Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Wedding Ceremony and Reception Harpist, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago

On this day, I took no badly composed photos. This never happens
to me, as I am actually kind of terrible at photography.
Bad pictures are, apparently, not even possible here.

I have been to the conservatory quite a few times, but never in this room.  It is kind of amazing.  I am a huge fan of being in locations that have an outdoor feel without the random scary factors of actually being outdoors, so this was heaven for me.  Plus the bridal couple had some really cool ideas.  The biggest one was to use a special piece of music, "Final Fantasy Prelude" as a processional of sorts for the parents, the groom, and his groomsmen.  It was fabulous!  I did a special arrangement for them, and it turned out great, but the best part was talking to the groom beforehand:  he was actually really excited about the music! In my experience, that doesn't happen all that often. Apparently, he and his friends are big gamers (I hope I am getting the lingo right here), and somebody had the great idea of incorporating the video game music into the ceremony.  Luckily, the music is really lovely, too, so that helped!

After the ceremony, I headed out to the back patio and played for the cocktail hour, too.  The crowd had super eclectic taste in music, so I really mixed it up for them:  Under the Boardwalk, Game of Thrones, Moon River.  It was a total blast!

If you would like to see if I can play something special for your ceremony, please write me!  reneewilsonharp@sbcglobal.net


Harpist's view.