The wedding was on friday and 25 of us flew down the Sat before to start the "wedding week"
We had the direct flight from Boston on Jet Blue and we paid the $30 xtra for the front 6 rows
so we could get my wifes father off the plane quicker.I went to get my rent a car while wifey loaded everybody on
Roys buses.
Once settled @ cherela everybody was hungry and they all looked at the wife & I for guidance.
As you know that in Jamaica 25 people at a resteraunt will turn into a long wait!I looked at wifey
and said this is only 25 peeps wait till the week goes on there will be more!Going to be a long week
We thought where can we bring this many people.So we called our friend Nester whose family runs Ciao.
Sure with that many peeps he would drive us both ways just tip the taxi.
We had a wonderful meal and everybody raved about the meal
We have never had a bad meal there always good!
Sunday another wave of people came in ,.My wife had welcome bags for everybody full of little
gifts and a sheet of paper with info on eating and moving around Negril so the next night everybody was on their own.
The one thing my wife put me in charge of was the music.As of that Monday I had yet to get solid conformation on who
was playing.I have got to know a retired rock star who keeps a low profile but hangs the same place we do on the beach.
He has been coming down since the 70's and had great music connections in Negril.He said I will call Bassie.
Bassie plays in many reggae bands Alfreds,Roots and all the venues he has been the base player everybody uses.
Bassie told me he will be in Kingston rehearsing for a reggae show in Barbados that he is leaving for on Sat morning.
He would love to play and would set up a band that would work.We had seen a singer @ a show over the winter
and we really wanted her to sing so Bassie said he wiill talk to her but he also has good sigers that he could get.
The next day he said she wants too much money and he has another lady who would do a great job.My wife was really set
on that singer and wasn't happy.Bassie said check out a singer tonight down at Beaches Sandy Bay they are having
a night to thank all their workers and give good worker awards out,There was a band Bassie put together with a singer
The audiance was quiet and the singer sang all american music during the night.Wifey was not happy as this was not what she expected
We wanted reggae dancing music!Bassie assured us this was a Jamaican audience that would rather american music so don't worry
we cxan put on a show for you.We met with Bassie the next morning sitting around Cherela having coffee.We talked about the dances
and music.I wanted a Eric Clapton song for the father daughter dance and told Bassie we would have an IPod there to do some of the songs.
Bassie said oh you mean this song and sang the first few lines of Wonderfull Tonight.My daughter ,son in law,and wife all looked at me and said thats
perfect.So we went along with the singer we saw and Bassie said I will also bring the singer Swallow.Swallow plays alot of the venues around Negril
and was very well known so I said yeah lets do it.
Got to get to work ,strawberry picking time.
Farmer
ps Rob and Lisa are looking younger every time I see them.These two are a class act!