The Irony of a Lonely Band
The Setting:
A Wedding
two families
old friends
small town
joy
rose petals on the floor
hughs, smiles, some tears
A band
The Irony:
Everyone left.
The band stayed. They played every song they had been hired to play, they came all the way from a neighboring town and wanted to be part of the celebration. Everything happend too fast, everyone was ready to go to the reception...the newlyweds left first, then the guests, then the families....the band stayed.
It was a good band. It was just nostalgic to see them playing on an empty plaza, in front of an empty church.
But they knew that people were listening...and watching. From the small shops around the plaza, across the street from the church.
I was listening, I wanted to stay! But it was my sister's wedding. It broke my heart to leave them playing by themselves, but it made me happy that they loved their music.
It's probably one of the nicest memories of the wedding.
They're still playing in my head.
A Wedding
two families
old friends
small town
joy
rose petals on the floor
hughs, smiles, some tears
A band
The Irony:
Everyone left.
The band stayed. They played every song they had been hired to play, they came all the way from a neighboring town and wanted to be part of the celebration. Everything happend too fast, everyone was ready to go to the reception...the newlyweds left first, then the guests, then the families....the band stayed.
It was a good band. It was just nostalgic to see them playing on an empty plaza, in front of an empty church.
But they knew that people were listening...and watching. From the small shops around the plaza, across the street from the church.
I was listening, I wanted to stay! But it was my sister's wedding. It broke my heart to leave them playing by themselves, but it made me happy that they loved their music.
It's probably one of the nicest memories of the wedding.
They're still playing in my head.
posted by Juan Pablo at 10:22 PM
2 Comments:
why didn't the band continue playing at the reception? Vanessa
Humm...good question. There were TWO bands! The one I hired for when my sister got out of the church, (which no one knew about until they saw it), and the one at the reception.
In small towns, it is typical to have a band playing right after the wedding, and since she was getting married in a small town, I decided to find one. The real reception and big band were at the Groom's country house where the party continued (pictures comming soon), but these guys were there just briefly. Either way, everyone loved them, but they were just a small part of the whole celebration.
They did what bands do, they played, and they were good!
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