Dixie Attack

Dixie Attack, originally uploaded by skee zix.

Christian has been playing music with a group of male friends from his school days since they were in maybe fourth or fifth grade. After high school they formed Dixie Attack and played 1920s and 30s-era Dixie music for 50th and 60th birthday parties and anniversaries, making obscene amounts of money for playing what Christian called easy, mindless music for the enjoyment people of all ages, but especially the older crowd. After three years of not playing together, they reunited for a special Hochzeit (wedding) performance. It was such joyful music for the pre-dinner hour and everyone got a kick out of the stories they band told, especially one about how Christian's band teacher marveled--on stage and in front of an audience--that Christian's little fifth-grade fingers could play such beautiful music on his bass guitar. His friends have apparently mocked him for this embarrassing experience ever since. Luckily for his friends, who clearly love him, he is a man of tolerance and wisdom and takes all the gentle ribbing with good humor.

I have now decided that all weddings should involve some amount of live music. It makes people so happy to be able to sing along and even just dance in their seats. More to come about the incredible wedding events. It's going to take quite a blog post to share all of the amazing events of the day. Just one quick preview: it involved a four-and-a-half-hour dinner, balloons, and torches.