Despite a wet, rainy and shortened rehearsal the day before, John and Alison's wedding flowed extremely well and July 18th turned out to be a beautiful day with a thin cloud cover and no rain! One would have never suspected that we had to hold a makeshift rehearsal in the Education Center of the arboretum with only 40 minutes for this large wedding party to learn their parts before the next scheduled wedding rehearsal started in the same room! Most of the time rehearsals are akin to herding ants so I had to go into "drill sergeant" mode to keep everyone organized and paying attention and I know some folks there must have had doubts as to my ability to deliver a calm and graceful ceremony the next day! Many thanks to Debbie, a friend of the family who was tapped for the job of wedding director, who kept things rolling along in perfect order on the wedding day.
That's Debbie looking on as our flower girls, Abby and Hannah, start down the aisle.
Here comes the beautiful bride and her mother, Sheila.Alison's father, Steve, from Nashville TN was our photographer.
John's best man was his brother, Jason . The bridesmaids wore different color dresses. The Maid of Honor, Ashlea, sister of the bride, was in red. Next to her is Sayer in a blue dress. I married Sayer (in photo above) and her husband, Sean, in 2003 at Johnson Lake. I remember their wedding well. It suddenly and unexpectedly rained buckets for about 5 minutes right before their wedding drenching my sound system, and the unforgettable poem Sean wrote for their wedding. It was good to see them again at this wedding after so many years!
Alison's Aunt Lulane and her friend Vladimir graced us with a fabulous duet for a wedding called "You Will be Mine." It is a perfect song for a wedding.
Alison and John chose to incorporate elements of a Celtic wedding into their wedding ceremony as a way of not only sharing their family heritages, but also to embrace the beauty of the past. So, we did a handfasting ceremony after which I looped the handfasting cord around the back of John's neck. See it in the photos. The couple also wrote secret vows to each other which they heard for the first time on their wedding day.
Aren't those flowers spectacular?Alison told me that CateringWorks not only catered their reception at Marbles, but they did all the flowers too.
What classic beauty and elegance!
Oh, the wedding programs that Alison and John had for their guests were some of the prettiest and most attractive programs I have ever seen, and I see a lot! this photo does not adequately show the cover decked with beautiful silver embellishment. Alison said she got them at invitesite.com.John and Alison, I wish you all the best. Congratulations on your marriage and a wedding well planned!
Local Vendors for this wedding:
Venue: JC Raulston Arboretum
Thanks to Faye Koonce in the Educational Center who let us use the space for the rehearsal.
Videographer: Wayne Young with Cinema One Studio
Caterer and Florist and Wedding Cake: CateringWorks
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