Celebrating Love, Through Marriage And Macabre

Let us tell you a story on All Hallows Eve 
Hide your children, not your loved ones, 
This one is hard to believe... 

Shortly after the sweet engagement of artist Silvia Prada and musician Kim Ann Foxman, came the frightful question of what to wear to the wedding. Never ones to adhere to any traditional gender roles, the ultra-modern couple solved the age-old dilemma by shrieking, in unison, "A Halloween Wedding!" 

 

And so it was. Over the course of a weekend, Kim Ann & Silvia's Kooky Spooky Wedding gathered friends and loved ones deep New York's Hudson Valley (geographically robbing us of any phone service), setting us loose in the eerie, beautiful town of Phoenicia. 

 

Activities were wild and macabre. While some of us hunted for the best pumpkins to carve, other thrill seekers went for haunted hayrides. We were left to our own devices (or lack thereof) until the Wiccan-like ceremony of Prada-Foxman commenced.
 

As the sun crept down the valley, we circled around the fire pit and a hush fell over the procession as a soulful song rendition of Terence Trent D'arby's "Sign Your Name," was performed by Shaun J. Wright, Kim Ann's former bandmate in Hercules & Love Affair. As the sky went dark, a seductive figure in cape and mask emerged from the woods. This was Sayi, Silvia's childhood friend from Barcelona, who on this night, also served as the minister to officiate the highly anticipated marriage. 

 

Amongst the witnesses, there was wedding attire of a Hawaiian breakfast (Spam, eggs, and bacon), giving Kim Ann some comfort of home, along with a donkey (her nickname). The bride herself wore happy tears, as a clown who finally won her prize. As for Barcelona-bred Silvia, well, she led a whole tribe of gothic Spaniards in all-black morbid attire. 

 

Of course, the celebration was anything but morbid. It was perfection for these two, who abide by the dark and lovely. As Kim Ann voiced to Silvia in her vow, "I love how you always turn left, when I tell you to turn right." Love, pure and true, has no rules, and neither did this wedding. 


For more of the Kooky Spooky Wedding, take a peek inside the slideshow above
 

The lovely couple, Silvia Prada and Kim Ann Foxman. Photos by Camilo Fuentealba

Kim Ann's Hawaii crew, including the writer as Spam 

Christelle DeCastro as Batman, with a side of Bacon