June 29, 1997—11:00 a.m

On June 29, 1997, we read our vows in the company of friends and family. It was a day filled with energy and enthusiasm, and the performers were so good that we should have sold tickets. After the ceremony and once everyone had signed our certificate, we joined a bicycle procession of about 50 riders from the Ithaca College Chapel to Stuart Park. There, the food, music, and bands kicked in to make sure everyone had a good time.

Procession: “Time After Time” by Cindy Lauper

Sung by Mark Lawrence, Izolda Trakhtenberg, Greggory Haugen, and Jennifer Rodgers.

Arranged by The Flirtations and Jennifer Rodgers.

“On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou

Read by Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

Convocation and Introduction

Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

Excerpt from “Twenty-One Love Poems XIII” by Adrienne Rich

Read by Beth Bell

Story

Told by Nora Balfour and Gary Hartz

“Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Read by Chris Cole

Excerpt from A History of Love by Diane Ackerman

Read by Jennifer Ekstrom

“we are so both and oneful” (last stanza) by e. e. cummings

Read by Jennifer Anderson

“I Would Do Anything for You” by Tom Knight

Sung by Tom Knight and you

Story

Told by Steve Harper and Laurie Vasily

Excerpt from “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman

Read by Jonathan Haugen

“Sturdy Boots” by Heidi L. Haugen

Read by Noël Anderson

“Him to Her” by Adam R. Marcotte

Read by Bill Wedemeyer

“Reflection”: Keynote Speaker

Carla Golden

“I Do” by Chris and Meredith Thompson

Sung by Chris and Meredith Thompson

Honoring of the Parents

Krini Alampi, Jan Ketchum, Rolf Haugen,

and Ron Marcotte

The Vows

Facilitated by Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

The Exchange of Rings

Facilitated by Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

The Seven Steps

Facilitated by Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

The Pronouncement of Wedlock

Facilitated by Richard Andrulis and Darcy Smith

“The Call” by Vaughn Williams

Sung by Jennifer Rodgers

Building the Foundation & Signing the Wedding Certificate

All Participants

1997 Biography

Adam and Heidi met while employed at the Ithaca Intercultural Institute during the summer of 1993. They became close friends and later courted. On Adam’s birthday, April 28, 1994, Heidi successfully baked Adam’s favorite cake (chocolate with penuche frosting), wrapped up a diamond earring in a series of ten boxes (culminating with a refrigerator box), and asked him to “marry” her. He accepted. Testing their suitability for one another, they traveled across the U.S. for six weeks in “Betsy,” an old Lincoln Town Car; afterwards, they loved each other more fiercely than ever. Offering her a book of his poetry and a red, stained-glass jewelry box that he had crafted, Adam asked Heidi to “marry” him on her “half birthday,” July 28, 1996. She accepted. In March of 1997, they purchased an octagon house (circa 1860) in South Otselic, NY where they will live together after the ceremony.