REEL THE 1960 WEDDING OF JEAN SHEPARD TO HAWKSHAW HAWKINS
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RARE!!
REEL TO REEL TAPE!!
THE 1960 WEDDING CEREMONY OF JEAN SHEPARD TO HAWKSHAW HAWKINS!!!
THIS IS THE ACTUAL CEREMONY THAT TOOK PLACE AT
THE GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW IN WICHITA KANSAS ON NOVEMBER 26, 1960 AT THE FORUM AUDITORIUM!
THE MARRIAGE OF HAWKSHAW HAWKINS AND JEAN SHEPARD WAS QUITE A THING!! COUNTRY SONG ROUNDUP FEATURED IT ON THEIR COVER AND WROTE UP THE DETAILS AND PROVIDED SOME PHOTOS. THEY WERE APPEARING AS PART OF A GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW AT THE FORUM AUDITORIUM IN WICHITA, KANSAS. AND IT WAS QUITE A SHOW TO SAY THE LEAST: SHARING THE STAGE THAT DAY WERE TEX RITTER, HANK MORTON, CARL PERKINS, THE PLAINSMEN QUARTET, THE LeGARDE TWINS FROM AUSTRALIA, MOON MULLICAN, GARY VAN AND HIS WESTERN STARLIGHTERS. THE REPORTS ARE THAT A CROWD OF 4,000 FANS ATTENDED THIS GALA EVENT.
THEIR WEDDING TOOK PLACE AFTER THE SHOW. WHEN THE CURTAIN CLOSED AFTER THE LAST SONG AND AFTER A BRIEF INTERLUDE, ORGAN MUSIC FILLED THE AUDITORIUM, THEN THE PLAINSMEN QUARTET SANG A COUPLE OF TUNES, "TRUE LOVE" AND "HER HAND IN MINE" TO SET THE MOOD FOR THE CEREMONY.
THEN JEAN APPEARED DRESSED IN HER BRIDAL GOWN. THE PROCESSION TOOK THEM THROUGH THE AUDIENCE T THE STAGE, WITH AN ARBON OF CHRSANTHEMUMS. THE OWNER OF THE LOCAL RADIO STATION KSIR, NICK SANDERS, WAS THE EMCEE OF THE CEREMNY, LETTING THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHAT WAS OCCURRING.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, JEAN TOLD THE AUDIENCE THAT THOSE WANTING A SOUVENIR, COULD COME TO THE STAGE AND TAKE A PIECE OF THE FLORAL DECORATIONS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, FANS TOOK HER UP ON THIS OFFER. THE AUDIENCE EVEN GOT TO SAMPLE THE WEDDING CAKE, THOUGH THERE WASN'T ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE, BUT THE ARTICLE SAID NEARLY A 1,000 PEOPLE GOT TO TASTE IT.
A WONDERFUL PIECE OF COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY!!!
NOTE: I do not have a Reel to Reel player and therefore cannot double-check the reels I am offering here on Ebay. Therefore, no returns will be accepted. You are buying it "as is". I can tell you that much care was taken over the years to ensure the quality and condition stay Excellent!!
Thank you!
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