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By Deborah Shepherd
Times-Democrat Staff Writer
Many weddings begin with the arrival of the bride in a sumptuous carriage. It's an elegant introduction, and the bride usually steps down safely at the end of a sedate ride, every perfect hair in place, to walk toward the guy in the tux.
So the 250 unsuspecting guests at an outdoor wedding last August were shocked — and some were downright dismayed — when the carriage driver abruptly wheeled his white horse about and kidnapped the bride.
Off the beaten path
Traditions are comforting guideposts that help us navigate through the milestones of our lives, and few events are as draped with tradition as a wedding.
But sometimes a couple decides that, by golly, they aren't going to spend the happiest day of their lives acting as prim and proper as their counterparts on top of the cake. When they add inventive touches of their own, the sparkle of their joy breaks through the formal airs and graces, bringing fresh meaning to the old forms.
Karen and Tracy Ingram's wedding was like that.
It took place on the sloping lawns of
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