Rain Plan
So, you’re thinking of doing an outdoor wedding. I can’t think of anything more beautiful than an outdoor wedding in Virginia but, being Virginia, you know the saying. “If you don’t like the weather, just wait an hour.” But in a seriousness, if you are planning an outdoor wedding, you always have to have a rain plan so you can still have your celebration.
Kadie & Chuck had been planning their wedding for years. Originally, they were to be married back in 2020 but then covid happened and forced them to reschedule. Their wedding week was finally here, and Mother Nature was not looking that kindL The entire weekend was calling for 95% chance of rain. At their rehearsal the night before, we all kind of knew that it was almost for sure that we would be doing their wedding under our tent versus outside. I told everyone to say a prayer that night and to everyone’s astonishment, they had their wedding outside as originally planned!
You will see that we originally had a ceremony set up for under our tent. Kadie & Chuck chose to have their ceremony under our tent with the greenery embankment as their backdrop. So, we set up 110 chairs on the dance floor with an aisle down the middle with the alter being in the center of the tent where normally their sweetheart table would be for the reception. It is very easy for us to flip this space from ceremony to cocktail hour to reception which is awesome. There really is no need to rent another tent for your rain plan. You can see how the lighting is just perfect under the tent versus how dreary it would look if under a vinyl tent. So, you can see at Keswick Vineyards, no need to stress over your rain plan. Our tent is just perfect to house everything under.
But that set up under the tent for their rain plan never had to take place! The rain ended up holding off until 10:30pm that night allowing Kadie & Chuck to have their dream outdoor wedding at Keswick Vineyards. Just look how happy Kadie is as she is about to get escorted by her father down the aisle.
Waiting under the tent was an amazing charcuterie board from one of our preferred caterers Goodrich Gourmet. Besides the beauty of this culinary delight, guest could adore the wedding cake along with a delicious dessert bar with homemade desserts! Yummy!!!!
I am so happy that after the long wait these two had to tie the knot that everything ended up falling into place and they had their dream wedding on May 6th.
Thank you to the following vendors that stayed with them during this wait:
Goodrich Gourmet Catering
DJ T.D. Layman of Sound Enforcement
Musicians Melodious Strings
Ward Photography
Desserts by a family member
Colonial Florist
Officiant John Charlet
Hair & Make-up by Kelsea Dayberry of Radiant Reflections
Easy Rider Buses for transportation
