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John Duffy Davenport popped
the question to Sara Fagel in
December 2018 and the couple
took on the planning process
throughout the following year.
Duffy and Sara, who currently live
in Raleigh, felt Wrightsville Beach
would be the perfect place for the
ceremony. Duffy’s family lives in
the area, and it would be an ideal
vacation destination for Sara’s
Canada-based family.
“Wrightsville Beach is one of our
favorite places,” Sara says, “We’re
actually moving there in 2021!”
The pair organized a venue and
a date — the Carolina Yacht Club
in May. In March 2020, Sara and
Duffy connected with their wedding
coordinator for a final meeting.
“For the first time, it hit us that
this was real,” Sara says. “We were
getting married and we were so
excited to talk about all the details.”
Little did the couple know, their
plans were about to be turned
upside down.
A week later, Sara received a call
from their caterer. He wouldn’t be
able to serve their wedding because
of the impending lockdown. More
bad news followed.
“After that phone call, the other
calls started to trickle in,” Sara says.
“Everything changed really quickly.”
The couple delayed making any
decisions in the hopes that things
would settle down in the upcom-ing
weeks. They waited patiently,
following the news of the pandemic
closely and even watching their
friends and family members post-pone
their own weddings.
Sara had dreamed that her family
would fly down to Wrightsville
Beach from Canada to meet her
fiancé’s family and to join her on
her special day. Unfortunately, as
the lockdown pressed on, the U.S.
borders were shut down and the
realization that her family wouldn’t
be able to join hit her.
Sara and Duffy decided to keep
the original wedding date but were
unsure of what the day would look
like.
“I still held out hope that we
would figure out a way to make this
work,” she says. “But about a week
before our wedding we realized
it wasn’t going to work out as we
planned.”
Sara and Duffy Davenport were
married on May 2, 2020, at the
Carolina Yacht Club. They were
joined by 10 of their closest loved
ones and streamed the wedding
online.
“A lot of people actually dressed up
and popped champagne on Zoom as
if they were at the wedding, which
was really cool,” Sara laughs. “I got
ready with all of my bridesmaids on
Zoom, Duffy’s mom really made
the place look so beautiful, and one
of our friends even decorated an
old-school getaway car with cans
attached to it. Everyone really made
our day so beautiful and special, but
I definitely missed everyone who
couldn’t come.”
The couple plans to celebrate with
all their friends and family members
who were unable to join, as soon as it
is safe to do so.
Getting married during the
pandemic might strip away a lot of
things that traditionally go along
with weddings, but it all boils down
to what is most meaningful.
“Just remember what is actually
important,” Sara says, “It is so easy
to get lost in all the planning that
you can forget the only thing that
matters is the person you are going
to marry.”
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