Nelson/Payne Wedding

Wedding Video!!! NOTE: Just over 200Mb; download only if connected via broadband!

Schedule
Date Time Event
26 OCT Check into Berkeley Hotel. We have a block of rooms reserved for a reduced rate; be sure to reference the Nelson/Payne Wedding! Advantages of staying here: quick access to many bars and restaurants in historic Shockoe Slip; free shuttle to and from wedding; all the fun people will be there.
Some people are also staying at the Richmond Airport Marriott
If you want to be very close to the event, and aren't interested in being close to everyone else, there is a Holiday Inn Express just down the street from Pamplin Historical Park.
7 p.m. Rehearsal Dinner for wedding party (for location e-mail the hostess)
27 OCT 9 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by the Matron of Honor. Invitations to this event were sent separately to all that RSVP'd by the deadline (and a few afterwards!).
11:00 a.m. Wedding party beauty appointments start
11:30 a.m. First shuttle bus to Pamplin Historical Park departs Berkeley. Please consider riding this first bus and touring the park. There are many interesting exhibits, you will get to show off your costume, and entry is free to members of our wedding group.
2:00 p.m. Second (and last) shuttle bus to Pamplin Historical Park departs Berkeley.
5:30 p.m. Wedding ceremony at the Education Center Gazebo of the Pamplin Historical Park
6 p.m. (or so) Reception at National Museum of the Civil War Soldier of the Pamplin Historical Park. Dinner buffet in the Hard Tack Cafe, festivities in the main Rotunda. OPEN BAR.
9 p.m. First shuttle bus to Berkeley Hotel departs reception.
11 p.m. Final shuttle bus to Berkeley Hotel departs reception. Wedding party departs in limousine.
28 OCT time If you have remaining energy, timewarp over to the Celtic Festival
If not, go home and rest!



Contact Information
Name Type Contact
Erik Home e-mail erikn@writeme.com
Work e-mail erik.nelson@us.army.mil
Mobile Phone (214) 801-6219 or text message to 2148016219@cingularme.com
Work Phone (703) 428-8066
Debs Home e-mail galvcat@yahoo.com
Work e-mail deborah.payne@utsouthwestern.edu
Mobile Phone (214) 801-6319 or text message to 2148016319@cingularme.com
Work Phone (214) 645-7078
Karen Nelson
(mother of groom)
Home e-mail kjnelson@att.net
Phone (804) 740-3312


Wedding Registries:

Being a couple of "old folks" we already have a lot of stuff; therefore we ask that you consider donating to a charity in lieu of providing a gift (just let us know you did so we can thank you appropriately!).

Bride's Preferred Charities:
Donation to American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Groom's Preferred Charities:
Donation to The Civil War Preservation Trust
Donation to Pamplin Historical Park

If you insist on getting a gift:
Macy's
Bloomingdale's
[NOTE: These two registries are identical; Macy's=Bloomingdale's=Foley's=Filene's=etc.]

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