Lily Rose WED: Premiere Issue

LILY ROSE WED Weddings | Events | Designs

Premiere Issue

Smelling Like Roses A Lily Rose Entertainment Publication

WINTER 2010

Building My Media Empire‌

‌One Calla Lily & Rose at a Time.

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C O N T E N T S

19 PUBLISHER‟S PAGE 26 PHOTO ESSAYS 27 WEDDINGS 30 Kristin & Jason 36 Kristin & John 40 Cindy & Roger 44 Erin & Brian

48 EVENTS

56 DESIGNS

50 Welcome Baby Camila 52 HU Homecoming 2010 54 The Best Man

58 Home Sweet Home 60 Sweet Dreams 62 From Drab to Fab

68 DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS 70 Reel Love 72 Book Club & Author Spotlight 74 Treble Clef 76 Poet‟s Pen

M A S T H E A D

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LILY ROSE WED Weddings | Events | Designs A Magazine for all Things Creative Welcome to the Premiere Issue of Lily Rose WED. We are so excited to have you join us as we embark on this new creative journey.

One of our most fascinating accomplishments since the Preview Issue launched in September 2010, was becoming an editorial partner with Two Bright Lights located in Chicago, IL. Through our partnership, our publication receives incredible, high quality photos from national and international wedding and event photographers.

We canâ€&#x;t wait to share them with you.

We LOVE our premiere issue. In addition to beautiful wedding photos, we also have great interior design, and a fabulous homecoming featuring my beloved Howard University: Go Bison!

Thank you to our incredible advertisers for all of your support.

Best, Shea Thomas

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PHOTO ESSAYS

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Kristin & Jason July 9, 2010 Photographed By: Laurie Ann Martin Laurie Ann Martin Photography

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Kristin & John May 9, 2009

Photographed By: Elena Volkova, Elena Volkova Photography Officiant: Rev. Starlene Joyner Burns, SLB Ministries, LLC Event Planner: Ivori Lipscomb-Warren, Simple Yet Elegant Affairs, LLC Location: Ceresville Mansion, Frederick, MD Videographer: Andre Banks, ABB Video Entertainment: Jerry Stamper, JLS Corp, Inc. Floral Design: Regina Davis, Flowers By Gina D. Pastry Chef: Rashida Kenney, Sprinkles Specialties Make-up: Monica Cook Make-up Artistry 36

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Cindy & Roger July 23, 2010 Photographed By: Photography By Verdi Location: The Woodlands, Woodbury, NY Event Design: Bleu Diamond Events

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Erin & Brian July 17, 2010

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Photographed By: Studio B Photography Location: The Jessing Center, Columbus, OH Floral Design: Elegant Touches Events Caterer: Mass Appeal Cake Designer: Delightful Cakes Hair: J Bentley Dress: Wendyâ€&#x;s Bridal Tuxedo: Menâ€&#x;s Warehouse

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Howard University Homecoming 2010 Photographed By Winter Coleman | Sieda Johnson | Christopher Sledge

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A celebration of Culture Entertainment History

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“Silk� Anniversary Dinner The Best Man (1999) The Cast Celebrates their 12th Anniversary Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Harold Perrineau, Melissa DeSousa, Director, Malcolm Lee, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Monica Calhoun , Nia Long.

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INTERIORS Home Sweet Home

Photographed By: Michelle Rasmussen Interior Design By: Michelle Hinckley www.windhula.blogspot.com 58

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Sweet Dreams Madisonâ€&#x;s Nursery

Photographed By: Lillian Walcott

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Bathroom DĂŠcor From Drab, to Fab

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Department of Fine Arts

FILM | LITERATURE | MUSIC | POETRY

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LIGHTS!

William Shakespeare

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Marquise T. Watson is a young man making a difference. Born in Newark, NJ, Watson, 21, is the author of Break The Cycle, a coming of age story of inner city youth. The book attempts to provoke a sense of urgency and open the eyes of urban youth, while uplifting the community.

The novel is a perfect example of the importance of good decision making: “the future is in your hands,” Watson said, in between classes at Union County College where he is studying business.

Lead character, Amari Crews needs to sell more than bras and pajamas to take his family out of the hood. White an assistant manager for Victoria‟s Secret, Amari dreams of independence, entrepreneurship, and wealth. However, rather than working towards his goals, Amari becomes reckless: complacency is his enemy.

For more information and to purchase the book, please visit: www.marquisewatson.com 73

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Music for the Heart

Christopher Dunn loves music and weddings. He is the owner/president of Classical Guitar Ceremonies Inc. and has performs for about 300 upscale events annually nationwide.

His client list is as varied as his musical tastes and have included private clientele, state politicians, senators, diplomats, and Fortune 200 companies. Dunn's company was featured in "The Knot" 2008 Real Weddings.

Recent chamber music concerts have included concerts in United States, Canada, Costa Rica and Japan. As a soloist, Dunn performed Vivaldi's A Major concerto in Costa Rica with the Sinfonica Independencia Orchestra in 2003.

Duo guitar performances with the Dunn-Moeller Duo commenced in 2009 with a recording to be released in the winter of 2010.

Dunn earned a Bachelorâ€&#x;s of Music, Masterâ€&#x;s of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory. Dunn was a recipient of the Peabody Merit Award and Howard County Arts Scholarship during his studies with Julian Gray, Ray Chester and Manuel Barrueco at the conservatory.

In addition to classical performances, Mr Dunn performs as a studio musician for popular music groups/song writers and is part of a new mix media electronic group in Baltimore with poet Stephen Reichert.

For further information, please visit: www.chrisdunnguitar.com 75

POET‟S

PEN 76

A William Shakespeare Poem Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day? Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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