Wedding Ceremony and Reception Harpist, NoMi, Chicago

The first of the three private rooms has a really warm feel.....

And an amazing view!

NoMi was one of the venues that I played in twice this year! The restaurant, located in the Park Hyatt Hotel on Chicago's Gold Coast, is a succession of intimate rooms, ending with three that they use for private events. For this wedding, we started in the first room with prelude and the ceremony and then, while the wedding party was taking photos on the terrace, I moved into the second room.

A slightly larger, brighter room that this family
used for dancing!

I was a surprise for the bride (planned by her mother), and they wanted to be sure to have music for dancing. They planned 3 special songs (My Wish, Marry You, and Daughters) and found a very talented singer to sing to my harp accompaniment. It worked out wonderfully well, and indeed they danced!

Here is a picture of how the two rooms connect.

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Wedding Reception Harpist, The Signature Room at the 95th, Chicago

I played from the West windows, and this gives you an idea
of the clarity of the view.

Okay, it is going to feel a little funny labeling this one as "a room with a view."  Perhaps "room with THE view" would be more appropriate. The Sears Willis Tower building is certainly lovely, but there is nothing like being next to the lake and up high.  The Signature Room at the 95th (located on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Building) has a number of private rooms to chose from, and they all have gorgeous views, because of course they do.

I started out working with the bride, but as the big day drew close the groom had some ideas for music, too.  He wanted to plan a special song that the couple could dance to.  I don't often provide the music for the first dance, but it is absolutely something that I can do.  In this case, the groom found a piece on my YouTube channel that he liked, "Ribbon in the Sky" by Stevie Wonder, but I also found a piece on his prospective list that I liked:  "Tupelo Honey" by Van Morrison!  I asked him which he preferred, and he suggested a little medley.  Done!  The song choices were kept a secret from the bride and the guests, and made for a lovely moment as the new couple spun around the dance floor.  It really was such fun, as it so often is when people share their ideas for their wedding day!

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It is so hard to get a good picture in front of windows! Still, it gives you
an idea of the scope of the view. The windows continue to the left!!