Abigail and Jason's Wedding at Duke Gardens Amphitheater!

Abigail and Jason are a well-matched young couple and I was honored to officiate their wedding. They are both so sweet-natured and knew just what they wanted in their ceremony. Their careful planning delivered their vision on their wedding day September 18th. The forecast for rain was upon us but we took the chance and set up outside in the beautiful amphitheater and did not see even one drop of rain! Here Abigail is escorted in by her father, John.

Jason's lovely little sister, Jessica, presented a reading from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. She did a really good job delivering this with feeling. Thanks, Jessica. This was the first wedding I have done since I got my new wireless handheld microphone and it worked very nicely.

Jason and Abigail chose to have their best friends, Joanna and Justin, serve as Maid of Honor and Best Man.

Here is the pronouncement of marriage! (Jason reminds me so much of the actor, Elijah Wood, who played Frodo in Lord of the Rings! Can't you see the resemblance?)

Jason and Abigail disappeared into a secret garden right after the wedding for a few moments of private time while the guests were invited to the reception in the visitor's center. We then took photos of the wedding party and their families.

Congratulations, Abigail and Jason! I wish you many many years of wedded bliss!

Our Vendors:

Stacy Borelli of Swank Photo & Studio was our photographer for the day. Her assistant, Kristin, was so moved by the words of the ceremony that she asked for my card to give her brother who is getting married next year.

Molly Olah and Strings provided the beautiful music for the ceremony. They were stashed over in the gazebo across the way from the ceremony.






Cinda's Creative Cakes provided this adorable and sassy wedding cake!

Premiere Catering was in charge of the food and refreshments. You can always count on them to provide a wonderful spread! Gail Stephenson dropped by the rehearsal the day before to make sure we were all on the same page should we have to move the ceremony indoors due to inclement weather. Thanks, Gail. We are glad we did not have to use Plan B!




Ross Merle of JustMusicDJ was our DJ for the reception. It is always fun to see Ross again. We work together often as you can see in my blog and he is one of my very favorite DJs. Here Ross is clowning around for the camera before the ceremony!