Always a Comfort

…to work with trusted associates

This past Saturday in Flower Mound I officiated an evening ceremony at Chapelle des Fleurs. Megan and Eric were wed in front of approximately 125 guests in the elegant chapel. Nice thing about Chapelle des Fleur is after the ceremony, you just walk about 25 feet across the entry from the chapel to get to the reception hall.

The bride chose cranberry and taupe for the bridesmaid dresses with bouquets of red and white roses. The bride carried solid red roses as she was escorted to the altar by her father. This ceremony included a Hawaiian tradition called “blending of the sands”, but this one had an extra twist. The mothers of the bride and groom stepped forward to pour the first layer of sand, symbolizing the birth, upbringing and foundation that they provided for the bride and groom. The bride and groom then blended their own sand colors into the vessel. The vessel will be sealed and displayed in their home.

What a comfort it is to me to walk into a venue and find that I’m working with the A-Team, in this case Anna (the wedding coordinator at Chapelle des Fleurs), Bob & Linda Poer handling music & DJ duties, and Harry Harjabrata doing the photography. Click on the names in red and you can visit their websites. This is something for brides to consider about the various vendors being hired for a wedding: do they know each other, have they worked together before, are they all familiar with the venue? It helps me to concentrate on the bride & groom when I know that all the other details will be handled professionally. When I do a wedding ceremony and I am not aware that the DJ, photographer or videographer are in the room, that means they’ve done their job right. These folks I worked with Saturday are consummate professionals.

Megan and Eric honored me by inviting me to be part of their day. My thanks also to Harry Harjabrata of Harry Photography for allowing me to use the pictures, to Bob and Linda of Mobile Music for seamless execution of the wedding music, and of course to Anna, the wedding coordinator at Chapelle des Fleurs.

Oh, I think I’ve mentioned this before, but if you ever go to an event at Chapelle des Fleurs and a server offers you an appetizer, take it. They’re all good.

Blessings,
Ken