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about six feet apart, had grown together and become one at the top (See picture). A
great symbol of marriage.
The cheapest wedding I remember was a young couple who had no money, so we
held the ceremony in the lounge room at home. This was OK but a bit of a squeeze.
All would have been well if a couple of teenage girls hadn't got the giggles. From
there we went to an unlined, corrugated iron hall. There had been no effort to set it
The Begonia Princess when Lake
Wendouree was full and (right) the lake is
now (2009) almost dry due to the drought.
up, so the benches were still up against the walls. The meal consisted of sandwiches
and the greatest expense had been incurred buying a barrel of beer. Most of my
weddings I didn't charge for, although I was quite often given an envelope or other
expressions of gratitude. In this case that was not ever going to be an issue.
Craig's Hotel was often the scene of up to three or four receptions on any given
Saturday, and Bev was invited to attend the reception with me. She had not been to
the wedding ceremony and so we agreed to catch up at the reception at Craig's. She
did not know the people, nor did she know their name, so when she was confronted
with the option of attending three receptions, none of which did she knew, she had to
have a look in each one until she spotted me. After this she decided that, when she
did not know the couple, she would not attend the wedding at all.
At another wedding at Craig's which she did attend, she had gone to a good deal of
trouble to dress up and looked beautiful in a new dress. I had told the bride and
groom that I preferred not to make any speeches at the reception, so I was sitting at
the table, at peace with the world, when the MC said that Ray was now going to
present the toast for the bride and groom. I had just taken a mouthful of coffee, and
the shock of this announcement caused me to explode coffee all over Bev's new
dress. For some reason Bev has never forgotten that. The other memorable aspect
of this wedding was that the groom belonged to the fire brigade. There was an alarm
during the reception and he promptly disappeared.
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about six feet apart, had grown together and become one at the top (See picture). A
great symbol of marriage.
The cheapest wedding I remember was a young couple who had no money, so we
held the ceremony in the lounge room at home. This was OK but a bit of a squeeze.
All would have been well if a couple of teenage girls hadn't got the giggles. From
there we went to an unlined, corrugated iron hall. There had been no effort to set it
The Begonia Princess when Lake
Wendouree was full and (right) the lake is
now (2009) almost dry due to the drought.
up, so the benches were still up against the walls. The meal consisted of sandwiches
and the greatest expense had been incurred buying a barrel of beer. Most of my
weddings I didn't charge for, although I was quite often given an envelope or other
expressions of gratitude. In this case that was not ever going to be an issue.
Craig's Hotel was often the scene of up to three or four receptions on any given
Saturday, and Bev was invited to attend the reception with me. She had not been to
the wedding ceremony and so we agreed to catch up at the reception at Craig's. She
did not know the people, nor did she know their name, so when she was confronted
with the option of attending three receptions, none of which did she knew, she had to
have a look in each one until she spotted me. After this she decided that, when she
did not know the couple, she would not attend the wedding at all.
At another wedding at Craig's which she did attend, she had gone to a good deal of
trouble to dress up and looked beautiful in a new dress. I had told the bride and
groom that I preferred not to make any speeches at the reception, so I was sitting at
the table, at peace with the world, when the MC said that Ray was now going to
present the toast for the bride and groom. I had just taken a mouthful of coffee, and
the shock of this announcement caused me to explode coffee all over Bev's new
dress. For some reason Bev has never forgotten that. The other memorable aspect
of this wedding was that the groom belonged to the fire brigade. There was an alarm
during the reception and he promptly disappeared.
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