wedding details

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Pre-Ceremony

My bridesmaids dressed in flight attendant uniforms and distributed "Tickets to Paradise" that outlined the agenda for the ceremony and reception

Before taking their seats, guests enjoyed refreshments in the rose garden

Refreshments included Andrew's and my favourite snacks (beef jerky + Dr. Pepper for him and cupcakes + champagne for me)

Ceremony

Procession included parents, bridesmaids, and groomsmen

Procession walked to Canon D in brass

Father & Bride walked to Alegria (from Cirque du Soleil)

Wedding script

Our vows

Ring exchange (Andrew and I both reached for the wrong hand and had to guide each other to the correct one)

Exited to Make me Smile by Erasure

Reception

Menu included appetizers from various countries

Photobooth was provided for guests to take their pictures / keep a souvenir

Travel diary served as a guestbook / honeymoon record

Vintage suitcases were arranged to hold travel charms & postcards

Table centerpieces included vintage globes

Additional table decor included travel related buttons, beads, ribbons, and postcards scattered like confetti

Each table included a passport with wedding traditions from various cultures

Each table had a travel kit that included fun travel activity books, games, and sunglasses & binocculars to use as props in the photobooth

Cake decorated with sky blue icing and clouds with a tiny bride & groom that Andrew carefully arranged in a vintage "Jenny" bi-plane as the topper

Cake table was also decorated with fortune cookies: "We're so fortunate you came to our wedding" & "Your future on the dancefloor looks bright"

Inflatable globes placed on the dancefloor as dance props

Father & Bride dance: I loved her first by Heartland (my dad chose this, the perfect song for the occassion)

Mother & Groom dance: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

Bride & Groom's "first dance": choreographed rendition of the theme from Music & Lyrics (Pop! goes my heart)

Cake cutting songs: Cuppie Cake, followed immediately by Power of Love by Hewy Louis

Bride & Groom fancy-pants song: Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi

Kinks

Our officiant went psycho four days before the wedding and we had to locate someone else in the area that was up to the task on such short notice

The lady we ended up with was great, aside from the fact that she tacked on some additional wedding-ism at the end of the ceremony, causing A. & i to stop mid-skip down the aisle and look at her with ? in our eyes

My hair and make-up artist canceled five minutes before our sitting was supposed to begin. My sisters ended up doing my hair and make-up ultra quick in their hotel room (bless their souls). It ended up for the better, I believe, as I don't normally wear make-up and this way, I didn't have to put up with all that nasty powder on my face, which would have made me very uncomfortable (and I'm a shiny individual anyhow, so my face ought to reflect that) I think they did a splendid job! And it made for great memories.

Vendors

Ceremony site: Museum of the Shenandoah Valley gardens

Reception site: Piccadilly's Brew Pub

Photographers: Labor of Love

Ceremony Music: cds

Reception Music: DJ Maskell

Wedding Cake: Celebration Weddings

Photobooth: Party Booths, Inc.

Transportation: Hired a driver in the Winchester area

These are all the details I can think of right now.

It was a perfect day.

Andrew & my sisters handled my hair & make-up trauma with extreme grace and empathy. Throughout the day, my bridesmaids were exquisitely helpful and wowed me with their ability to adapt to my every need before i even realized what it was I needed. I am forever grateful and in awe that I have such amazing sisters.

Andrew looked everso dapper in his tux -- I am so grateful he wore the peridot; I wanted to pounce on him then and there.

Everyone was happy, the music rocked, the dancefloor was alive, and my husband had a Dance-Off that involved him and the other contestants breakdancing in their suits.

Alle est gut.