The last time that someone opened the doors to Saint Andrews church after a mass, only to find the Bridgemen Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps in an arc formation facing them with a private concert was last June 2007, when Father John swung open the doors after his final mass before retiring! Up until now that is!
Fast forward to Saturday, July 20, 2008, same place, Saint Andrews Church, same doors, same circumstances, the end of a mass, but a wedding mass this time. The wedding of Brian Pillaro to Robyn Murray, the daughter of Bob & Jane Murray. Robyn, a Bridgemen fan, Bob, a longtime & current soprano player of the Bridgemen!
Robyn’s favorite song, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, coincidence? It’s the very song that is in the Bridgeman’s ballad of this year’s repertoire. So, in Bridgemen Land, it’s just the natural order of things that as the new couple swung the church doors open at 4:20 PM to greet the world as a brand new married couple, that the first thing they should see is the Bridgemen & the first thing they should hear is, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Right? Normal thinking for Bridgemen! Entertaining for all in attendance! And all made possible with the help of the Bayonne Police, blocking off 4th Street at both ends from all vehicle traffic as the Bridgemen performed a special concert for special people!
The newly married couple although shocked, were still able to clap hand in time and dance along with the Bridgemen command performance!
Afterwards, they joined the Bridgemen to pose for photographs to record the moment & then it was off to The Empire Club in Tenafly NJ for a reception with invited guests. On Monday, it was off to a Bermuda honeymoon! HYPE to the new couple and may their love bring them somewhere over the rainbow! HYPE………….It’s a Bridgemen Thing.