It’s a well known cliché: a groomsman and a bridesmaid meet at a wedding, are paired up for the day, end up falling in love, then eventually decide to pair up for life. However, for Greg Westman and Joelle Turner the worn out stereotype formed a ring of truth as it became reality for them.

It all started when Greg’s friend Nate married Joelle’s cousin Emily back in July 2005. Greg was a cool, aviator sporting, toe tapping, music loving, rock-star groomsman; Joelle, now a UofT grad with her BMus in Jazz Performance for Voice, was the lucky bridesmaid he escorted down the aisle. It was clearly an epic love song meant-to-be-sung.

So…how does such a cool guy propose to his sweet songstress? During a recent missions trip to Puerto Rico, Greg wrote, “Will You marry Me?” in the sand on a beach, took a picture, had it developed back in Canada, and put it last in the pile of trip pictures he sat down to share with Joelle on August 30th, 2009. When Joelle reached the last picture, she said, “Wow! What a cool idea! Did you just find this on the beach randomly?” to which Greg replied, “No. I put it there…so…will you marry me?!” and Joelle said, “No thank you.” Just kidding! She obviously said, “Yes Please!!!!!!!”

Now, they are preparing to sing the next song in their musical medley of life and love together. On October 10, 2010 Joelle will again be escorted down the aisle- to marry her former groomsman.
Lee Mann Photography had an amazing time doing their photo shoot and capturing their music-filled, super-cool, adventurous, rock-star romance.
As you are aware, the month of October has had some pretty cold days, but the15th was especially that way as we headed out into the woods with Greg and Joelle. It wasn’t long till Joelle picked up her guitar that she brought and started singing. What a great time we had with them that cold and windy day in the leaves. Back at the house they played a few tunes on the piano and enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate while they snuggled up.

We will always remember that day as it ended with our first snowfall of 2009 in London, Ontario.
Congratulations Joelle and Greg! Their wedding will be October 10, 2010 in Muskoka, Ontario.