{"id":606,"date":"2009-07-14T15:02:43","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/brain-break-surprise-wedding-reception.html"},"modified":"2009-07-14T15:02:43","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:02:43","slug":"brain-break-surprise-wedding-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/brain-break-surprise-wedding-reception.html","title":{"rendered":"Brain Break: Surprise Wedding Reception!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throwing a surprise wedding reception for a random couple who just got married at City Hall might qualify as one of the best, most inspiring random acts of kindness ever.&nbsp; The video below chronicles just such an event, hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/improveverywhere.com\/\">Improv Everywhere<\/a>, a group that is usually better known for pranks than for joyful give-aways.<\/p>\n<p>Watch and be uplifted as a couple goes from cynical suspicion to excited celebration as they dance, toss a bouquet, eat cake, listen to toasts, and open gifts.&nbsp; Tears sprung to my eyes each time the crowd burst into whoops and cheers.&nbsp; Those cheer-able moments are so rare in life, what a gift to hear that sound.&nbsp; Even if it&#8217;s coming from strangers, there was joy there under those (borrowed from a job fair) tents.<\/p>\n<p>See more photos and info about the surprise wedding <a href=\"http:\/\/improveverywhere.com\/2009\/06\/02\/surprise-wedding-reception\/#more-1059\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; And if you want more wedding-y inspiration, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/06\/brain-break-joyful-wedding-music-video.html\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Me Now&#8221; wedding brain break video<\/a> from a few weeks ago.&nbsp; Exuberant, celebratory fun, yes, please!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"360\" width=\"580\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1lVS22y4uoU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1lVS22y4uoU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" width=\"580\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwing a surprise wedding reception for a random couple who just got married at City Hall might qualify as one of the best, most inspiring random acts of kindness ever.&nbsp; The video below chronicles just such an event, hosted by Improv Everywhere, a group that is usually better known for pranks than for joyful give-aways.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29,32,229],"tags":[130,94,208,615],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-holly-lebowitz-rossi","category-inspiration","category-positive-things","category-relationships","tag-happiness","tag-improv-everywhere","tag-kindness","tag-weddings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brain Break: Surprise Wedding Reception! 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