Hi Christianna,
I believe that is exactly what is happening. All my dad's stuffy lawyer
type friends are renting medieval costumes and talking about this much more than
the usual church/country club wedding my small town sees. They are so excited
that even the declines are signed Lord and lady Soandso. (think my invites
really set the tone) Thanks for the loan of your Aunt Mary, but I have tons and
they are all coming in garb! Some of them are more excited than me to do
this. I think everything will be great and it will be as period as I can
reasonably make it. The first course will be on trenchers! I also will be
pleased with any attempt at costume. I feel it is the atmosphere of "let your
hair down" you get in any costume that is important and if your friend comes to
my wedding in his Civil War outfit, then he can guard the Fort.
My family is really getting into this to and get this.....DAD IS WEARING
TIGHTS! (his legs could account for the high turn out. More than one guest has
said they would not miss my dad in tights for the world. )
If you have time, please tell me more about your wedding and you can respond
privately if you wish. (but I think there maybe one or two other brides still
on this list) If you want to see the invites they are scanned at my site:
www.weddingthemes.com
thanks,
Helen
Christine A Seelye-King wrote:
> If it is anything like my Medieval Wedding, not only will the mundane
> guests stay, they will talk about it for the rest of their lives. We
> put out invitations and requested "Period style dress or formal attire" ,
> and we got everything from business suits and cocktail dresses, formals,
> tuxedoes, the 1200+ years of costuming the SCA covers, and one gentleman
> in a lovely Civil War era suit, he said it was the only "Period style"
> outfit he had! (Well, we didn't specify which period!) I figured my
> Dad's friends would leave after the ceremony, but no, they were there for
> the curiosity of it, and stayed because they were so impressed with the
> way we did things, and the way we all pulled together and threw a great
> event, er, I mean, wedding.
> Good Luck, and remember, this is YOUR DAY, do things because you want to,
> not because you think Aunt Mary wouldn't like it that way. (If you
> don't have an Aunt Mary, I could lend you mine, she would be GLAD to tell
> you why you are doing it all wrong!)
> Mistress Christianna MacGrain
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