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Vintage Glamour, Finding the perfect wedding ring, Why you might want to leave things to the experts.
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HOW CLASSICSCAN INSPIRE YOU
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Spring 2011
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WRAPPEDaround your
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WRAPPEDaround your
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FRIENDOR PRO?Why you mightwant to leavethings to the experts
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FeaturesFeatured facilities50 Wachusett Mountain55 WachusettVillage Inn
58 Vintage glamourTaking cues from the past foryour wedding inspiration
Articles24 Best tressed
Getting a great wedding-day hairstyle
30 Friend or pro?Why you might want toleave things to the experts
36 Wrapped around your fingerHow to ring in your new life togetherwith the right wedding band
42 Rehearsal dinnersIdeas for every style and budget
46 Commuter marriagesKeeping love alive across the miles
Honeymoons81 Its a natural
Honeymooning intheVirgin Islands
85 Honeymooning on theSouth Carolina coastCatch the dreamy moodof the Lowcountry
Planning 10165 Wedding timetable
B&Gs guide for what to doand when
66 License to wedWhat you need to know
68 Changing your name?How to do it
70 TippingHow much and when
72 MusicQuestions to ask your band or DJ
74 Invitations
76 Transportation
78 News you can useInfo on local vendors/offerings
Departments10 Letter from the editor
14 Tying the KnotEngaged local couples
18 Nearby NuptialsKaren Preikszas and Rich KelleherCarmen Oyola and Kyle Callender
Directories89 Function facilities guide
93 Wedding resources guide
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ROYAL WEDDING FEVER SEEMS TO BEeverywhere these days. As this issue ofBRIDE&GROOM Magazine goes to press,PrinceWilliam and Kate Middleton are in thefinal weeks of their wedding planning, andpractically every detail is being reported on,
scrutinized and discussed all over the world.Talk about having to deal with oodles ofopinions!As many other modern-day brides and
grooms have done, this couplemade sure theirpersonal stamp is on their special day. Anddoing things their way meant input on every-thing from what shes wearing (a designed-just-for-her gown) to what hes not (a wed-ding ring), from the number of wedding cakes
(two!) to establishing charitable gift fundsand requesting donations in lieu of gifts. Eventheir save-the-date notices were e-mailed,which was reported as being quite a depar-ture from traditional royal formalities.Youve likely begun to examine the ways in
which you can personalize your wedding tomake it unique.Our feature story on page 52Vintage glamourdemonstrates how some dra-matic facets of bygone eras can be updated andutilized to make your wedding-day theme dis-tinctive and memorable.The article Wrappedaround your finger, on page 36, has tips and ad-vice on how to find a wedding band that re-flects your style, and the piece about rehearsaldinners on page 42 offers terrific ideas for plan-ning a fantastic pre-wedding event.This issue also has something new: spotlight
features on two reception facilities that arewell-known in Central Massachusetts. OtherFeatured Facilities from across our region willbe included in our upcoming editions.Also,dont forget about what happens after
theweddingOf course,wemean your hon-eymoon! In this issue, were featuring somewonderful spots with our neighbors to thesouth, as well as an overview of the VirginIslands.Asalways,wehopethisissueofBRIDE&GROOM
Magazine is your constant companion as you planyourwedding.After youve tied theproverbial knot,wed love to hear from you.Please visit ourwebsitefor information about how to submit yourweddingfor inclusion in these pages as aNearbyNuptial.
LisaDayneEditor
LETTER fromthe EDITOR
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