The 10th Annual Bridal Extravaganza Sunday, February 27, 2000

Please visit our sponsors Select an advertiser from the list to go to its site SELECT ADVERTISER: Abilene Printing & Stationary Co. Alioli's Restaurant Angie's Bridal The Arrangement (Florists) Baacks Nursery Briarstone Manor Busch Jewelers Card and Party Factory Country Club Villas Dillards Department Store Eastern Oaks Apartments E.G. Productions Embassy Suites Esquire Tuxedo Taylor Co. Expo Center F&S Clothiers Grace Museum Grubb Photography Handy's Cakes Haystack Apartments Ivy Lane Market Jan's Lasting Impressions J.C. Penney Jewelry Plus Joe Allen's Catering Kiss the Cook kitchen shop La Quinta Inn Lucile's Flowers Marriott Courtyard Mr. Penguin Tuxedo Pat A Cake Bake Shop Perini Ranch Philpott Florists Rio's Bridal Shop Sam's rent-all The Special Touch Salon Sweetwater Travel White's Photography Y Booth sponsors These sponsors will have booths at the 10th annual Bridal Extravaganza

Y Gowns - Bride’s attire taking on new looks (AMY PRATHER) “In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked as something shocking. Now, heaven knows, anything goes” — Cole Porter

Y The Knot’s guide to what’s HOT and what’s NOT As we move to the new millennium, more and more couples are footing at least part of their wedding bills — and they’re taking the reins and often breaking the rules.

Y Cakes - Cakes range from minimal to psychedelic (AMY ELLIOTT) Any way you slice it, wedding cakes are luscious, dreamy and poetic. Millennial trends range from minimal chic to psychedelic fantasy and on to lavish explosions of flowers, crystals and pearls.

Y Photography - Photographers are well worth the expense (SIDNEY SCHUHMANN) Photographs are one of the best methods of capturing once-in-a-lifetime wedding moments, such as the bride and groom exchanging vows or a flower girl napping on the altar during the ceremony.

Y Hot Wedding Spots - Picture-perfect setting in Albany (KATHI STAPP) Nestled in the shadows of the historic Shackelford County Courthouse sits one of the more popular wedding sites in the Big Country.

Y Customs - There’s a world of customs out there (AMY VINCHESI) Every culture has lucky traditions and rituals intended to bring good fortune to the bride and groom, some involving family and friends and others an intimate exchange between the to-be-weds. Here are a few protective charms guaranteed to bring a favorable union.

Y Flowers - Free-form flowers are the rage (AMY ELLIOTT) Wedding flowers for spring weddings are free form, playful and imaginative. Strewn rose petals are replacing formal centerpieces. And the bouquet itself has morphed into a single, perfect orchid.

Y Hot spots - Grace, Windsor top spots for weddings (SIDNEY SCHUHMANN) Getting married in Abilene means having the reception at the Windsor downtown for many couples, but the Key City has other popular places for couples to tie the knot and cut the cake.