Lady in Red

September 1996 my brother Chris was getting married to his wife Jenny. She is from Moline IL so the wedding was taking place in her home town. The reception was going to be held at The Abby somewhere in the Quad Cities. I was 16 at the time. Since it was a fall wedding I decided to wear a red dress. At the time I wasn't a huge fan of the color red but the dress looked good on me so I went w/ it. My dad had told me after seeing what I was going to be wearing that he was going to request that the DJ play the song Lady in Red during the reception so that he could dance with me. I loved the idea but figured that my dad would forget and the dance would never take place. So it was the day of the wedding and the reception was in full swing. All of my family was there (which is a lot), a total of five brothers and their better halfs, my sister and her husband, my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and a few nieces and nephews. We were about half way into our dancing frenzy and when I frenzy I mean it. My family are a bunch of dancing machines. I was tired and had stepped off the dance floor and was chit chatting w/ some family members when all of a sudden the DJ stopped the music and started talking. He said that he just had a request from the father of the Groom to dance with his daughter and instantly the song Lady in Red started to play. I felt like crying but held back the tears of happiness. My dad escorted me onto the dance floor and we started to dance. Everyone had left the dance floor and watched us. We were the only ones out there dancing. Just when I couldn't have been any happier my brother Chris (the groom) walked up and asked my dad to cut in. After about 30 seconds another brother stepped up to cut in. All five brothers waited for there turn to dance with me. My dad then took the last turn and the song ended. That was one of the happiest moments I have ever felt. And even too this day I love the color red and wear it to almost every special event I go to just waiting for another Lady in Red moment!