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Jamie Doe

HA 1043: Introduction to Hospitality Management

Fall 2018

My Favorite Event: My Sister’s Wedding

According to Dictionary.com (2015), wedding is defined as the act or ceremony of marrying, marriage, nuptials. History of weddings can be dated back to 4,350 years ago. Since then the wedding including celebration and wedding gowns have greatly evolved over time (Random History, 2015). My sister got married on July 3, 2009. The wedding was held at our church, University United Methodist Church. I was her maid of honor and she had three other bridesmaids; my cousins, Stephanie and Miranda and her soon-to-be sister in law, Tori. Her fiancé, Phillip had all of his best friends be his groomsmen and the colors of the wedding were silver and rose pink. All the groomsmen had silver ties and vests and the bridesmaids all wore pink rose dresses. Instead of playing the traditional wedding theme song as she walked down the aisle, they played the Star Wars intro, A New Hope on the piano. Everyone started laughing when the song played. When Christine was walking down the aisle, it made her laugh that everyone recognized the song. My family and my sister’s friends spent all day setting up tables, decorations, and lights. They even hired a DJ and rented a dance floor. While Christine and Phillip were taking their vows a loud strike of thunder roared and everyone looked worried. Then, you could hear rain hitting the roof and the roof of the church had just been replaced, so a few spots started leaking. Everyone was thinking the reception would be a disaster since it was outside at our home, but when the wedding was over, we just moved the DJ to the porch and everyone started dancing outside in the rain. All of the food was inside and there were at least 120 people at the party. My sister had her first bride and groom dance in the rain in flip flops and we all danced to Irish pub music. We did our own catering and just had my aunt Gabby bring jumbo shrimp from South Padre Island where she lives. We made our own dessert and served it with a chocolate fondue fountain. The wedding was so much fun and everyone had a really great time.

This event is very important to me because it taught me to learn to be mature. When my sister’s husband proposed to her, I felt a little heart-broken. My sister and I grew up together and played together all our lives. When I saw that she was leaving the house to live with her fiancé and start her own life, I felt a little lonely. I was her maid of honor, so I tried my hardest to help her as much as I could because I wanted to make her happy. When she went and did all her shopping for everything with my mom and her soon-to-be mother in-law, I felt like a tag along who had no say, even though I was the maid of honor. Both, my mom and Phillip’s mom got so obsessed with the wedding, like I’m sure all mothers do, that I didn’t really have a job to do. I felt a little jealous because my sister was getting so much attention. However, when it came time for the wedding, I was the one my sister turned to ask how she looked, or to fix her dress, or her hair, and even to hold her dress when she had to use the bathroom. So, that’s when I started to feel like a maid of honor. When I was up in front of everyone right by my sister’s side, I felt very happy for her, and I was ready to let her go.

References

Dictionay.com (2015). Wedding. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wedding

Random History (2015). Here comes the bride: A history of the American wedding. Retrieved from http://www.randomhistory.com/1-50/009wedding.html

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