A Successful COVID Wedding Postponement in Townsend, TN

Photo: Finding Eden Photography

Florals by Rose Moss Designs

Heather and Chad were originally scheduled to be married on May 9 in Banner Elk, NC.  They booked us back in early 2019 as a violin and cello duet for their ceremony!  Little did we know how much would change between then and their wedding day.  When we all realized what COVID was going to do to the wedding industry in March of 2020, we began talking about a postponement for Heather and Chad.  They decided to move their wedding to July.  We were thrilled to still have the date available on our calendar, and we moved their wedding to the new date at no charge.

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​​As the date moved closer and closer, restrictions were not being lifted in North Carolina, so the couple made the difficult decision to move to a Townsend, TN wedding venue, at Dancing Bear Lodge.

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Photo: Finding Eden Photography

Wedding planning is such a stressful process.  It’s ranked up there with all of the sad stressors: a death in the family, divorce, losing a job… but it’s such a happy time!  It has been sad to see couples go through such intense stress over decisions related to COVID.  Heather and Chad seemed to handle the process with a lot of grace and patience. 

As the wedding day approached, we were thrilled to see that the wedding was going to go forward with no more postponements!  The mothers were seated to The Prayer.  The bridal party processed to God Only Knows, by the Beach Boys.  The bride chose Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones for her walk down the aisle.  It was a new song for our violin cello duet, and we loved it for the bride’s entrance!  After Chad and Heather were pronounced husband and wife, their recessional song was When I’m 64 by The Beatles.

Photo: Finding Eden Photography

The cocktail hour was full of a wide variety of music, from Grow Old with You from the movie The Wedding Singer, to Cowboy Take Me Away by the Dixie Chicks.


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​The weather was perfect, and the guests enjoyed lots of space to enjoy the scenery and mountain views at the wedding venue in Townsend, TN while listening to violin cello music in the background.  This was our first time playing at this wedding venue in Townsend, TN, and it’s a great place with a lot of options and space.

COVID weddings are definitely different, and COVID is bringing a lot of circumstances none of us have ever experienced.  But this kind of beautiful love is what brings us back for more weddings!