Irish Wedding Traditions is filled with long-forgotten historical and contemporary Irish touchesfrom vows and rituals to symbolic flowers, food, spirits, and song. In addition there are chapters on registering for gifts, dressing for the occasion, and designing the perfect Irish wedding invitation, as well as suggestions for tying the knot or honeymooning on the Emerald Isle.
Shannon McMahon Lichte's, first book "Irish Wedding Traditions" was published in March, 2001 by Hyperion Books. It is currently in it's 4th re-printing and is a favorite for Irish American couples, and has also found popularity in Ireland, Canada and Australia.
McMahon Lichte also works in the film and television business. She is a producing partner at GADA Films, where she produced "Our Very Own," starring Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, Cheryl Hines and Jason Ritter. The film received a 2006 Independent Spirit Award nomination and was sold to Miramax.
In 2007 she traveled to India to line produce "7 Days in Slow Motion," a US/India co-production. She has also worked at Fortis Films, Sandra Bullock's company, in development, where she associate produced Bullock's directing debut, "Making Sandwiches."
Most recently McMahon Lichte has been a television field producer for the TLC series "Toddlers and Tiaras", a show about the world of children's beauty pageants, "The G Word," a magazine style show for Discovery Channel's Planet Green and she was a casting producer for the NBC series "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins.
McMahon Lichte began her career in the theater, where she was the co-artistic director of The Red Earth Ensemble in New York City and is a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse.
For more information go to www.shannonmcmahonlichte.com
