Ninety Feet of Aisle and One Debussy Piece: A Scottsdale Weekend Built in Two Registers

A couple held their multi-day celebration at the Four Seasons Scottsdale, and they planned its two main events in two different registers. The first night was casual enough for guests to wear cowboy boots. The ceremony was formal: the processional was set to Debussy's "Clair de Lune," and the aisle ran ninety feet. A ninety-foot aisle is a long one, so the walk becomes part of the ceremony instead of a few steps before it, and a quiet piano piece like Debussy's suits that pace. The source also mentions bougainvillea, and the bright pink flowers are as much a part of the setting as the flowers the couple chose. What a bride planning a weekend can take from this is how the two events worked together. Boots on the first night did not take anything away from the formality of the second. Each event was allowed to be fully what it was. For a bride weighing a relaxed welcome evening against a formal ceremony, this weekend shows she can have both.

With reporting from Style Me Pretty.