Mary and Chris’s tied the knot at beautiful Wine Country Farms in Dayton, middle of Oregon wine country! Their ceremony was at St. Peter Catholic Church at Newberg. The weather was gorgeous, and lots of friends, old and new attended the wedding.
Their wedding planner was Amy from Blush Bridal and thanks to her team, everything ran smoothly. The couple traveled between Wine Country Farm and St. Peter’s in a 1958 metallic blue Rolls Royce Silvercloud. There were some great speeches as well - families of Mary and Chris knew each other for a long time and the respect and love for each other showed! One of the fun moments of the wedding was when Mary and her girlfriends performed a song using microphones (hairbrushes) like they used to before they went out to party at college.
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Portland has a great swing dance community and they came together to host the 2008 Portland Lindy Exchange. Some of you might remember the pictures from the 2006 exchange here. I can’t believe it has been two years!
I was able to attend all three nights, however, the second night was right after a fantastic but long wedding I shot, so I didn’t bring my camera that night. Since I have not been out dancing as much lately, I didn’t take as many photos but rather took advantage of the great crowds and got my dancing fix in. Despite that, there are still over 200 photos.
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Here are some favorites:
My buddy Jon rocking the house with Stephanie
Two of the nicest dressing ladies in swing dancing:
Brenda
Shim Sham
The band at Tiffany Center Ballroom
Yours truly dancing (I look too serious!) swing dance
Melissa
Russ
Joshua
Karissa
Gail
Crystal Ballroom - my favorite place to dance
Spark - great blues dancer
Tibor - Our Hungarian friend was born in 1926 and still dancing!
No idea - I guess he didn’t want his photo taken
$6 for a beer? Are you kidding me?
We stopped by a great swing dance in Portland at Imago Theater. It was beautifully organized and the bands were great. Here are some photos, and even more can be found here.
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