Sunday, January 3, 2010

Congratulations Ben and Libbi


This wedding reception was held at a really cool site – a room in the Grand Opera House in Galveston. The first-floor room had been destroyed during Hurricane Ike, but it looked great for the wedding day. An exposed ceiling, brick walls, and the location looking right on to the street made it feel like we were in a downtown loft. I loved it. To add to the loft feel, the couple had a cocktail type reception, with heavy appetizers and cocktail tables instead of regular tables.

The colors of the day were purple and champagne. Libbi was gorgeous in her strapless, champagne-colored gown. It had a delicate sheer lace overlay with a lace pattern and embellishments. It also had a champagne satin sash at the waist that draped down to the floor in the back. Her hair style was the perfect accent to the gown, as it was held up on one side by a gorgeous feather clip. Her flowers were assorted white hydrangeas, white lilies, and purple calla lilies, tied with a champagne colored lace ribbon. The Bridesmaids bouquets were similar but a bit smaller. They wore dark purple gowns with champagne colored satin sashes that draped down the back. Ben wore a black tux with a champagne colored vest and tie. His Groomsmen wore black vests and ties. They all had ivory boutonnieres.

There were some really neat touches at this reception that tied in the colors. At the sign-in table, there were champagne colored cards mounted on purple paper, to write a message to the Newlyweds. They even had a card stand, decorated with their last initial, for displaying the cards. On the front doors, they had two wreaths hanging up with purple ribbons. Their first initials were in each wreath. Oh, and I can’t forget the trolley. The guests as well as the Bridal Party arrived in a trolley. How cool is that? Then, the trolley ran throughout the reception to take the guests back to their cars at the church.

After dinner, it was time for the special dances. Libbi and Ben shared a sweet First Dance followed by the Father/Daughter dance. The Mother/Son dance was a bit unusual because about one minute into the dance, the Groomsmen and their mothers joined in. The, we invited all mothers and sons in the room to join in. After that, party time! This crowd was fun! They liked to dance to everything and loved to fill the dance floor. We saw the largest group of Aggies we’ve ever seen on the dance floor when we played the Aggie War Hymn. At one point, they lifted Ben up into the air!

A bit later, it was time for the toasts. After two very nice ones, it was on to the cake cutting. The beautiful cake matched the wedding day colors as well. It was a four-tiered champagne-colored cake, with a purple scroll ‘band’ around each layer as an accent. It was very elegant. After a nice feeding, no smashing here, it was back to the party.

When it was time for the bouquet and garter, this couple did something a bit different for the bouquet. Instead of just tossing it, Libbi had us do a ‘dance off’. We invited all the single ladies to the dance floor and had them dance for the bouquet. There was some great dancing out there! But as a surprise, Libbi quickly turned around and threw the bouquet anyway. After all, who wanted to pick the best dancer when there were so many great ones?

Something really cool happened at this reception: Jerry Jeff Walker showed up and took a picture with the Bride and Groom! It turns out that he had a concert next door and heard about the reception, so he was nice enough to drop by for a minute.

The night finally came to a close, and the Newlyweds ran through sparklers, jumped into a trolley, and headed off to their new life together. Congratulations!

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