Under a lightning-struck sky and with rain pattering on the roof of a rustic farmhouse in Lake Tarawera, LAB lead singer Joel Shadbolt and his partner Alyssa Stringfellow tied the knot.
But the romantic scene hadn’t exactly gone to plan for the Mount Maunganui-based couple. Just five minutes before their outdoor afternoon ceremony was set to begin at Black Barn, soaked guests were ferrying flowers and furniture off the lawn.
“It was one of those moments where you say, ‘Should we do it or not?’” singer, actress and screenwriter Alyssa tells after their picturesque 5 March wedding. “It was thunder and lightning, then 20 minutes later as the ceremony ended, and we
