After doing many wedding ceremonies in Central Park, finally...finally a couple took my suggestion of having their ceremony by Bethesda Fountain. It is such an iconic location...there's covering if it rains...you can see the beauty of the park as well as the skyline of the city...it's just lovely.
Mark and Linda, along with family and friends from Australia, Germany, and the US, celebrated their wonderful love story in their wedding ceremony. They met on Melbourne Cup Day 2008, got engaged on Melbourne Cup Day in 2009...and then decided to get married in NYC on...well, no it wasn't Melbourne Cup Day 2010. But it was the first day of school, Fashion Week, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, and the U.S Open was into the finals. So their wedding date was a big day here.
We did the ceremony on a grassy hill somewhat away from the fountain area because there was a persistent saxaphone player whose music we thought wasn't exactly the music the bride and groom wanted. But the observant musician won our hearts when he played "Here Comes The Bride" as the bride and groom kissed. Only in New York!
Thank you, Georgie and Paul, for recommending me to Mark and Linda. It's good to know I have friends in Brisbane.
Julie Laudicina, Celebrant!
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