Saturday night I attended the wedding of a fella that I have known since he was born. I remember when he was just a tiny llittle guy, not even a year old. His granny used to give him a handful of nails and a hammer and sit him on the back porch and Ihe would drive nails into the porch. She always knew he was back there because he was determined to drive the nails into the porch and if he stopped she knew right away because the pounding had stopped!
The wedding was lovely. It was in a green pasture with a beautiful barn wood arbor festooned in magnolia leaves. The bride looked beautiful in a strapless lace gown and the groom was very handsome in his own farm boy way. Guitar music and a wonderful singer who sang a lovely country song were a part of the ceremont that was performed by a friend from way back.
The reception was a free-for-all with the family and friends of the bride and groom seeking shelter from the rain briefly under a white tent in the backyard of the groom’s family. Good food abounded with a southern pig pickin’…pulled pork..cream corn…slaw…super sweet sticky barbecue sauce…tenderloin pulled straight off the carcas of the pig…a beautiful wedding cake and a rodeo groom’s cake.
The DJ did the obligatory dances between the wedding party and family members. The small children danced until near collapse. The wine and beer flowed to the tune of 9 floating kegs. There was rowdy debauchery all around and everyone went home with plenty to talk about until the next wedding!
Seriously…it was loads of fun for me to see that my little town kids could almost keep up with the little wild country children and come out relatively unscathed. It was also wonderful to see all the friends and extended family that I get to see when I go to weddings and the like in my hometown!
June 3, 2008
wineymomma
8 responses to “Country wedding…redneck reception”
Ccubed
June 3rd, 2008 at 21:00
You do realize it’s going to take the monsters about 5 min to be full fledged rednecks right??? Miss you TONS!
Onlyme
June 4th, 2008 at 09:09
I sickens me that you throw the REDNECK word around so often. Must we encourage the use of such stereotypes?
Considering that I am just as red around my collar as anyone in my home town I think MY answer to you is a resounding YES. I am very proud of my southern mountain heritage. And the only reason stereotypes are harmful is because WE make them so. The image and idea of a southern mountain good ol’ boy and the joy with which he faces life, the strength that he exhibits, the love that he feels for God, family, and country is something that I am particularly proud of. A name only has as much power as we give it.
taskforcedawg
June 4th, 2008 at 15:55
Cool..wish I could have been there. Onlyme would never survive in our growing up place…so whoever you are go, well I won’t say it on your site WM. I love you WM—TFD.
I wish you had been there too! Survival of the fittest BABY!!! Iloveyou too
Cheryl
June 9th, 2008 at 12:08
What is groom rodeo cake?
I think groom’s cake must be a southern tradition. It is usually just a smaller cake decorated with a more masculine theme. In Steele Magnolias the red velvet cake made to look like a possum waws the groom’s cake! Maybe I’ll research that and post about it soon!
not Goth
June 10th, 2008 at 17:14
This sounds like a really fun, laid back wedding! Fantastic
not Goth
June 10th, 2008 at 17:19
PS: the hammer and nail story is fake right?!! no really?!!
Nope, it is so very true! We were on a church scavenger hunt and looking for a feather. We knew his grandmother kept chickens so we stopped there to get a feather from her and there he sat!
not Goth
June 10th, 2008 at 17:21
oh WM sorry I am just leaving endless comments on the same post.. maybe you should do a post about Southern Wedding traditions as there has been a few other than the grooms cake that I have discovered.. another one is “Stocking The Bar” party kind of like a bridal shower for your bar. How awesome is that?! Have you heard of it?
It’s the wedding on the brain! S’okay! We just had a lingerie shower for my sister-in-law-to-be. But I have never heard of the “stocking the bar”! Sounds like fun!
sjsmart
June 12th, 2008 at 07:57
I love stock the bar parties. They are a lot of fun. Everyone is supposed to bring a recipe and ingredients for their favorite mixed drink(s). You get so much alcohol and mixer stuff. Unfortunately, depending on your friends of course, most of the stuff will be consumed during the party! LOL