DJ Steve Stowe-Spatola/Cummings Reception-May 29th, 2010
June 26th, 2010
This story is one of true love and awesome commitment. Not that any other wedding that we take part in is less of love or commitment. But this is a little different.
The day before the wedding reception, the Groom, Patrick Cummings and a few of his groomsmen were en route to the rehearsal, when they were hit by another vehicle. Patrick suffered a head injury that kept him in the hospital, all night and most of the following day. His wedding day.
After an all day wait, the doctors finally agreed to release Patrick so that he could make it to his wedding on time. An amazing story that had his bride to be, on their last day of single life, clinging to each other even before their life together had even began.
Of course, when I arrived at the University Club on the 17th floor University Tower in Durham Jessica Santel informed me of the news. Thankful that even was going on without even a minor glitch, I introduced the couple to “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, and just as the lyric indicates, tonight was a good night. The couple took their first dance to Michelle Featherstone’s “We Are Man and Wife” immediately followed by Tim McGraw’s “My Little Girl”. After Patrick Danced with his mother to “Song for Mama” by Boyz II Men, Heather’s parents said a brief welcome, then a blessing by the Minister. Heather and Patrick wanted this event to be more informal, so the dance floor was immediately opened as soon as a special song, “Never Alone” by Jim Brickman with Lady Antebellum, was played specially for the bridal party and the couple’s parents.
With more than 4 1/2 hours of music picked for this event, Heather and Patrick had a great song selection and it showed me that they came to party. I started with some of the rock and non-danceable music that they chose, but quickly moved into The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” and Sublime’s “What You Got” which really stirred up the guys and had the floor packed in no time! It seemed that every song I played, was their favorite and that they loved it!
We finished the evening off with the Bride’s Father’s only request: “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys. This song was the theme song for the movie “The Departed” and proved to be the hit of the evening!
A perfect end to a perfect day, and the beginning of the fairy tale life for Heather and Patrick. David Kuhn of Kuhn Photography recorded the event, and a selection of photos are shown below.
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