Congratulations Abe and Angela! What a wedding! I met Angela Corsi, Miss Michigan 2006, when I hired a group of intelligent, beautiful, energetic, and gracious young women from the Miss Michigan pageant to work a corporate event in January of...

Congratulations Abe and Angela!  What a wedding!

I met Angela Corsi, Miss Michigan 2006, when I hired a group of intelligent, beautiful, energetic, and gracious young women from the Miss Michigan pageant to work a corporate event in January of 2008.  Eight months later, I, along with my mom and trusted stage manager, Kathy Story, had the privilege of serving as coordinators for Angela and Abe's wedding.  They exchanged vows in a beautiful, traditional ceremony at St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Livonia.  The florals, provided by Christopher's Flowers  from Port Huron, were stunning for both the wedding and the reception.

When I met Abe a few weeks before the wedding, he had some specific ideas about what he wanted for the reception.  He had video taped his proposal and wanted it played it back at the reception just before he and Angela entered the room as husband and wife.  Brilliant.  Even the emcee was teary-eyed.  

The balance of the their two cultures, Italian and Syrian, included all the attendees in the festivities.   The dancing started on the front steps of the church with Folklore Music by Abeer Asmaro and Michael Ibrahim.  The party continued at the reception held at Rock Financial Showplace's Diamond Center with Two for the Road  providing both DJ service and live performance of Italian standards, wedding favorites, and some good ol' Motown to get everyone up and dancing.  Hors d'oeuvres were a mix of homemade Italian and Syrian cuisines and were a delight to taste.  Dinner was abundant and served family style by the Diamond Center's banquet staff.  Their beautiful and delicious wedding cake was made by  Elite Sweets.   After dinner,  Emad Batayeh & Band took over with lively Arabic music keeping the crowd going strong until after midnight.

It was an evening to remember for Abe and Angela and all their guests.  The photography crew at Arising Images and the videography crew from Epic Motion were professional, a pleasure with whom to work, and real troopers to last the whole day through.  Their artistry in capturing and preserving Abe and Angela's wedding day is spectacular and I would not only recommend them, but be thrilled to work with them again.  I guess this is why they were each voted as a WDIV "Best of" in 2008.  Nice work, team.

At day's end, the event was a great success and I am confident Abe, Angela and their families will look back with broad smiles for many years to come.  It was my pleasure to be a part of it all and to help  their day run smoothly so they could savor every moment worry-free.