I just got married almost 2 weeks ago. We did a mostly DIY wedding with some outside
help. We hired a caterer that delivered
dinner to our outdoor backyard wedding, a cake, had a photographer for 4
hours and an officiate. Everything else
including flowers, hair, makeup, appetizers music, decor, MC’ing, videography, etc., we did ourselves or had
family help out.
The day of the wedding, my father and brother were
videoing. I think they got most of the
ceremony and dinner. My husband had his
own video camera which he said he was going to put on a tripod or just on the
table while the wedding was going on.
Unfortunately, when it was needed most, it failed! I did a “surprise dance performance” for my
new husband when the party started and before I came out, I expected my husband’s video camera to be
rolling. He knew about the performance
but didn’t know the song or the dance.
He said he would have it ready when I came out. Well, the camera ran out of memory and the
performance that I had been working on for months almost every day wasn’t captured! My dad and brother weren’t prepared for the
surprise and didn’t have their cameras with them. My dad keeps asking me why I didn’t tell him
about it or he would have taped it and I just say that it was a surprise and
that nobody was supposed to know besides the organizers (my husband, maid of
honor and the best man) but now I see that I made a mistake.
I did a do over performance a couple of days later to my husband
in the same room I did it in originally in the same outfit. He videotaped me but it ‘s not the same…no
audience and not the surprised look on my husband’s face when I got him to join
me on the dance floor mid-song. I’m
having a hard time accepting this out of all the things that didn’t go as
planned that day of which there were several! To combat this, I’m thinking of doing a repeat performance, perhaps at
my baby shower coming up soon (I’m 7 months pregnant!) or our 1 year
anniversary. But I’m not sure if my
guests would want to see that again. The
dance was just for my husband and was my special dedication to him on my
wedding day.
Anybody else have any wedding flops to make me feel better
about this flub? What are your wedding blunder/disaster
stories? I’m having a hard time
accepting what happened…