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Top Billing features the wedding of singer Jacques Terre Blanche
Photographs: Thunder & Love Photography
Top Billing features the wedding of singer Jacques Terre'Blanche
At a wedding in the forest, recording artist Jacques Terre’Blanche marries his multi-talented business partner, soul-mate and bride Coralie Branco. Recording artist Jacques Terre’Blanche may have broken the hearts of many hopefuls when he got engaged but his choice of Coralie Branco got the universal thumbs up. She’s business savvy, zen, health conscious, his best friend and she made a stunning bride.
Photographs: Thunder & Love Photography
At Coralie’s dress fitting, she shared how the couple met on a cruise, years ago, but between his career and her then work in the airlines, they were passing ships. Until he contacted her in 2014, they made it work and she found herself at the design studio of Jacelyn Gozadinos.
Outside The Overberg town of Caledon, the forest venue suited the couple’s strong leanings to nature. Set in a forest of oak and wattle trees, the glass marquee of Die Woud lets the outdoors in, whatever the weather.
Photographs: Thunder & Love Photography
Mixing romantic, vintage, boho and rustic elements, the couple went for ghost chairs, naturally dressed wooden tables and informal flower arrangements by San-Marie Jacobs from CreativeNook.
From the ‘semi-naked’ cake to the ‘open-air-church’, the rustic, country feeling was one of celebrating life. In Coralie’s time as airline cabin crew she’s seen the best of twenty three countries - but she could think of nowhere better than here to be given away by her beaming mother, Engela Ellis.
Photographs: Thunder & Love Photography
Already business partners, Mr and Mrs Terre’Blanche decided to wait until they were married to move in together. Now their worlds merge fully, including Coralie’s management of a commodities trading company, Jacques’ move into the Afrikaans music market and the growth of their events company.
Photographs: Thunder & Love Photography
This is visibly an equal partnership in which the more obvious performer is quite happy to see his wife take the floor. We soon learned that they have yet another successful project together too.
With a new record deal and Coralie as his bride, the groom rightfully has a real spring in his step.
