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Rachel And Jason's Wedding, Part 3

5/19/2017

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...Continued from yesterday:  
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   Rachel and Jason's wedding reception was held at the Emerald Event Center,
...which was conveniently located  just down a hallway from the lobby of our hotel, the Residence Inn.
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     The reception began with a 6 pm cocktail hour,
...where we enjoyed the most delicious appetizers,
...savory lamb chops,
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...and Bloody Mary shrimp cocktails,
...served outside on the patio,
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...and inside in the entrance hall.
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      The entrance hall was set up with messages of love from Rachel and Jason to each other,
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...photographs of of the wedding days of the newlyweds' parents and grandparents,
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...and a table at which guests could share wedding day thoughts  and wishes for the bride and groom placed in boxes to be opened on future anniversaries.
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Alyssa and Michael, sister and brother of the bride.
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    Stacey and Audrey, sisters of the groom.
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    Then the doors of the reception hall opened,
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...the guests found their tables,
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     Mike and Lisa, parents of the bride.
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     Ken and Mary Jane, parents of the groom.
     The seats were place-set with shots of moonshine.
     The color of the lid of the shot indicated to the servers which meal the guest had ordered, the salmon-colored lid indicating the salmon, the white lid indicating the filet mignon.
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      There was also a vegetarian option - I'm guessing indicated by a green lid?
     When all the guests were seated the celebration began with the entrance of the wedding party followed by Jason and Rachel,

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...and their first dance as husband and wife.
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     Next came the cutting of the cake,
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...followed by wonderfully funny, touching speeches by
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the father of the groom,
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...the Maid of Honor,
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...and the Best Man.
    Then began the feasting,
...starting with a salad,
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...followed by a choice of salmon, which Tom had and pronounced delicious,
..or the smothered-in-mushrooms filet mignon, which I had, that was fork-tender juicy and soooo tasty!  Especially good was the side of potatoes, a sort of hashbrown-mashed potato fusion - so good!
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     The vegetarian option was a pesto pasta,
...which I have on the good authority of my vegetarian sources,
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...was also excellent.
     After the feasting began the dancing,

...starting with the father-daughter dance,
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...followed by the mother-son dance,
...then we all joined in the dancing,
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...taking a break for the delicious desserts,
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...then we danced the night away,
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...and celebrated the gift of being here,
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...to celebrate two beautiful young people,
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...whose happily ever after was just beginning.
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