After Westminster's graduation this morning, today revolved around the first paying job of the summer: A wedding harp gig. I generally love playing for parties because people enjoy the background music without the pressure of a silent audience listening to every note and mis-note I play. But weddings are a different story - I am the soundtrack as the guests are being seated, the bridal party processes, and of course as the bride walks down the aisle. Not that I wasn’t prepared for this, but the pressure of making a bride’s special day absolutely perfect is enough to make any performer nervous (at least any female performer who realizes the importance of this music being perfect)!
But today, all in all, after we waited out an hour of rain which ended up giving this couple a perfect, cool sunset ceremony, I didn’t blow it at all (: and I even got asked to play another wedding in September for one of the guests. I definitely could not make a career out of playing weddings and other big, important occasions, but an occasional wedding to make some extra money is something that I definitely want to keep up for as long as I can!
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