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6 | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
ALL-BLACK IMPROV
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COURTESY OF CIARA RUTH
The Ohio State marching band traveled to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, to surprise Ciara and Dquan Ruth, a couple getting married on Disney Plus series “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings.” The episode aired Feb. 14. DISNEY FROM 1
scream and seeing her face light up with this joy was — it was definitely hard to try to keep that serious face because I’m sure that excitement was something that she wasn’t expecting, and it was like a true emotion from her.” Ciara Ruth said she had seen “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings” before and knew Disney often surprises couples with something extra, such as bringing the Stanley Cup to a wedding reception for two hockey fans. As for her own wedding, Ciara Ruth said she did not know what to expect from Disney’s wedding plans. “They took the time to really get to know us — to really get to know what we like,” she said. “So they really understood, and I didn’t expect anything.” Dquan Ruth said he felt similarly. “I sure didn’t expect no Ohio
State marching band to be there,” he said. The bride and groom were not the only ones happily surprised. Ciara Ruth’s mother Carole Fisher described the family as being “Buckeye fans for life,” all born and raised in Columbus. “To experience, first off, obviously our daughter getting married to a very wonderful young man is an excellent experience on its own. And to see what Disney did with the celebration, it was very nice. It was a very nice experience,” Cevin Fisher, Ciara Ruth’s father, said. While Dquan Ruth needed some convincing from Ciara’s family to give the Buckeyes a chance, Ciara Ruth has been around Ohio State her whole life, despite attending Wright State University and later living in a Fort Wayne, Indiana, apartment complex, where she met her husband. But the Buckeyes weren’t Ciara
Ruth’s only childhood obsession. Her first bedroom was Disney themed, her mother said. And that love of Disney followed Ciara Ruth to Wright State, where she applied for the Disney College Program and spent about a year in Orlando, Florida, embracing the magic. “Having that magical touch that a cast member goes above and beyond that you’ll remember for the rest of your life, the characters that you meet that you’ve seen in the movies or the shows — to be able to go down there and to help actually lead those life-changing moments just was really rewarding,” Ciara Ruth said. It was thanks to the program that she was also introduced to a casting call for “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings.” The Ruths were attending a New Year’s Eve church service in Fort Wayne when Ciara Ruth got a notification from a Disney
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I sure didn’t expect no Ohio State marching band to be there. Dquan Ruth
College Program Facebook group about the show. “I’m the type of girl who’s always just gone for it and just given it a try,” she said. “Like the Disney College Program, I just went for it and I ended up getting in.” Ciara Ruth said she did not think she and Dquan would be selected for the show, as they had to go through several phone calls and Skype interviews with casting directors and producers before they officially started the wedding planning process in March 2019. Their wedding was July 9 that year. The Ruths spent the whole week of their wedding at Disneyland Park, Ciara said, with time to explore as the production team captured their first reactions. One such reaction was filmed immediately after the Ruths’ wedding ceremony, when hosts of DISNEY CONTINUES ON 7
