Wedding
at Sanibel
It was at Liberty University in Virginia that Cody, the son of an Ohio minister, would meet Larae, a sweet girl from Ft. Myers, Florida, the love of his life.
When Cody and LaRae planned their wedding at Sanibel Harbor Resort, they didn't want just any old wedding band.
Strong in their Christian faith, they wanted music with class, but fun and not stuffy at all. The Ted Knight Orchestra turned out to be exactly what they were looking for.
Ted's band was booked for a Saturday in June, and two hundred guests gathered for dinner and dancing in the resort's gorgeous Caloosa Ballroom.
For the bride and groom's first dance. Ted sang The Luckiest, a song by the Ben Folds Five.
Music for dinner included Let's Get It On, a smolderingly funky sax solo by Paul Magersuppe, and a medley of Mancini tunes capped by a swinging Mr. Lucky. Other special song requests included Home by Michael Bublé, and Butterfly Kisses for the bride's dance with her father.
Evelyn Russell
was a hit with
Just the Way You Are and Respect. When she did
Son of a Preacher
Man, the dance floor action was intense and no wonder since Cody
is in fact just such a son. The song went with the joyous mood perfectly.
Ted
did I Just Called to Say I Love You, Old Time Rock and Roll,
and the Louis Jordan R&B classic,
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie.
David Pate contributed a fine tenor sax solo on Fly Me to the Moon.
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Trumpet player Brad Turner was featured on Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and on Ted's new arrangement of the Beach Boys' God Only Knows.
The band played the Beatles'
When I'm 64 for the cutting of the wedding cake, with trombonist Jeff
Logo adding some delightful licks behind the clarinet and trumpet
lead.
Cody and Ted enjoyed planning the music together by phone and email. The happy result was that the band played just the kind of songs that Cody and his bride wanted. On band breaks, Ted played some of Cody's Christian rock favorites on iPod.
Sanibel Island is north of Naples on the Florida Gulf coast.
Photographs courtesy of Krista at Impressions Photography.