{just catching up on some posts}
So a guy we met in Hibbing or elsewhere, had seen us and hired us to play in Taconite, which was a great gig. Then he asked a few of us to play for his daughter's wedding and I nabbed a few players to come on down for the trip (Rob, Steve, Graham, Donny and myself).
There's no words to describe this event. Think of the best barbecue party you ever went to, make it indoors and that's the wedding... but multiply it by 10x. It was huge. There was a sushi bar in the middle, 2 bars, plus a bar in the foyer, many many different grab foods all around and a barbecue on one end. It was like endless buffets, with just endless mingling. The best part was that I screwed up the wedding... a little... I marched down the groom and the mom, and then the mini-band marched down the bride and Lefty. Then we were to play to march them back out... but I missed the cue and called it early. Everybody laughed as we were signalled to end (I got us to strike up on "I now pronounce" instead of after "you may now kiss"). I had to apologize to him later and say "I hope that's the only thing premature tonight!" I thought it was funny.
Still an amazing party, absolutely unreal. Pictures are not ready as Lefty's not the most email savvy...
After the wedding we went over to the Eagles (kinda like the Elks, or Moose back home) and hung out with a band and some more lively people there. At the end we all tottered back to the hotel and Lefty's girlfriend (r.i.p. Cindy) brought back Donny's drum and thought it'd be funny to hide it on him. I took it and hid it in my room and then found Donny and asked him where the drum went. He said he didn't know and went back to the bar to find it... which he couldn't. He didn't seem phased, so I had to show him.
All in all... Lefty can throw a party. Which was evident in Coleraine later on in the summer... just need to get the photos from him to prove to you all the phenomenon that was this party!
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