Weddings Will Continue
The introduction to: Hoffer, William and Marilyn. Freefall: From 41,000 feet to Zero - A True Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Speaks of a wedding that took place where the vows were shouted across a small river during a smallpox epidemic. I am related to that Kristofersson and Taylor marriage that took place in 1877.
This morning from the Miami Herald
"It was supposed to be impeccable: over a hundred wedding guests, half of whom were coming out of town, descending on the rustic gardens of Villa Woodbine in Coconut Grove, dance under the sparkly lights on the evening of April 4, the chosen wedding day of Jamie Webner and Ben Katz. They had a special playlist, flowers — all of it." This wedding took place on the balcony of their apartment.
But as the coronavirus pandemic quickly worsened, the Miami couple realized about three weeks ago that they would have to cancel the wedding they had been planning for months.
My friend Bill Hansen was going cater that wedding and and reception at Villa Woodbine..
So they planned a Zoom webinar wedding on the balcony of their Brickell apartment, with 150 virtual attendees.
“We sent what would have been our playlist for our reception, and so people sent video of their kids dressed up and dancing the songs,” said Katz, 35. “We had our reception; it was just in a hundred different homes.”
Bill was right: weddings will continue. Some of them are just going to be different.
This morning from the Miami Herald
"It was supposed to be impeccable: over a hundred wedding guests, half of whom were coming out of town, descending on the rustic gardens of Villa Woodbine in Coconut Grove, dance under the sparkly lights on the evening of April 4, the chosen wedding day of Jamie Webner and Ben Katz. They had a special playlist, flowers — all of it." This wedding took place on the balcony of their apartment.
But as the coronavirus pandemic quickly worsened, the Miami couple realized about three weeks ago that they would have to cancel the wedding they had been planning for months.
My friend Bill Hansen was going cater that wedding and and reception at Villa Woodbine..
So they planned a Zoom webinar wedding on the balcony of their Brickell apartment, with 150 virtual attendees.
“We sent what would have been our playlist for our reception, and so people sent video of their kids dressed up and dancing the songs,” said Katz, 35. “We had our reception; it was just in a hundred different homes.”
Bill was right: weddings will continue. Some of them are just going to be different.
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