Local wedding planner on 'Whose Wedding'
UniSun Editor Karlayne R. Parker reports ...
What is a wedding planner to do when the bride to be is in the military and wants to manage her blissful preparations the same way she runs her life?
Vicky Johnson, of the company holy matrimony of Baltimore, knows the answer in her real-life role as a wedding planner for Sundonia Williams and Jerome Wonnum on Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?, which airs on the Style Network tonight at 10.
Johnson had a week to plan the event in Newport News, Va., the location for the nuptials of the couple, both in the Air Force and stationed in Panama City, Fla.
It wasn’t easy.
At first, "she [Williams] had everything planned down to the minute.’’ Johnson said.
"She would script everything,’’ she said. "It didn’t allow her to be a bride. … She held on [to her controlling ways] for as long as she could until she finally relented.’’
Johnson said she had no prior knowledge of the couple before the week of planning.
"I had to rely on my skills,’’ she said. "The locations change. The guests change, but the core parameters are the same" for planning a wedding. "There’s a lot of psychology that goes into it.’’
In all, the experience, she said it was very exciting. "It was a lot of fun. It’s different. It’s real-time. There are no do-overs,’’ said Johnson, whose company also has offices in Washington and New York.
The couple married on Jan. 19 in front of about 180 guests.
The day didn’t go without any hitches though. The weather was a concern.
"Who knew there would be a snow rain mix,’’ Johnson said, "which threw a wrench into things.’’
Ultimately though, "The wedding was beautiful.’’
Johnson will be featured again throughout the season of Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?
She couldn’t release much about those episodes, one involving a Prince George’s County couple and another with couple from Baltimore.
For more information on Johnson’s company, go to holymatrimonyonline.com.
What is a wedding planner to do when the bride to be is in the military and wants to manage her blissful preparations the same way she runs her life?
Vicky Johnson, of the company holy matrimony of Baltimore, knows the answer in her real-life role as a wedding planner for Sundonia Williams and Jerome Wonnum on Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?, which airs on the Style Network tonight at 10.
Johnson had a week to plan the event in Newport News, Va., the location for the nuptials of the couple, both in the Air Force and stationed in Panama City, Fla.
It wasn’t easy.
At first, "she [Williams] had everything planned down to the minute.’’ Johnson said.
"She would script everything,’’ she said. "It didn’t allow her to be a bride. … She held on [to her controlling ways] for as long as she could until she finally relented.’’
Johnson said she had no prior knowledge of the couple before the week of planning.
"I had to rely on my skills,’’ she said. "The locations change. The guests change, but the core parameters are the same" for planning a wedding. "There’s a lot of psychology that goes into it.’’
In all, the experience, she said it was very exciting. "It was a lot of fun. It’s different. It’s real-time. There are no do-overs,’’ said Johnson, whose company also has offices in Washington and New York.
The couple married on Jan. 19 in front of about 180 guests.
The day didn’t go without any hitches though. The weather was a concern.
"Who knew there would be a snow rain mix,’’ Johnson said, "which threw a wrench into things.’’
Ultimately though, "The wedding was beautiful.’’
Johnson will be featured again throughout the season of Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?
She couldn’t release much about those episodes, one involving a Prince George’s County couple and another with couple from Baltimore.
For more information on Johnson’s company, go to holymatrimonyonline.com.
