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Free Country Rewind Spotlight Shines on Willie Nelson

It’s Farm Aid weekend and Sunday on the Free Country Rewind, Willie Nelson will be my spotlight artist. You’ll hear many of your favorites from Willie and several of his friends. You’ll also hear True Classic Country Showcase songs from Kitty Wells, Glen Campbell, Johnny Horton and Buck Owens. There will also be a tip of the hat to some of the biggest hits of 1973 and 1982. If there is a song you would like to hear, feel free to e mail me or post your request on the WFRE Facebook page. Don’t forget about our next Free Country Rewind concert. Lonestar will be at the Weinberg Center on November 2nd, get your tickets today!

Blog Post 5: Pictures, Suits and Tastings Oh MY!!

Things are coming together! Slowly but surely. I never knew picking out the guys suits would be so much fun!

Tim and I met with Darryl from M. Stein Tuxedos last weekend and sat down at our coffee table and went over everything we needed from top to bottom.
Tim is a “suit” guy so immediately we started looking into the options for suits. The best part about the meeting with M.Stein at this stage is that you don’t have to make ANY final decisions. It’s more about finding a couple options or colors that you like best and would like to see in person. Tim and I each looked though the options and chose one that we each liked. They both happened to be a dark steel grey color, so we knew that was an easy decision already made!
Next came the options of vest- do we want them for the groomsmen, just Tim or for everyone? Then the tie (my favorite part because you get to have fun with a pop of color!) It really helped knowing my color scheme at this point because I was able to look for that perfect shade of blue and then choose from the tie designs that were available. I even threw in a white tie that Tim might wear to stand apart from the rest of the guys. We’ll see!
Our next appointment with M.Stein will be seeing all of the options (suits, ties, vests, shoes, etc.) in person and all in Tim’s sizes so he can model them for me 😉 Once we decide on what we like best, next comes the fitting appointment for the rest of the guys in the bridal party.

I also wanted to tell you about the amazing evening we spent at a sunflower garden where we took our engagement pictures! Such a fun idea! Check out a few of my favorites below in the picture gallery. Choosing what you want to wear for engagement pictures is tough! I knew with such a gorgeous background setting I wouldn’t need anything busy or too loud for what I was going to wear. I tried to keep it pretty simple. A black dress, a cute white top and jeans and then a casual off-the-shoulder blouse. For Tim, I just told him to pick two plain colored shirts and whatever shorts and he would look handsome! The photographer did the rest!

This week, Tim and I also got to fill our tummy’s with the delicious food that we want to have at our wedding! We had a tasting and sampled- bacon wrapped scallops, prime rib, pasta, salmon, and a mashed potato bar!!
Recently, we were at one of my friend’s wedding and she had food stations instead of the plated dinner or a buffet. WE LOVED IT! We had so much fun going from station to station and picking the food and the amount that we wanted and then heading back to our table to eat. So, we decided to go with food stations for our wedding, too!!

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Comment in the section on our Facebook page and let me know any ideas and thoughts you have about anything wedding!! I’d love to hear what made your day special 🙂

<3 Katie Ryan

Ricky Skaggs chats with Mo and Dave

The one and only Ricky Scaggs will be at the 154th Great Frederick Fair on Friday night…. He took a few minutes to chat with Brian Mo and Dave Conrad on 99.9 WFRE!

Shockley Honda Pet of the Week – 09/13/16

Gallery: Free Bee Family Fun Day

Photos from Zach Tignall

Free Country Rewind Spotlight Shines on Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill.

This Sunday it is a special edition of the Free Country Rewind as we expand our spotlight to include two artists. Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill are performing at this year’s Great Frederick Fair and we will revisit some of their biggest hits Sunday morning from 8 until noon on the Free Country Rewind. We will also feature True Classic Country Showcase songs from the legends of the past who have graced the Great Frederick Fair stage like Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash and George Jones. If there is a song you would like to hear, email Don or post your request on the WFRE Facebook page. Don’t forget about the next Rewind concert starring Lonestar. It’s November 2nd at the Weinberg Center and tickets are on sale now!.

Blog Post 4: Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize!

Hey guys! This has been a busy week with a lot of wedding planning in the mix. Today, we meet with M.Stein Tuxedos to talk about what tuxedo or suit Tim and the groomsmen will be wearing…we can’t wait to go over all the options and find the right one for us!! I will share all of those details in my next post 🙂

Today, I want to talk about advice from others. This week I realized how fast a year goes, especially when you’re planning a wedding! Luckily I have my amazing Knot Wedding Planner Book to keep me on track with the month by month check-list. It definitely helps! I have also found that taking advice from people who are married is the BEST advice you can get. Below are a few ideas from my family, friends, and co-workers who shared with me some of the most important things they wish they had done or ideas that made their day perfection.

Check them out, I hope if you’re planning a wedding, too, you will find these helpful! I have been keeping them close to remember what is and isn’t important when planning.

-Get organized early.

-Don’t get caught up in perfection.

-Prioritize and make a list of what is most important to have on your special day. (Do this first!)

-Accept that you can’t please everyone. It’s all about you and your husband anyways!

-Hire a day of coordinator so you can enjoy your day and take in all the little things that you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

-Money saving tip: Use bridesmaid bouquets for additional flowers at the reception or centerpieces

If you have any other’s that you’d like to share, please send them to me at [email protected]. I would love to share them with everyone!

P.S. We got engagement pictures last night at the most beautiful Sunflower Garden in Westminster. Here is a selfie we took! It was such a fun evening!!

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<3 Katie Ryan

I want To Provide The Soundtrack For Your Labor Day!

Labor Day Weekend is here and I want to be part of your backyard barbeque. Join me starting at 6 Monday morning as WFRE salutes America’s hard working men and women with the biggest country hits of all time. It’s the Free Country Rewind Labor Day special made possible by Rita’s Italian Ice of Frederick! All of country music’s biggest names and all of the biggest songs can be part of your family labor day celebration all day long. If there is a song you would like to hear, email me or post your request on the WFRE Facebook page. Be sure to stop by Rita’s of Frederick and make them part of your holiday as well.

Free Country Rewind Spotlight Shines On The 90s

If you are a fan of 90s country music, don’t miss the Free Country Rewind on Sunday morning from 8 until noon. This week the entire show is dedicated to the music of the 1990s. Don Brake will kick off each hour with one of the biggest hits of the entire decade from artists like Tim McGraw, Lonestar, Faith and Kenny Chesney. Every hour you are guaranteed to hear a song From George Strait. You will also hear two in a row from Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dun, Alabama and Garth Brooks as we tip our hat the most successful female artist, duo, group and male artist of the decade. If you would like to a request a song, you can e mail Don or post your request on the WFRE Facebook page. Don’t forget about the next Free Country Rewind concert, Lonestar will be at the Weinberg Center on November 2nd. Get your tickets today!