‘Absolutely shocked’ couple wins free wedding at annual Wee Parade

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) – What started as a St. Patrick’s Day parade outside Uptown Snug turned into a wedding for one Marion couple Saturday afternoon.

Organizers added a new element to the annual Wee Parade this year: a free wedding, with all ceremony expenses covered, for one couple. Eighteen couples entered a Facebook contest for the chance to have their wedding included in the parade.

Kilpatricks win the contest

Keenan and Sydney Kilpatrick were selected as the winning couple.

“Shocked. Absolutely shocked. Kind of lost words. We were like, do we actually do it? Then we were like… we’d love to,” Keenan Kilpatrick said…

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