Iron Brides Season II – Local Women Selected To Compete On Reality TV Show

Iron Brides™ is a New England based Reality TV show. Eight Local women have been selected to compete in the Boston/Cape Cod Season to air October 1st .

Based out of Concord, NH, New England’s own reality television show, Iron Brides™, has announced their Season II – Boston/Cape Cod contestants. As an Assistant Producer, selecting the finalists was very difficult. All of the women who auditioned for the show were distinguishing, motivated, and well-rounded. Shortening the list to 8 women and 3 alternates was very difficult.

To be eligible, engaged women, aged 21 or older, who planned to hold their ceremonies anywhere in Massachusetts after September 15, 2009, were eligible to audition as contestants. Iron Brides Productions auditioned over 75 women at Wedding Day Expositions winter bridal shows.

Finalists selected include:

Rebecca Johnson, of Sandwich, MA

Laurie Kay, of Leominster, MA

Sasha Kostka, of Waltham, MA

Stephanie Marini, of Stoughton, MA

Kristy Marsh, of Andover, MA

Julia Savage, of Milton, MA

Eileen Weir, of Dorchester, MA

Ceceliaann White, of Braintree, MA

With these girls, three incredible Alternates were also selected:

Stephanie Lombardi, of Pelham, NH

Lauren Bergeron, of Woburn, MA

Stacey Fluery, of Saugus, MA

The Iron Brides™ TV format is unique. The finalists work with experts in the fields of life coaching, personal training, etc., and will be tested in life skills, athletic abilities, and given tasks in planning their wedding. The grand prize winner will earn a $9,000 dream wedding photography and videography package, with runners-up receiving prizes planned to be offered by sponsors.

The finalists’ auditions can be found online at YouTube.com/IronBrides and the show’s website www.ironBrides.tv. Taping begins June 6th for 24 days until September 15.

If the second Season is packed with as much video and photography options, it will be a huge hit!

Iron Brides……”On your Mark, Get Set…..

Go!”    

Iron Brides Productions is beginning its 8-day taping schedule, beginning with the soon to be brides meeting at the Hotel Radisson in Nashua, NH.  The girls will be weighing and measuring in, checking to see how their nutrition and physical conditioning has played out during the last 3 weeks as they have been working their 5-Tibetan Rites routines and strength training exercises. 

After that, its off to a bridal show at the Wyndham in Andover, MA, where they will serve as Iron Brides-NH Embassadors to the Season II-Boston preparation.  They will meet with a variety of vendors, using their learned skills as Iron Brides shoppers, to ask the appropriate questions of vendors, and to be aware of how to find the vendor that will best suite their needs.

After the bridal show is over………OOPS!  I cannot disclose what happens after the bridal show……we are taping the rest of the series.  Iron Brides readers will have to follow the blogs as we travel, work, and have fun! 

Better yet, Iron Brides television viewers will be able to see snip-its online and also look for it on cable tv beginning the first week in March, 2009.

Well, ta ta for now, blog fans!

Iron Brides to begin Season II – Boston

Iron Brides Productions television crew is beginning the audition process for its Season II – Boston series.   Working collaboratively with bridal planning experts of The Wedding Day Exposition, Boston, MA, we will be maintaining a booth set up  at the Seaport World Trade Center, January 11th, and again on January 18th, at the Wyndham Boston Andover, from 11:30-3:30 PM.  Ticket price for the Seaport show is $12., and the Andover show is $5.

Please check out their website for more details by visiting  www.weddingdayonline.com

Portsmouth Vintage Holiday Parade for Iron Brides….

Loading girls into the limousine from the Hotel Radisson at 4 PM, heading to the seacoast to participate in the Portsmouth Vintage Holiday Parade….who would have known the excitement, friendship, and FUN!

The girls, dressed in their vintage style of dress – looked very impressive! Yes, Tarryn, even YOU looked stunning!!!

The excitement of the group was unreal. They have formed such a click that it is awesome to watch! Along the journey, I heard them talking about the Iron Brides competition…they were saying that they didn’t care about “winning the big prize – they were grateful for the friendships that they have made.” Now that is HUGE!

The line up in Portsmouth was intense! Dan, of Brown Limousine, chauffered the girls and did an excellent job. By the way, Dan – congratulations on your wife’s pregnancy and thanks for sharing the photo of the sonogram! Could easily see how happy a Dad you are! KUDOS to you! Best of luck….NEXT TIME though….you be there for the sonogram!!!!

The parade goers ranged from infants to elderly….the streets were lined with people. The participants of the parade involved church groups, some of Second Grade teacher, Tricia Comi’s girls in a Brownie’s Girl Scout Troop (good for you….I remember the days of being a G S Leader in central NY)!! Keep it up! And other participants of the parade were bag pipers, marching bands, walkers, floats…some with lights, some with lights and music! The best part? The Iron Brides and Browns’ limousine!!!! YEAH! The brides to be walked the parade route shaking hands, telling parade goers who they were, what they were about, and handing out holiday post cards to them. Some of the girls were even telling the crowd “vote for me” —-I thought the election was over!!

After the parade, it was dinner time — we went to a “Fresh City” restaurant near the circle in Newington….don’t ask me – Im from central NY………..but, the food was fresh and delicious!

The ride home was bonding…..alot was discovered about one another and it is my sense that these girls are in this competition OF LIFE and FRIENDSHIP for the long haul! Just ask them! They have their own blogs that you and ask and comment on.

Enough said….have a great evening….the parade was a HOOT, Sunday promises to be equally as fun! Best part – they have NO idea where they will be going tomorrow! Girls – you are GREAT!

– Joann

It’s December…..already? The IB is taping this weekend!

AFTER reading, please tell me what you think!

Iron Brides blog readers…hard to believe that it is December already…..wow, how time flies!

With it being December, Iron Brides Productions will be taping the weekend of Dec. 5-7th in a number of locations…..busy, busy, busy… Keep an eye out for these eight women in your travels – you NEVER know! You might run into them!

As part of the taping process, we are instituting a new “technology” known as Webcasting…Pretty cool, hey? From what I’m told, webcasting is kind of like, Reality TV, in its finest. Think about it, when you are watching reality TV, you are kind of seeing other peoples’ lives. But one of the controls from or during the making of many reality TV shows is that the shows you see on TV all have the footage that the producers and directors choose to let you to see. I’m told that webcasting removes such perameters. And with the amount of taping that we will be doing for the TV show, there will be snippets during the taping that online viewers participating in the Webcasting element will be able to see. Basically, when you watch online in real time, you will see things that others won’t. You will be viewing it almost first….NOW that is COOL!

So, if you want to be ‘on-set’ with us this weekend and see it real, live, unfiltered, sign up at http://ironbrides.tv/IronBridesUpdatesByEmail.html ~ We’ll announce the schedule and viewing instructions there.

Speaking of taping this weekend, SSHHHH!!!! I would like to share with you a few professional photographs of the eight selected girls, etc., taken by Mark at Studio Mark Emile, in downtown Nashua (website www.studiomarkemile.com) —check them both out!

Here is a group photograph including Tricia, Vania, Darlene, Jennifer, Kylin, Nicole, Tarryn, and Amy.

And this photograph is of one of the professionals at work….it is Mark Levesque, of
Studio Mark Emile…

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And lastly, Jill Sullivan-Grueter, one of Iron Brides’ Reality TV Show Hosts interviewing the other half of the business, Betsey Levesque, of Studio Mark Emile…

If you are considering holiday photography – I urge you to consider contacting Betsey or Mark at the studio. Their work speaks for itself!

That, my friends, is all that I can share for today….have a great day!

PS: The Portsmouth Herald is running an Iron Brides story in the Sunday Paper (today)….check it out!

– Joann

Iron Brides Bloggers…..I enjoy the comments received

In reponse to the questions asked of wedding cake, bridal gown, limousine, and catering/chef planning, I have received several responses which I find very informative.  The insight allows Iron Brides Readers to learn a bit more about the bridal contestants.  It also gives others constructive advice on what to or not to look for…..these are good things!  

I wanted to share a comment I received over the weekend from Stephanie Douglass of Manchester, a bridal contestant who participated in the Portsmouth Audition.    You can find her bridal audition as well as a whole host of others online at the You Tube website, www.youtube.com/ironbrides

This response is from Stephanie~

“My fiance Jim and I chose our cake last weekend, and let me tell you it was the best thing we’ve done so far since being engaged.  Eating all the cake you want?!!!?  We created our own cake from Jacques and it is a mix of traditional and contemporary and we are so excited to see the final product on our big day!

As for the limo situation… our ceremony and reception are going to be held at the same place so we won’t really need one for that long.  But we had the same idea as Kylin who wants some sort of limo or bus to be able to take guests back to the hotel(s) safely!  We haven’t even started looking into that!

My wonderful mom is making my gown, which I am so excited about.  So of course she will be involved in the trying on of dresses!  I went with a few of my bridesmaids last weekend to try their dresses on and it was sooo much fun!  BUT it did become stressful, since I had my heart set on green as our color, so did Jim.  But I got the impression my girls weren’t too thrilled about it, they of course insisted they were cool with it.  But I think that was the first time in the planning process where I kind of thought, “wow this is going to be harder than I thought!” 

Would welcome other shared thoughts on what they would look for in wedding planning processes ‘ cuz this is fun!

Iron Brides Readers….Do You Find Yourself Wearing “Many Hats?”

I find myself often tired and have been trying to figure out why.   I like to think that I can handle whatever life throws at me….I have always been able to.  I filled the role of the sports Mom….running kids back and forth to sports practices, attending just about EVERY game for boys football, girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, and girls softball – both home and away games.  Assist with Drama productions at school, participate as a member of 2 different Boards in the town in which I lived. I worked full-time and attended college part time. Wow – thinking and writing about it…what a CRAZY woman!  

Maybe I am not “quite” as invincible as I used to be?   Maybe I’m still running full tilt and need to slow down a tad?   Currently, I am pursuing my Masters Degree (part time), substitute teach, clean houses, act as Associate Producer for Iron Brides and in web design work.

I guess one thing that is apparent from writing and visualizing after writing this text is that the wearing of many hats is prevalent.  The crazy thing is……I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS!   There are more and more and even more people (women and men) who are living the same craziness as me…..

Okay, I will admit it – I am and have been told that I am a work-a-holic.  I can’t help it…..I lived in a family of 8 children, me being the second eldest….couple that with living on a 120 cow dairy farm in central New York – we HAD to work….so, I guess its engrained. 

So, ironically the next question I have is…………I wonder what color hat I should wear? 

: )

I’m leaving town on a VERY GOOD note, says the IB’s AP ~

This Iron Brides Associate Producer is leaving town on a very good note………this afternoon having secured a privately owned, premiere bridal dress shop, and a prestigious limousine service as “exclusive sponsors” for Iron Brides Production of the Television Reality Show being produced in New Hampshire.

The exclusive sponsorship of both Madeleine’s Daughter (www.madeleine’sdaughter.com) and Brown Luxury Limousine Service (www.nh-limo.com) are a sheer welcome to our team.  

The level of media and personal BUZZ that the concept, Iron Brides, has created is absolutely phenomenol.  Just check out the number of pages that both Google and Yahoo search engines post when you search the topic   Iron Brides -   its in the thousands!    The media forms, both near and far, have been extremely supportive. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE – IRON BRIDES FEELS WELCOMED TO BE PRODUCED IN YOUR STATE~

What a day!

Like most folks, today was again BUSY!   But, its Friday……..Ahhh, Friday!    I was in Tewksbury, MA this morning, then back to Nashua to work on web design and Iron Brides production work.   George was meeting with appointments previously set up in Londonderry and Portsmouth.   Alot is going on it seems.  Jeff is busy cranking out Iron Brides audition videos and posting them on the You Tube website www.youtube.com/ironbrides   

If you can take a few minutes out of your BUSY day, check out the auditions that are posted and leave these aspiring contestants some constructive comments….they would appreciate it, I’m certain!    I have to pack and head to NY to visit my daughter, Julia.   After I settle in Albany late, late tonight, I will fire up the laptop and take some time to look at some of the auditions that are out there…..NEVER enough hours it seems….

Joann

Iron Bride Readers – You Tube Auditions Require Subscribing From You To View & Rate

Hey Iron Bride Blog Readers and Crazy Fans!    I wanted to let you know that WHEN you go to the You Tube web site, www.youtube.com/ironbrides  to view, comment, and/or rate the auditions posted there, you MUST become a You Tube SUBSCRIBER (means creating a username and password), in order to have your “view” actually count towards the person you are viewing…..points add up everytime a person, who is a subscriber, visits the site.

So, if you have an older parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, that type of relative….who just isn’t really computer savvy, please lend them a hand in getting them a username and password that is easy for them to remember  :  )

Then, hang the information on the fridge so that they can remember it later……  :  )

Thanks, guys!

Joann