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to Newport and book the Bohlin. From there, Nimota Garcia, their wedding planner whom the couple could not praise enough, helped them nail down the rest of their vendors and details. But even with a concrete plan, Sade was a selfproclaimed nervous wreck the morning of her wedding. That is, until she saw Nick.“ I’ m so glad we did a first look because it really calmed me down,” she says.“ He was just smiling and telling me that I looked great and that it didn’ t matter if anything went wrong because we were getting married.”
After that she was able to thoroughly enjoy her big day. Highlights included: exchanging vows right on Narragansett Bay; Sade’ s nieceturned-flower girl( dubbed the“ understudy” of the night due to her infatuation with Nick) dropping petals around the couple as they danced to Frank Sinatra’ s“ The Way You Look Tonight”; cry-laughing as a slideshow projected a mix of embarrassing and nostalgic photos throughout the night; indulging in a sweet tooth’ s dream candy bar; and participating in a traditional Nigerian“ money dance” where each dollar thrown at the couple represented a blessing on their marriage.
“ My parents are from Nigeria so incorporating our culture into the wedding was really important to me,” Sade recalls.“ Nick and I changed after dinner and my mother made sure we took photos before our photographer called it a night... I think that was my favorite moment. Just seeing my parents— who are not emotional people— get all choked up at the sight of Nick and I in our Nigerian outfits. I’ ll never forget that feeling.” ◆
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