Gary,
I would have gone up to the newlyweds with my look and asked What the hell were you thinking when you hired that %^&*!!!

Hopefully, in defense of the couple, it was part of a package deal and not of their own choosing.

Years ago, I was in a 5-pc group that did traditional wedding, country club/ballroom stuff. One night we were playing for a wedding and a Chinese guy walked into the banquet hall to listen. On our break he asked us if we were available on such+such date (6 or 7 months away) to play for the annual Chinese Business Owners of Chicago Dinner. We were available.
They do it up big...tuxedos, traditional dragon ceremony, firecrackers etc.

It was time for us to play. We played for 3 hours and NOT 1 person danced the entire time. Man was I sweating and uncomfortable. We all were.
On a break we talked to the guy, told him every style we knew we tried but nobody is dancing. He said don't worry, they are clapping, they like you

A couple of weeks went by and our drummer (the contract/booker guy) gets a call from that same guy, wanting to book us in advance for next year's business dinner
We told our guy to say we were already booked. BTW, none of us are Asian.

Maybe your bash was the same ... One decision maker to speak on behalf of the masses!




[This message has been edited by MrEd (edited 08-05-2006).]