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Groom Bobby Dziewulski gets his boutonniere pinned on.
Barefoot Bride. A spring day in the country. Jessica Montford and Bobby Dwiewulski. April 28, 2007, River Landing
Photos by Eric von Bargen
 
 
 
 
I nland parts of the Cape Fear region, lesser known than the beach towns, have their own outstanding wedding locations.
    Jessica Montford chose the lawn of her parents’ home in the River Landing golf community, just off Interstate 40 near Wallace, to marry Bobby Dziewulski.
    The reception, Jessica’s “hippie fairy tale” dream, was in the open-air River Lodge, a property owners’ amenity on the banks of the Northeast Cape Fear River.
    “We wanted to get married in April and we wanted an outdoor wedding,” Jessica said.

  
 
Jessica and Bobby stand on the balcony of her parents' home at River Landing, overlooking the lawn where the wedding ceremony will take place.
 
Shirtsleeves and Sandals: Jessica's father, Bill Montford, walks her down petal-strewn aisle in his back yard. Many guests are in casual attire.  
  J essica majored in industrial psychology at Appalachian State University, where she met Bobby, a public administration major.
    They live in Boone, where she sells real estate. He’s working for a nearby town while
   finishing his master’s at ASU.
    After two years of dating, Jessica said, “We were hiking. We had stopped on some rocks on the river and he asked me to marry him.” Bobby pulled out an engagement ring he had hidden in the backpack Jessica was carrying.
  
 
Living 300 miles away, Jessica used a professional planner to pull together all her wedding details.
 
 
A trolley-style bus was used to carry bridal party and guests between house, lodge and parking area.
  Jessica and Bobby arrive at open-air River Lodge, part of the River Landing development.
 
      Jessica chose wedding planner Maria Herring of Maranna Designs, who is from Newton Grove and works in the area from Raleigh to Wilmington. “It did help, knowing the area,” Maria said of finding vendors in and around Duplin County.
    Jessica “was having a lot of trouble pulling everything together because she was in Boone,” Maria recalled.
       Among Maria’s toughest duties: keeping friends and relations out of the family house while the bridal party was dressing.
    A chartered “trolley” shuttled bridal party and guests between parking area, house and the River Lodge, a “very down to earth” setting for a relaxed, barefoot party, said Maria. “People could walk out behind the place and into the sand.”
  
 
River Lodge is on the sandy banks of the Northeast Cape Fear River.
 
Jessica lives out her dream of a barefoot 'hippie fairy tale' wedding.

  
Wedding Planner: Maria Herring,
   Maranna Designs Go
Photographer: Eric von Bargen Go
Rentals: Party Perfect, Clinton NC
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Guests wave sparklers as sendoff for bride and groom's departure.

  
  J essica and Bobby did without such traditional touches as a formal “first dance,” garter toss, etc. And the shoes came off as soon as the band, a Bluegrass-Reggae outfit from Asheville,
   started up.
    The party lasted well after dark, concluding with a sendoff to the light of sparklers. “That was my idea,” Jessica said, from having seen them at other night-time affairs.
  
 
Bride, groom and guests boogie barefoot well into the night.

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