By Lisa; As the warming sun set on Saturday,
December 31, 2016, family and friends gathered at Kansas City’s St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church to celebrate the New Year’s Eve nuptial mass of Margaret Allen
Straeter and Scott Henry Schoenfeld. With Father Andrew Strobl officiating, and
the church still beautifully decorated for the Christmas season, the couple
could not have picked a more perfect setting to begin their new life
together. As the couple’s wedding coordinator,
Millie’s Event Designs was ever ready to ensure the evening’s events came
together seamlessly from the old year into the New Year. www.millieseventdesigns.com
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| Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schoenfeld |
After the ceremony, guests were treated to
additional celebration and merriment at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Art; www.kemperart.org. Once there, everyone enjoyed an open bar
cocktail hour with passed appetizers of spinach and brie tart and crab cake
with lemon basil aioli. The guests along with the bridal party then toasted the
entrance of the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schoenfeld. The couple’s first stop was the wedding cake
table in the center of the museum, where they did their ceremonial cutting of
the cake from McLain’s Bakery; www.mclainskc.com Next, this New Year’s
couple offered each other a traditional champagne toast. The cocktail buffets were then open for
everyone to enjoy the beef tenderloin mini sandwiches with dill havarti and
pickled onions, grilled salmon with salsa verde, and Rosemary-lemon chicken
skewers. These were accompanied by roasted seasonal vegetables with balsamic
reduction and baked brie with berries and lavosh.
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| Designed by McLain's Bakery |
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| Michael Beers Band |
Once everyone had a chance to go through the
buffet, it was time for the evening’s toast and dances. Mr. Bill Straeter,
father of the bride, invited their guests to gather around the dance floor where
he delivered a toast directly from the heart for his daughter and new
son-in-law. The toast was followed by
the couple’s first dance as husband and wife and then by the traditional
father/daughter dance the mother/son dances.
The floor was then opened up for all to dance into the New Year to the sounds
of the Michael Beers Band; www.michaelbeersband.com. As the party moved closer to midnight hour, guests
were treated to cookies and given New Year's party hats, tiaras and noise
makers to celebrate the end of 2016 and the beginning of a prosperous 2017. The happy couple was last seen as they made
their way into a waiting limousine to begin the New Year and their New Life
together.
Whether you are planning your own New Year’s
Nuptials or just planning to begin your New Life together, contact Millie's
Event Designs; www.millieseventdesigns.com where we are ever
ready to seamlessly coordinate your special event in grand style.
