Dream Weddings and Sideshows

As a wedding this weekend my daughters wedding was spectacular and highly enjoyable and it had everything one could put together that classifies the meaning of "dream wedding".  The only small thing I now know in hindsight was to let my daughter know that she should enjoy the wedding rather than become a part of the sideshows that dream weddings can become. 

Getting caught up in the paraphernalia of people wanting photographs with the bride and bridegroom showed me how patient the new couple are, but it is not a patience that I have if this was my "big day" and when it was a dream wedding for all of us, I personally saw the snap exhibit as a distraction rather than a novelty provision for guests to the wedding.

The sideshow of a big Indian wedding is the bits designed for guests but what I did not plan for is the bride and bridegroom's time getting occupied in what should have been an entertaining sideshow attraction for visiting wedding guests.   In the end an announcement from the hall was what was required to get the bride and groom free of the snapshot-hostage sideshow.

It is also that same wedding industry that made it the dream wedding my daughter wanted and credit is due to the official video and wedding photographer, rather than the foyer snap takers.  We are waiting for the video and photo-albums to be produced now and they I know will be spectacular, and the few pictures that I have seen underscore that talented work. 

The best investment my daughter made was seeing a singer in a mall she liked and who she then asked to play live for the opening dance.  The young boy all of 17 years of age sang beautifully and for once the use of a fog machine was effective when the couple danced, which enhanced the dream wedding effect. 

Sometimes having 700 wedding guests does not work to create a super atmosphere, but both sides of the wedding from the bride to the groom were party animals and so that added to the enjoyment.   The use of nicknacks like light tubes and funky glasses that shimmered different coloured lights added to the visual effects.

After this wedding the chief lesson I took away is that the value of a dream wedding is not to be underestimated and it is a blessing when it becomes that, but we must be careful about balancing the sideshow attractions set outside the wedding hall, that they don't out weigh what is going on in the wedding hall. 

Overall our third wedding matched the quality of the first wedding and while all three weddings were dream weddings, the brides of the first two weddings were more involved in the banquet hall rather than sidetracked to the foyer.  This is but a minor peeve of mine, for when I look at the big picture, it was a fantastic wedding and now I pass my best wishes to the new couple and wish them all the best for the years ahead.

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