An Open-Mic Proposal

Early in July, David and I found out that his brother was ready to propose and it came with a plan. He wanted to propose while singing a song at an open-mic night on an upcoming Friday. Luckily a nearby coffee shop was having an open mic-night in two weeks, and so we set the date. We contacted the coffee shop so that we had a set spot, and then started practicing. He picked the song "Pistol" by Dustin Kensrue, and we decided that David would sing verse 1, I sing verse 2, and Dustin sings verse 3 where there is a line, "Darling, will you please wear this ring."

While the music was coming together, my brother-in-law asked if I could get a manicure with his future wife (she had chipped red and blue nails from the 4th of July). Since I normally don't get manicures I thought i'd need to slip it with another activity so it'd seem like a full out girls night instead of just, "Hey. You need a manicure." So, I suggested that we have a night of movies and mani's. The movies worked but not the mani! I ended up getting her to come over to our house for the movie and mani, which in a way was even better because we also ended up getting thai food and baking cookies! I successfully gave her a beautiful manicure only to find out an hour before the proposal that she took it off, because it smudged. Whew, well at least it was better than chipping patriotic nails! ;)

The time of our set came. Prior to us were guitars, mandolins, ukelele's, and even a bongo. There was a lot of people there and not just for us. Since we had time for only 3 songs and one would be a cover, we decided to make them all covers. We opened with "Rivers and Roads" by The Head and the Heart leading into "Pistol" and in celebration finished with the song "Sea of Love" by Phil Phillips.  When we started singing Pistol everything seemed normal. David played guitar, his brother played bass, and I was singing, but then Dustin started singing. His future-wife's face was priceless. She had no idea what was happening, but was really wondering why in the world he was singing. And when he put down his bass, pulled out a small box and walked over to her she was in a speechless state of shock. He got down on one knee and proposed. Everyone in the coffee shop was cheering them on and probably in total shock too.

She said yes, and never lost that smile.

Here's a video of the big moment:

Post by Dustin Smith.