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I proposed to my wife Karen onstage in front of 400 people. I am a theater
director and had spent the summer directing 35 middle school students in a
production of "The Music Man". I knew that I wanted topropose sometimes in
July, so I thought that I would do it onstage after the last performance of the
show. I told this to the kids in the cast in June and the show was not until the end
of July. The excitation level was high all summer to say the least and the kids
wanted to be involved and I thought, why not?
Karen came to see the show on opening night, but I had arranged for her
to accompany her family to the show for the closing performance. They were in
on the plan. The theater was completely sold out and people were also standing
as 35 kids had been advertising this performance as "an event." The show went
off without a hitch.
At the end of the curtain calls, I came out and thanked the audience for
attending and then I asked my girlfriend Karen to join me onstage. The spotlight
operator had scoped her out earlier and shone the light on her at this point as I
went to escort her. Onstage, I proclaimed my deepest love and admiration and
asked Karen to bestow upon me the honor of becoming my wife. Through many
tears (and camera flashes), she nodded yes as she could not speak actual words
at that moment.
At that point, the 35 kids in the show came from the wings, each with a
long-stemmed red rose, and presented them to my bride-to-be. Then, our
orchestra of piano, bass, trumpets, and trombones played the chorus of the
popular love song from the show, "Til There Was You," and the cast and myself
sang the words to Karen. The proposal was greeted with a standing ovation. The
kids from the show sang during the wedding ceremony. They were a part of the
proposal, so it seemed fitted to have them at the wedding.
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