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March 4, 2017
Meant to be: Margaret Gassert and Alex Folk met the old-fashioned way—at a bar, for a mutual friend’s going-away party. The proposal: On Orange Street in downtown Lancaster, he got down on one knee. “She said yes, and the people leaving the funeral home across the street clapped for us. We figured it was a good omen,” he says. Margaret added, “New life for us.” Lancaster backdrop: The theme showcased their life and their love for downtown Lancaster. Everything happened within 500 feet of Penn Square. Rehearsal dinner at The Pressroom, reception at Tellus360. Ceremony above the Visitor Center in the old Masonic Temple. The dress: With her transparent skin, she says, white was not on Margaret’s mind. She thought she would rent an outfit but couldn’t find it, even in New York. “I knew I wanted to do something non-traditional,” she says. Then, she found a black bodysuit and a skirt in long blue lace over a short skirt. “I felt like myself,” she says. The find: Margaret always wanted fancy shoes and gave herself an unlimited budget. Not a store in New York City offered what she wanted. Back in Lancaster, on a whim on a Wednesday night, she stopped at Bon-Ton. There they were–the perfect red shoes. For $40. The toast: Flipping the script, the bride and groom raised a champagne toast to guests in recognition of their love and support. “We will never, ever, ever have all of these people in the same room again,” says Margaret. The tunes: In their RSVPs, guests picked songs for the DJ to play. “We wanted everyone to dance, and they sure as heck did that,” says Margaret. Best advice: Stay together, said friends who had hardly seen their spouses their whole wedding days. “It was the two of us all day, holding hands,” says Margaret.
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