A Sunday Kind of Love: Processional

While the Ketubah was being signed, the guests at the Lyre wedding were being contained in the front entrance of the Curtis Center. Don't worry, they were fully taken care of, being ushered in with a red carpet, and served chilled champagne with raspberries upon arrival.

Guest Photo

 The work of art you see behind our guests is actually a famous mosaic called the "Dream Garden."  It's made up of over a hundred thousand pieces of glass, based on a painting by Maxfield Parrish.  It's a stunning work of art, and a beautiful site to welcome our guests.

Guest Photo

All photos below by Mike Landis Photographer

The guests were eventually escorted back to the ceremony space and seated.  We were ready to begin.

We had a local violinist play as our guests were seated and throughout the processional

I have no idea what music we selected for the processional.  I don't recall it being very important to me, and just let Mr. Ly pick whatever he wanted, he was going to have to listen to a lot more of it than I was!

Our rabbi led the processional:

Mr. Ly did not want to walk down the aisle at all, originally.  He wanted to just walk out from the side and appear at the end of the aisle. However, I love the tradition of having the groom's parents walk him down the aisle, representing the family he came from giving him away to the family he is starting. I fought hard for this one. 

Eventually, I swayed him to agree with my idea and he walked down the aisle, arm in arm with both of his parents: 

Our bridal party followed next.  We had quite a few married couples in our bridal party, and we decided early on that if some of them couldn't walk down the aisle together, then none of them would.  A few people questioned our decision to not have husbands and wives walk together, but it made the most sense for our bridal party the way we did it. 

First up was Mr. Ly's youngest sister and my brother in law:

Followed by two of our very good friends:

Next one of my best friends from my childhood and my brother made their way down the aisle:

Mr. Ly's second youngest sister was escorted by his best friend from high school:

Mr. Ly's older sister was escorted by one of his brothers-in-law:

Mr. Ly's other brother-in-law got to walk down the aisle with my two beautiful best friends from elementary school:

My sister and Mr. Ly's older brother followed in the processional: 

And finally my MOH and Mr. Ly's best man rounded out the processional before it was my turn: 

Not processional related, but these are some of the only pictures that show off the bridesmaids bouquets, which I think turned out beautifully.  

Once all the bridesmaids and groomsmen had made their way down the aisle, the curtains closed, the music changed and I was ready to take the most meaningful walk of my life.

I pre-capped our recaps with a big announcement!
Recaps began with our Same Day Edit video.
I needed to get some perspective the week of the wedding.
Personally brewed beers gave our rehearsal lunch a special touch!
I spent a fantastic last day as a Miss.
I shared some gifts for my bridesmaids. 
The girls spend an easy and relaxing morning getting made up.
The guys spent the morning building a chuppah and doing guy things.
I panicked when the morning went by too fast.
We exchanged lovely notes and gifts on the wedding morning.
I put on my dress and became a Blissful Bride.
Bridal details and my "somethings" rounded out the wedding morning.
We had our not-so-private first look.
We took some silly pictures, just the two of us.
Broad Street gave us gorgeous shots, but we nearly lost some of bridal party in traffic.
The Lyres and their huge bridal party storm the art museum, Rocky style.
I shed tears of pain at our final photo stop in Olde City
The ceremony space and details took our breath away when we arrived for a quick rehearsal.
We were officially married under Jewish law when we signed our Ketubah.