Winnings and Weddings

This was such a good weekend!!

Sunday I got to go to a real traditional Korean wedding! Rooms on several floors of the Ritz Carlton were rented out to fit all the people, but the strange part is that only the floor with the bride and groom’s closest friends actually got to observe the ceremony. Most floors didn’t even get to watch it! I was on the next floor down, but really wanted to watch, so Katelyn and I sneakily watched the ceremony from the doorway of the floor where it was held. I heard this isn’t normal for Korean weddings, or sometimes they do the same thing but with big TV screens in each room so everyone can at least watch what is happening even if they can’t see it in person. The pastor spoke for awhile and then the bride and groom walked down the aisle as husband and wife. Then they changed into traditional Korean hambuks and visited each table on every floor briefly. Korean weddings don’t have bridesmaids or groomsmen either. It was all very beautiful and fancy, followed by a five-course meal, dessert and wine. It must have been really expensive. Her dress was so beautiful too… white with a small sweetheart-neck lined bodice and an enormous hoop skirt bottom. She looked like a dainty cupcake, with little white gloves to match.

But even more fun was yesterday. In front of hundreds of people, our school performed a dance that I choreographed and Katelyn sang to—“All I want for Christmas is you”! And then…… we won!!! Got one of those giant cardboard cutouts of a check for a thousand dollars for us to split. Good times!