The Princess and her Prince Charming

Let's go back to the beginning. John and I got married on Halloween weekend. I originally had the idea to have a masquerade wedding. Visions of a huge ballroom with crystal chandeliers... me in a white gown encrusted with jewels... guests dancing late into the night in ballroom gowns and masks. So, apparently that's not easy to accomplish. We threw the costume wedding idea out the window early on and ended up putting on what turned out to be a really great wedding/ceremony. (If we do say so ourselves...) But I never fully gave up on the image.

When John and my mom started asking what I had in mind for my thirtieth, I started to allow the images to float around in my head again, realizing that there wasn't really enough time to do all that. But, the idea of having a medieval dinner sounded pretty cool, not to mention it would be a good kickoff for the holiday season. Linda and John had a dinner at their house a few years ago and had some connections for jugglers, caterers, etc. I knew I wanted to see if Greystone Hall was available, because I wanted to have our wedding there, but it wasn't completely restored yet. We made the call to Greystone, but the Saturday we wanted was not available. At some point in the conversation, somehow the question got asked: "What is happening in the ballroom that night?" Turns out, they were sponsoring their own Madrigal Dinner that night. So, long story... long, we decided to buy out half the tickets and come in costume to their event.