August 18th 2007 the day after Hurricane Dean gave the Island a lashing we pulled off a magnificant wedding transforming Orchid World from a scene much like this:-
to this.
Three years later and in a similar situation with guests arriving from several continents we were faced with the same dilema, we had to advise our clients that their wedding simply couldn't happen on the day they wanted. In 2007 Dean decided to spare the Island moving on to damage much of the caribbean, allowing our clients then to have their dream wedding on the day they wanted. However Tomas, tropical storm or hurricane ....yet to be decided..... as it passed over Barbados did not allow us, or our clients this luxury. With the cake being delivered and the Government issuing a tropical storm warning at the same time we had to advise our client that their wedding had to be delayed for 24hrs. We can only imagine the internal torment that this, not wholly unexpected decision must have forced on the couple and their family however they remained as implacable and humourous as they had been since we first met them. Their dream wedding was conducted under watery sunshine in the setting they had dreamed of, 24hrs after the all clear was given, whilst we thank them for their patience and understanding, niether of these weddings could have gone ahead without the full support and heroic efforts of the team at Orchid World our team and the following list of suppliers.
- Ellco(Josh and Team)
- Quality Occasions (Joanna and Team)
- Jerry Marshall(Minister)
- Pearson the DJ who magically appeared with a generator
- Omar Haynes (Pan Player)
-Robert Hinds and his team from Amazing Images
- Esline Johnson and her team at Draytons Transport, (who would have come out on Saturday if we still wanted them to.)
-Team at Orchid World
Steve & Cecille Barnett
Nic
Nicole
T bert
Schundell
Deborah
Adrian
Clifton
Andrew
-Sanojah's Team
Natalia
Shane
T bert
Alexa
Nadia
Laura
And all those family and friends of our team who enabled them to change their plans the day after the worst weather in a generation. Our last but most important thanks go to The Good Lord who in his infinite wisdom inclined to part the clouds and at the same time bring light and power to Michelle and Brian's most blessed day. Our thoughts and prayers go to the persons killed through out the caribbean and to those injured, made homeless and agrieved by the passing of Tomas. Also on the day of the funeral of our dear Prime Minister all at Sanojah's wish to send his surviving family and friends our support and heart felt wishes of condolence.