The Rehersal Dinner – Oct 11 2008 by Dani

Tags -- Fall_'do'

When my people put on a wedding, you have to rename it – was it a wedding inside of a party? Some kind of ball? A fall festival? A celebration? A bash? A gala? A coming out party?

You should have seen the teens decked out (is that right? Pops term) for the wedding – my goodness they looked like young ladies in their twenties and for once they acted like it. We were so proud of them.

I know – we’ll call it an ‘informal do’.

(Thanks Google and Answers.com).

The ‘do’ started last night.

We had a hell of a party last night at the rehersal dinner. Pops had security here last night and they estimated a crowd of five hundred.

A quick explanation – in the fall Pops extends an open invitation to the community to celebrate many things. Usually we have hot dogs, chips, pork & beans, a big bon fire, and beer and a band and dancing –usually country. Some people call it the fall festival but this year was a different theme. It was a feast.

All you needed to know was Moms middle name. Pops changes it for each party. He tells the people at the bar, at Lucy’s restaurant and the mayor and sheriff of the local village. The rest of it is word of mouth. If you don’t know it, you can not get on the bus and you only get one chance.

Visitors MUST be on their best behavior. Use the word fuck in front of a lady and Cheese will throw your ass in the river. No kidding. Don’t like something – better not complain or you will be told how to resolve that complaint and it involves walking back to town with your head up your ass.

All kids are welcome but the adults can not act like kids – unless they are cute AND good kids.

Everything is outside – admittance to the cabin requires a background check and one of us accompanying your every move.

This year, fences were setup preventing people access to the wedding tents, the boat house and cabin proper.

You can not drive here – the road is closed except to people who live somewhere on the road. To come to the ‘do’ you park at the Wal-Mart and catch a shuttle bus, if you know the password. When you get back to Wal-Mart someone will make sure you are sober enough to drive and if not, you can sleep for a while on a cot in a tent or take a cab or call a friend.

This year, we had two sets of shuttle buses. The wedding party and the village party. We had a few confused people last night but Cheese had one of his people at each venue to make sure every got where they belonged.

The year we celebrated many things – Pops made a list and Moms added a few things and some of us added personal things to the lists in the house. B and gB were embarrassed by some but gB added getting boobs to the bottom with a smile and blush – Pops changed it to BIG boobs. He does have his fun.

The list? In another post called Celebrations.

The party ended at 2 am when the beer ran out. All of the wedding guests had left by then –Stubby, Pops and Captain stayed up to party with them and make sure everyone left.

All the rest of us in the cabin were in bed by midnight. You see, we had a wedding this morning.

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