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Enessa had been working in Rodshell's jewelry store for five years. They were great friends, but nothing more. Once Enessa was invited to a girlfriend's wedding and mentioned at work that she had to go all by herself since she didn't have a date right now. "May I go with you?” asked Rodshell. Enessa's first reaction was, "Are you kidding?" Then she thought, why not go to the wedding with a nice, well-mannered young man who knew how to handle himself in any social setting? It wasn't like it was going to make her obligated to see him again, and if her girlfriends later asked, "Where is that nice young man who came with you to the wedding?" she could always say, "we've split up." How could Enessa guess at that time that she was not going to answer that way because less than a year from then, she and Rodshell were going to invite everybody to their own wedding?
Wedding planning for Enessa and Rodshell was a great adventure and every stage of the process brought them pleasure. They personally handed out invitations to their friends and relatives - what a great reason to meet and receive happy congratulations from their close ones. It was not easy to make even a five-minute visit when there were 600 people to invite, but the bride and groom handled this important task well.
Enessa tells her story:
I always wanted my wedding to be something special, like "royalty." I wanted my guests, who've been at dozens of other receptions, to come to our wedding and say, "Wow!" That is why we thought through every decorating detail at Leonard's wedding hall, including designer napkins. I created my makeup design myself and explained my concepts to the makeup artist. I wanted a professional to implement the makeup, but the idea was mine!
What I liked best about Monica's Bridal Salon was that Liliana, the salon's owner, was really attentive to my ideas. Together, we worked out a design for my future dress, or dresses, to be exact. A week before the wedding, we celebrated a "mini-wedding" only for the people closest to us, and I purchased another outfit for this event. Nonetheless, this "small circle party" also turned out to be quite considerable in size - even the closest circle of our friends and relatives came to 150 people!
I prefer an extravagant style and I saw my wedding just that way: glitzy and ostentatious. One of the memorable events of the celebration was that I myself took part in the show. I donned an ethnic costume that I had specially ordered at Monica's Bridal and performed a fiery Latin dance for our guests and family!
Rodshell and I would not have been able to set up a celebration of that magnitude without the help of my sisters Eugenia, Bella and Juliette, as well as my cousin Yana . Bella, Eugenia and Yana 's experiences helped a lot - quite recently my sisters had celebrated their own weddings.
Narkalayev's band we already knew would be "our own" - they performed magnificently at my sisters' weddings. Rodshell and I were pretty happy with music as well. I think that when Juliette gets married, we won't have to search for any other musicians.
When I look at the wedding pictures or our wedding video my mood always gets better, and I recall the day that really went exactly as I've always dreamt.
Planners - Bride and Groom
Hall - Leonard's of Great Neck
Music- Mazal Tov
Wedding gown - Monica's Bridal
Video - Five Star
Photo - Valodya Alayev
Makeup and Hairstyle - Natalie Salon
Flowers - Nissim Flowers |
