Cheri Theesen, executive director of CountryHouse, greeted guests in a wedding dress she chose from Hello Beautiful, too.
Jenna Lukasiewicz, manager at Hello Beautiful, invited the staff to “find something they’d enjoy wearing. They had a super fun time,” she said. During the show, Lukasiewicz provided light commentary about each dress.
McKenna O’Rourke, senior living consultant at CountryHouse, wore the gown she was married in this spring. Her daughter, Kenzie, 10, dressed in a soft gray bridesmaids’ gown, passed out flowers to the guests before the show began. All the models wore masks, but their smiles sparkled behind them.
Cheri Theesen, executive director at CountryHouse, greets guests in a gown she chose at Hello Beautiful.
Sweet memories
After the “ceremony,” CountryHouse staff served wedding cake, a two-layer white confection provided by K-Town Cakery, along with a frothy pink punch and cream cheese mints made by the CountryHouse staff.
Harmon, who emceed the show in the gown she wore at her 1979 wedding, said, “The benefit of this event is to be able to bring back wonderful memories of our residents’ weddings.”
The women, she said, enjoy looking at the newest styles of wedding dresses “so different from theirs, but just as beautiful. They enjoy recalling the reception, and eating the cake and the good cream cheese mints that our ladies made,” Harmon added.
