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Postby Jeremey » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:32 pm

Tonight we did that wedding at Belhurst Castle on Seneca Lake in upstate NY.

I was pretty surprised because you normally don't see a couple that wants to actually have an entire concert of Journey music at their wedding reception.

Anyway, this ranks up there with one of the coolest Journey related experiences I've had. We played our two hour show, and ended with the Foolish Heart/Oh Sherrie medley and the psuedo-encore of AWYWI. So we finished that up, and the wedding crowd people started chanting for another tune. We've been replaying DSB lately for an encore, cause that's really what people want to hear these days, so we did it again, and they went nuts.

Then they wanted another tune after we finished that. So I told them there was no way in hell we could top that encore unless there was some sort of fire involved. Luckily there were candles all around the reception hall at every table. So we got all the guests there to each grab a candle and come out to the front of the stage, and the lights were down and there were all these little flickering candles being held up, and we played "Faithfully" for the bride and groom one more time. I went into the crowd in the middle of the candles, holding up my own candle I was handed, and we ended the song a capella, with the entire crowd singing the refrain at the end, then there was just silence and all these candles everywhere. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

I'm so glad this music still means so much to so many people, and so lucky that I can be a part of sharing it. These two people have begun their lives together this evening, being sent out into the world with that final image of their wedding reception. Pretty cool experience. Thanks for the music, guys.
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Postby Frank Martinez » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:36 pm

:D Way to go Jeremey,thats what it is all about,the Music! :D
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Postby Maui Tom » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:37 pm

Frank Martinez wrote::D Way to go Jeremey,thats what it is all about,the Music! :D
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what are you new?

:D :D
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Postby MIKE99 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:39 pm

you done gone and made me cry :cry: ,how touching.now goodnight you hear?
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Postby MIKE99 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:43 pm

Frank Martinez wrote::D Way to go Jeremey,thats what it is all about,the Music! :D
Rock on Brother!



frank is that your head inside the gator suit? 8)
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Postby Jeremey » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:46 pm

It was quite cool indeed! 8)
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Postby Frank Martinez » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:25 pm

Maui Tom wrote:
Frank Martinez wrote::D Way to go Jeremey,thats what it is all about,the Music! :D
Rock on Brother!


what are you new?

:D :D

:lol: "Hey Just Listen Here"its time to chill and go have that Mike's hard Lemonaid!!! :lol:
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Postby Frank Martinez » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:26 pm

MIKE99 wrote:
Frank Martinez wrote::D Way to go Jeremey,thats what it is all about,the Music! :D
Rock on Brother!



frank is that your head inside the gator suit? 8)

Hi Mike,well yes,yes that is my head at top of the Gator Suit.
The Gator body is from the Cartoon Wally Gator.
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Re: Cool Journey Experience Tonight

Postby Babyblue » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:14 pm

Jeremey wrote:Tonight we did that wedding at Belhurst Castle on Seneca Lake in upstate NY.

I was pretty surprised because you normally don't see a couple that wants to actually have an entire concert of Journey music at their wedding reception.

Anyway, this ranks up there with one of the coolest Journey related experiences I've had. We played our two hour show, and ended with the Foolish Heart/Oh Sherrie medley and the psuedo-encore of AWYWI. So we finished that up, and the wedding crowd people started chanting for another tune. We've been replaying DSB lately for an encore, cause that's really what people want to hear these days, so we did it again, and they went nuts.

Then they wanted another tune after we finished that. So I told them there was no way in hell we could top that encore unless there was some sort of fire involved. Luckily there were candles all around the reception hall at every table. So we got all the guests there to each grab a candle and come out to the front of the stage, and the lights were down and there were all these little flickering candles being held up, and we played "Faithfully" for the bride and groom one more time. I went into the crowd in the middle of the candles, holding up my own candle I was handed, and we ended the song a capella, with the entire crowd singing the refrain at the end, then there was just silence and all these candles everywhere. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

I'm so glad this music still means so much to so many people, and so lucky that I can be a part of sharing it. These two people have begun their lives together this evening, being sent out into the world with that final image of their wedding reception. Pretty cool experience. Thanks for the music, guys.


That is just to sweet Jeremey :D :wink:
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Postby Esc » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:06 pm

cool. :)
i hope someones got a bootleg and posted it somewhere.
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Postby Ehwmatt » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:22 pm

Sounds like a blast... you shoulda bust out NWA. I'd still love to hear you guys do that one of these days, let the buffoons get a beer for 3.5 mins...
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Postby MIKE99 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:39 pm

Ehwmatt wrote:Sounds like a blast... you shoulda bust out NWA. I'd still love to hear you guys do that one of these days, let the buffoons get a beer for 3.5 mins...



yeah straight outta comptom is a stone cold classic :P
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Postby Ehwmatt » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:41 pm

MIKE99 wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Sounds like a blast... you shoulda bust out NWA. I'd still love to hear you guys do that one of these days, let the buffoons get a beer for 3.5 mins...



yeah straight outta comptom is a stone cold classic :P


Heheh, it's early and that one took about 20 seconds to register, but nice.
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Postby Blueskies » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:48 pm

Thats sweet, Jeremey. I'm sure the wedding attendees had a fantastic time and you helped give them some great memories. 8) Hopefully you didn't do Edge Of The Blade for the happy couple. :shock: :lol: :wink:
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Re: Cool Journey Experience Tonight

Postby Eric » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:11 pm

Dammit...I didn't know you were here!
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Postby zino » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:46 am

Will you guys ever make it to South Florida ?

Do you have any of your shows up for sale?

Keep up the good work ( seen alot on You Tube) hopefully one day will be able to see you live
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