Dearly Beloved Cha Cha

MY BAND, THE RICH PULIN SEXTET, PLAYED A WEDDING IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA ON JUNE 14, 2005........THE EPSTEIN EVENT! THE GROOM, JOSH RUBENSTEIN, APPROACHED ME MIDWAY IN THE AFFAIR , BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL HIS EXCITEMENT.........HE BLURTED OUT,"RICH, RICH, ANNIE'S UNCLE SAUL SAID THAT IF YOU GUYS CAN PLAY "DEARLY BELOVED" AS A CHA CHA HE'LL UP OUR GIFT FROM $100,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS!! IT'S ALL UP TO YOU RICH...CAN YOU DO IT.........I LOOKED AT HIM THE SAME WAY I REMEMBER CASEY STENGEL LOOKING TOWARD THE YANKEE BULLPEN. JUST AS HE WAS READY TO BRING IN FIREMAN JOE PAGE......I STARTED TO SPEAK, PIVOT TOWARDS THE BAND AND RAISE MY RIGHT HAND TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YES WE CAN!! I ANNOUNCED TO THE BAND, VERY CALMLY, "FELLAS, "DEARLY BELOVED", AS A CHA CHA, KEY OF C............AND MAKE IT GOOD........ AS THE TUNE EVOLVED, I WATCHED UNCLE SAUL, DANCING WITH JOSH'S SOON TO BE WIFE, ANNIE, WITH A GREAT BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. THE EVENING PROGRESSED FROM THERE AND NOTHING ELSE EVENTFUL HAPPENED UNTIL AFTERWARDS, AS WE WERE PACKING UP, JOSH AND ANNIE CAME OVER TO ME WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE EVER, AND HANDED ME AN ENVELOPE....JOSH SAID,"OPEN IT" I REMOVED THE CHECK, EXPECTING TO SEE THE AGREED UPON AMOUNT OF $3900.00. MY MOUTH DROPPED TO THE FLOOR WHEN I SAW PAY TO THE RICH PULIN SEXTET THE SUM OF 103,900.00!!!!! UNCLE SAUL CAME THROUGH! SINCE THEN, ON EVERY GIG, WE INCLUDE THE "DEARLY BELOVED" CHA CHA AS PART OF OUR PLAY LIST

 

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