Multi-Day Christian / Hindu Wedding
Celene & Shane have been planning this multi-day Christian / Hindu Wedding for a while. They both have big families. However, with most of them living internationally, they wanted to keep their local wedding event pretty small. So this is going to be a very small, and very intimate.
The event was split into 2 days. Day 1 had a traditional Hindu Wedding Ceremony at Vedic Cultural Centre. They had a full 3 hour ceremony and a mini reception in the venue’s basement. No formal speeches, but they did include some family dance performances that are common with Southasian wedding. Family photos were all sorted on-site. However the couple disappear at the end to do their couple wedding portraits at Richmond Green.
Day 2 was pretty small as well. They had a Christian ceremony at the Metropolitan United Church complete with bridesmaids and groomsmen. After the church was complete, the whole group headed to Guildwood park where we sorted out family, bridal party, and couple portraits. The reception was actually the biggest part of the entire event where the guest count nearly doubled. This was where friends and extended family were able to attend. Complete with speeches, cake cutting, first dances, dj, and one heck of a dance floor.
Day 2 Christian Ceremony / Reception
While the Christian Ceremony was held at the Metropolitan United Church, the bulk of this day was at the Pickering Event Centre. This venue is one of Toronto’s most luxurious yet affordable banquet halls and reception venues. It provides a perfect setting to host weddings. Whenever I photograph a wedding there, it looks completely different. In this case, it was completely decked out for this reception
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