Wedding Show delights couples ready to wed

By Sean Previl

Windsor brides preparing for their weddings found help from a local wedding show.

The Giovanni Caboto Club hosted the Wedding Show Extravaganza Jan. 19-20 to give couples ideas in planning their weddings.

The show started 26 years ago when Nancy Campana, owner of Nouveau Event Planning wanted to bring a wedding show to Windsor.

“At the time I was starting another business that I wanted to get into a wedding show in Windsor and there wasn’t a large scale wedding show,” said Campana.

Campana said the show is a great way to help make weddings easier on couples.

“Couples getting married can come through this show and see 200 exhibitors and get their planning done in one weekend,” said Campana.

Some of the vendors said the show is good because of the area it serves.

“I think they’re very proud of their communities and they would rather I give business to someone in their community than a grocery store or some chain,” said Chantal Bechard, owner of Windsor Pastry Boutique.

Many vendors were in attendance and Michael Poirier of Circle-Box Video said he came to this show this year because of how well it’s known.

“I’ve been told it’s the biggest one and so last year I did a couple of the other ones and so I decided this year I’d book with this one,” said Poirier.

Jocelyn Levesque and Zach Cranny, a couple who attended the event said they went because their friends recommended the show.

“It was requested to us by a lot of people we know who have been married before,” said Jocelyne Levesque . “They just said it would be nice to come and get some ideas.”

Campana said the wedding show brings in vendors for couples with various price points to help with the various types of weddings people look into having.

Wedding Shows Windsor returns to the city in September for the Fall Wedding Event.