2020 Wedding Planner

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Second St., Watertown 2020 Bridal Guide is published by Adams Publishing Group. Content may not be republished without written permission. (920) 261-2434 January 2020 2020 Wedding Planner 3 Exchangin vows i th outdoors By Teresa Stowell raise veal by the family for a short time the day before and then later Friday doors.” Correspondent 35 years ago, and since then had been night we had the torrential downpour. To ease the stress of the wedding day, primarily used for storage. e wed- We decided it was just best to go with the Robus family operates by their rule, Quilts of all colors were spread across ding venue, Sugar Island Barn, was born our plan B and hold the ceremony in the “Your wedding, your week.” e family the chairs as visitors took their seat at shortly after the wedding. b a r n .” only schedules one wedding a weekend, the outdoor wedding. e bride walked “It has really evolved over the past six With the barn already set up for the re- which allows the bride and groom to down the grassy isle that was lined with years,” Evanna Robus said. “We weren’t ception, the Robus family quickly moved start decorating Wednesday of the week fresh cut owers in canning jars to her looking to get into the business, but after tables to make room for the small wed- of their wedding. groom standing underneath a wooden Hannah’s wedding, people just kept ask- ding ceremony. “It’s always fun to see how the couples arbor overlooking a pond. To the bride ing us to hold their weddings.” “e ceremony in the barn was abso- decorate,” Evanna Robus said. “Some and groom’s delight, the weather was e Robus family held 20 weddings lutely beautiful,” Laura Wolter said. “I decorations are real simple just going just a bit breezy, but there was no rain. with almost all the ceremonies held on went into this feeling that either loca- with the nature around them, and some- Outdoor weddings are often the the remote property surrounding their tion would be wonderful. Living in the times the decorations are more elabo- choice of many newly engaged couples barn last year and have 26 scheduled for state that we live in with the weather so ra t e .” and have increased in popularity over 2020. It’s an entirely family run business. unpredictable, you have to have a plan e Robus family nds other ways to the past few years. Whether it’s in an “We have eight acres on our property B if you hope to have a ceremony out- tie the outdoors into their weddings. open eld, a back yard, by a forest, on a at the end of a long driveway, and the golf course or adjacent to a barn, cou- bride and groom can choose to hold ples are increasingly choosing to tie the their ceremony wherever they’d like,” knot out in nature. Evanna Robus said. “e hope is always Lebanon Firemen’s Park and Hall e family-owned local wedding ven- to have the ceremony outside, but we al- available for Weddings, Graduations, ue, Sugar Island Barn, opened after own- ways have a plan B to hold it in the barn.” ers noticed the popularity in outdoor Laura and Nic Wolter, of Watertown, Conﬁ rmations, Family picnics, etc. weddings, particularly with a barn to were thankful to have a plan B for their hold the reception. outdoor wedding. e couple was mar- April 1-October 1 Six years ago, Evanna and Dennis ried Sept. 28, 2019, a sunny day that fol- Robus, of rural Watertown, along with lowed a week of wet weather. Lebanon Firemen’s Park their adult children, Brady, Clint, Will “We originally planned to get married Contact and Hannah, xed up the family’s his- at Nic’s uncle’s pond and then have the toric 1895 barn for Hannah’s wedding. reception at Sugar Island Barn,” Laura Town of Lebanon • (920) 925-3504 e old barn had originally been used to Wolter said. “It was raining pretty hard For Reservations & Prices 4 2020 Wedding Planner January 2020 from the dread- picturesque package, and the hideaway ed mosquito that site that’s more for smaller and more in- can often put a timate wedding parties. damper on a nice “What makes us unique as an out- outdoor night or door wedding venue is that we have four even a daytime backup options in case of bad weather,” ceremony. Heidi Sharer, event planner of Milford “We always Hills Hunt Club, said. “Not every venue have the entire will have a backup option, let alone four.” yard ready and Milford Hills booked 50 weddings in that includes hav- 2018 and about 40 in 2019. ing a professional “is past year I only had to change bug sprayer come plans for two weddings because of the out and help us weather, and both were in October,” prevent an unruly Sharer said. “We really watch the weath- amount of mos- er close and if we can get the ceremony quitos,” Evanna in, in between showers, we’ll make it Robus said. happen.” Milford Hills e popularity in the outdoor wed- Hunt Club is also dings aects all aspects of planning the a popular ven- big day right down to the bride’s gown. Evanna Robus ue for outdoor Sandra Budewitz, of Sandra D’s Bridal Seating for an outdoor wedding ceremony is set up at Sugar Island Barn in rural Watertown. Couples can weddings in the Boutique, takes a particular interest in choose an outdoor location from anywhere on the eight acres surrounding the barn. area. e club her brides and their wedding location to also plans for the help them nd the dress of their dreams. While the Wolters held their ceremo- ing under the stars and around the re mosquitos with spraying their proper- “Most brides come in with an idea of ny in the barn, after the meal when the as wedding guests visited. ty. Brides have two locations to choose what their dress will be,” Budewitz said. sun went down, a large bonre lit up the Many outdoor wedding venues also from to hold their ceremony including “But depending upon the location of the evening. e Robus family oered seat- make special eorts to oer some relief the clubhouse location, known as the wedding, there are often some sugges Why pay too much WATERTOWN’S INSURANCE for insurance? AGENCY (920) 261-5403 WWW.AVIDRISK.COM January 2020 2020 Wedding Planner 5 ReligionsReligions saysay ‘I‘I do’do’ inin variousvarious waysways CustomsCustoms andand traditionstraditions differdiffer amongamong faithsfaiths By Amber Gerber part of a pagan ceremony and is actual- obstacles to the well-being of the couple. Jewish weddings [email protected] ly quite an old custom, Fox said. During “What’s really exciting about these old Pop culture, such as TV programs and the wedding, the couple has their hands customs is that they are being revived movies, often portray the smashing of Many of us are familiar with the tra- tied together by a piece of cord, ribbon and they’re actually crossing over faith glass at the conclusion of a Jewish wed- ditional Christian wedding celebrations or cloth. tradition lines,” she said. ding ceremony. However, most scenes – the white dress, reading of scriptures, “at is a way of solidifying and sol- While many wedding ceremonies do not expand on the signicance of the exchanging of rings and the pronounce- emnizing the wedding,” she said. “at have guests sitting in rows of pews, pa- action. ment of the couple – and what each actual tying of the knot is essentially gans prefer to have the attendees sit in a Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman of Congre- symbolizes. something really old, and some folklor- circle surrounding the couple. Fox said gation Shaarei Shamayim in Madison But, there are many religious and cul- ists say it predates Christianity.” the circle is much like a wedding ring – explained the action reminds the couple tural traditions not always seen at those Another custom during pagan wed- there is no beginning and no end – and that relationships are fragile and take ceremonies. For example, why are the dings is jumping the broom. Fox ex- is a symbol of eternity. continual care, otherwise they, too, will guests at a pagan ceremony sitting in plained the broom is a symbol of hearth “e idea of people joining together in shatter.

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