We are drawn to celebrity weddings for lots of reasons, none more compelling than the chance to walk in another’s white satin shoes for just for a moment. So break out the Aqua Net and bouffant sleeves. We’re taking a trip down memory lane with some of Charlotte’s own celebrity couples.
Today, Part 1 of 3: Mayor Anthony & Samara Foxx
When Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx wed Samara Ryder in 2001, the weather didn’t exactly cooperate. “The whole day was pouring down rain – I mean pouring down rain,” Samara says of the Oct. 13 wedding in Baton Rouge.
“All the electricity was out in the entire country club. It was a makeshift wedding with candles lit throughout the entire room, but it was really beautiful. My dad walked me down the aisle in candlelight and as soon as I reached Anthony, the lights came back on. People thought we planned it that way.”
The 11 a.m. wedding was officiated by Samara’s uncle, a Baptist minister, and was attended by about 120 guests. Samara wore a silk dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline and A-line skirt with a cathedral train. After a relaxed reception with no dancing, the couple honeymooned in Maui.
“We didn’t want a big blow-out party,” says Samara. “Everyone wanted us to dance, but we were relieved not to have to do that. We just enjoyed seeing so many people from different times in our lives.”
