Buddy and Dawna's Coney Island Wedding
Antipositivist
Jolie and I were privileged to be among the witnesses yesterday at the
marriage of our friends, Buddy and Dawna, and to represent this group,
along with the Rev. Dave Spiegel.
We arrived at Cyclone Stadium gathering spot just after 5, after a
long subway ride on the W train, and there they were, the happy
couple, with assorted family and friends, including Dawna's mom, and
Buddy's kids. The groom was looking handsome and the bride beautiful.
The gods were smiling, because after a stormy Saturday, the weather
was pleasant and somewhat sunny, perfect for a wedding.
Eventually, we all made our way to a fishing pier; more of Buddy's
extended family (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., including the family
matriarch) and various sets of friends arrived. We sort of stood in a
circle as event unfolded. Someone brought a boom box, and it played
really nice doo-wop (Rockapella?). Finally, around 6:40, the official
ceremony occurred; a couple of very cute little flower girls made a
trail of rose petals. Buddy and his best man stood up at the front
with Rev. Dave facing them; Dawna and her maid of honor made their way
forward. Dave gave a really nice, celebratory service (with various
subtle references to such matters as uvulas and even monster (c**ks).
Even the people there who were fishing seemed to momentarily focus
their attentions away from their fishing poles and toward the bride
and groom.
Afterward, we made our way to Nathans and had a reception (with
sparkling cider toasts) there; I'm still savoring our chili dogs,
cheese fries, and chocolate dipped marshmallows on a stick. It was a
really nice capper to a truly excellent day, one of the finest
weddings I have ever witnessed. Plus, it was really fun to spend the
day at Coney Island; next time, we'll plan to go on the Cyclone and
maybe some other rides.
I wish you both the very best, Buddy and Dawna. Thanks for allowing us
to share your special day!
Tom
LizzieZ
to be a part of such a terrific day. Almost felt like I was there after
reading about it!
Once again, many congrats to the newlyweds!!!
Liz
Molly, The New Wave Queen 2003
I always cry at weddings. ::*) Thanks Tom for the wonderful recap. That
sounded like a great wedding. Buddy and Dawna congrats again. :)
Molly
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Beatlfilms
newsgroup anatomy references into the service!) and a fun -- a completely
calorie free it would seem! :-) -- reception. Wishing you both the best!
Shawn
Strange Magic76
yesterday's activities! As always....my best to Buddy & Dawna! :)
Tritt
The NightHawk
Yeah, I felt like I was there too.... in fact I thought I could
smell the chili dogs on Toms breath! Whoa... easy on
the onions next time dood!
Sounds like it was a great day for everyone....
The Nighthawk
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medicine man, writer, wanderer, poet, dreamer, lunatic,
and mendicant purveyor of flatulent didactics. Cigar
smoking guru to the politically incorrect.
"Facts and truth really don't much to do with
each other...."
-William Faulkner
FLATUS ERGO SUM!
Sandy
Wow, sounds like it came off exactly the way the had it planned...sounds
wonderful!
Congratulations again Dawna and Buddy!!
Thanks for the update Tom...I was waiting to hear all about it! :)
Sandy
2-60
Class of 78
The Wanderer
for those that are interested.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ny514/
For clarity:
the dude in the orange shirt with the baby is my son in law, Jim, and the
baby is my granddaughter Faith.
the older woman with the glasses helping Dawna get ready is her mom, Thelma.
the dude with the sideburns and goatee wearing the hat is my Best Man, my
oldest son, Richie (Richard III)
the dreadlocked young woman that you see him with in some pictures is his
lady, Karen, an artist.
in pictures of me with two young men (one of which being my older son) the
younger is my youngest son (of two), Nicola, or Nick.
in the picture showing the two of them with me, with also a young woman
also, the young woman is my daughter, Evelyn (who also took the pictures and
is as well the mother of my three granddaughters).
the two Flowergirls are my granddaughters, Charity (the older) and Hope (the
younger).
the tall young lady with the orange dress is Dawna's Matron Of Honor,
Meaghan (who once upon a time Dawna used to nanny for).
there's a shot of Tom and his lady, Jolie. they are both wearing glasses and
smiling. most of you already know what Tom looks like, I think so.....
you'll see the picture.
the guy wearing the tie (and the socks) is Rev. Dave Spiegel. And many
thanks to him for performing the ceremony, as well as keeping it topical
with uvulas etc.
the Asian young lady is my son Nicky's lady, Kimberly.
the assorted white folks are cousins, aunts, uncles, and in-laws.
the asorted black folks are co-workers (including my boss), my Union rep
(and friend-very tall man), dear friends and adopted family.
So on the pier we had represented the nations, or states, of Poland,
Ireland, Italy, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Africa, Hungary, Scotland,
Canada, England, China, Bronx, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Arizona, Michigan,
North Carolina, etc. And all came together on Coney Island for our Wedding
on the same day as the Puerto Rican Day Parade. God, I love this country!
The music:
CD #1 pre-ceremony,
When We Get Married by The Dream Lovers
To The Aisle by The Five Satins
God Only Knows by The Beach Boys
Forever I Do (The Wedding Song) by Lou Rawls
Let's Get Married by Al Green
Wedding Song (There Is Love) by Noel Paul Stookey
Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney
Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry by Darlene Love
I Walk With You by Rockapella
I Only Have Eyes For Yoy by Art Garfunkel
You Showed Me by The Turtles
Portrait Of My Love by Steve Lawrence
So Much In Love by The Tymes
Make It With You by Bread
Precious And Few by Climax (there's a joke there but I'll bite my tongue)
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me by Gladys Knight & Pips
This Guys In Love With You by Herb Alpert
Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce
Pledge Of Love by Johnny Ace
My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames
Coney Island Baby by The Excellents
Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon
A Change In My Life by Rockapella
CD #2 the ceremony
Unchained Melody by The Righeous Brothers
This I Swear by Kenny Vance & Planotones
At Last by Etta James
CD #3 after the ceremony
Always And Forever by Heatwave
Slow Dancing by Johnny Rivers
Someone To Watch Over Me by Linda Ronstadt
And I Love Her by The Beatles
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) by Art Garfunkel
I Will by The Beatles
This Night by Billy Joel
Your Song by Elton John
I Cant Help Falling In Love With You by Elvis Presley
Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
The Wedding Song by Kenny G. (please dont throw any stones)
Grace by The Bacon Brothers
She's A Lady by John Sebastian
Breathe by Faith Hill
My Girl by The Temptations (acapella version-actually just the vocal track)
My Guy by Mary Wells
We're In This Love Together by Al Jarreau
Fallin' by Alicia Keys
Save The Best For Last by Vanessa Williams
I'll Hear Your Voice by Rockapella
This Magic Moment by Kenny Vance & Planotones
Your Love Is My Life by Billy Squier
All Of My Love by Led Zeppelin
Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller (to which we danced our first dance as
husband and wife-as best you could with heels on a pier)
All of the music did not get played unfortunately because of time
constraints, and a very chilly start to the evening. but it was great any
way.
Well that's a rundown of the pictures and participants. Hope you enjoyed the
pictures.
And Thank You all, again from the bottom of our hearts.
P.S. We spent the next day running around the city showing our visitors the
sites and giving them the Grand Tour. We are sleeping all day today because
we are TIRED, and our dogs are killing us!
--
Buddy
from Brooklyn
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http://the70s.cjb.net
"There are certain sections in New York, major, that I wouldn't advise you
to try to invade.' "
Humphrey Bogart as Rick-in "Casablanca"- to nazi officer.
"The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all
other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted
land."
James Baldwin
Throckmorton
luck as you walk through the future together.
MaryMc
"The Wanderer" <rosieon...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> Thank you Tom, and all. Here is a link that will take you to the pictures
> for those that are interested.
> http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ny514/
BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks for sharing these, Buddy. You guys look great
together. I'm really, really happy for you both!!
--
MaryMc
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LizzieZ
Thanks so much for sharing these. I'm so happy for you!!
Liz
Tee
happy for you both.
recsec
Also the one of Buddy looking in his palm for the ring while his son is
suppressing a laugh. Looks like his son is saying "well where's the ring old
man??" Again really great pictures there! I am curious about the picture
that's behind you Buddy while ya'll are at Nathans. It's the one of you
standing next to the Puerto Rican flag (which I see wasn't on fire LOL!).
There's an old B/W photo there. What's that of?? Any idea when it was taken?
Billy
recsec
"DL" <number1...@whocaresonelittlebit.com> wrote in message
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> That is one Hell of a belt buckle buddy. I hope there is room in the
> home for that and a new bride!
Yeah I seen his buckle there & figured that he is a fan if the University of
Texas Longhorns.
Billy
Beatlfilms
>Thank you Tom, and all. Here is a link that will take you to the pictures
>for those that are interested.
>http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ny514/
Fantastic photos! Good to see all of you on such a happy occasion. Looks like
it was a ball! Beautiful bride ya got there, Buddy!
Shawn
Dixon Hayes
Dixon
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Antipositivist
looks like Jolie and I are laughing at something - likely the
wittiness of Dave's words of wisdom to you.
Hope your NYC tour day went well. Did you ride the Ferry?
How cute Faith, Hope and Charity are, too. You must be very proud.
Tom
Sandy
Dawna, you looked beautiful...especially in the pic of you holding the single
rose in the oval frame :)
Buddy, what a great looking family you have. It so nice that they could all be
there to share the day with you. I love your solemn expression in the pics of
you and Dawna taking your vows...you look like it really moved you :)
Hey, great seeing Tom and Jolie! And now I can put a face to Pastor Dave! :)
Thanks for sharing your day with us guys :)
Strange Magic76
Tritt
Ishah
Congrats, Buddy and Dawna! :)
So happy for you both! :)
Jamie M.
like it was a truly wonderful wedding. And once again, congratulations
to the both of you.
Jamie
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http://www.lowthian.com/docs/jamiewalks.html
http://www.endcancer.ca
CaljamScott
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> That is one Hell of a belt buckle buddy. I hope there is room in the
> home for that and a new bride!
>
>
>
> DL
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dicklong14_ca/fanclub.htm
>
> >> Evidently your buddy Cedeño is a bastard.
> >>
> >
> >First of all, Cedeño is not my buddy.
>
> ::::::::::::::::
>
> "When you make fun of someone washing his truck, that's sad."
> - Jeff Kent
>
> ::::::::::::::::
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> Halter Sucks!
Hi DL! Welcome to alt.facists.us.1970s!
Scott
Californiajam.com
One of the two 70's websites that matters
Lady D
there, both of you, to make it a much more special day. Glad you two
could also share in Dave's mention of uvulas and monsters. :)
Thanks to "everyone" for your good wishes. It all went so well, only
a few tiny glitches like the freezing wind that made Meaghan's and my
teeth chatter and my knees knock. She also dropped Buddy's ring and
was upset even though we retrieved it without having it fall through
the pier slats. I allowed a LARGE amount of dead air before I started
my special words to Buddy, not realizing I was supposed to go first.
And Buddy held an entire bouquet of flowers, looking as though he felt
funny doing so, instead of the one white rose he was supposed to hold
and give to me. But hell, you know, if that's all that went goofy, we
did well, huh?
Also, Dave had written such an eloquent ceremony for us that we feel
we have to share it with everyone, so here's a copy of them, minus our
own words for each other, because we have forgotten what we said! My
mom is the only one with a copy of the video, and she is having a
problem transferring it to VHS. Eventually, we'll have a copy.
Anyway, here's a copy of what Dave wrote for us:
Wedding Buddy and Dawna
In the midst of living our lives, sometimes big surprises pop up and
change our lives. Maybe it is fate, maybe it is God, maybe it is
karma. We are not always able to anticipate where these surprises
will come from or when they will happen, or even what they will be,
that is fun. Who would have thought that in the middle of long
distance discussions about uvulas and monsters, in the middle of
debates over sitcom characters and songs a relationship would develop
that was strong enough to bring us all to this place on this day. I
am constantly amazed at how the power of reminiscing about the pas can
have such an incredible impact on the future. We are all here now to
celebrate a special day in the relationship of this couple. Welcome
to the wedding of Buddy and Dawna.
Weddings are nothing new. They have been going on for a long time.
This, however, is a unique wedding, and this couple has a unique
relationship. This is not only because of how they met, even though
that is a great story! This couple is unique because all couples are.
All couples have a special flavor and a special way of doing things
that differentiate them from others. We are here today to celebrate
Buddy and Dawna and the journey that they have been on for some time
this is also a new journey, once filled with possibilities and one
which anticipates great things happening. Whether they be civil
ceremonies, or religious ceremonies, or whether they be elaborate or
simple weddings play in important role in our society. They are a
time of recognition of love and commitment that is shared by two
people, and they are also a time of celebration and fun. But a
wedding is only one day out of many. Today we all celebrate with you,
and from this day forward we keep you in our thoughts and prayers as a
way of supporting you in your lives together.
Buddy and Dawna as you have come here today in the presence of your
friends to celebrate your love for and your commitment to each other,
I am going to ask you some questions. Before you answer these
questions I want you to think hard about what you will say. Whereas,
your answers are just words, they are also the outward expressions of
your inner feelings. Please answer by saying I Do.
Buddy, do you take Dawna to be your lawfully wedded wife? To love,
honor, cherish, comfort, and support, through good times and difficult
ones, through hockey season as well as baseball season? Do you
promise to walk and work beside her and to always seek and encourage
the best in her in this life and beyond, always and forever? (Buddy
said Hell yeah!)
Dawna, do you take Buddy to be your lawfully wedded husband? To love,
honor, cherish, comfort, and support, through good times and difficult
ones, through baseball season as well as hockey season? Do you
promise to walk and work beside him and to always seek and encourage
the best in him in this life and beyond, always and forever? (Dawna
said I Do!)
What you have heard spoken here are important words, words that
express love and commitment. These are also words that can refresh
and strengthen each of us as we are privileged to hear them spoken.
Buddy and Dawna also have chosen to share some words of their own to
add special meaning to this day.
Words are powerful and they provide layers of meaning and integrity
to the moments of our lives. At this moment in their life, Buddy and
Dawna have chosen to share rings as a symbol of the love and
commitment that they share with each other.
The ring is an important symbol. It is made of precious metal,
which symbolizes the value that Buddy and Dawna have found in each
others lives. It is also a circle which symbolizes the never ending
love that they will share with each other. Exchanging rings though is
more than the giving and receiving of jewelry. It is yet another
symbol of the commitment that this couple shares with each another.
Dawna, as you give Buddy the ring, repeat after me: Buddy with this
ring and all of its meaning, I thee wed.
Buddy, as you give the ring to Dawna, repeat after me: Dawna, with
this ring, and all of its meaning, I thee wed.
Today, Buddy and Dawna, you have said I Do, you have spoken vows,
you have exchanged rings. Given that you have done all of these
things of your own free will and in the presence of these witnesses,
it is my privilege to pronounce you husband and wife. Now if the time
for you to kiss one another and to celebrate with your friends.
----------------
Dave, thanks so much once again for everything!
Larry N.
though it was a wonderful wedding. I read the music choices with
interest as well, and i'm sure that the sound track added special
meaning to the day. Again, all my best to both of you.
Larry