May 31, 2008 Wedding

We went to another wedding today and this time we didn’t crash it, even though we didn’t know the bride and groom. We had been invited by Deb who was a friend of the bride’s mother. Plus Maurizio was providing the organ music. The wedding was held in a little medieval church in Cordenons. It seems that at an Italian wedding the bride arrives at the church and there are people outside to greet her and applaud as she emerges from the car. Others who want to snag the good seats are inside seated. Before the ceremony begins everyone scurries in, the wedding march begins and the bride is escorted up the isle. Rather than stand through the ceremony, the bride and groom sit. The bride and groom emerge from the church to be greeted by rice and confetti. People offer their best wishes and they drive off in this case in a 1960 Jaguar. Here are pictures of the church and bell tower. The inside of the church had walls that had been frescoed, however some of them were in pretty bad shape. Some mosaics were found when the church was partially restored in 1965. Pieces of the mosaics are framed and on the wall; and a plexa-glass floor was put in place so you could see the original foundation. Here is a picture of Maurisio and the priest with Saint Peter looking on. Since this is such a small church, there is no organ, but Maurisio has a keyboard that sounds like a pipe organ. Bach sounded beautiful!