A spectacular guest swooped in to make this couple’s big day truly magical, writes Glen Williams.
It may not have taken an eagle-eyed observer to spot the true love shared by Belinda Brown and Shannon Eckstein, but it didn’t stop one swooping in to help them celebrate their big day. When the couple married on the Gold Coast recently, their special guest was a performing wedge-tailed eagle called Soren.
Belinda’s mother Kerrie, wanting to make her 25-year-old daughter’s wedding extra special, initially thought a flock of white doves would add a unique touch and be a moving tribute to Shannon’s father, Billy, who had recently died.
“We thought doves would be a nice touch, as they represent love, peace and heaven,” Kerrie says.
But then she saw the magnificent Soren – a perfect specimen of the endangered Aussie bird – at a wedding expo. “When we were told Soren was trained to swoop down the aisle, circling over the guests, to deliver the wedding rings to the best man or groom, we knew we had that extra magical ingredient that would set our daughter’s wedding apart,” Kerrie says.
“There was no question that we had to have both the doves and the eagle at Belinda and Shannon’s wedding.”
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