Wow it has finally happened: Tracy and I are married! As she lays here passed out in the hotel on our mini-honeymoon to Niagara Falls I decided to chime in with a quick wedding recap.
Our ceremony took place at the Sylvan Beach Union Chapel at 4pm on Friday, August 21st. It was a little warm in the church as it has no air conditioning. Halfway thru the 20 minute ceremony the Sylvan Beach Fire Department whistle went off drowning out the singing and music. Other than the heat and whistle there we no other glitches. Tracy looked beautiful!
When we finished with the ceremony we did the picture thing. Photo’s all over the beach including in front of the water and at the Sylvan Beach Amusement Park where we went down the Super Slide, on the carosuel, played skee ball and rode the Galaxy roller coaster (funny moment was when our photographer Allen wasn’t quite ready for the jolt around turn one and we thought his camera was going to fly from the car).
Nothing beats a little skee ball on your wedding day!
After some fun at the beach it was time to return to the Radisson where we had our reception in the Garden Grill. When we arrived around 7:15 most of our guests were already there. It was just awesome…. The hardest part was seeing so many people you wanted to say hi to you couldn’t get to because someone else was trying to snag you. If we missed anyone during the night I apologize now.
The appetizers were delicious! I made sure to get my fair share of the mini franks in puff pastry, sesame chicken, gouda cheese with crackers and scallops wrapped in bacon! The best part of the night for many was the drink selection as we brought in MY Tiki Bar from the house and asked the hotel if we could use it to serve our guests. As you can see below it was grand.
My Tiki Bar was a huge hit (taken from my garage lol)
Around 8pm we lined up for introductions to the wedding. It was odd for me as I had lined up hundreds of other brides/grooms and wedding parties in the past but this was my own night and I wasn’t sure if I should line everyone up or let my guest emcee and DJ’s ”The Doctor” Jerry Kraus and Ryan “Bryan Lakes” Misencik do it. (Doc and I started doing parties together some 10 plus years ago and Lakes and I have worked at KISS forever).
Introduction songs and dances as followed:
Parents of Bride: Instrumental mix of Ting Tings and Ridin Dirty
Parents of Groom: Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones
Usher and Maid of Honor: Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship
Best Man: Bad Boys by Inner Circle (he is a sherriff)
Tracy/Kenny: Michael Franti- Say Hey, I Love You
First Dance: Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait
Father/Daughter & Mother/Son Dance: What A Wonderful World
Pre-Toast: Do You Think I’m Sexy (I carried my mom to her table)
Cake Cutting: Grow Old With You and 20th Century Fox
Last Dance: New York, New York as the Yankees beat Boston 20-11
Everyone wondered if I would DJ my own wedding lol… I programmed the cocktail and dinner music for the evening so Ryan and Jerry could enjoy the evening with their dates. Thank goodness for laptop technology as Ryan came up with pre-programmed music sets so he could have fun and dance too. We left spaces for requests and it worked out great!
There were two things that I wish I could have done different: First, I wish I could have taken back playing that four extra holes of golf the Monday before the wedding. On hole 5 I hurt my back and kept playing. I could hardly walk or sit or stand the rest of the week but Dr. Russ Williams put my back into shape.
The other change, while not possible, would be to slow down the night. It flew by! It’s funny how when you are playing a gig it feels like sometimes it is just not moving quickly but our night zipped right along!
Our complete collection of photos and slideshow are now online. You can see them the following ways:
- Twitter Updates: www. twitter.com/ktpgwedding
I guess it is time for me to crash too! Thank you to our families, friends and everyone involved. It was a great night! KTPG
