Building on success of the live on-air wedding broadcasted in May 2009, A-Morning TV Show pulled another one, just as successful. The small army of local wedding vendors eager to showcase their talents, has helped to present beautifully every element of the show.
Family and guests are looking down on the ceremony from the second floor of the Media Mall on 87 George St. in Ottawa, Canada.
I asked the show producer Ziyada Callender to assess the success. Ziyada kindly responded, and here is the interview:
Q: What was the success on a scale form 1 to 10?
Z: On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate the wedding show a 9… since
there’s always room for improvement! There was so much to do in such a
short space of time, I’m more than happy with the outcome of the show.
Ingrid and Gino are leaving the Ceremony at the A-Morning Ottawa.
Q: The most important motive of every wedding is keeping the bride happy.
Do you think we made Ingrid feel good?
Z: Keeping Ingrid happy for this wedding was even more important than the
first wedding we did, because our focus was on couples who had a
disastrous first wedding. Ingrid’s first wedding was a complete
catastrophic destination wedding so it was extremely important that she
was pleased with everything. Thankfully, she was!
Q: Have you heard back from the viewers? Any exciting emails you could
quote for me?
A: We had a quite a few emails from viewers saying how happy they were with
the wedding show (the dress was beautiful, they got so many prizes,
etc.) but the best one for me — the one that I kept — was from the
bride and groom themselves:
Thank you for giving us such a great ‘re-do’. It was an experience that we will never forget. Please pass on our thanks to the staff and hosts of the show. Everyone was so nice and worked hard to make the day so great for us and our guests. We may not have come across as sentimental on the show but this ‘re-do’ experience not only gave us a new wedding day experience that was far better than our own it also helped to remind Gino and I that we have a great life together with our children.
Wedding gown show makes good television.
Q: Local wedding vendors charge big money for their services. You have not
charge the couple a penny. Are you going to spoil local brides?
Z: We love our community and showcasing local businesses. If there’s a
venue for us to support both, we’re definitely going to do it!
Q: How do you think it affects local vendors in terms of setting up certain
standards. Who is catching up?
Z: I think shows like this gives vendors involved a chance to showcase
their supply to such a mass audience and ultimately, generates more
business. Because of what we’re doing, I feel local vendors are raising
both their quality and quantity to meet the demands once being on our
show.
I will let you know if there is another live on-air morning show in the future. Thanks!
