Real Weddings: Taylor & Sheldon

After coming across Taylor via Facebook, Sheldon boldly professed on only their second ever date that he would marry her. We told of their love story as well as Sheldon’s proposal to Taylor on the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC in this post about their engagement. Circling back to that prophetic date, Sheldon, a graduate of Louisiana State University, Tulane University and the Loyola University School of Law, kept his word and wed the woman of his dreams, Taylor, in a wintertime wedding on none other than New Years Eve. Taylor, who has a degree from Southern University A&M College, wore her first gown of the evening by Demetrios and was escorted down the aisle by her father while a live musician played. She and Sheldon exchanged handwritten vows before 150 guests at an unplugged ceremony. After a scrumptious buffet dinner service, partygoers who were instructed to wear all-black, formal attire, toasted champagne to ring in the New Year while celebrating their favorite newlyweds. Everyone kept the party going as the Second Line band paraded around the venue and Zulu Tramps made an appearance. Guests sent the newly married pair off toward their future and into a new year in a vintage Rolls Royce, waving customized handkerchiefs chosen as the favors.

Wedding Details

LOCATION: New Orleans, LA

TIME OF YEAR: Winter

WEDDING STYLE: celebratory, romantic, elegant

CEREMONY & RECEPTION: Livaudais Hall

SIGNATURE DRINKS: the “Soulo” which was a Hennessy margarita and the “Ballom Drop” that was a rum punch

DESSERT: A 5-tier wedding cake

FIRST DANCE SONG: “My Song” by H.E.R

INSPIRATION: Honoring past family members served as part of the inspiration, as well as the New Year

SPECIAL FEATURES: favors were customized champagne flutes for the midnight New Years toast and customized handkerchiefs for the Second Line band parade; send off car was a Rolls Royce vintage Ghost; live music; a Second Line band parade complete with Zulu tramps; photo booth; violinist played live at the start of the reception; pyrotechnics; bride changed into a second gown; “dancing in the clouds” smoke machine effects

HONEYMOON: Puerto Rico

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