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Home > Danny & Aaron | Extraordinary Gay Jewish Wedding, with the Couple Arriving on a Unicorn, at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA

Danny & Aaron | Extraordinary Gay Jewish Wedding, with the Couple Arriving on a Unicorn, at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA

10/03/2015 by Karen

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OK guys, we are starting the week at TRULY EPIC on the wedding spectrum. Are you ready for what I have in store for you?

The truth is, I actually don’t know where to start with all the love that I have for Danny and Aaron’s immense Jewish wedding. And by the time you lot are through you won’t know what to do with yourselves either.

To begin with these two rode down the aisle to their chuppah atop a tallit-wearing horse dressed as a unicorn (or Jew-nicorn, as they dubbed it!) to the tune of Madonna’s Like a Virgin. What’s more Joss Stone (yes, the Joss Stone) undertook the role of cantor, singing Circle of Life as Danny and Aaron circled each other under the chuppah, and a 16 person gospel choir was on hand for a few of the ceremony songs as well.

When I asked Danny and Aaron what advice they’d give to brides and grooms currently planning their Jewish wedding, they told me, “be unique to your personalities. You can create new Jewish traditions by adding a personal flare to more traditional Jewish rituals, making your wedding unique to you as individuals and as a couple”, and boy did they live up to their own advice!

Danny and Aaron certainly know how to throw a phenomenal party. And throw a party they did. At their reception, John Legend, Ciara, Joss Stone, and Korean rapper, Psy (aka Mr. Gangnam Style!) performed live  keeping guests entertained till well into the small hours. But as much as there was world-class entertainment and flamboyant gestures, Danny and Aaron’s W Day was absolutely all about sharing, loving and being together. An ethos that the pair stood from the very start as they decided not to uphold the traditions of being apart until the ceremony, instead opting to get ready together — sharing every single moment of their wedding day.

Thank you to Danny, Aaron and Maya Myers Photography for letting me give you the most incredible start to your Smashing The Glass week!

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Choosing Paramount Studios in Hollywood as our wedding venue

Danny and Aaron, the Grooms: We both work in the music and television industries. We wanted to have our guests experience a Hollywood studio and wanted to create a grand overlaying look of our wedding and so Paramount Studios was a perfect fit for us. We wanted to design the whole room.

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Attention to detail, design and branding

We both love the sophisticated style of Tom Ford and so that was our starting point when it came to design. We had a colour palette of gold and black with accents of brown that was incorporated everywhere from the overall decor to details like our invitations, the kippot (yarmulke’s) for the ceremony and our wedding logo. Rembrandt from EFGPR and Brad from B. Levine Productions collaborated in designing and producing our visions to life.

Brad and Rembrandt chose the best teams of vendors for our wedding, including our florist, photographer and caterer. They are leading experts in the industry, we trusted their decisions and were (not surprisingly) impressed with all the artists involved in our wedding.

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An elegant monogram… stamped throughout the day

Our last names both start with ‘R’ so we wanted to use the two letters in a clean and modern design that worked well with our wedding theme. The invitation itself was made of wood and was sent in a wood envelope.

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Tom Ford tuxedos

Attire was an easy decision for us… naturally, Tom Ford! For our ceremony we dressed more on the formal side with matching black tuxes and for our reception we wore tuxes with a white coat, which felt perfect for festive celebration.

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Chuppah design

Our Chuppah was designed to look like the front of our home in Hollywood.

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a film we made ourselves that was played just before the ceremony

As people sat in the chairs at the start of the ceremony, the film below played on a large screen to the left. We love The Muppets and shot and edited the film ourselves. It’s of us getting ready to the tune of Somebody’s Getting Married by The Muppets!

The ceremony… like no other jewish wedding ceremony you’ve ever seen!

Our rabbi, Naomi Levy, introduced our families, and our good friend Joss Stone sang her way into the ceremony, serving as our cantor. She introduced us, and we rode on in to Madonna’s Like a Virgin.

Benny Medina was our master of ceremonies and a 16 person gospel choir was on hand for a few songs as well. Though our ceremony was filled with grand gestures, our favourite part however were the emotional vows that we wrote personally to each other and read aloud in front of our family and friends.

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Music for the ceremony

As we broke the glass, we ended the ceremony with Michael Jackson’s Don’t stop ’til you get enough because is was a perfect segue to get our guests up and moving and ready to celebrate. Ten for our grand entrance to the reception after a cocktail hour, we performed a choreographed dance battle to Beyonce’s Get me bodied, complete with back up dancers.

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live entertainment from John Legend, Ciara, Joss Stone and Psy

Our professional lives enabled us to host the grand celebration and unique experience that we wanted our guests to have. Our lives are centred around family, friends, music and comedy and those were the elements we wanted to incorporate into a night where our guests would have the time of their lives. Everyone danced past 3am!

Performances during our special night came from John Legend, Ciara, Joss Stone, and it just so happened that that week Gangnam Style became number one, and Psy surprised everyone by performing it! We joined him on stage to sing and dance. There was also a video tribute from Jennifer Lopez from her concert in Dublin that was also a huge surprise to us.

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Unusual ‘Photobooth Experience’ favours

Fitting with our overall theme, we had Scenario Photography set up their photo booth experience. They built a set with our wedding logo for our guests to enjoy posing in and they received prints to take home.

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The most significant moments of the day

The most special moments of our wedding were the intimate moments, like the speeches and toasts our brothers gave us, the dances we shared with our mothers and our private ketubah signing. Our parents were actively involved in planning, and our niece and nephew served as our flower girl and ring bearer, and we shared our ketubah signing with our immediate family members.

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Advice to other brides and grooms

Our advice for future brides and grooms is to be unique to your personalities. You can create new traditions by adding a personal flare to more traditional Jewish traditions, making your wedding unique to you as individuals and as a couple.

Throughout your wedding day don’t sweat the small stuff, at the end of the day you will be married and all the little things that happened leading to and throughout are just part of that story.

Lastly, remember to breathe and take moments to soak it all in. It goes by in a flash…

The film of Danny and Aaron’s wedding by Buckley Videography

Danny + Aaron’s LITTLE WHITE BOOK

Photography — Maya Myers Photography
Videography — Buckley Videography
Venue — Paramount Studios
Wedding planning, design & production — EFGPR and B. Levine Productions
Catering — Tres LA
Danny and Aaron’s suits — Tom Ford
Master of Ceremonies — Benny Medina
Cantor / Chazan — Joss Stone
Entertainement — John Legend, Ciara and Psy
Photobooth Experience — Scenario Photography by John Ganun
Invitations — Bliss & Bone
Flowers — Flaming Flower Productions
Sound + Video — No Static
Linens — Wildflower Linens
Rentals — Classic Party Rentals
Rabbi — Naomi Levy

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Filed Under: Jewish Super Luxe Weddings, Jewish Same Sex Weddings, Jewish Gay Weddings, Real Jewish Weddings, Jewish City Chic Weddings Tagged With: USA, Bliss & Bone, Yellow, California Jewish Wedding, Metallics, Los Angeles Jewish Wedding, Jewish Same Sex Wedding, gay Jewish wedding, Paramount Studios wedding, Maya Myers Photography, Tom Ford, unusual wedding venue

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About Karen

Loves great design, cityscapes, berry cocktails, and the word “yes”. Founder and editor of Smashing The Glass. Follow me @SmashingTheGlass

Comments

  1. Allister Freeman says

    10/03/2015 at 3:37 pm

    Wow, stunning! This wedding looks amazing, lucky photographer.

    • Karen says

      10/03/2015 at 4:05 pm

      SO much to capture! I think Maya did a phenomenal job.

  2. Pat (Pat Kelman Photography) says

    10/03/2015 at 3:47 pm

    Oh my word! This is incredible. What an opportunity it would be for any photographer to shoot this! Absolutely immense. Brilliant stuff. Thanks so much for posting it! Loving the Tom Ford, and lovely work by Maya Myers Photography.

    • Karen says

      10/03/2015 at 3:52 pm

      Couldn’t agree more Pat… It’s a flamboyant wedding but oh so fun!

  3. Erika | PhotoMadly says

    10/03/2015 at 4:09 pm

    I can’t tell you how happy this has made me. I’m sat here with the biggest smile on my face from reading this. They rode in on a unicorn(!!!) – what a fabulous fricking party. May we all have clients with this level of brilliance. All the best wishes to Danny & Aaron for many happy years, adventures and yes, more unicorns, together. xx

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:33 am

      What a lovely message Erika. Thank you for taking the time to tell me your thoughts and put a smile on MY face!

  4. Maya Myers says

    10/03/2015 at 5:45 pm

    It was truly a magical day for an incredibly wonderful couple…. it was a joy to photograph from beginning to end!!

    • Nova - Nu Bride says

      11/03/2015 at 8:43 am

      How lucky you were to capture it Maya. Absolutely wonderful photography.

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:34 am

      Maya, I couldn’t be more thrilled to have featured your work on Smashing The Glass – you’re a true talent and I can’t wait to have you back for more!

  5. Nova - Nu Bride says

    11/03/2015 at 8:41 am

    Now THATS how you do wedding entertainment! Wowzers!
    Such a handsome couple.
    You get the best real weddings! X

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:35 am

      Ah thanks lovely Nova! I must admit that this one was a total and utter joy (nay, THRILL!) to blog. I do love my job!

  6. Sarah says

    11/03/2015 at 12:10 pm

    oh em gee!!

    What an incredible wedding that looked! I just smiled from ear to ear.. The video too, was like something you would see in a movie!

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:37 am

      Isn’t it just Sarah? So many awesome details that make this wedding wonderfully personal and unique to Danny and Aaron. I must admit I’ve watched their film a few times over…. 😉

  7. Jess Petrie says

    12/03/2015 at 10:58 am

    Wow! What an amazing wedding! Wonderfully captured too! Personally I would have loved to have photographed this wedding though!

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:38 am

      Jess, I’d love to have seen your captured moments too! Let’s encourage all couples to arrive by unicorn – it should be a new Jewish wedding tradition! xxx

  8. Ellie says

    12/03/2015 at 11:44 am

    This is incredible – what a production! And the photography is breathtakingly candid and natural too.

    • Karen says

      12/03/2015 at 11:45 am

      Ellie, it’s a total and utter joy, isn’t it?! And yes, Maya’s photography has it all…

  9. molly says

    13/03/2015 at 5:25 pm

    What a wedding! Speechless!

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