The bride's dress was custom-designed for her by Demetrios and featured a corset top with a modified sweetheart neckline. The lace skirt was embellished with flowers and handsewn crystals. The groom wore a Middle Ages–inspired doublet, which matched the garb of the rest of the guests, who were asked to dress in period clothes.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The bride’s bouquet consisted of ivory flowers accented with one pastel flower for each of the bridesmaids and was finished off with the bride’s grandmother’s marquisate pin on the hand-tied ribbon.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The bridesmaids wore custom-made dresses in different colors of the rainbow and carried bouquets in alternating hues.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The Castle on the Hudson provided the perfect backdrop for Candice and Ritchie’s medieval-themed nuptials. Inside the Great Hall, where the reception took place, 40-foot ceilings and stained-glass windows played into the theme.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The couple married under a chuppah made of willow wood entwined with white roses, crystals and monarch butterflies as a nod to the bride’s Jewish religion. The maid of honor and best man sprinkled rose petals along the aisle, which was lined with draped white tulle. Twenty doves were released at the end of the ceremony.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The couple chose wedding rings embellished with symbols of the moon and stars to signify that their love is as limitless as the universe.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
The couple’s friends from Germany, who are minstrels, played period music as their guests entered the reception.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
Tall centerpieces of yellow and orange roses and ivory hydrangea sat in gold vases from which four candles hung. Tables were named words such as "Love," "Magic," "Moon" and "Hope" and were decorated with gilded linens.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
Each of the four tiers of this confection, created by Black Forest Bakery in Lindenhurst, N.Y., featured a different stencil design.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
Belly dancers performed for the guests after dinner and helped get the party started. Some guests surprised the couple by hiring bottle dancers and magicians who also performed at the reception.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
Because the couple have so many friends who are musicians, they encouraged their guests to bring their instruments to their wedding, which inspired a late-night jam session where the bride performed for her guests. She is currently the lead singer for the band Blackmore’s Night, in which Ritchie plays lead guitar.
Bride: Candice Night
Groom: Richard Blackmore
Location: Tarrytown, NY
Theme: Garden/Outdoor
