Hannah and Ben Got Married

Hannah and Ben got married! It was a glorious afternoon and evening, the kind of party you dream about -- touching, chaotic, elegant, heartfelt and crazy. When Hannah recited her vows to Ben under the chuppa, saying "I promise to always hold your hand on airplanes," The Great Plotnik dissolved into liquid.



They were led down the aisle by Luci and her gorgeous daughter Aiden, who tossed rose and lavender petals from her wheelchair. Aiden is almost three, and there could not have been one heart left unbroken after seeing her maneuver her chair with a joy stick.



Then Peter and Patsy walked Hannah to where the chuppa was set up overlooking the water, and the...shall we say unique...Quaker-Jewish ceremony began. There was a moment of silence observed for the Quaker part, which took on special meaning later when Plotnik led 150 dancers in a Quaker-Jewish hora-in-the-square. More about this shortly.



Patsy was all smiles as she walked off with John, the groom's dad, after the ceremony. There could be no finer tribute to her previous compulsive attention to details, than to say no one had the slighest idea how hard she had worked to put it all together. The only f-word was Fabulous.





Peter gave a toast that he had been practicing for days. The keg of beer really helped.



Then the dancing began. The Great Plotnik was asked to lead the assembly in a hora. He began by telling the audience the traditional Jewish circle had been changed to a square for the evening to accomodate the Quakers. There was another Quaker moment of silence observed in the middle of raucous dancing and screaming, with the bride and groom being hauled through the tent on precariously tilting rocking chairs. Everyone danced so hard they had to fix the dance floor afterwards.

Earlier, Plot had picked up The Great BZWZ at the train station in Baltimore...



...so later in the wedding evening Plot and BZWZ got a chance to dance quite a bit. BZ did not look particularly embarrassed except for once or twice, when The Great Plotnik did his famous Chicken Wing. And my oh my, did BZ Plotnik look gorgeous on Saturday night.

Speaking of gorgeous, The Great Plotnik does not look particularly graceful while bowling, but The Great Ducknik does. Why is that?