The Ceremony

As guests arrived for the outdoor wedding at the historic DuPont mansion (part of Greenville Country Club), they were offered lemonade and water, and they mingled until the sun began to set. At 5 p.m., the ceremony started and guests found their way to white, wooden folding chairs set on the lush lawn. Sarah and Giuseppe, who met through a mutual friend after their first year of college, exchanged vows under a bough (adorned with roses, gerbera daisies, berries, and hydrangeas) of a magnificent chestnut tree. We wanted to keep the wedding very personal, says Sarah, who asked her father, a guitarist and former music teacher, to perform a number of personally selected songs. One of the must-plays? The Beatles' In My Life. He surprised us by singing the second verse in Italian, says Sarah. It was touching and thoughtful, and one of my favorite parts of the day.