Camarillo Church Wedding
The bride and groom purchased a full wedding package including engagement photography & signing board. I have done their engagement photography a month earlier. Erik Griffin was the videographer. Erik and I have done about 4-5 wedding gigs together. I am currently working on Photo/Video packages with Erik.
Padre Serra Parish is an exclusive Catholic wedding venue in Camarillo. I have done 2-3 weddings at Padre Serra Parish in the past. Catholic couples cannot resist its high class construction and decorations. They have somewhat strict guideline on using this holy Parish. The church is exclusive and high class sitting high on the Mission Oaks hill of Camarillo.
I believe this was the first time they allowed outdoor reception at Padre Serra Parish
The groom is a studio musician. He plays a bass guitar in a Funk/Jazz band. He also sings. So, naturally, most of his friends and family were hip musicians. Their music style was somewhat similar to Tonight Show band (Kevin Eubanks) with more funk to it.
Power outage:
The reception started and everyone was having good time. The DJ was playing music, some of the friends and family members took turn playing live music. When they started the Dollar dance the DJ lost electricity. They were having a tough time getting the power back. They were keep blowing one fuse after another.
That’s when the “Magic Moment” happened.
A gentleman walked up to the band stand and started to play drums (slowly). Then another gentleman came up and started to play acoustic guitar. He started to sing Eagles medley. His wife (I assumed) came and sang harmony with him. To me, that was the highlight of the reception. It was unforgettable.
Finally the juice was back on. And the band proceeded to funk. My favorite song was their funky version of Mustang Sally.
Groom on the bass while sax was on solo
Padre Serra Parish - Camarillo
www.padreserra.org
5205 Upland Rd
Camarillo, CA 93012
(805) 482-6417
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