Guests filed into a flower-filled hotel ballroom and discovered on their seat a single white rose and a wedding photo of Quinn’s parents. “Forever in Our Hearts,” the card read, while a framed image of an older Patrick sat on an empty chair next to his widow, Eileen, and his daughter, Elaine.
Quinn kept the mood of the show celebratory, opening with a dazzling display of Irish dancing by five women in frothy black tulle dresses flecked with white and green floral embroideries.
Once they pirouetted off the vast white carpet, out came a procession of ethereal cocktail dresses and evening gowns glittering with Swarovski crystals. Many came with stiff, caged skirts that emulated the shape of the glass cupola which dominated the room.
“That dome is quite angelic,” Quinn said backstage, fighting back tears.
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Report: Miles Socha
