Beale Street neon bridal shot

Home of the Blues finale for the bride

This is the final challenge! Take an amazing closing group photo where the bride wears a full bachelorette accessory set (sash, veil, blue suede shoes) with a Memphis backdrop (Beale Street at neon-lit night, Sun Studio in golden light, the Mississippi at sunset). A photo for the wedding slideshow, well done everyone!

Live blues bridal dance

Beale Street has live blues drifting out of every doorway. Find a venue with a band playing (or a busker on the street), put the bride on the dance floor and take a group photo or short video with the band behind.

Local Memphian bridal tip

Convince a local Memphis resident to share one favourite music venue, BBQ joint or bachelorette tip. Take a photo with your impromptu guide and the bride, remember the tip.

Memphis BBQ for the bride

Memphis is one of the four pillars of American BBQ. Order pulled pork, dry-rub ribs or BBQ nachos (Central BBQ, Rendezvous, Cozy Corner) and take a group photo with everyone, including the bride, taking the first bite at the same time.

Memphis bride lift

The party begins! Take a group photo where the bride is triumphantly lifted up by the team with a Memphis backdrop (a neon Beale sign, blue suede shoes, a Mississippi River view). Higher and louder, this is your opening shot!

Mississippi River bridal backdrop

Walk to Tom Lee Park or Mud Island and find a vantage point over the Mississippi. Take a group photo with the bride centred, the brown river and the M-shaped bridge behind her.

Music Gates bridal shot

The wrought-iron Music Gates with their notes and Elvis silhouettes are the entrance to Graceland. Find the gates, line the team up with the bride centred and take a group photo with the gates and the mansion behind.

Peabody duck bridal march

Five mallard ducks march from the rooftop to the lobby fountain at 11 a.m. and back at 5 p.m. Get a spot near the red carpet and take a group photo with the bride in the centre, ducks waddling past her feet (or by the fountain afterward).

Pink Cadillac pose

On the Graceland grounds (or in the visitor centre) sits the famous pink Cadillac Elvis bought his mother. Find any pink Cadillac (or a pink-Cadillac mural in Memphis) and take a group photo with the bride leaning against the bonnet.

Recreate the bride's wildest moment (Memphis)

Everyone knows that one legendary night out. Imitate the bride at her most wild moment ever. One person plays her, the rest directs, capture it in a photo or short video. Best impression wins.

Sun Studio guitar bridal pose

Sun Studio is where Elvis cut his first record. Find the giant yellow guitar on the side of the building and take a group photo with the bride in the centre, the team behind her with air guitars raised.

To Beale Street (bride)

Navigate to Beale Street in downtown Memphis and check in around 2nd Street under the neon arches with the bride.

To Graceland (bride)

Rideshare south on Elvis Presley Boulevard to Graceland and check in at the Music Gates with the bride.

To Peabody Hotel (bride)

Walk west to the Peabody Hotel lobby and check in by the marble fountain. Time it for 11 a.m. or 5 p.m. for the duck march.

To Sun Studio (bride)

Walk east on Union Avenue to Sun Studio and check in at the yellow guitar facade with the bride.

Trivia: Elvis at Sun Studio

Sam Phillips founded Sun Records and recorded Elvis Presley's first track. In what year did Elvis first walk in and record "That's All Right"?

Trivia: Elvis bought Graceland

Elvis Presley bought Graceland and moved in with his parents in what year (he was 22 years old)?

Trivia: Peabody duck tradition

The Peabody Hotel duck tradition began when a hotel manager left his hunting decoys in the fountain as a joke. In what year did that happen (within 2)?

White for the bride in Memphis

The bride is the star today. Make sure everyone in the team wears or holds something white, find a neon Beale sign, Sun Studio or a Graceland gate, and take a group photo where the bride stands out in the centre.