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| ~ Empire State Building NYC Valentines Day Weddings ~ |
| Every year The Empire State Building holds a contest and 14 lucky couples from around the world, are chosen to get married at the top of the city. Lucky me, I was the officiant in 2008 & 2009! The beautiful winners from those years are here with excerpts from their ceremonies. Congratulations and many happy years to you all! For information on the current years festivities see the ESB website |
| Tonya and Tosin Abari of Laurel Maryland See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Kaymarie and JD Holt of where ever the US Air Force needs them See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Cristina and Jason Arreguin of California See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Whitney and Timothy Randall of Massachusetts and the UK See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Melanie and Joseph Castine of Philadelphia, PA See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Sara and George Mostoller of Wadsworth Ohio See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Jessica and Nicholas Liu of Queens New York See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Marlo and Greg Breeze of Lakeland Florida See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Yi-Bing and Matthew Percival of Hollywood California See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Marlo and David Warnock of Trumansburg, NY See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Kathleen and Dustin Love of Birmingham Alabama See excerpts from our ceremony |
| Jennifer and Dan McClure of Massachusetts Photo by Josephine Solimene Rabbani & Solimene Photography See excerpts from our ceremony |
| For information on how to become one of next years winners, read more on the 2008 or 2009 weddings, see video and more go to Brides.com or the Empire State Building's Website Special thanks to Nicole Grzywacz of the ESB Special Events Dept and Jennifer Gaonach of Brides.com who brought all the pieces together and made everything flow smoothly and beautifully from the first kiss to the last! |
| ~ 2008 ~ |
| ~ 2009 ~ This years weddings, performed by myself and by Brooklyn based Humanist Celebrant Eileen Regan were web cast with live streaming video all day long! On Bride's.com See Live VIDEO of all ceremonies here |
| Anni and Delon Mollett of Birmingham, Michigan and Arlington, Texas See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Asherel and Linnell Totten of Durham, North Carolina (That's a tattoo of the ESB!) See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Cristina and Joseph Fasano of Mississauga, Canada and Yonkers, New York See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Dodi and Timothy Nicholson of Stafford Springs, Connecticut See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Hailey and Barth Carson of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Heidi and Kevin Koski Of Where ever the US Coast Guard stations them next! See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Natalie Sauro and Jessica Chesnutt of Brooklyn, New York See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Juanita and Christopher Kerber of Alexandria, Virginia See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Kimberly and Mathias Turck of New York City, New York See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Rose and Michael Le Grand of Brooklyn, New York See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| Yanan and Michael Zhang of Selden, New York See excerpts and video from our ceremony |
| 2008 was my first year working with this project and I can't tell you how truly amazing it was, and is to be a part of an event that is held in a place that people from all over the world dream of. It is like being a part of history as it is made. I am honored to be included in such a wonderful event. But enough about me we know it's really all about the couples! So here they are! |
| The photos below are of the sunrise on Valentines Day 2009 Taken from the ceremony site at the Empire State Building |