Virginia

The planners felt obliged to ask months in advance if we had a problem working such. They wanted to prevent last minute problems. I suspect that there had been problems.

We provided a sound system for the band and often a small system for the ceremony and for cocktail music.

This has stirred a memory of a female-female wedding I worked at a vineyard near Charlottesville only a few miles from TFG's vineyard. It was a quiet Quaker style wedding where people took the microphone and spoke if they felt like it. There was no officiant. I believe that this was prior to such a union being recognized in Virginia.

The couple was happy and relaxed, often not the case at weddings. I was standing off to the side mixing the band with an iPad and they came up holding hands and said it sounded great. They were so happy that even this curmudgeon was beaming at them and their joy. This wedding job stands out after hundreds of weddings as one of the lowest stress and most enjoyable ones in my memory.