Wedding of Jillian Costa & Johnathan Helme

Last Thursday June 20th, 2013, my friends Jillian Costa and Johnathan Helme got married. The wedding was at Jill's parents' house and it was beautiful. The reception was at Benjamin's Restaurant in Taunton, MA. It was perhaps the best wedding reception I have ever been to.

The whole wedding had a main theme of Game of Thrones. Some of the music that played was from the show, and the tables at the reception where we sat were named after the houses. There was also a little bit of The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and zombies incorporated within the reception.

There were some interesting things that occurred at the wedding. There was this tradition where we all tied knots in these ribbons the bride and groom wore around their hands that represent the number of years of happiness they will have. We were also about to do a drum circle, but we ran out of time before the reception.

As we waited to be seated in the reception room, waitresses came around serving delicious hors d'oeurves and each table had either a card or board game for people to play. The table I waited at had Apples 2 Apples which was really fun. Funny thing is, I brought Monty Python Fluxx.

Once we got into the reception room, we waited for the bride's maids, the grooms men, and the parents of the bride and groom to be announced to enter the room. Once they all entered, the doors were closed, the bride and groom were introduced, and in they came escorted by Darth Vader with Storm Troopers as the Imperial March played in the background. It was hilarious!

We watched a touching, if not funny at times, video the couple made about how they met and about their lives. The video also included pictures from their childhoods and a humorous comic they put together of themselves in "The Walking Dead." Then we ate a good meal and cake.

Then there were the dances of the groom with his mother, the bride with her father, and the bride and the groom. Just as all of that finished, zombies came in and began to dance to Micheal Jackson's Thriller! Afterwards I asked who's ideas these were and Jill told me everything was her idea. She loves to be crazy, and we love her for it.

We were also given these inspirational zombie cards as well as mixed CD's. Both were really interesting.

 For the rest of the night, we danced on the dance floor. My favorite songs were Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, of which we got into a circle to sing and rock out, and Europe's The Final Countdown. The rest were mostly pop songs, which I'd only dance to at these sort of occasions.

All in all, I really enjoyed it. I got to talk to friends I hadn't seen in a while and new people who I had common interests with.

Jilly Bean, John, I wish both many years of happiness!