Baby Shower Harpist, Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling

 

A beautiful sunlit room, and plenty of space for a harp!

I love going to Chevy Chase because I know it is going to be a smooth, carefree experience. The room is beautiful, and it's the perfect size for harp music! On this day, my clients were celebrating the imminent arrival of a new baby boy, so I got dressed up in blue and played a mix of love songs and Disney songs. A perfect way to spend a Sunday morning!

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Ceremony and Cocktail Harpist, Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling

This room is so warm at night; it just glows!

 

This was an emotional one for me, just because this bride was the first of my clients to have to cancel her wedding, way back in the early part of the pandemic, March 2020. She had a specific vision for her wedding (which okay, that's kind of everyone), and it kept being impossible to access as the pandemic and scheduling intervened. So the day finally came together, and you know what? It was perfect. Chevy Chase was beautifully decorated for the holidays, the wonderful coordinators kept things humming along like clockwork, and I think the bridal couple was delighted. Happy ending for sure!

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Wedding Ceremony Harpist, Chevy Chase Country Club, Wheeling

And it was beautiful!!

 

I've been to Chevy Chase Country Club fairly often over the years, but this was my first time doing an outdoor ceremony. I believe this area is considered the "First Tee". It had been absolutely pouring rain about an hour before, so it felt almost miraculous when the clouds parted and the sun came out! 

The wedding coordinators at Chevy Chase really are wonderful, and the ceremony went off super smoothly. The couple specifically wanted "Wildest Dreams", and that sounds really fun on harp!

The wedding party emerges from the
landscaping near the back of the area

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Wedding Ceremony and Cocktail Harpist, Chevy Chase, Wheeling

Rich brown tones and lots of bright woodwork makes for a warm feel!

I hadn't been to the Chevy Chase Country Club in years, and it was nice to see the facility looking so good. They had two large events going on that evening, but because of the way the venue is laid out, everyone had their own space. The mother of the bride requested the hymn "This is My Father's World," and I found a lovely arrangement. Like at many weddings, when the bridesmaids were ready to come down the aisle, they just came right ahead, without a thought to the music that was playing. I think this is frequently the detail that eludes clients. Your friends and relatives are going to be nervous, and they have not been living with the details of your ceremony for as many weeks as you have! In my experience, it is always nice to have #1 a little wiggle room in the music and #2 a ready-to-go Plan B. We, luckily, had both. The wedding party was large, and the officiant and I had agreed that if the bridesmaids started down during the special hymn, why I could just go ahead and finish it out with no harm done. So I did. Then I transitioned to Canon in D, and the whole thing turned out fine. Plenty of music, and everything nice and smooth. Additionally, the mother of the bride had chosen the Coldplay song "A Sky Full of Stars" for the recessional just because she thought it would be nice. Boy, was it ever. It translated to harp so nicely that I am going to put it up on the YouTube channel just as soon as possible!  

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