I agree! To paraphrase a Freeman Hunt tweet, whether or not one would choose to have such a ceremony, attending one like this would be an unforgettable treat. Saw a short interview of the couple. Sounds like they danced their way out of the church afterwards and his 94-year-old grandmother joined in on her way out. (Now I’m wondering if just about everyone didn’t dance out the door.) They didn’t expect it to go viral – uploaded it to YouTube as the easiest and fastest way to get it to friends/family who couldn’t be there.
And I would have chosen to have such a ceremony (if I’d HAD a ceremony, married someone more my own age and hadn’t backed into the whole thing after 21 years of the common-law kind). I used to envy the Hare Krishnas because they got to dance so much, when they weren’t, I don’t know, washing dishes. Pentecostals, too? It would be my form of worship, my form of fun.
Me neither, but I understand dancing as a spiritual expression. It’s interesting that some churches forbid it — mistrusting its sexual and anarchic potential — and others use it as a mode of worship. It’s fascinating how similar possession by the Holy Spirit is to possession by the loas in Voudun . . . but don’t get me started.
After spending half a day as an agent provacateur at Althouse, and not generating much of a response as most of the usual suspects are nowhere to be found, I think I’ll go work on the conquest of a portion of nature instead ;-)
I suppose I should rouse myself and go over there and see what THAT was all about. Thing is, I’m not interested in Gatesgate. It seems a ginned-up distraction to me.
Ambiance 
Randy said,
July 25, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I agree! To paraphrase a Freeman Hunt tweet, whether or not one would choose to have such a ceremony, attending one like this would be an unforgettable treat. Saw a short interview of the couple. Sounds like they danced their way out of the church afterwards and his 94-year-old grandmother joined in on her way out. (Now I’m wondering if just about everyone didn’t dance out the door.) They didn’t expect it to go viral – uploaded it to YouTube as the easiest and fastest way to get it to friends/family who couldn’t be there.
amba12 said,
July 25, 2009 at 3:29 pm
You can see how it went viral, though!
And I would have chosen to have such a ceremony (if I’d HAD a ceremony, married someone more my own age and hadn’t backed into the whole thing after 21 years of the common-law kind). I used to envy the Hare Krishnas because they got to dance so much, when they weren’t, I don’t know, washing dishes. Pentecostals, too? It would be my form of worship, my form of fun.
Randy said,
July 25, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The idea of speaking in tongues has no appeal to me ;-)
amba12 said,
July 25, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Me neither, but I understand dancing as a spiritual expression. It’s interesting that some churches forbid it — mistrusting its sexual and anarchic potential — and others use it as a mode of worship. It’s fascinating how similar possession by the Holy Spirit is to possession by the loas in Voudun . . . but don’t get me started.
amba12 said,
July 25, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Possession by the music is about my speed.
Randy said,
July 25, 2009 at 4:21 pm
After spending half a day as an agent provacateur at Althouse, and not generating much of a response as most of the usual suspects are nowhere to be found, I think I’ll go work on the conquest of a portion of nature instead ;-)
amba12 said,
July 25, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I suppose I should rouse myself and go over there and see what THAT was all about. Thing is, I’m not interested in Gatesgate. It seems a ginned-up distraction to me.
Randy said,
July 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Oh, it is. It is. Something for just about everybody in it, and scads of vested interests at stake, so it attracts attention.
Donna B. said,
July 25, 2009 at 6:49 pm
And now I want to see a video of the reception!
michael reynolds said,
July 26, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Yep, that’s what a wedding should be like.