Solange & Shawn’s Destination Wedding

Shawn & Solange (Sookran) Galant
Married April 4, 2009, in Mayan Riviera

Boy Meets Girl – Solange, a construction project manager, and Shawn, a nine-year veteran of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team, originally met online. “Shawn added me as a friend on hi5,” Solange says. “I didn’t know him at the time but we started talking on the site and got to know each other very well.” The couple went on their first date in February 2006, when Shawn flew into Winnipeg from his off-season home in California to meet Solange in person.

On Bended Knee - Shawn proposed to Solange in a gondola at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas in January of last year. “We were in the gondola and Shawn asked me to tell him something I really liked about him. Then he told me what he really liked about me and brought out the ring.”

Kiss The Bride – The couple was married on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. “We both like the hot sun and we have family all over North America and the Caribbean.” Solange says. “We thought we would make the wedding a vacation for everyone. We had a civil ceremony outdoors with about 30 relatives
and friends attending.”

Fabulous Details – Solange wore the Diana wedding dress designed by Enzo Ani. Solange and Shawn chose a Brazilian restaurant for their wedding supper. Waiters brought around swords with meat attached to them and sliced the meat right at the table. The wedding cake was a traditional Mexican “three-milk” cake, a three-tiered cake decorated with traditional Mexican flowers.

Their Time Away – For their honeymoon, Solange and Shawn are going to be going to Trinidad where Solange was born. But that will only happen after football season.

Text by Myron Love
Photography By Wedlife Photography & Video