Kara and Patrick chose Pittsboro NC’s Fearrington
Barn for their outdoor cocktail hour and indoor wedding reception on a
beautiful 50 degree November day. I
always love playing at the barn and working with the Fearrington’s planner
Gilda and photographer Krystal
Kast. Every wedding I do here is a
blast and this one was no exception!
The 160 guests were invited into the barn after the cocktail
hour and found their seats. The wedding
party was introduced to The Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feelin’” and Kara and Pat
came right in and to the floor for their first dance to “Unchained
Melody”. Kara’s father said a short
welcome, their maid of honor and best man gave toasts and minister John Oliver
blessed the meal. The 3 food stations opened
(including a seafood station, beef carving station and a taste of the south,
yum!!) and I played a mix of standards, soft rock and country during dinner.
After dinner, Kara joined her father on the floor to dance
to The Beach Boys “Surfer Girl” that has special meaning to them since he owned
surf stores in Florida while she was a little girl and grew up on The Beach
Boys. It’s also one of my personal
favorite songs ever! After that, Pat
escorted his mother to the floor to dance to “My Wish” and I opened the floor
to everyone with “My Girl” that packed the floor for the next 3 hours!
We paused briefly for the cake cutting to “How Sweet It is”,
bouquet toss to “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” and garter toss to The Troggs “Wild
Thing”. I have seen a lot of funny thing
happen during garter toss, but this was a classic! When Pat went to remove the garter he had a
funny look on his face, then pulled out a full bottle of beer that Kara had
just put up there. He got a huge smile
on his face and downed the whole bottle, then went in again for the
garter. So great!!! After that, back to dancing which included an
epic dance-off between Kara and Pat to “Billie Jean” and the ring bearer
showing his awesome dance moves to “Timber”.
The night ended with Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight” and a sparkler
exit. What a fun night and a wonderful
group to play for!
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