Brides USA

YOU’RE INVITED

BY ANNA PRICE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHS BY HOPKINS STUDIOS

WITH A GUEST LIST OF 1,250,

THIS WEST VIRGINIA BLOWOUT

WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN

The couple perfected

their moves with the help

of the bride’s childhood

dance instructor.

Construction of the chapel began less

than five months before the wedding and

was finished the night before—literally!

After the

ceremony, the

groom was so

excited that he

started skipping

on his way out.

24,130

individual stems

decorated the

three spaces.

7, 5 0 0 yards of

fabric were used

to cover the

tent’s ceiling.

1,250

guests

attended

the party.

1,200 chocolate-

chip cookies (from a

beloved family recipe!)

circulated late at night.

60 minutes

were spent

dancing to

Lionel.

BY THE NUMBERS

121 tables

were required

to seat all the

guests.

854 bottles

of wine and

champagne

were poured.

The couple Jill Justice, 31,

physician, and Adam Long,

33, attorney and cattle

farmer. The wedding At the

Greenbrier in White Sulphur

Springs, West Virginia, on

September 5, 2015. How

they met Through mutual

friends in the fall of 2000, but

they didn’t start dating until

13 years later. The proposal

At the highest point on the

farm where they now live,

with 360 degree views of

the Greenbrier Valley.

The honeymoon Maui.

PA R T Y OF

THE YEAR

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