We really wanted to do something special with our friends, something local, and we love the Sun. So at 6 a.m., an hour before sunrise, on December 11, 2011, we gathered together with our beloved San Francisco community on top of Bernal Hill. Fortunately for us, Katy Bell, the producer of San Francisco’s Dada Festival and a porn clown, volunteered to be our production manager. She somehow managed to cajole us, and our sleep- friends, and collaborators to the Hill and into place in the pre-dawn darkness. Once we were awake, we unfurled a very long silk ribbon and asked everyone to hold on to it as we led a procession around Bernal Hill. We watched the Sunrise over the East Bay. Then we all climbed up to the crest of the hill and reveled in the stunning 360-degree view of San Francisco.
The two of us were the brides, masters of ceremonies, and the officiants. Joseph Kramer was our lead groom. Many of our friends attended this wedding as witnesses, performers, and supporters. Even artist Linda M. Montano joined us by astral projection. As the ritual began, we applied thick, white sunscreen to everyone’s noses. Neighbors strolled and walked their dogs nearby while we performed. Sadie Lune, who had been trying to get pregnant, laid a raw egg on the ground, which she then cracked to display a golden yellow yolk, glittering in the morning sun. Tony’s Circus played live and sang “Here Comes the Sun.” Mariko Passion’s Conscientious Objector performance was a reenactment of the 2011 UC Davis police tear-gassing of peaceful student protesters. Lady Monster performed a sunrise burlesque routine roasting marshmallows on sticks with her flaming tassels, which she then fed to wedding guests. The ritual closed with Good Vibrations CEO Jack Strano’s moving rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Theater director Rudy Ramirez flew in from Austin, Texas, and did our homily, a piece he wrote and performed called “Happy Endings.” By the end of the wedding, the Sun was burning bright.
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