A recent wedding at the home of the Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team would seem unusual to most people, but to a group of University of South Carolina students, it’s just part of a class. The wedding planning class is included in the curriculum of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management program, and for at least a decade has had the dual advantage of giving students experience in all the details that go into planning a wedding and providing the bride and groom with a free wedding and honeymoon. The catch? They must give the students total control over everything. But so far, say the students and the latest happy couple, everything has worked out.
USC Students Put on a Wedding at Columbia Baseball Park
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cain sign their wedding certificate before friends at the Columbia Fireflies ball park.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cain got a free wedding at Columbia's new minor league baseball park, thanks to a class of University of South Carolina students.
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