The wedding last night was beautiful - from start to finish. Katy was a beautiful bride and I was honored to sing in her wedding.
The song I wrote, Testimony, wasn't completed in time for the wedding (Dennis, the one orchestrating the wedding for his daughter, had his hands more than full arranging the music for the wedding, rehearsing for a show that opens next weekend, and his church’s Christmas concert the week after that.) but the lyrics were reprinted on the back of program. Dennis sent me the song How Beautiful.
And it was...beautiful. A great choice for the ceremony.
I loved that Katy's only request for the music in the wedding was that if people had heard it, she didn't want it. I love that the wedding was a testament to her uniqueness. There was no Here Comes The Bride. No Canon in D.
I was so thrilled to be a part of the joining of these two lives.
The wedding drew a wide range of folks, including a lot of people I knew from both Avondale Estates and from the world of Atlanta theater. It was a nice reunion for me.
Today...I’m back in Nashville.
Yep. I did it.
Nashville is 4 hours from Atlanta and I couldn’t be this close without seeing Antuan. So, I did some driving and surprised him just as he was getting home from his third show of the day. With the help of some of his fellow castmates, the surprise went off without a hitch and he was truly surprised. He had just done 3 back to back shows, so it was easy to find him dazed and confused.
He was very glad to see me and speechless for a bit. It was so good to see him and being here helps make the time between now and Christmas seem not so far away.
Today he’s doing two more shows and then he’ll be off tomorrow. We had breakfast at Waffle House before he went to the theater and I did some Christmas shopping (and this journal entry).
