Summer isn't complete without a gloriously muggy trip to Mary's hometown of Belleville, Illinois, and we normally try to time it so we can bookend the trip with the Schlau family reunion and the annual softball party on back-to-back weekends. Given this year's out-of-town wedding festivities, we thought to extend the party for the St. Louis crowd by co-hosting with ma and pa Santanello both the reunion and the softball in one fabulous post-reception reception.
The marathon celebration will begin at the traditional summertime field of battle, heartbreak and glory, the softball diamond at Wolf Branch school, located off of Huntwood Drive in Swansea, just across from the tennis courts. The first pitch will be thrown out at 2 or so, but guests are welcome to join up throughout the afternoon, even if just to pinch hit for an inning. After we are all sufficiently stinky and sore and Joe has pulled a leg muscle from running to first on a rope down the right field line, we will hobble into the church hall at Holy Trinity, just a few minutes down the highway from the softball fields, sometime around 6 for a delicious bit of Catholic heaven—a traditional fish fry (with roast beef for our meat-eaters), accompanied by plenty of vegetarian sides and barrels of Budweiser. Landmarks abound for those in need of detailed directions to either venue, please just let us know if you would like more information.
Some of you may have noticed that there is no date on the paper invitation we sent out for this extravaganza/fiasco and thought, oh my, they really are losing their heads with all this wedding planning. What you didn't realize is that such an awesome combination of fish, sweat and smiles deserved a special marketing approach to build the right amount of buzz in the greater St. Louis area, hence the teaser in the mail. After much anticipation, we are ready to reveal the date of the post-reception reception to end all receptions ... Labor Day weekend ... Saturday, AUGUST 30. Start your preparations now, and do let us know of your attendance, s'il vous plaît.
Important note: all of our friends and family outside of the St. Louis metropolitan area are certainly invited to the festivities as well—just let us know your plans and we will save a paper plate for you.
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Congratulations to both of you! I am sorry that I will not be able to come to IL at this time. I will be thinking about you...sounds like a GRAND time!!
Linda (Ernst)
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