標題: 'Will you marry me, Anne Davis?' [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-1-2 07:29 標題: 'Will you marry me, Anne Davis?'
'Will you marry me, Anne Davis?'
There’s no question Ricky Shetty is crazy — crazy in love with his girlfriend, Anne Davis, and crazy enough to organize a huge flash mob at Vancouver International Airport on New Year’s Day in order to propose to her.
The only question: Would she say yes?
Davis made Shetty a happy fiancé after the spectacular marriage proposal involving music, dancing and friends holding signs in various languages, all asking the same question: Will you marry me?
“I would like to marry you on June 30, 2011, in Rogers Arena . . . Will you marry me, Anne Davis?” Shetty asked.
“I will marry you, Ricky Shetty,” the overwhelmed, but certain, Davis replied.
Shetty, 33, had help with his elaborate proposal from hundreds of family and friends, including many from his church and Facebook.
Davis, 25, was returning to Vancouver from a Christmas trip to the Philippines. Her plane was slightly early, so friends were charged with stalling her until Shetty and the dancers were in position near Bill Reid’s sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe.
At 1 p.m., Davis walked into a flash mob, or — as YVR security asked Shetty to call it — a “group serenade.”
She was immediately whisked to a chair set up between Shetty’s parents, Bala and Sudha Shetty, as a group of about 30 people performed a dance choreographed to a Bruno Mars song. The performance included Bollywood dancers, Filipino singers and Nigerian drummers.
At the end, Shetty got down on one knee, and after reading a Bible verse about love, popped the question,
Davis, who later said she had an inkling the proposal might be coming, replied by finding another Bible verse. She then said yes as Shetty put a ring on her finger,
“I’m very overwhelmed. I wasn’t expecting a lot of people to be part of this,” said Davis. “But I’m also very happy.”
Shetty, an ESL teacher and aspiring pastor, said he wants to marry his fiancée in Rogers Arena on June 30, the day before Canada Day, to make a statement that Canada needs strong marriages.
“God hates divorce,” he said.
The couple, who said they are both virgins and won’t have sex until after their wedding, did not kiss. The crowd cheered as they embraced. They met about a year ago at church.
Before the proposal, Shetty seemed confident, chatting with family and friends over food in the airport chapel.
He said he was not nervous.
His mother, Sudha, said she felt “very nervous, but excited” for the couple.
“They’re a very nice couple together,” she said, adding her son is a “very good planner” and often organizes big groups of people.
Shetty’s friend and Harbour Dance Centre owner Pam Rosa said she’s never choreographed a marriage proposal before, but has been involved in flash mobs.
“We did it all through the Olympics and we had a blast,” Rosa said, adding that the people who find themselves in the middle of the mob usually enjoy it.
At YVR, many travellers stopped to watch the spectacle.
After the proposal, the engagement party was set to continue at a Vancouver hotel.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-1-2 07:29
Anne Davis (middle) is overcome with emotion as her boyfriend Ricky Shetty proposes to her at YVR on New Year's Day. Shetty's parents, Bala Shetty (left) and Sudha Shetty (right) watch on.
