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Welcome to my interactive web site! I have been in the wedding industry for 27 years and have played at least 2500 weddings. This gives me a fascinating perspective, much of it poignant, memorable and hilarious.

Some weddings are unusual, such as transgender, same sex, cult, nudist or on horseback. I've played a Lord of the Rings wedding that was conducted in Elvish. Some are lavish and others are fleeting, such as one where a communist defector married at the airport. Some have been interrupted by accident (bride fell and broke leg on step to altar), one came to her wedding in an ambulance escorted by a nurse holding her IV. The tragic ones involved alcohol.

Did you know playing at the Columbia Tower Club involves 48 elevator rides to set up and break down? And there is a wonderful tunnel system under the streets to get from the load zone to inside the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle.

My harp has a $50,000 replacement value with over $10,000 of 23 kt. gold leaf. It is very delicate, yet I move it myself, often many times a day. I have a unique profession, a unique place in the community and a unique perspective to share. I would like to be enriched by hearing from you as well!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Nicest Christmas Letter!! Dec. 24, 2011

Milady Greensleeves,
In December of 1989 or 1990, I saw a tiny car with a huge harp in the back swoosh past on Fauntleroy Way. My dear Gail was to come home from the hospital the following week, and in one stroke you solved the problem of how to welcome her home and what to get her for Christmas. Though she was medicated and still under the thumb of that which stole the brightest mind and sweetest soul I've ever known, your music made an impression on her; many years later and 2000 miles away, that was one of the only Christmas memories she could recall. On behalf of all those you touch, God bless you . . . and Merry Christmas.
Dean Carter Brehio

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