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hele Leo c i M e Delphin marries Raja a t a M Deepak
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ashville native Deepak Raja and Delphine Leo from Brittany, France met in 2010 through eharmony.com and began dating in New York where they have lived and worked for several years. They married last August in Nashville at his family home on Belle Meade Boulevard—in two separate ceremonies. Father Breen performed the Roman Catholic rite, and Dr. Swamy officiated at the Hindu ceremony for which the participants wore saris and traditional wedding outfits ordered from India. Delphine’s family—including her parents, her sister and nephews—traveled from France and Spain to celebrate the union. They were joined by
the couple’s school friends and business partners, as well as colleagues of Deepak’s father, the late Dr. Raja, who practiced medicine for many years at St. Thomas Hospital. Some 85 guests celebrated after the ceremonies at a reception—also at the Raja home. Kristen Winston catered the dinner featuring beef tenderloin, shrimp, mixed vegetables, salads, cheeses and late-night mini burgers and fries. The wedding cake was a coconut concoction from Nashville’s Firefly Grille. Dennis Scott’s band provided the music, and family friend Mike King masterminded the planning of the event. The rehearsal dinner on Friday night featured barbeque from Hog Heaven.
After a wedding trip driving over 900 miles through California—visiting San Francisco, Sonoma, Yosemite national park and Gualala—the newlyweds returned to their home in Brooklyn. She teaches kindergarten at the private French/American Ecole Internationale de New York, and he is Portfolio Manager at Broad Arch Capital in New York City. Deepak is a 1991 graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy with a B.A. in Economics from Washington College in Chestertown, MD. Delphine received her Literature and Master’s Degree in Education at University of Paris XII: Paris-Val-de-Marne.
SANDY NELSON
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