DECATUR — A Decatur couple decided to get married in a very innovative and memorable way. Joshua Yates and Natessah Harrison decided earlier in the day that they wanted their family and friends to attend a unique ceremony, to take place on the back of an elephant during a circus performance.
Just before the intermission, during the evening performance of the Kelly Miller Circus at Decatur's Veterans Park Oct. 20, Ringmaster Rebecca Ostroff made an announcement that there would be a wedding.
The couple mounted Cindy the elephant, and Cindy's trainer, Joey Frisco, guided the couple to the back part of the ring where Mayor Bob Tharp (former justice of the peace) performed the ceremony and heard the couple's vows. Ostroff and Frisco served as the witnesses to the happy event. The audience of just over 100 served as the bride and groom's friends and family.
The ceremony lasted only five minutes but, at the conclusion of the ceremony, Cindy was led back to the loading platform and the happy couple unmounted their pachyderm escort and enjoyed the rest of the circus as Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Yates.
General News on 11/01/2017