Alex and
Emily Horn
in center surrounded
by their bridal party.
Sound The Horns
The
Henry Ford
Suzanne Chessler
backdrop for wedding
Horn celebrated their
marriage vows with a
wedding that also cel
ebrated motion.
Guests, surrounded
by historic vehicles as
._. Dearborn's Henry Ford
Museum served as the wedding hall,
already had jotted down favorite
dance music requested on RSVP
cards.
es
voiced in the Ben Folds'
set the tone.
newlywed Horns, joined by
nearly 300 family members and
friends, did not miss
a
Transportation and choreography
together most romantically
as the couple of the hour launched
the reception dancing beneath a
displayed airplane. "The Luckiest,"
or a
''Alex and I love to dance so we
glad both our ceremony and
Emily,
and
Seacrest
same
employer.
director of develop
new
media for the
reception had lots of it," Emily says.
''We picked the museum because
it is vibrant and offered something
for everyone. Whether they liked to
Seacrest Productions.
not, guests could stroll the
wonderful exhibits."
The museum stayed open
dance
or
and docents
so attendees
could learn about displayed cars,
trains and planes as well as other
themed attractions. They were able
to wander at their own pace.
A PERSONAL 'PRODUCTION'
Emily, who graduated from West
Bloomfield High School and the
as
Ryan
Foundation, got to know
working for Ryan
Alex
came
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worked for the
were
remained available
Good," spun by a DJ,
couple's parents and attendants
improvised steps while guests
clapped to the rhythms.
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focus on motion.
a
University of Michigan, met her
husband in California, where she
has lived for nearly 10 years. They
ment
Never Felt So
the
beat
beep.
throughout the party,
as
recording,
The
set the
first down the aisle: After
she spontaneously swayed to "Love
mood
with
I Contributing Writer
mily Herman and Alex
Grandmother Sally Horn,
corted by son Harvey Horn,
serves as
he was
The foundation builds
high-tech
TV and radio studios in children's
hospitals so that patients
can
rience diversion from illness.
expe
Young
develop their own program
ming or simply become viewers.
sters
Alex, who is from N�wYork, has
since moved
on as a
producer for
unscripted television and is
em
ployed by 7Beyond.
"Funny enough, I found that put
ting together our wedding was very
much like producing a television
show;' Alex says. "The only real dif
ference
was
executives
that instead of network
giving notes
on
how to
better
"There's
we
television show,
some
heard from
our
we
parents!
lot of moving parts and
worked hard to ensure they fit
a
together nicely and the way intend
ed;' he adds. "Very much like televi
sion show production, there is a 100
percent chance that something, no
matter how tiny, will go wrong or
not as planned. That's what makes it
exciting!"
Staging, so much a part of the
couple's work experience, came
into play for the ceremony. It was
held in the museum's theater with
Rabbi Richard Chizever, the groom's
cousin, officiating.
For the
out-of-towners, rooms
arranged at The Henry with
buses available for transportation to
the nearby festivities. Besides get
ting a sense of the couple together,
were
travelers could get a sense of Michi
gan's cultural offerings.
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