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Above : Chronister wedding on Jan. 17 in Rose Theatre in Grauel Building (Submitted Photos) Below : Gabrielle and Rob Chronister engagement photo session (Photo by Tyson Zahner)
%5/3'#E&2"($)"E&F5&=1;F ZARAH LAURENCE A&E EDITOR
&IRST IMPRESSIONS CAN MAKE OR BREAK 3O WHEN 'ABRIELLE ,E'RAND INTERVIEWED WITH 2OB #HRONISTER FOR A POSITION AS A MAS TER CONTROL OPERATOR AT &OX +"3) FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE AND INTERVIEW QUESTIONS SWITCHED TO CONVERSATION ON MUSIC AND TATTOOS BOTH COULDN T HELP BUT NOTE IT MEMORABLE h) THOUGHT SHE WAS A FUN PERSON AND SOME BODY WHO WAS VERY MATURE AND TOGETHER FOR BEING AND SOMEBODY THAT ) WANTED TO HIRE v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID h) WAS LIKE @9EAH
SHE SEEMS LIKE A COOL PERSON v 4HE TWO DIDN T START DATING UNTIL LATER THOUGH "OTH WERE IN SEPARATE RELATIONSHIPS WHEN THEY FIRST MET YET THEY HAD BECOME GOOD FRIENDS BY THE TIME ,E'RAND WENT ON TO WORK FOR #HARTER AFTER HER TIME AT +"3) /UT OF THAT FRIENDSHIP THEY FOUND THE PERSON THEY COULD NEVER SEE TOO OFTEN 4HEY FOUND THE PERSON THEY NEVER TIRED OF TALKING TO A PER SON THEY WERE WILLING TO SPEND THEIR LIFE WITH 4HEIR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WELL RESULTED IN A PERFECT MATCH 4HEIR CONVERSATION NEVER FELT LIKE ONE OR THE OTHER WAS TRYING TOO HARD OR THAT IT HAD TO BE FORCED 7HEN 2OB #HRONISTER EVENTUALLY PROPO SED HE USED WHAT HE KNEW BEST n VIDEO (E ASKED ,E'RAND IF SHE D GIVE HER ADVICE ON A COMMERCIAL HE D MADE FOR WORK (E WASN T LYING BUT WHAT SHE DIDN T KNOW WAS THAT A PROPOSAL VIDEO FOLLOWED h) WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED BECAUSE WE BOTH MAKE 46 COMMERCIALS v 'ABRIELLE #HRO NISTER SAID h(E WAS LIKE @/H ) WANT YOU TO SEE THIS COMMERCIAL ) MADE AND WE DO THAT WITH EACH OTHER SOMETIMES 7E WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT EACH OTHER S COMMERCIALS SO ) REALLY THOUGHT ) WAS JUST WATCHING ONE OF HIS SPOTS v "UT #OLDPLAY S h&IX 9OU v A SONG SPECIAL TO THEM STARTED TO PLAY AND THEN SHE KNEW 4HEY DIDN T WANT A TRADITIONAL WEDDING THEY KNEW THAT FIRSTHAND 2OB #HRONISTER
GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN 46 FILM FROM 3OUTHEAST -ISSOURI 3TATE 5NIVERSITY IN
AND 'ABRIELLE DID THE SAME IN SO WHEN THE IDEA POPPED UP TO USE 2OSE 4HEATRE IN 'RAUEL "UILDING THE LOCATION JUST FELT RIGHT 4HE TWO WERE MARRIED ON *AN ON THE STAGE OF 2OSE IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY h4HE CAREERS WE BOTH CHOSE IS KIND OF HOW WE MET AND WE BOTH WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE SAME PROGRAM v 'ABRIELLE #HRONISTER SAID hx )T WAS ACTUALLY 2OB S IDEA (E WAS LIKE
@7HAT ABOUT 2OSE 4HEATRE 3O IT WAS ACTUA LLY ALL 2OB BUT IT WAS SPECIAL TO US BECAUSE 46 IS KIND OF HOW WE MET AND WE BOTH YEARS APART WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROGRAM WITH THE SAME PROFESSOR ;$R *IM $UFEK= 3O THAT WAS JUST SPECIAL TO US TO HAVE IT ALL COME FULL CIRCLE v 4HE PASSION THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR WORK ULTIMATELY BECAME THE DRIVING IDEA IN PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR CEREMONY 4HEY APPROACHED IT LIKE ANY LIVE PRODUCTION THEY WOULD SHOOT 4HEY TIMED IT OUT 4HEY SET UP CAMERAS A CREW AND A DIRECTION TEAM )T WASN T BY THE BOOK WEDDING PRACTICE BUT IT WAS THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE TOGETHER 4HEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES AROUND THEM 4HEY USED A BACKDROP TO CREATE DIGITAL BACKGROUNDS ! hFUN FACTSv SLIDE ABOUT THE COUPLE WAS EVEN PUT UP ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE CEREMONY AND PLAYED AS ATTENDEES FILED INTO THE THEATER TO TAKE THEIR SEATS 4HE FILM PROJECTOR CAPTURED THE BRIDAL PARTY PRO CESSIONAL AND UNITY CEREMONY FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE ALSO 4HE COUPLE SAID THE TECHNICAL TEAM WAS MADE UP OF ALL CURRENT OR PAST 3OUTHEAST STU DENTS $UFEK ACTED AS THE TECHNICAL DIREC TOR 2OB #HRONISTER HELPED TO DIRECT BACK STAGE RIGHT UP UNTIL HE WAS SUPPOSED TO WALK OUT 4HEY JOKED THAT THE EIGHT PEOPLE
BEHIND THE SCENES ENDED UP TOTALING ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER AS THE WEDDING PARTY h/NCE WE TALKED TO $R $UFEK AND HE WAS VERY LIKE @9EAH WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO ) LL HELP YOU DO v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID h3O WE KIND OF WENT HOME WITH A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER AND LIKE @/+ IF YOU WERE GOING TO WRITE A WEDDING FROM THE BEGINNING INSTEAD OF INHERIT ALL OF THE WEDDING STUFF FROM EVERY WEDDING YOU VE BEEN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT 7HAT DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT 9OU DON T WANT TO MAKE IT SO STRANGE THAT NO ONE RECOGNI ZES IT AS A WEDDING 3O WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF NOBODY WAS TELLING YOU WHAT THE RULES ARE v 4HEY KEPT THE BARE BONE ELEMENTS OF A WEDDING BUT THEY ADDED THEIR OWN TOU CHES !T THE END OF THE DAY THEY WANTED THEIR WEDDING TO ATTEST TO WHO THEY WERE AS A COU PLE SURPASSING LEGALITIES AND A FEDERALLY DOCU MENTED PIECE OF PAPER 4HEY INCORPORATED JUST AS MUCH OF THAT PERSONALITY ON STAGE AS WELL %ACH COMPONENT INCLUDED IN THE CEREMONY WAS FIT TO A CHEMIS TRY ORIENTED THEME Â&#x2C6; TWO ELEMENTS COMBI NED CAUSE A REACTION !S GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
THEY CREATED THEIR OWN STATIONERY TO GO ALONG WITH THE CONCEPT &OR CEREMONIAL READINGS
THEY CHOSE !LBERT %INSTEIN AND #ARL 9OUNG h7E CRAMMED IN ALL THE NERD THAT WE COULD CRAM INTO THIS WEDDING v 'ABRIELLE #HRONISTER SAID LAUGHING h7E HAVE SOME @'AME OF 4HRO NES REFERENCES AND WE HAVE @3TAR7ARS CHE MISTRY )T WAS NOT THE MOST TRADITIONAL CERE MONY AND THAT S WHY ) THINK ) LOVED IT SO MUCH v 4HEIR PERSONALLY WRITTEN VOWS BROUGHT THAT SAME MIX OF INDIVIDUALITY 'ABRIELLE PROMI SED TO TRY AND hKEEP HAIR DYE OFF THE BATHROOM TOWELSv AND TO REMEMBER TO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN SHE LEAVES IN THE MORNING WHILE 2OB PROMISED TO STILL KILL SPIDERS FOR HER AND SUPPORT EVEN FAILED BAKING EFFORTS h4HE FIRST PART OF IT WAS INTENDED TO MAKE
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PEOPLE CHUCKLE AND GET A FEW LAUGHS AND SHOW THE THINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER THAT WE THINK ARE COOL v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID "UT THEY FINISHED SINCERE 4HEY PROMISED THEMSELVES ALL IN 7EDDINGS ARE MEMORABLE REGARDLESS BUT EVEN SO IT WASN T JUST THE #HRONISTER S OUT OF THE BOX APPROACH THAT MADE THEIR DAY SO SPE CIAL $ESPITE BOTH BEING IN THE BUSINESS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TWO HAD WORKED TOGETHER ON A PRODUCTION h7E HAD NEVER WORKED ON A PROJECT TOGETHER BEFORE AND WE DECIDED TO DO A FOUR MINUTE VIDEO v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID h7E SHOT OVER CLIPS ON OUR PHONES OF OUR YEAR FOR AND THEN WE EDITED THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE THE FOUR MINUTE OPEN TO THE CEREMONY v )T MAY HAVE BEEN A TEST IN HOW TO COMPRO MISE THEIR INDIVIDUAL ROUTINE PROCESSES IN ORDER TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND BUT THEY NEVER STOP LEAR NING ABOUT EACH OTHER 4HEY NEVER STOP WAN TING TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER h4HE WHOLE CEREMONY IT WASN T HIM AND IT WASN T ME )T WAS TRULY US v 'ABRIELLE #HRONIS TER SAID 2OB #HRONISTER STILL HAD ONE LAST THING UP HIS SLEEVE ! SURPRISE HONEYMOON WAS BOOKED TO 0LAYA DEL #ARMEN IN -EXICO h4HE HONEYMOON WAS ACTUALLY A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SURPRISE FOR ME v 'ABRIELLE #HRONIS TER SAID h(E ORCHESTRATED ALL OF IT FROM START TO FINISH AND ALL ) KNEW WAS THAT ) NEEDED A PASSPORT WHICH ) D NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE AND THAT ) NEEDED TO PACK A SWIMSUIT ) DIDN T KNOW UNTIL THE MORNING WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT WHERE WE WERE GOING v !S THREE WEEK NEWLYWEDS IT S NOT HARD TO SEE THE SIGNS )T S IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THEIR EYES OR HOW THEY CAN T HIDE A GRIN EVERY TIME THEY HEAR THE WORDS HUSBAND AND WIFE h(E MAKES ME LAUGH v 'ABRIELLE #HRONIS TER SAID h(E MAKES ME LAUGH EVERY DAY (E S
PERCENT TRULY MY BEST FRIEND AND ) JUST LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH HIM (E GETS ME AND HE MAKES ME LAUGH ) CAN BE MYSELF AROUND HIM LIKE ) VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AROUND ANYBODY ELSE 7E HAVE A BLAST TOGETHER v 2OB #HRONISTER POINTED OUT BEING IN LOVE BOILED DOWN TO A MINDFULNESS OF ANOTHER S WELL BEING h9OU TEND TO STOP AND ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU DO THINGS @) WANT TO DO THIS OR ) WANT THIS
BUT HOW DOES IT IMPACT THAT PERSON v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID )T ALL CYCLES BACK TO COMMUNICATION h3OMETIMES THEY RE SHORT CONVERSATIONS 3OMETIMES THEY RE DEEP CONVERSATIONS INTO THE NIGHT LIKE THE LOVEY DOVEY STUFF AND THE SERIOUS STUFF AND THE SCARY STUFF v 'ABRIELLE #HRONISTER SAID h"UT WHEN YOU RE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON
YOU RE NOT SO SCARED AT THE END OF IT ALL AND YOU JUST FEEL STRONGER AFTER TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING 4HERE S NOTHING HE DOESN T KNOW ABOUT ME AND THERE S A SECURITY IN THAT ) THINK )T MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE v 2OB #HRONISTER ADDED THAT THERE S A CONS CIOUS FOCUSED EFFORT IN THAT COMMUNICATION 4HEY RE STRONG AS A COUPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN TALK EVEN WHEN IT S NOT FUN TO h) WOULD SAY THE ONE ;THING= THAT ) THINK IS TRUE ABOUT US IS IT DOESN T JUST HAPPEN )T S NOT IN A VACUUM v 2OB #HRONISTER SAID h7E ARE BOTH VERY CONSCIOUS AND VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT WE WANT AS A COUPLE )T S LIKE WE KNOW WHO DOES WHAT IN OUR HOUSE 7E KNOW WHAT OUR RELATION SHIP IS WHAT OUR DYNAMIC IS 7E DIDN T JUST HAP PEN 7E VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT LIKE HERE S WHAT WE WANT HERE S WHAT ) WANT FROM YOU HERE S WHAT ) WANT TO GIVE YOU 4HAT S NOT ALWAYS EASY CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT YOU RE WITH THE WRONG PERSON OR THAT ONE OF YOU HAS TO ADJUST A LITTLE BIT BUT IT S VERY ON PURPOSE 7E DIDN T LUCK INTO THE RELA TIONSHIP WE HAVE v
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