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Once our guests had noshed and drank, chatted, and took shelter from the rain, we gave the go-ahead to our DOC to start the party!
We opted not to introduce our bridal party but our (hands-down-best-wedding-decision-ever) band introduced us to much cheering and clapping, as evidenced by our insanely happy and mildly embarrassed faces.
Notice how I’m holding my dress up in the photo above?
That’s because my seamstress never put the hook-and-eye bustle in like she said she would. I didn’t discover this until it was too late, but thank goodness I included safety pins in my bathroom baskets!
We chose Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You, Babe” as our first dance, and it was perfect. We immediately started singing along because it’s one of the best songs ever to belt out, especially when you call each other “babe” on a constant basis. It felt like the song was written for us.
We had arranged with The Characters beforehand to invite everyone to join us on the dance floor for the second half of the song and it was one of my favorite moments of the night. Everyone was singing and smiling and we were literally surrounded by love.
Since neither of us are particularly notable dancers and we’re both pretty shy about dancing in public (unless we’ve consumed copious amounts of alcohol. But it was too early in the reception to be that drunk, ha), taking about a minute to do the middle-school-shuffle and then having all our guests join us was the perfect compromise.
After the song ended, I danced with my dad while Mr Trail Mix danced with his mom. After about a minute, my mom and FIL joined us and we ended up in a (spontaneous) group hug. Another amazing moment.
We danced to John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” (although the band replaced “boy” with “child,” to make it gender specific.)
And finally, we danced the Hora! I love this dance at weddings and in spite of our troubles finding an acceptable version of Hava Nagila (we ended up downloading EIGHT different versions, none of which were perfect. Thanks, iTunes) the Hora was a total blast.
Mr Trail Mix seemed to have zero fear being hoisted in the air on a rickety wooden chair by his (mostly) not-sober fraternity brothers.
I, on the other hand, experienced a large amount of fear, as evidenced by my face in the photo below.
It’s funny because I remember at the time thinking how high up I was and that if I fell, I might actually die. But then I looked at photos and saw that I was really only about 5-6’ in the air. Huh.
MIL Trail Mix also loved the chair.
Mom Trail Mix did not (like mother, like daughter!)
Brother Trail Mix got in on the fun too!
I don’t think our band had performed at a Jewish wedding before ours because witnessing our maniacal, crazy Hora dance left them momentarily silent after the song ended, before the main singer yelled out “OK, you guys are crazy!”
I swear, I have it on video tape and it is awesome.
And then, The Characters launched into a rockin’, riotous version of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” and the crowd went nuts. We danced, shouting the lyrics and pumping our firsts, and finally embraced the weather as part of the experience.
The band hit a few more classics after this song ended, including a Beatles’ medley (best. thing. ever.), Build Me Up, Buttercup and Shout. It was glorious.
The band finished up their first set in about an hour and it was finally time to eat!
Follow along, if ya want!
That group hug pic is slaying me, what an awesome moment!
& seriously, that pic of MIL TM being hoisted in the air is too fantastic for words : )
You seem so full of life & joy! Also, I love all the lights and decorations in the tent.
Oh. my. gosh. It was so nice to see these pictures! Seriously, I felt like I was there and having a BALL! You two are beaming with happiness and it’s so refreshing!! Your big day turned out so great! I hope we have that much fun!
P.S. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the “like mother, like daughter,” faces! Too funny!
It seems like everyone had a fantastic time. I’m so glad the weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirit. It looks like so much fun!
The facial expressions in all of these photos are priceless! The joy and love radiating from the pics has me grinning like an idiot over here.
TM, your facial expressions during the Hora are awesome — such great pictures! 
Okay, you guys look like you were having a BLAST! If not for your recaps at the beginning, I wouldn’t have known what was happening outside per the weather because from where I can see it, everyone is having fun fun fun. And I love your face in the picture with your chair high up
Oh my goodness! I would be so scared to be hoisted up on a chair!!! You go girl! Oh… and I’m still madly in love with your dress. Madly!
Love the expression on your face as you’re about to go up in that chair!!!
I would be so scared on the chair, but it looks like soo much fun!
SO FUN! I love love that first picture of you guys!!
oh my gosh so fun! what great photos, from a fun and rollicking reception!
Awesome pics, and I love how all of your guests shared in your first dance! Everyone looks like they’re having a blast.
Oh TM, your face - it’s priceless! I LOVE these photos. We may steal that awkward sway/crowd invite thing, because we CANNOT dance. For real!
Love this whole set of pictures!! The hora was crazy scary for me and my faces look terrified in every picture! I felt really high up too!
I looove the 4th pic of you two dancing, surrounded by your guests. So, you didn’t have the band play Hava Nagila? You went with the ipod for that? We had the dj play our version prob 3 times, the hora needs to be long enough for lots of family up in the chairs.
MIL Trailmix is a pro up there!! I was like you TM, definitely convinced I was about to die. Almost fell off. “Maniacal crazy Hora dance” cracks me up!!!!
This looks like it was so much fun! And if I haven’t mentioned it before, your dress is goooooorgeous.. I can REALLY tell in these pics!
Your face when you’re getting lifted up was great! And your reception looked like so much fun! What a great party
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Mrs. Trail Mix, New York Age and Occupation: 26, PE Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, MBA Student Engagement Date: March 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: Tannery Pond at the Darrow School About Me: I'm a country girl who somehow found herself living in the Big Apple and loving every minute of it. I'm planning a rustic, country-chic wedding in my hometown in upstate New York and it's going to be a Party with a capital P. White wine, flea markets and running keep me happy and my friends, family and fiance are my world. I'm a little bit crafty, a little bit crazy but mostly just crazy in love.
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