Helping at a wedding...

This last Friday we drove out to Wellman, Iowa for Jonathan Newswanger's wedding. The Smiths and Ryan and Kels were the special singers for the wedding and had asked if I would help. We had practiced several times before the wedding, but it was still kinda nerve-wracking when the moment came to begin. It was extremely enjoyable though! I always enjoy singing with a group that can sing well (mostly because it helps hide my singing deficiencies) and Ry and his in-laws are definitely a group that sing well.

I was also the head sound technician for the wedding, which meant the day before the wedding getting all the mics equalized and set on the mixer, setting up a PA system for the open mic time during the reception and generally helping with the sound stuff. Myron Zook helped during the wedding (since I was singing, I couldn't be in the sound booth :) and did a fantastic job. Everything went smoothly and the wedding was a blessing. We all came away from it feeling refreshed.

The reception hall as it was when we arrived on Thursday morning.

We were not allowed to take pictures during the actual wedding, so I have none for that :(

However, we could after the service!!

Everyone sitting down to eat.

The open mic time;

I was off to the side operating the sound system.

Here's the little creature we used for the open mic time: a Fender PD-150

Great little system, very impressive range and dynamics!

And here is a quick shot of the main sound system at the church there.

Last few years at the Bible Conference in Wellman we've used this system and it's fairly complicated...

But- it's really fun to get it all working rightly and making it sound good.

On the way home Friday night...

There was a car accident on the interstate in Des Moines.

We got home in good time and got back to work on Saturday...

Well, it's late, so I'd better get to bed before much more writing :)

Often I feel like I don't say enough here on my blog, but then again, one can only put so many hours in during a day :) Tomorrow we leave early so we can get some work done before the ground thaws; the job we're at has an IMMENSE amount of mud, so it's almost impossible to work once it gets sticky :)

God bless you all. Keep Him first and only in your life!

-nate