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Small doesn’t mean less
■ Keep it a simple affair by using
wedding-planning books
or a consultant
By Lauretta DeForge
For the Emerald
For University students thinking of tying
the knot, a small wedding may be an excel
lent choice. Students can plan a simple
wedding with a consultant or just buy a
book and plan their own.
“I have heard that often, people do not
remember much about a large wedding, just
a whole lot of hustle and bustle for noth
ing,” said Katie Rasmussen, a freshman pre
nursing major. “A small wedding is more
intimate, more special.”
It can also be a handy way to save money.
Wendy Richards, a sales clerk at Barnes
and Noble, said the store carries a large se
lection of books on how to put together al
most any kind of wedding.
Barnes and Noble has a section called
Weddings and Etiquette with five shelves
approximately five feet long full of different
wedding books and related materials.
One that Richards recommended was
“Easy Wedding Planning Plus” by Elizabeth
and Alex Lluch, priced at $19.95.
The different books about how to plan
weddings range from $8 to $60 with every
thing in between.
“My personal idea of a small marriage is
eloping,” Richards said, laughing.
If eloping is out of the question, but plan
ning a wedding using only books seems too
time consuming, a wedding consultant may
be the answer.
Parties To Go provides flexible wedding
consultations.
“The difference between us and other
companies is our wedding showroom,” said
Debby Josephson, the Delta Oaks manager.
“We also have an in-house florist, plus wed
ding consultants who will work with the
bride and groom from beginning to end.”
“Location with large weddings can be a
problem,” added Judy Gregory, a wedding
consultant at Parties To Go, “and the logis
tics of how to get people from the wedding
to the reception can be difficult. ...
“Many large weddings are videotaped,
and the bridal couple must watch the video
to see what their wedding was like,” she
said. “The wedding became a blur.”
Once Parties To Go consultants have the
date and location of the wedding, they can
help couples with different options. They
rent out nearly everything, including tents,
dance floors, glassware, silverware, linens
and arches.
“We also sell items in paper for those that
would like that option,” said wedding con
sultant Veneda Bishop.
Even with the help of a consultant, tiye
couple still have to take care of the bridal
wardrobe, music, photography and food.
“The benefit of a small wedding is that
you can personalize it,” Bishop said. “The
bride and groom can mingle more with the
guests.”
TV Weddings
continued from page 3B
But television doesn’t stop with situation
comedies to make marriage look bad.
Arguably, one of the biggest debacles in
TV history involved a marriage. “Who
Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?”
crossed the line of what should be seen on
television and what should not.
Fifty women attempted to become the
bride of Rick Rockwell, and lucky or not,
Darva Conger was the new bride.
Within weeks, the marriage was annulled
when the fact that Rockwell had a restrain
ing order from a former girlfriend was un
earthed. To make matters worse, Conger lat
er informed the nation that she never really
intended to be married.
“Never in a million years did I think of it
as an actual marriage in my heart and before
God, and I still don’t. I was not looking to
marry anyone,” Conger said in her appear
ance on “Good Morning America.”
FOX made a grievous mistake with this
show. Not only did it not research its candi
dates for bride and groom, but producing a
live marriage on national television an
nounces that marriage is a joke. FOX made
the same mistake that comedies have made
in the past, and this was not even intended
to be a comedy.
The show only sums up what television
has shown in the past: Marriage is not taken
all that seriously. That plays well to the TV
audience, and that is what the writers are
paid to do. Despite what is shown, matri
mony is not something to be taken lightly.
Even with all the negativity, televiHon
still has room for the occasional tender mo
ment.
■v
“Marge, you’re my wife, and I love you
very much,” Homer said in one episode of
the “The Simpsons.”