We arrived at the Artists for Humanity-Epicenter at 8am to help get everything ready the wedding. This building was so awesome! I loved it but it was empty and there was a ton of stuff to get done before the wedding. We started with setting up the sounds equipment, laying out the room, and then the decorating. Wendy had these really nice rows of silver stars that we were going to stream all over the room from the ceiling. Since the ceiling was two stories high, they brought in a scissor lift. We got it pretty much right smack dab in the middle of the room when it went completely dead. Not moving at all. No forward, backwards, up or down. So we went with plan B, C & D to get everything hung. But we were creative and resourceful and made it work.
While a group of people were working on the set up, the groomsmen were working on going over the entrance into the wedding. They would be repelling and ziplining into this wedding so they each took turns making sure they would be successful in there entrance. It was so fun to watch!
Everything was moving forward (and quickly) that morning and all kinds of things were getting done. Everything but managing the very large elephant in the room, the scissor life. By about 10am, the event staff for the building had called 4 repair companies all with the same answer, It was Sunday and no one was working. There was a much excitement when they finally got someone to come check it out. But the excitement died quickly when he too could not get this thing to move, at all. We started brain storming how to work around it. Maybe put the photographers on it, a video camera up there, cover it with black table clothes & lights and make it a part of the "atmosphere".
As we were brainstorming ideas, we heard a noise and all got excited, the scissor lift is on and working! We pretty quickly realized that the noise wasn't the scissor lift, it was the fire alarm. Yup, the fire alarm. We are about an hour away from wedding time, there is a scissor lift in the middle of the room, tables are finished, the scissor lift is where guests chairs are supposed to be the fire alarm is going off. Surely they aren't going to make us leave the building so we continued to work and laugh at it all. That is until they told us we all had to the leave the building.
They reassured us that the fire department would be here in minutes and we could get back to what were doing and it would all be good. So we went outside, trying to keep Tim occupied out front while the wedding dress hung in the front window of the building and Wendy sneaking out the back exit so they wouldn't run into each other. And we waited... and waited ... and waited.
After awhile we realized that the fire trucks were not very punctual and we eventually just went back in.
After hours with the scissor lift in the middle of the floor, they found a forklift in the back. They were able to lift the scissor lift with the forklift and move it back to the back storage area. It was quite a sight to see. Five guys had to man handle it the last few yards to get it in the door and close the door. It was such a huge relief to get it out of there. We all quickly rushed around trying to get everything perfect as guests started to arrive.
And then it happened, first the parents came in to some more traditional wedding music, then a pause and then the real show began!
The intro for the guys was awesome. Best of all times in my books. The wedding was beautiful! The venue was perfect for them and the ceremony too. They blended a Traditional Christian Wedding service with a Traditional Jewish Wedding service. It was great. Everything about it was just amazing.
After the wedding it was time to cut loose, eat from a crepe food truck, have a few speciality drinks and hit the dance floor with old and new friends.
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| Joe, Soccer Matt, Tim, Madeline, Jeremiah, Jay |
We didn't want the party to stop but like all weddings, there comes a time to pack it all up and head home. And for us that was quite literal. After the party stopped, we packed up all the sound equipment and all of our luggage and started the drive home.
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| Matt, Sarah, Me, Jed |
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| Us with Mr. Fescoe |
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| Stephanie & Eric with Us |
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| Robbie, Kristal, Joe, Jed, Jeremiah, Emily |
It was late when we left and thanks to Joe, we hit lots of traffic. By 11 pm we were calling hotels again to get the best deals in the same area we had stayed just two days earlier. (The original plan was to drive through the night, epic fail.)
And instead of our 7am arrival, we made it home at about 4pm. The ride back on Monday was pretty uneventful, just a day of being silly, laughing, talking and driving. It was absolutely worth it and I can't wait for the next road trip.
Congratulations Tim & Wendy!
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