Hurricane Irene - From the Mother of the Bride

Malissa,

I hope you have had some time to rest and recuperate. You definitely deserve it! I hope your family wasn't too stressed out by it all. I know the Bright/Becerra families owe you a debt of gratitude from the bottom of our hearts.

When I sit back and think of everything that happened over the week-end, I am amazed at what took place. It is overwhelming! It took such a team effort to pull it off. And if you had not been the captain of our team, I don't know what we would have done. You are amazing!! You definitely have a gift for working with people under the most difficult of times - no matter what the circumstance. Your organizational skills and your ability to remain calm saved our wedding. Words cannot describe how grateful we are for what you did. We just can't thank you enough.

I feel like you have become our friend for life and if my family can ever do anything for you please let me know.

With love and appreciation,

The Bright/Becerra Families

Serving Hurricane Irene with a Wedding

I cannot begin to describe how thankful I am. To each vendor-thank you, not only for being there for the couple and family, but for me as well. Unfortunately, there were more than enough reasons why we could not change the wedding date. If it were a possibility…I guarantee we would have changed the date. After I sent out an e-mail with the updates to all the wedding vendors, I was overjoyed with how fast everyone responded. To my surprise, everyone was ready to get the job done, no matter what. No one complained, asked “why?”, or “is this REALLY going to happen?!” I had even prepared myself to begin the phone calls in search of a Plan B. Luckily, because of each and every one of you; you took a HUGE amount of stress off of me. Thank you!

My greatest appreciation goes out to Astro Entertainment and their great team. Astro is the reason Danny rocked the house with the music. Credit also goes to Astro for the photo/video booth that the guests were able to enjoy. And also, for the last minute TV screens that had supplied, which allowed the couple to see their video montage for the first time. The Hilton lost power very early in the day, and Astro was not aware of this. Luckily, Astro Entertainment took it upon themselves to bring a backup generator to the Hilton. The guests that were able to make it had a great time because of Astro.

Another special thank you goes to the chef at the Hilton Riverfront! She was able to provide amazing food, even without power! I’m not quite sure how she did it, but I did hear something about a grill, generator and a roof top? Courtney at the Hilton was wonderful as well. She let me in very early on Saturday to begin my setup, and even let vendors come back on Sunday to take down their equipment. Thank you!

I did stay at the Hilton that night, so I spent the rest of the evening with the couple and their family. We had a little hurricane party in the lobby. I was with the mother of the bride and the bride herself for sometime. They both went on and on about how they could not believe how well everything had turned out. I must say, they where in shock. Even though the event was over, they still could not believe how everyone pulled together to assure the couple had the wedding day of their dreams. Michelle and Joe had just been married, and like the mother of the bride said, “If you didn’t know a hurricane was going on, you wouldn’t have – because EVERYTHING was just amazing!”

Thank you to Caley my assistant, she stayed with me the entire time. Scary driving, crazy wind and rain - she still had a smile and helped me make it happen!

Again, you are all great vendors and I owe it to you for pulling through for me! Thank you, and thank you again!

LeTempt Video Productions
Catherine's Distinctive Floral Designs
Ice Art
Classy Covers
Astro Entertainment
Tropicare Plants USA

Congratulations to Michelle and Joe!