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The backwards wedding: can you have a wedding reception BEFORE your ceremony?

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Tash and Jules’ Tasmanian wedding at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm was a bit backwards, in the best sense: the reception came before the ceremony! And of course, the party continued after the ceremony, so it was like two parties in one (with two purple dresses, no less!). Tash sang a sweet song to Jules at the reception: “Hey Jude” became “Hey Jules,” and EVERYONE joined in, including the venue crew. Let’s just let Tash herself explain how that felt. OH, and wait until you get a load of the LEGO cake.

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I wasn’t lying. Tash and Jules’ Tasmanian wedding at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm was actually backwards: the reception came before the ceremony! Plus, as Tash is a huge fan of purple, she got to wear two purple dresses (and some panda slippers when the feet started hurting).

Tash sang a tear-jerking song to Jules at the reception: “Hey Jude” became “Hey Jules,” and EVERYONE joined in, including the venue crew. Let’s just let Tash herself explain how that felt: “It was one of those moments where you’re part of a crowd, united in glory and song, and the energy swells to an overwhelming point — a collective joy that transcends the here and now, and reduces you to a teary laughing mess.” Like whoa. That’s an epic feeling. Photographer Lakshal Perera knew we would eat this one up like delish wedding cake.

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