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Ghetto Weddings, II
Ghetto Weddings, II
This is the column on Juvenile's recent wedding: Mr. & Mrs. Juvenile Rapper weds nurse in a ceremony worth the wait Saturday, September 25, 2004 Chris Rose A local music millionaire recently got married; maybe you heard about it. The bride was more than two hours late and her dress was valued in the range of a sporty SUV and the wedding guests were cut from the recording industry elite. No, it wasn't Britney's Studio City backyard ceremony, where the guests dined on ribs and chicken fingers and listened to a boom box before donning jogging sweats and hitting an Irish pub to celebrate the Big Day. No, this was the wedding of Juvenile -- aka Terius Gray -- an equally flamboyant and controversial Louisiana music success story, whose wedding earlier this month ranks up there with our most colorful hitching tales. Since most of what this paper has recorded of Juvie's life over the past few years has been more about rap sheets than rap music, it's nice to report a love story for your enjoyment. Assuming that he's not going to place a wedding announcement in the Living section, I offer one here as a token of our appreciation for this well-publicized prodigy of the Magnolia housing project, whose infectious 1999 hit, "Back That Azz Up," provided a poignant counter-balance to the cheesy Boy Band music of that period and helped make the recording label Cash Money Records a household name and industry playa. First of all, the bride, Shadonna Jones -- a nurse from St. Louis -- was more than 2½ hours late for the scheduled 6 p.m. ceremony at the Victory Fellowship church on Airline Drive. She hadn't even showered by 6:30 and then came the Hollywood-style makeup, hair and dress routine. This took a very long time. Said local bridal designer Linda Lee: "We practically had to sew her into the dress. She said she wanted it tight, so we made it tight. When we were finished, she looked like she was painted into it." Lee added: "And she's got booty," which one should hope, given Juvie's signature hit. At the church, the groom, decked out in a gold suit, and his posse -- he calls them his "regulators" -- did that tap the shoes, check the wrist thing for a while and then got a little nervous. "For the first hour, we were, you know: Women -- they can be slow," said Juvie's manager, Aubrey Francis. "Then we kept getting reports: They're on their way, they're on their way, they're on their way." All this sounds like the weather forecasters on TV talking about a hurricane, and a rumor went up that the bride actually arrived at the church but then turned back for some finishing touches, lending new meaning to the term "contraflow." In fact, she was still getting ready. Hard to say how the several hundred guests in the church managed to keep their patience about them, but Juvenile and backstage pals took care of business: They ordered in from Popeyes to hold them over until the reception. Said Francis: "I guess if we'd known it was going to take so long, we would have ordered for everyone." Once the wedding was under way, with both bride and groom standing at the altar, the presiding minister, Bishop Darryl Brister from the Beacon Light International Baptist Cathedral, lent a contemporary edge to the proceedings. "He said there was so much bling on the altar that he could hardly see," one spectator told me and yes, he used the term "bling." Juvie and Shadonna's necks and fingers shone like a vast sea of icicles on a glistening Wisconsin winter morning -- to say nothing of Juvie's diamond-encrusted walking stick, by NYC's reigning hip-hop accessorizer, Jacob the Jeweler, and the 10,000 stones, beads and crystals that Lee attached to Shadonna's Demetrios-designed silk gown. It was a fitting look to receive an altar visit by R&B superstar Brian McKnight, who appeared from the wings to serenade the bride. Nice touch. At the reception at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, guests were required to be patient once again. The wedding party and closest associates went to a separate dining room to eat, not to return to the general festivities for another hour or two. And anyone expecting a ghetto-fabulous reception would have been disappointed: Guests were treated instead to a tableau of tables drenched in flowers and ice sculptures and fine silver for a sit-down dinner of filet mignon followed by a chocolate fondue fountain. Very tony indeed. The crowd content was sparse on the rappers and gangsta types from Juvie's notorious past. Said manager Francis: "There were more executives than artists. Lots of lawyer types." How far we have traveled. The party rocked until the wee hours, as weddings do. So begins the next stage in the life of Juvenile. And it begins with the present that he offered his bride as a gift and a token to their future: 25 acres of land near LaPlace, upon which they will build their home. . . . . . . . Columnist Chris Rose can be reached at chris.rose@timespicayune To view the GW, I... http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...5&pagenumber=1 |
i'm supposed to wait for the bride for 2 1/2 hrs and eat Popeye's chicken (my favorite:p) in my nice outfit in the meantime? i'da got my gift and left. there is no filet mignon (also my favorite) good enough to have me waiting that long:rolleyes:
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I want to see pics!
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The first dance was probably Back that *** up...the designer said she had booty!
Why did they eat in a separate room for an hour or two while the guests were waiting? I don't get that part. :confused: Otherwise, it sounds like it might have been a nice affair. Her dress sounds a little ridiculous..if it had to be sewn on, how was it taken off? I wonder what kind of gifts did they register for... |
How did she walk or dance in it? :confused:
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Thassss fuuunnyyyyyyy!!!!!!! And I wanna see pics too!!!
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This is from the article online. I don't think there were pictures in the paper.
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Juvenile's Wedding
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She's pretty...
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Yeah, what he said, b/c we know Juvy ain't pretty or handsome or anything like that :rolleyes:
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Question: I am planning my wedding and I've found a place that I really like that takes care of everything. I only have one reservation, their food is buffet style.
I really don't like this, I have only been to one wedding with a buffet and found it much less elegant than those with wait service. However, this wedding itself was just soo...uggghhh, so I don't know if I was just disliking everything about the wedding/reception, or I really don't find buffet to tasteful. What do you think-honestly? What is your perception of buffet/wait staff wedding? Do buffets say I'm trying to cut costs and I can't really afford this place? I am sincerely asking, like I said I have only been to one buffet reception and it should be written up in this thread for reasons having nothing to do with the buffet. |
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agreed. i went to one wedding that at first i thought was a buffet, but come to find the buffet part was just the appetizers. we ended up having a nice sit down meal with filet mignon and chicken (yeah, two meats :confused:, but very good). then the dessert bar was a buffet style as well. they had cake on the buffet, but also had cookie, eclairs, etc. it was very fun and very nice.
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I like buffets- maybe b/c I come from a family that looooooves to eat. :D I plan to have a buffet at my wedding when I get married (at least five years down the line), but I would prefer that my wedding guests be served by a waiter staff than go up and get their own food. The idea about the appetizer and dessert buffet sounds great, with the sit down dinner in between. To me, that would be classier than a buffet style dinner where it's every man/woman for himself/herself. JMHO....
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From my experience, the real key to succeful buffets is three fold: 1. multiple stations 2. variety grouping 3. passed hors d'oeuvres if possible 1. The biggest challenge I have found with buffets are the lines--people standing in 3" heels and their Sunday best while the wedding party and lil' Leroy gets his plate is no one's idea of a good time. This problem can be minimized by having multiple "stations" scattered around the room. You can do this two ways--having the same food duplicated at each station, or, even better, to do variety groupings. 2. While multiple stations with duplicated food minimizes the line issue, it doesn't really address the issue of "elegance." So I like use the buffet to it's one main advantage over seated meals--the fact you can have a variety of foods/cuisines. So at one station, do a variety of cheese/crackers/fruits. At another, do Chinese. Another do Southern cuisine. Another could be the dessert bar or Italian foods. Dress up the stations/staff for the station in the colors/images of that cuisine. It's a lot of fun, and it really makes the buffet look purposeful rather than economical. 3. If you can hire a few folks to do passed hors d'oeurves between the wedding and reception (and/or a hosted bar) that lends an air of richness to the affair without actually having a seat dinner. Just some thoughts about how to execute a more elegant buffet. |
great suggestions. i'll have to remember all of that for when i get married (also about 5yrs from now probably)
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One thing to add... Presentation is a big thing with buffets. If you just have the cafeteria line looking silver chafing dishing lined up, it is not visually appealling. Use risers to vary the height of things, extra table linen draped artistically, food interspersed with pottery, flowers, etc. adds an air of elegance as well. The food should become a part of the display. Regarding the costs, some buffets are more expensive than sit down dinners because of the variety and the fact that you usually have to have more food. With a plated dinner you have 1 chicken breast, scoop of rice and a scoop of beans; the caterer regulates the portion sizes. With a buffet, portion sizes are not regulated, so you have to get more. |
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WOW! Thank you guys so much! I greatly appreciate all of this info and will forward it on to my mom. I am still in law school at Howard in DC and the wedding will be in Houston where I am from so my mom is taking care of most of the stuff.
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Ok, we are at the end of the summer. SOMEBODY had to have gone to a broom-jumping ceremony...:)
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My wedding is in April 2007
I want a buffet because I like to eat...but I want a sit down because its seems more elegant. But I think I may make the appetizers and desserts buffet style. |
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One of the neatest things I saw at a wedding I went to last year was a mashed potato bar. You got a scoop of potatoes in a wine glass, and then had a selection of every topping imaginable (bacon, broccoli, cheese, gravy, etc.) I thought it was cute.
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my friend did the buffet style appetizers and desserts but had a sit down meal. it was incredible. i was very very impressed.
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Hi ladies,
I just attended a wedding in which the reception was held at the one and only Golden Corral. :rolleyes: |
Local Minister in the ATL
Wedding vision realized
By BILL OSINSKI The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 07/31/05 The pastor's wedding party was bigger than most people's entire guest list. Still, the marriage ceremony Saturday of the Rev. William Sheals, senior pastor of Hopewell Baptist Church in Norcross, and Patricia Kim was elegant, exuberant, and — despite several breakouts of spontaneous cheers from people in the nearly-packed, 2,500-seat sanctuary — traditionally reverent. The wedding of William L. Sheals, pastor of Hopewell Baptist, and Patricia Kim featured 106 bridesmaids and groomsmen. Sheals had seen it all before, in a vision, that is About two years ago, Sheals, 58, envisioned his second wedding as a time when all his assistant pastors, deacons and their spouses of the 18,000-member church congregation would stand up with him. Yesterday, 106 of them did. The procession of 53 bridesmaids, dressed in gowns of old gold and holding bouquets of coral roses, and 53 groomsmen took nearly 15 minutes, even though they processed simultaneously down all three aisles of the church. The panoramic wedding party filled the steps to the altar on both sides of the wedding arch placed in the center. Then Kim was escorted down the central aisle, which had been turned into a gauntlet of gauzy tuille cloth stetched between stanchions topped with candles and green-and-white floral arrangements. She wore an off-white strapless satin gown beaded with rhinestones. A diamond-and- gold headpiece came to a point at the center of her forehead. A 40-year-old accountant, Kim had become the woman in Sheals' vision. He could not see her face when he first experienced his vision, but he saw Kim in the flesh for the first time last October. She had just joined the church, at the invitation of a friend and co-worker, who is also the wife of an assistant pastor at Hopewell. He had just returned from a preaching tour of Korea, Kim's native country. They met, learned they shared the same birthday, and two months later they were engaged. This is the second wedding for both; Sheals has been divorced about eight years. As Kim approached the altar, both she and Sheals were wiping tears from their eyes. Both appeared deeply touched by the power of the moment, amplified by a standing ovation and cheers from the entire audience. As they joined each other under the arch, a profession of love pre-recorded by Sheals was played throughout the church. "We were given a meant-to-be moment," Sheals said in his statement. "You lift my spirits, take my thoughts up to places where my troubles seem so far away. I know you're my soulmate." The vows went swiftly, as pronounced by Bishop Paul Morton, senior pastor of Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Church of New Orleans. His standard lines, "Whatever God has joined together, let no man break apart" and "I now pronounce you man and wife," were augmented by alternating jazz riffs from the keyboard. This is, after all, Hopewell, where there's soul in every service. After rushing through the crowd of cheering congregants, the Rev. and Mrs. Sheals proclaimed themselves overwhelmed by the love shown them by their people. "It was more than I ever expected," Pattie Sheals said. And as for the pastor, his dream had come true. "The reality was greater than the vision," he said. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ah/sheals3.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ge_1764442.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ah/sheals2.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ah/sheals5.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ah/sheals1.jpg |
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Do you reeeeallly need that many people?? I wonder what the world record is.
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My sister and brother-in-law had a buffet at their wedding. It was great because there were so many different options but it was also very classy. Their wedding was at a nice hotel that specializes in weddings, so they really knew what they were doing there. |
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But I'm really not that surprised as I used to attend that church with my ex-boyfriend. They are normally that extra! :o |
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Let me be the first to say...
The wedding above was gorgeous;however, THAT IS TOOOOO MANY DANG PEOPLE IN A WEDDING!!!!! lol I thought my cousin had a lot (30)........
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Wow. The most I've ever seen is 15 bridesmaids.
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53 BMs and 53 GMs???????????????????? :eek:
That is just TOO MANY! Including my maid and matron I have 6. The more people the more problems. |
We've Neglected this thread
PSA: BRACE YOURSELVES!!!!
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:eek: Like they say, there is someone out there for everyone:D
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