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Unless you’ve been getting jiggy at your own wedding, I doubt if you haven’t already seen this video of Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz’s dynamic entrance to their June 20th wedding in Minnesota.
I’ve watched this video more times than I should admit. Why? It makes me smile. And it makes me feel happy about, not just a wedding, but a marriage. About two people willing to shed the skin of social conventions and externalize their joy. The first time I watched it, I spilled tears on the keyboard watching Jill enter the church. How can you not feel your heart clench when you see a bride walking down the aisle as Chris Brown sings, “I’m releasing my heart and it’s feeling amazing…I’ve been waiting my whole life for this one night…”
The couple, since this video went viral, has appeared on several morning shows and recreated the church entrance with their entire wedding party on The Today Show last Saturday.
This morning, I read the following article in the Washington Post, and I wanted to share it with you.
Enjoy.
Sarah Kaufman a Washington Post staff writer said:
“This was no longer a display of bad posture and dyed-to-match pumps — it was an uplifting swell of celebration with a beat. The bride — unescorted, we note; so independent! — was and wasn’t the center of attention. The true focus was on the unified, wordless but palpable emotions of her whole support system.
It plugs us in to something deeply human. Dancing is how so many cultures have celebrated weddings for eons. Okay, maybe not exactly like this, with the ushers turning their programs into confetti, with one groomsman thrusting a stray flower between his teeth and flinging himself into a handstand, with two of the bridesmaids clasping hands and doing a little riff on swing dancing.
Jill and Kevin claimed to have only had one rehearsal and said the whole group contributed to the choreography. They did an amazing job of it. It builds in force right up until the crowning moment: the pas de deux, where Kevin takes his bride’s arm and they glide in step toward the beaming minister, capturing what Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse knew in their sweet “Dancing in the Dark” number from the film “The Bandwagon.” There’s nothing so intimate as a slow stroll. After everyone’s bouncing, that short walk together was terribly moving.”
(You can read the rest of Sarah’s article HERE.)
What do you think?
