“Have you ever seen anything like this at a wedding?” I was asked this many times near the end of Ryan and Shannon’s reception at Foxchase Manor in Manassas. I had not.
By this point the band had finished an encore set, starting with a tight version of Journey’s “Don’t’ Stop Believin’” and I was sure that Shannon was going to stage dive into the frenzied crowd of friends and family—all of whom had been dancing non-stop for the better part of the evening. We’d done dinner and cake, bouquet and garter tosses, first dance and a surprise grandfather-granddaughter jitterbug dance. We’d witnessed a touching ceremony and made it through the many photos with family and the 19(!) people in the bridal party.
I’m hoping these photos show some of the emotion and excitement of the day and that they help Ryan and Shannon remember how much fun everyone had and how much their friends and family love them, participating in this important step in their life together. Beki and I definitely had fun taking them.
Thank you Ryan and Shannon for all the work you put into planning this event—it came together wonderfully. And thank you to your incredibly good-looking and easy-going friends and family for helping us to get great photos. And thank you Ryan for your dance moves. I now have a sweet collection of photos with you being ridden like a horse on the dance floor.
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