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Mrs. Plum, Dallas Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Accountant by day/Floral and Event Designer by night and weekends Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Security Admin Engagement Date: December 31, 2004 Wedding Date: June 29, 2007 Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens About Me: I have been engaged for about two years now - yes, a long engagement, because my fiance and I wanted to wait until I graduated college, which I did this past summer! He proposed after dating just two months - crazy, I know, but 2 years later, here we are, still crazy in love :-). We are having not one, but TWO weddings and TWO receptions in one weekend - American-style and Vietnamese-style - in Dallas, Texas, where I was born and raised!

String Quartet Booked

May 30th, 2007 @ 11:00 am by Mrs. Plum

I FINALLY have all of my vendors booked with only 4 weeks to go.

I chose Gyros String Quartet as my ceremony musicians based upon their years of experience, their professionalism, prompt responses, the fact that they put my mind at ease, and although I did not use it, they also offer the convenience of paying with credit card via PayPal, which is another great feature.

They have a fantastic website that has actual clips of them performing live and a large repertoire to choose from - I highly suggest visiting their site, if not only to help you decide what songs you want your dj and/or musicians to play for the ceremony (processional, recessional, candle-lighting ceremony, etc.).

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I researched about 10 quartets/trios/harpists/classical guitarists before I decided on Gyros; they were probably the priciest group I looked up ($650 for ceremony performance only), but I couldn’t be happier with my choice - I’ve always imagined myself walking down the aisle to a string quartet. As an aside, it’s also important to me to have a great one because I used to play violin/viola myself back in the day (and some of my guests play professionally now!), so they’d notice if they weren’t very good.

It also really helped that when I closed my eyes and listened to the clips of their performances, I could totally imagine myself walking down the aisle and made the whole “getting married” experience seem more tangible.

I’m finally starting to feel like I’m really getting married!