Our event in New Orleans this past weekend was completely magical. I'm not even sure where to begin. The people, the food, the weather, everything was picture perfect. The church, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian, was acoustically a dream with the soaring ceiling, stone walls & floors and a concert grand Steinway. La Sorelle quartet (Ariana, Hannah, Kate & Lauren) sounded fantastic with elegant arrangements of Amazing Grace for arrivals, Moonlight Sonata & That Next Place for the bride. I also sang "Down to the river to pray" from "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" for the service which was very fitting for this southern setting. There were mounted police that escorted the guests to the bride's family home, right down the street for the remainder of the evening which was drop dead drippingly beautiful. Jung had a sleek & sophisticated Steinway grand set up for me to play & sing cocktails with La Sorelle in the front garden. The groom's only request were a few Grateful Dead songs, which we arranged and performed with our own "stamp". "Fire on the Mountain" is now one of my personal favorites as it is deceptively simple & lyrically a profound work. Rather haunting. I now understand the whole Grateful Dead phenomenon, which I must admit, I never "got" before this event. The songs are so well written and just really fun to play. They are a wonderful addition to our repertoire.
At any rate, we were totally charmed by this graceful southern city that has endured so much. New Orleans is an amazingly spirited town and if you haven't visited, you must go.
We heart New Orleans.
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