With almost 4 months to go until our upcoming wedding (small destination wedding in Puerto Rico next March), The Fiance and I were presented with a unique opportunity: Get Married's third season of its TV show premieres on January 2nd at 9:30 AM on a new network (the WE) (www.getmarried.com), and they wanted a NYC bride to shoot their first segment. We had to submit a 2-3 minute video to Get Married on my bridal style and personality. Considering that I have absolutely no bridal style (who has time for these things?), I thought our chances for getting chosen were slim to none.
The Fiance and I had about 24 hours to plan what we would shoot (we don't have a video camera, so we ended up using the built in camera on my MacBook) as the deadline was tight. He called me during the day to run some ideas by me. Mind you these ranged from me jumping out of our closet dressed in a She-Wolf outfit and dancing to Shakira's latest ridiculous song to me pretending to be cursing at a hockey game on TV while The Fiance tries to go over every tiny detail of our wedding with me (in other words, role reversal of the typical bride and groom). But after getting home from a long day at work at 7 PM, hitting the gym and knowing my bedtime was 10:30 PM at the absolute latest, we had about 15 minutes to film, edit and figure out how to send a movie to Get Married. Not much to work with.
With a gigantic pile of laundry as the background and my outfit turning out to be my workout clothes from the gym (no time for a wardrobe change), The Fiance and I danced to the Hava Nagileh - the salsa version. We thought this was very appropriate for a Jewish wedding in Puerto Rico. Mind you - there was no advanced coordination - we just went for it, improv style. One day when I am feeling bolder, I might actually post the link to this video, but it's still a little embarrassing to think about.
We submitted the video (requesting that they don't make fun of us) and a couple days later, I got a call from Get Married: they wanted to use us!!
So tomorrow I am going to work (with make-up, so that one of my co-workers that knows how to apply make-up can help me out) and then leaving an hour early to greet the Get Married crew back at our apartment. Tomorrow night's segment is them just asking me and The Fiance questions about how we met, how we got engaged, etc. I went grocery shopping last night to pick up some goodies for the crew. How cool is that? I've never had a crew to entertain before, so I wasn't sure what to get - but like the video, I winged it.
On Tuesday, I am taking the entire day off to shoot with Get Married's new hostess (and founder and CEO, Stacie Francombe). This part will be about bridal trends and style. Stacie has replaced DeAnna Pappas and Colin Cowie as the new hostess of the show. I think she will be wonderful - she's smart, pretty and speaks well. I met her in person about a year ago and felt like she could have been one of my friends. I am looking forward to participating in the first shoot (and hope it all works out). I have the morning today to figure out my outfits for these two days. YIKES!!! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'll need one for tomorrow night and a different one for the all day shoot on Tuesday.
I am not so secretly hoping that Get Married will come to PR and decorate my wedding - because if I have to rely on myself for this (or The Fiance), I am not sure there will be time to get this done. Do we REALLY need flowers? Do we REALLY need favors? Do we REALLY need chair covers? I am sure the hard core bridal types out there would be appalled at these questions, but I am severely lacking that gene which makes me worry about my "wedding colors" and all the small details required to pull something like this off. YIKES!!
Ok, so I will let you know how the next two days go and then send out a reminder so you can all set your DVRs for Jan 2nd, 9:30 AM on the WE to see how it all unfolds.
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