A Real Hi-Fi Wedding: Kateri & David’s Musical Marriage

April 25, 2013
Posted by Ashley

David and Kateri January 2009 when they were cast as boyfriend-and-girlfriend in Bat Boy: The Musical at Foothill College. The two quickly agreed that the casting was truly inspired! After a few weeks of shyly getting to know each other at rehearsal, they started to see each other outside of the theater. A few dinner dates, a Valentine’s Day, and a tech week later, a relationship was born.

After several adventures, including a theater-filled trip to New York, a 36-hour whirlwind drive to L.A. to attend a taping of So You Think You Can Dance, and multiple theatrical shenanigans, the love birds moved (with their two dogs) to Denver in the early summer of 2010. There, they quickly fell in love with the theater community just east of the Rockies, and started their own theater news and reviews website for the area…in addition to continuing to perform. David proposed on November 26, 2011, and Kateri said “yes” with joy in her heart and tears running down her face!

Processional: “I’d Give It All for You” (as an instrumental), a song by Jason Robert Brown
Entrance of the Bride: “Someone to Fall Back On” (also instrumental), also by Jason Robert Brown
During Ceremony: I’ll Cover You (Reprise) from RENT *expanded details below
Recessional: Hall & Oats “You Make My Dreams Come True”
First Dance: “Grow Old With Me” by Jason Robert Brown

Reception music was mostly top 40 stuff with a few musical love songs mixed in!

*From Kateri: The song is actually sung as a funeral song when a character’s partner has passed away. Despite it’s sad place in the show, it’s really a song about having a partner who vows to protect and honor you, and about realizing the value of having that while you still have it! It also starts to incorporate the refrain from “Seasons of Love” which is of course very appropriate for a wedding!

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Photos: Elevate Photography
Cake Designer: Studio Cake
Event Venue: Lohman Theatre – Foothill College