What an Awsome Wedding!
Sunday, June 29th, 2008I woke up yesterday morning sure that it was going to rain on our outdoor moose wedding, but the sun came out and we had a great crowd that gathered for our program & wedding. The program was first with Danelle Olson as MC. Richard Derrickson read a poem “The Tale of Joe & Ana Moose” composed by Judy Derrickson. Speakers were: Senator Ryan Taylor from Towner; Lynette Flagge, Horizon’s Director; & Eleanore Dossenko, who spoke on the 3 R’s of Marriage. The men’s Centennial singers entertained the large crowd.
The wedding party arrived by Ron Bartz’s horse & buggy. There were quite a few protests to the bride & goom getting married, but the marriage went on with the groom presenting the bride with a HUGE “ring” & the happy couple nuzzling after they said their “I do’s”. Around 200 people enjoyed the picnic meal of barbeques, potato salad, beans & wedding cake.
The video shows some of the events of the day. (This is only the second video I have ever made, and some of the pictures got deleted & I couldn’t figure out how to get them back in. ). Dick Hauser & his crew set up chairs (pictured), while Steve Heim & helpers set up the sound system The wedding cake was made by Marceline Hoaglund. The next 3 pictures show the speakers: Ryan Taylor, Lynette Flagge, & Eleanore Dossenko. The wedding party was led by the ring bearer-Donna Hase & flower girl-Doug Rademacher. The bridesmaid,LeRoy Becker, shows her(or should that be his) open backed dress & the groomsman, Judy Derrickson, sports a white shirt & tie. They are followed by the bride, Ron Cartwright, carrying her beautiful arrangement of wild flowers; & moosegroom, Barb Martin, dressed in his best attire. Ted Sitz & his back up singers provided a moose musical rendition for the happy occasion. Maurie Becker, the moose minister, tried to keep the wedding ceremony on track. We even had a moose hunter (Curtis Hase) in the crowd. The bride & groom fed each other wedding cake. The bride posed by herself, while the groom posed with the flower girl. Ryan Taylor got a moose kiss from the bridesmaid, (I wondered why LeRoy had a ton of lipstick on). I got some of the wedding party to pose for me, but some disappeared to change clothes. Marceline Hoaglund, Pam Heim & Bonnie Dockter (not pictured) served the cake. Bonnie & Pam told me they were aunts of the bride. Missy Lucas helps little Katie show off her Joe & Ana T-shirt. Judy Derrickson held games after the picnic lunch. The meal was served in the park shelter by Bill Goodwin & his crew. The last few pictures just show the groups of well fed people that stood around visiting.