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Amy & David’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns wedding

A tea ceremony and a lion dance around a farm dinner. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Westchester.

Two lion dancers in red, gold and cream rear up on either side of the couple beneath stage lights at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, guests gathered behind them.
Venue
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Traditions honored
Tea ceremony, Lion dance
Photography
Weddings by Hanel

The day started in the city. David got ready at the Beekman Hotel, and the families gathered for a traditional tea ceremony before everyone made the drive up to Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Amy and David married in the courtyard, surrounded by closest friends and family.

The reception moved up to the Hayloft. Lion dancers opened the evening, and dinner followed the season, the way it always does at Blue Hill. All night, a painter sat by the curtains, making watercolor portraits of the guests.

Looking up through a tall atrium of ornate iron balconies, the groom standing alone at a railing high above. Black and white.The groom and his groomsmen line an ornate iron balcony in a tall Victorian atrium.The groomsmen, that morning.The groomsmen stand before a fountain in a city plaza, towers rising behind the trees.In the city, before the drive north.The groom and his groomsmen in tuxedos, two of them grinning and giving a thumbs up. Black and white.The wedding party lined up in a bright room, the bride in red and the bridesmaids in gold, a dog in a flower collar at their feet and red and gold balloons behind.The bride, in a red qipao embroidered in gold, offers a cup of tea to a seated elder, the groom in black tie beside her.The tea ceremony.By a window in a stone-walled room, the bridesmaids in gold help the bride with her gown.The bridesmaids fasten the bride's necklace as she laughs, one kneeling to straighten her gown. Black and white.The bride holds a loose bouquet of pink roses and trailing ribbon, her hand in the groom's.The bouquet.The couple kiss by a wooden fence at the edge of green fields and trees on the farm.On the farm.The bride and groom walk down a country lane with their dog on a lead. Black and white.The groom kisses the bride's cheek beside an ivy-covered stone building. Black and white.Guests seated on either side of a gravel aisle lined with greenery, the couple at the far end beneath the trees.The ceremony, from the back of the aisle.The couple stand by a stone wall with their golden retriever, who wears a wreath of flowers.With the family dog.Seen from above, guests fill rows of chairs in the stone courtyard as the couple stand before the officiant, trees all around.The ceremony, in the courtyard.The ceremony beneath a flowered arch, the bridesmaids in a row beside the bride and groom. Black and white.In the stone courtyard beneath tall trees, the couple hold hands before their officiant, bridesmaids in champagne on one side and groomsmen on the other.The vows, in the courtyard.Guests gather beneath a sailcloth tent strung with lights. Black and white.The wedding party sit and stand together in a brick courtyard before the stone barns, bridesmaids in champagne gowns.The wedding party, in the courtyard.A long table set with candles and loose arrangements of pink and peach flowers glows in a dark room.The long table.A round table in a dim stone-walled room, set with candles and a low arrangement of orange and pink flowers.The dining room with stone walls, tall windows and iron chandeliers, long tables lit by candles and flowers.The dining room, before dinner.The bride waves from a chair lifted high above the guests, the groom lifted beside her.The chairs go up.Guests crowd around the bride on the dance floor, laughing and cheering. Black and white.At a table by the curtains, a painter works under a small lamp, watercolor portraits of guests spread in front of her.A painter at work, all evening.The lion dancers rise on either side of the couple as the guests look on.The lion dance opens the evening.

Credits

Photography
Weddings by Hanel
Venue and dinner
Blue Hill at Stone Barns

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