We chose to have the ceremony in an historic tavern - a local landmark that is now a highly respected restaurant. John Hagan's Tavern was built in about 1785. In order to preserve the feel of that colonial era, the staff dress in period attire. On a whim, we decided to do the same. You can see a couple of samples here.

We found the ceremony especially poignant and so we'll share a bit of it with you:



THE HOMILY
We join together in loving fellowship to share in one of the great sacraments of human life, the uniting of two lives into one of mutual love and loyalty. Neither our presence nor this service gives marriage its sanctity, for only two loving people under the sight of God can do that. But we hope that our presence can lend support and encouragement to the both of you as you begin this new life together.

A good and happy marriage is never complete. What you have before this moment is but a fraction of what you will become together as the years pass. The joy of marriage is filling out the story that you have already begun. And so, with each year, with each joy, with each sorrow, with argument and with each peace, you will become a bit more married. Marriage is not a static state but a lively and challenging adventure and it is my charge to you now to keep that spirit of adventure alive in your life and in your love.

This day is an act of faith in one another. Your faith must not be a vain hope in what the other will do or become. Yours must be that deeper faith that each of you will be acceptable in each other's eyes simply as you are. Such a faith requires that you be honest to yourself as well as being attentive to the other. The years will bring many changes and such a covenant will maintain only so long as you remember that your pledge to one another is a devotion in freedom.

Please remember that your marriage will be like a dance: sometimes close, sometimes apart, but always together. Always remember that courtesy and consideration, even in hard times, are the seeds of compassion and that your love will always be the fruit that will sustain you. Trust, passion, and respect are the sustaining virtues of marriage. Hold them close and they will help you learn from each situation and help you realize that wherever you turn you will always meet yourselves again. And finally, remember, that a good sense of humor is a great redeemer in times of trial and strain.


BLESSING ON THE MARRIAGE
May the spirit of all life bless you on this journey you are beginning and may your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring. May life grant you patience, tolerance and understanding.

May you always need one another - not so much to fill the emptiness as to help each of you know the fullness you have together. A mountain needs a valley to be complete and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain over it. So let it be with each of you.

May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel.
May you embrace one another, but not encircle.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another but not fail in the little graces.

May you look often for things to praise and take no notice of the small faults. And if you have quarrels that push you apart, may each of you have the good sense to take the first step back toward the other again.

May you enter into this passionate mystery that is the awareness of each others' presence. A presence that is as physical as it is spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in distant places.

May you always find your happiness in making each other happy, and may you always find your love in loving each other.



It was a somewhat small gathering - including our (grown) children, their significant others, some grandchildren, and a few other children as well. I think there were 19 people there, counting Carmen and me. The dinner we enjoyed after the vows was almost as memorable as the ceremony. We feasted on such things as crab cakes, roast duckling and, well…see for yourself.

Yes, there was music. The Tavern always plays some wonderful traditional instrumental music CD's that we found to be just great for our purpose. I had tinkered with the idea of compiling some cuts from my favorite Mudcat CD's; but simply ran out of time. Besides, we get to listen to those at home all of the time.

I honestly cannot think of anything that could have made the event more perfect unless there could have been a reenactment of a Getaway style, late-night Mudcat cabin jam waiting for us when we got home. But I guess we'll just have to wait a few months for that. In more ways than I can say, the Getaway this year will be especially momentous and memorable. Among other things, it will be the first anniversary of the reuniting of Carmen and me - the details of which you can find here. (Please ignore that I misnamed the lovely town of Myersville.)

Now the wedding is over and life is more or less back to normal. Even so, it still feels as though everything continues to revolve around us, bringing new joys with every turn. It is difficult for me to imagine that there could be anyone any happier than Carmen and I are. We want to thank all of you for the good wishes, the emails, the PM's, and the phone calls. They have all made a special event even more special. Thank you!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 04:56 PM

I hope all goes well with you both and in the love of the Lord......
Best wishes,Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 05:12 PM

Nice to see some really good news, all the best to you both.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Amos
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 06:50 PM

Wonderful pics, Allan -- live long and prosper with each other!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: CarolC
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 07:34 PM

Mmmmm... warmed brie...

Alan, you two look absolutely perfect together.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 07:56 PM

I'm just so happy for you, Allan. Come see us soon.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 08:02 PM

Allan,
I am genuinely happy for both of you. Now to the practical side - why a full length picture of the groom alone and not the bride? DOH!
Love you,
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 08:39 PM

Simple answer, SINS, the rest of the pictures were not yet available. I'll see if I can talk Edelweiss into posting a couple of them to her Mudcat photos page when we get them.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Mudlark
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 02:39 AM

A toast to the happy couple....Be Happy! And congratulations to you both.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Morticia
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 04:32 AM

Looks like it was a fantastic day! You must have felt the urge to go out and rob a few coaches dressed like that, yes?

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Noreen
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 06:54 AM

Wonderful costumes indeed, and a beautiful setting. Lovely!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Tinker
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 07:01 AM

Congradulations ! I know I posted before...but I guess those wishes were so busy winging through cyber space they forgot to settle here on the pages. Looks and sounds like a wonderful start to a new beginning.

Love to you both,

tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Tiger
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 04:09 PM

Great show, Allan and Carmen. Good luck and best wishes.

Allan, still have your Mudcat signature guitar (silly question)? I fondly remember your tour with bill/sables.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Mudcat Wedding
From: Edelweiss
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 09:36 PM

I posted some photos on my Mudcat photo page.