Coronavirus prompts wedding venue changes
Weddings during the virus lockdown took a little extra planning. These two weddings were planned for destination events, but plans changed. Both couples stayed within local guidelines for small gatherings, and both couples stuck with their original dates to be married.
Betsy and Devon Hyde were married in May in Oklahoma City, not in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as they planned. The small family wedding ceremony became smaller when the pandemic hit. Only parents, maid of honor and best man, and Trevor Smith, minister at the Nichols Hills United Methodist Church, were there — along with a friend who played the piano and a photographer. Another friend made a wedding cake.
After the ceremony at the church, the couple drove a 1956 Bel Air Convertible by close friends' homes. People celebrated with them by being on their respective
driveways with banners, flowers, rose petals, champagne, cameras and noise makers.
A wedding dinner for eight was at held The
Ranch Steak House. Their rehearsal dinner also was kept small (with 8 people), on Sue Ann and Dudley Hyde's patio with a simple meal — fried chicken and cupcakes. The Hydes are Devon's parents, and Betsy's parents are Becky and Joe Enos, Duncan.
The newlyweds will
live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Devon is CEO of Presbyterian Hospital.
Meanwhile, Sheena Karami and Kyle Hollander were married in May, not in Park City, Utah, as planned, but in the Edmond home of friends Jenny and Curtis Lofton. Walter Vann
was the officiant. His wife, Barbie Kieri-Vann, and Sheena Hollander's brother Daniel Karami stood up with the couple.
The Hollanders had messages from friends and family in other states who could not attend due to social distancing. The newlyweds noted that “Plan B” of
staying close to home turned out to be “memorable and humbling.”