{"id":17725,"date":"2023-06-02T09:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/?p=17725"},"modified":"2023-06-02T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:16:28","slug":"lauren-dante-february-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/lauren-dante-february-4-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren & Dante ~ February 4, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meeting on a dating website led to true love for Lauren and Dante,\nwho were married on February 4, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren\u2019s romantic, sleeveless, A-line gown had a V neckline, lace\noverlay, and beading on the bodice. She accessorized with a hip-length veil and\na jeweled tiara. Her bouquet of red, white, and blue blooms was topped off by\nsmall Mickey and Minnie Tsum Tsum toys. Her three bridesmaids wore matching\nsleeveless, royal blue, full-length dresses with V necklines and slit skirts.\nThey carried bouquets of white roses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dante got married in a navy blue suit with a white shirt,\nchampagne-colored bow tie, champagne-colored pocket square, and white rose mini\nbouquet boutonniere. His three groomsmen wore navy blue suits with white\nshirts, royal blue bow ties, royal blue pocket squares, and white rose mini\nbouquet boutonnieres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a religious outdoor ceremony, there was a reading from Genesis\nand of the Lord\u2019s Prayer. The couple built a unity cross to signify the joining\nof their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, guests enjoyed a meal of classic Caesar salad, whipped\npotatoes, penne pasta with roasted red pepper sauce, slow-cooked braised beef\nshort ribs, and grilled Atlantic salmon. There was also a dessert bar with\nassorted treats. The signature cocktails were the Carter (grenadine, whiskey,\nand Sprite) and the Rogers (blue curacao, blueberry vodka, and Sprite).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the speeches, Lauren\u2019s father said that it was hard to give\nhis daughter away, but that he has faith in Dante, and played a slideshow of\nchildhood pictures of Lauren. The maid of honor spoke about how wonderful the\nbride is. The best man talked about his friendship with Dante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dante and Lauren\u2019s first dance as man and wife was choreographed,\nand was set to \u201cI Was Born to Love You\u201d by Freddie Mercury. Lauren and her\nfather danced to \u201cCinderella\u201d by Steven Curtis Chapman. Dante and his mother\ndanced to \u201cEn mi corazon viviras\u201d by Phil Collins. The anniversary dance song\nwas \u201cUnchained Melody\u201d by The Righteous Brothers. Other wedding fun included a\nbouquet toss and a football toss instead of a garter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single-tier wedding cake was decorated with a prince and\nprincess topper. Guests were given cupcakes in a variety of flavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We wish the newlyweds all the best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography By: Leslie Ann Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meeting on a dating website led to true love for Lauren and Dante, who were married on February 4, 2023. Lauren\u2019s romantic, sleeveless, A-line gown had a V neckline, lace overlay, and beading on the bodice. She accessorized with a hip-length veil and a jeweled tiara. Her bouquet of red, white, and blue blooms was… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-ceremony-and-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17733,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17725\/revisions\/17733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}