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That 6 minute wedding in sweltering heat taught me a few things. When having weddings in July dress as light as possible.

For whatever reason July 7,2007 was a very favorable day for weddings. The couple and I had planned for this one for well over a year...given the couple did not live where I live we had to do much of the planning via the net. Not a problem...amazing what you can do with a computer these days.

Again this wedding was to be outside at a really nice park. Roses glaore, a trickling brook and large trees not only made the spot absolutely beautiful but would provide shade if the Sun insisted on being merciless.

This is what I have learned...on a July afternoon outside in the shade of a large tree might be a tad cooler than being the open sun, but when you are in a black wool suit you are going to sweat and sweat and sweat...a black wool suit on a July afternoon in the Okanagan is NOT suitable attire regardless of the occasion.

Although I did not cut anything from that ceremony I did speak a little faster than normal...but I want to let you in on a little secret that if anyone else wants to borrow it you can...every Tux Jacket and the Ministers suit has two inside pockets in the upper chest area...if you plan a little ahead for a few dollars you can pick up small ice packs that fit very nicely in those pockets...pop them in the freezer the night before and then into those pockets just before the ceremony is to begin. They will serve you a dual purpose...1. They'll keep you cool and 2. They'll enhance your chest muscles making you look more well built than you really are...hey us over 45 year olds need all the help we can get by times...

Weddings

I can't believe that the last time I wrote was in May... I have had a few more weddings since then. Most of them have been normal whatever that means.

The shortest wedding I have ever performed happened in a backyard in the Kootenay section of BC...it was in July and very hot...it was an outdoor wedding, small quaint, not too many things to go wrong. It was booked for a day when according to the weather man there would not be a cloud in the sky...and you know what? He was right there wasn't a cloud in the sky...but there was a very large merciless SUN in the sky. I don't know what happened but just as we were about to begin the ceremony the sun in that cloudless sky beat down on us in record busting temperatures...it was so hot I thought I was going to pass out...within minutes the groom was shedding his black wool jacket the bride was roasting in her modest layer upon layer dress. They looked at me I looked at them and said ..."I think we need to cut some things out of this ceremony". It was so hot that the ink was melting on the paper.

I began the ceremony by saying..."We are gathered her to witness the marriage of ____ and ____, without further ado I turned to the groom and asked..."Do you take ____ to be your wife? and to the Bride do you take ________ to be your husband? After they had both said Yes... I said...ok "let's sign the papers"

Everything was completed in 6 minutes. That has been 11 years ago and they are still married...go figure eh...