I sent this to Kate and then realized that I forgot to send it in to the list. > > --- Kate Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > i can't remember if maybe someone mentioned this but it was SUCH a > > special > > highlight to have the impromtu bridengroom magsnbrei moment in the > > circle on > > sunday night... > > Thanks so much Kate for planting the seeds for one of the most > beautiful moments in my entire life. Thanks for giving me an > opportunity to share some thoughts about the magsnbrei*bridengroom > moment during the Sunday evening song circle. I have so much to say > about the entire weekend, however, this is where I need to begin. > > Brian and I had been off campus for Saturday day and night due to a > prior family commitment, and as a result, we missed the Saturday song > circle. At the end of the Sunday night performances, I heard Kate > call > out our names to see if we were still in the room. She said she had a > special song to sing to us. > > In a flash, the chairs were set up in the performance space, creating > a > huge circle. Some small tables were placed inside and several white > candles were lit, and with the lights already down low, an aura of > magic set in all around us. Before we knew it, the circle was filling > up with the sounds of tuning, all the seats were taken, and people > gathered round the outside of the circle, moving in as close as > possible. Brian and I held each other close. We were mesmerized. A > hush > filled the air. Butterflies dancing. > > Before the music began, we took a few moments to try and put into > words > how we felt. I wish I had been more prepared, and most of all I hope > that every one of you realizes that you gave us the greatest gift > with > your songs. We have never felt so loved as in that moment. I could > not > believe what happened next. All around the circle, in the soft glow > of > candle light, every one took a turn singing a song of love for Brian > and I. As Kate said, this was not planned, it was spontaneous. As > with > so many magical moments at Fest, especially this year, it just > happened. > > We are moved beyond words, we feel so blessed to know you all and to > be > graced with the gift of love through your songs. We will never forget > this moment as long as we live. > > Jack, KateNJeff, Victor, everyonethank you so very much for the > sacred > songs, which I can still hear in my soul. The memories lift my heart > and take me back to that place again and again. Thanks Jenny and ChuckE for All The Diamonds, one of my all time favourite Bruce songs, ever. Thanks for letting me sing with you :-) thanks bro Bob for making us laugh with Goin to the Chapel of love!!!! All of the songs were so very special. And Victor kept serenading us at every opportunity, our very own troubador!!!! > > Two and a half years ago, Brian responded to a post I wrote to the list and from that special place, a bond grew instantly. And here we are.
Brian and I were married on Thursday morning here in Jersey, a small > ceremony. Immediate family circled around us. We hurried home to > change > for our journey to Fest. We felt this was the perfect way to > celebrate > our love. Know that we have grown together in the garden of the jmdl. > Thank you every one for making us feel so special and for supporting us as we grew to this place of today. > > with so much love and heart bursting gratitude, MagsnBrei > xoxox > > > > > > ******************************************** > > Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com > > Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs > > Over the Moon- > > "bringing the melancholy world of twilight > > to life almost like magic" All Music Guide > > ******************************************** > > > ===== > You open my heart, you do. > Yes you do. > - JM > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > ===== You open my heart, you do. Yes you do. - JM Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
