October on the Cape is often a lovely time... Indian Summer or the first cool offshore breezes of Fall. It's usually a perfect time for a wedding.
Katie and Kevin had planned a Jewish - Persian wedding ceremony, honoring both of their traditions, to take place at the Popponesset Inn, in New Seabury on Cape Cod. We were delighted to be shooting once again with Kelly Lorenz.
Tony Ormonde draped walls and ceiling in pale pink sheers and suspended cylindrical silk shades over the ceremony area. Winston's hung countless, tiny glass bud bases from the chuppah, each filled with a miniature rosebud. Thick banks of pink rose petals lined both sides of the aisle runner decorated with the couple's monogram. Golden cones filled with fragrant pink and white roses perfumed the room.
Outside an unexpected Nor'Easter raged, with high winds casting waves almost to the windows of the site.
Following the processional, the Persian ceremony (Sofreh) took place at a ceremonial table facing East. The couple sat together facing a beautiful mirror representing the light and brightness they were welcoming into their future. Friends and family sprinkled sugar over Katie and Kevin's heads and they fed one another honey before walking to the chuppah and exchanging vows, with Kevin breaking the traditional glass.
Transitioning to the reception site was quite the adventure as guests wrapped plastic bags around their sandals and ran to their cars in the horizontal rain. A few miles away at Willowbend Country Club waited a reception that was breathtaking, once again designed and executed by Tony Ormonde. A lovely tent awaited, with stunning crystal chandeliers, washes of hot pink texture bathing the walls and ceiling, and arcs of white palaenopsis orchids decorating the long tables. As guests dried off and enjoyed cocktails,
the staff set up, considered and reconsidered whether the tent could withstand the storm.
The guests were invited in, the father of the bride delivered a short toast, the lavish buffet was opened, and guests focused on eating while the tent seams started to leak. A gust of wind set the first glasses crashing, and the reception site moved quickly and gracefully upstairs to the clubhouse just minutes before more chandeliers and glassware came crashing down in the 60MPH winds.
Did I say it was a wonderful party? Did I say that everyone kept their cool - bride, groom, musicians, lighting crew, dj and guests? With hardly a break in rhythm, the wedding party kept smiling, the bride and groom looked happy and in love during their first dance (in fact, all night); the parents and guests burst into a hora and didn't stop dancing until evening's end. I have to think that a couple who smiles and parties together through a rare October Nor' Easter with flooding and 60MPH winds is likely to "weather" (pun intended) anything life can throw their way!
Here, then, a taste of Katie and Kevin's wonderful wedding:
From Katie's mom, Janet:
"Absolutely wonderful but I would expect nothing less from you...I know you were working under very stressful conditions (Like being worried you'd be killed) but we couldn't be happier with the trailer...thanks a million..".XXXJan
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