Weddings : invitation for disaster?, 2005.

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Weddings : invitation for disaster?, 2005.

Snow collects stories of wedding disasters and hypothesizes that these disasters, while traumatic when they occur, are nevertheless unimportant to the healthiness of the subsequent marriage between bride and groom. Snow believes that the material and traditional aspects of a wedding ceremony are important but irrelevant to the actual strength of the marriage, and thus, that a disastrous wedding day is inconvenient but ultimately irrelevant to the actual marriage. She concludes by suggesting that disaster stories are used to educate others about the possible pitfalls of weddings and how to avoid them.

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Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

Snow, Annabelle, 1983-

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Snow was born in Plano, Texas and grew up in Fruit Heights, Utah. She attended Weber State University before transferring to Brigham Young University to pursue a degree in English and Editing. Her own experience breaking off her engagement led to this project on the disaster stories that accompany wedding folklore. From the description of Weddings : invitation for disaster?, 2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367547693 ...