Music
My cousin is ten years older than I am but we have always been close. When I was fifteen he got married to his high school sweetheart. I had a girlfriend of my own, and it was the first time she had met anyone in my family. The wedding was huge and filled with people I had never met before. The food was great, but the highlight of their wedding was the live band my cousin hired. They were a five-piece band and played all the favorites, the romantic songs that go over especially well at weddings. Moreover, the lead singer was a woman, which was unique for a wedding band. When the songs were lively, we danced and my folks even let me have a few glasses of champagne.
Suddenly my girlfriend turned to me and cried, "Oh! I love this song!"
It happened to be one of the first songs of the evening that I didn't recognize. So far, most of the songs from Elvis to Sinatra were completely familiar, so familiar that I sang along to them. They took on new meaning with the female vocalist. But I didn't recognize this song at all. The female singer had a lovely voice and as I glanced around the dance floor, most of the other people at the wedding also seemed to know the song and were happily mouthing some of the words.
What is this?" I finally asked my girlfriend, who looked like she was in rapture. Her eyes were closed as she swayed to the music.
She smiled and opened her eyes. "It's Celine Dion!"
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