Sara Best AND Mason Foote met through mutual friends in Nashville years before they started dating in 2019. Mason proposed to Sara on a mountain while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, on Sara’s 30th birthday in January 2023. They celebrated with her family at an après-ski tent and continued celebrations with family and friends upon returning home to Nashville.

The couple married October 28 at Trinity View Farm in Franklin. The groom’s cousin, Charles Nelson IV, officiated the outdoor ceremony — just as he had at Mason’s two brothers’ weddings.

Sara wore an ivory gown designed by Lihi Hod and carried a bouquet of cosmos and chamomile created by FLWR Shop. Her “something borrowed” was a double strand of pearls once belonging to Mason’s late grandmother Edie Bass. The bride processed down the curvy, flower-lined aisle to “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and the newlyweds recessed to “Mr. Blue Sky,” played by Austin Filingo.

The couple and their families worked closely with Fran Grote Events to plan the wedding of their dreams. Valorie Ward Cole Calligraphy and You’re Invited Gifts & Paper designed the invitations, using custom envelope liners that matched the patterned linens at their wedding.

Immediately following the reception, guests sipped “tini ’tinis” to kick off the celebration. Johnny Haffner catered the dinner, and Dessert Designs created the groom’s favorite hallelujah cake.

Sara & Mason

The Downtown Band played nonstop, keeping everyone on the dance floor all night long. A lover of karaoke, the groom got onstage and sang “Blame It on the Boogie” and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” with the band, while guests sang along. After the reception, the band’s horns guided the guests through a lane of rose petals to a vintage silver Jaguar getaway car provided by Matchless Transportation.

After their honeymoon in Majorca, Spain, the couple returned to their dog Piper and their home in Sylvan Park. Sara, a graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, works as a nurse practitioner at the Vanderbilt Student Health Center. Mason, a Belmont University graduate, works remotely as the senior manager of revenue operations for LiveSchool, an education tech company. Their parents are Bonnie Best of Alpharetta, Georgia; Patty and Peter Best of Pacific Palisades, California; and Lisa Bass Foote and the late Douglass Foote Jr. of Nashville.