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LOVE YOU TO Death

A MARRIAGE TO DIE FOR: Di and Karen Pines’ zombie wedding

Editor’s note: Below is a sneak preview of an upcoming story in Chesapeake Bay Wedding magazine. This is a shortened version of the article.

Known as “The Zombie Brides” to Milton, Del., locals, Di and Karen Pine professed their undying love for each other on Oct. 21, 2023 while dressed as zombie apocalypse hunters during Milton Theatre’s Zombie Fest. As the winners of the “UNEARTH YOUR LOVE: Zombie Fest 2023 Wedding Package Contest!”, hosted and sponsored by The Vault Radio Station and The Red Roof Inn, the Pines tied the knot with over 150 people in attendance.

“Over 150-200 people showed up around that corner and gathered to celebrate love,” Di said. “They didn’t know us. They didn’t know who we were, we had just moved to town. But we got to be celebrated.”

Everything from the venue to the food to the officiator was taken care of. According to Di, all they had to do was show up at the venue. As entertainment for the wedding, there were circus performers, fire performers, hearse drivers and people dressed as zombies.

Aside from their wedding ceremony, their ‘brain wedding cake’ and the wedding officiator, also included in the Pines’ wedding package was a two-night stay at any Red Roof Inn across the U.S., a $50 gas

card, tickets to see The Rocky Horror Show and a Milton Theatre gift bag.

To enter the contest, contestants had to be 21 years or older, able to obtain an official marriage license in Sussex County, not currently married and able to attend the marriage ceremony. Contestants also had to fill out the online application form explaining why they deserve a hauntingly beautiful wedding ceremony and package.

JP Lacap, Milton Theatre’s marketing director, explained the theatre has been hosting Zombie Fest since 2014, only canceling the fest in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. Taking place on Union Street in downtown Milton, Zombie Fest offers live music and entertainment, food vendors, bouncy houses for kids and more.