Monday, August 11, 2008

Pachelbel's Canon in D's Nuts

We drove to the Thousand Islands area in upstate NY on Friday for our friends Cris and Margo's wedding. Traffic was horrendous - first on 278 all through Staten Island, then on I-80, then on I-81 with all of its crazy single-lane construction zones. Got to the area really late as the pre-party was winding down. After a week of rushed practice (due to a last-minute notification), Scott and myself (the two best men) finally had a few minutes to see how our Pachelbel's Canon sounded together. Most of that time was spent tuning our guitars to one another, but we did get some confidence and got an idea on how to best arrange the duet.
In the morning, after a hearty breakfast at the Guzzle in Thousand Island Park, we met back for another practice session. We also jerry-rigged shoulder straps so we could play while standing. We finally locked in our arrangement about an hour before the time of the ceremony. We had about a minute and a half prepared and we were worried about not having enough material. But in the end, we had so little time to play we didn't even get through half of our arrangement :( Still, I think it sounded pretty good.
The rest of the wedding ceremony was beautiful, and the reception was fun. We had loads to drink and everyone got silly, but mostly me. After the wedding, we went mini-golfing ("another sport I suck at"). I got a chance to shine at Ms. Pacman in the arcade (high score is mine!) after a frustrating and embarrassing 18 holes of mayhem - clubs flew, balls hit way out of bounds, many language violations were issued by the decorum judge (Todd).
Congrats Cris + Margo!

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