Let us plan a Maine Country Wedding at Stone Mountain Arts Center personalizedjust for you! Scroll through this page to learn why a Stone Mountain Wedding will be unique and memorable.
Owner Carol Noonan performs in and produces performances for a living here
at Stone Mountain. One of the reasons people travel from all over to come to
this unique timber frame facility on the hill is because Carol has a unique talent for
presenting a very special event in a very special way.
Your wedding will look beautiful and feel beautiful
... from the music to the
flowers.
Carol has been a florist, a chef, a waitress, a bartender, and for
over a decade a national recording artist and renown singer
songwriter, and of course most recently a concert producer. Isn't that just
what you need? Forget those wedding planners! Carol Noonan knows how to
make stars like the Indigo Girls, Judy Collins, John Hiatt, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, and the Neville Brothers happy.....your special day is a piece of
wedding cake!
SMAC as the locals call it, has lots to offer, but the thing that sets us apart
from all the other venues is our personal touch. Carol and crew take your
wedding very personally and are here to help you through the entire process.
The Stone Mountain Arts Center boasts two beautiful timber frame barns available year round for your function.
The Maine Room...this is our golden framed main room and concert hall
with a raised stage back dropped by a beautiful stand of windows ... perfect
for your ceremony. If you would like to have both a ceremony and reception at
the Arts Center, the Maine Room will comfortably accommodate 120 to 150.
This is where the ceremony and dinner will take place. The ceremony is
generally held on the raised stage and theatre-style seating will be arranged
for your guests on the main floor with additional seating in the balcony if
necessary. After the ceremony we will change it over for dinner while you
are whisked away to ...
The Quisisana Barn...this is literally the party bar. Our 200 year old
antique barn with vintage lighting and huge bar. This is where your reception
will begin and end. The bar will be open, and the horse and buggy could be
outside awaiting to take you for photos or just a ride around this pastoral
neighborhood ... the kids love that!!! While you are there, we will change the
Maine Room over for dinner. And after dinner you come back for the cake
cutting and dancing (photos below by Anne Skidmore Photography).
And with Carol's famous collection of goofy hats,
masks, and wigs handy, all your inhibitions go away and the fun begins with
colored lights. We strongly suggest you consider a photo booth set up here too. It is
great fun. (see Anne Skidmore Photography......she has an awesome help
yourself photo booth)
The Green Room...this is where all the stars get ready, and you are no
different....comfy couches, bathroom, shower, iron, steamer, mirrors,
...anything to make you look your best for your special day...oh, and a pool
table! Nothing like a game of pool to work out those pre-wedding gitters!
(please keep in mind the party is upstairs....this room is just for gettin'
ready!)
The Buffet Porch...If you choose a buffet style dinner, the very pretty buffet
room with old windows from the Crawford House, is located just off the Maine Hall so the food is not part of your picture! It has two
entrances so that serving your guests will just takes minutes. This pretty buffet
with pottery and colored lights is a fun way to get through the dinner portion
of your wedding without infringing too much on your space or party time.
Flash photos provided by
Anne Skidmore Photograpphy
and Melissa Koren Photography
If you or your family is from away... we'll help you with all the arrangements.
Not living here should not scare you off from getting married here at this special place. Most of our couples do not live locally. We can work that out for you.
We work with lots of local inns right nearby that we can work with to arrange a special weekend for you. Maybe stay at a neaby inn, have the rehearsal dinner, an afta wedding party, and big hangover breakfast. It’s really nice to have everyone in one place to gather ... it's a great time to catch up with family and friends you have not seen for awhile, they enjoy a little getaway and time with you, and you get a start on your honeymoon ... so think about that and then just bus to us!
If you give us the number of people, how many nights etc, we can work on it for you. And speaking of busses...
Bennet Bus Company....207-925-2190
- Rent a fun school bus and Erin Bennet will get your guests to and fro safely for a great price!! We trust our kids with him...and people are just big kids when it comes to weddings anyway. I love seeing all the fancy dresses and tuxedos hauling into the bus at the end of the night..AND I know everyone will get back safely! It is just another unique style choice that fits getting married here. But please, Erin requests that you do not sing, "100 bottles of beer on the wall" !
We'll take the work and worry out of planning a destination wedding away.
We will help you with every detail from flowers, photographer, cake, ceremony, and reception to lodging, your rehearsal, and local transportation as needed.
Hannah Babineau, our in-house wedding planner, will even help pin on the boutonnieres and is always on hand for any last minute support needed!!!
As a result of hosting many weddings, we have found that this schedule sample of a typical SMAC Wedding is most enjoyable for the bride, groom, family and all their guests.
3:50: Horse and buggy pick up bride at the dressing room door. 4:00: Ceremony in the Maine Room
Cocktail reception and photos follow in the Quisisana Barn with an open bar of beer and wine until dinnertime and appetizers for your guests. They will be
well taken care of while you take your photos. Horse and buggy is also
available for photo opps too. Your buggy driver Tim has a beautiful spot with
a mountain vista just minutes away for that special mountain photo backdrop. 5:30 - 6:00: Guests invited back into the Maine Room for dinner.
We will
welcome you back into the room with a glass of bubbly.
Start with a champagne toast, then dinner is served!
After dinner move into the Quisisana Barn for your first dance and cake
cutting.
Music and dancing continue! 10:00: Time to go home....or plan an after party!
Maggie the Wonder Horse
One Price to make it easy for you to budget...
Stone Mountain Deluxe Wedding Package -$110* per person Stone Mountain Simply the Best Package - $85* per person
Deluxe Wedding Package: $110.00* per person includes ...
Multiple use of our two barns for ceremony and reception including
use of tables and chairs, linens, vases, etc.
Use of stage for ceremony: 3 Large Floral Arrangements, and table centerpieces by our in house
florist Jackie Gardner (Read about her below!) Flowers are limited to the
usual. Special orders such as cala lily etc, would be an extra charge.
Use of grand piano Staff and gratuity Horse and Buggy...Donna and Maggie the Wonder Horses and her owner
Tim Rogers will make your day special with photos, opps, and country rides
during the reception. (if it rains, will deduct 300.00 from your package) Open bar with hot and cold appetizers after ceremony until dinner
Dinner served buffet or family style
Champagne toast Wedding Cake: a two tiered cake for bride and groom and cupcakes for
your guests, all prepared by Vintage Baking Company in North Conway.
Decorating within reason ...
we will not plant perennials to match your dress, but we will be glad to
decorate the room with your special touches and ours!
Wedding Planners: And lastly, the personal touch and planning skills by owner Carol Noonan and her crew ... they really know how to throw a party! They will talk and
meet with you as much as you need to during the planning process and be present throughout your wedding. They will make the process painless.
Simply the Best Wedding Package: $85.00* per person includes...
Multiple use of our two barns for ceremony and reception including
use of tables and chairs, linens, vases, etc. Use of stage for ceremony Use of grand piano Staff and gratuity Open bar serving beer and wine with hot and cold appetizers after ceremony until dinner Dinner served buffet or family style Champagne toast Decorating within reason: we will not plant perennials to match your dress, but we will be glad to
decorate the room with your special touches and ours! Wedding Planners: And lastly, the personal touch and planning skills by owner Carol Noonan and her crew ... they really know how to throw a party! They will talk and
meet with you as much as you need to during the planning process and be present throughout your wedding. They will make the process painless.
Stone Mountain Arts Center Sound System...
Our sound systems are our livelihood as a music venue. For that reason,
they have to be paid for additionally to use no matter what package you are
choosing. Both barns have a system and will accommodate any *DJ's
needs. We also have a projector and hidden screen in the Maine Hall.
Sometimes a photo slide show is fun for your guests as they wait for the
ceremony to begin.
Use of our sound systems is 400.00
*To avoid the sound system charge, DJs or bands are welcome to bring in
their own systems. Please keep in mind that our system sounds best in our
rooms, so make sure if you understandably decide to save some of your hard
earned money, that your DJ has adequate systems. Bad sound can ruin your
wedding. If you do pay the sound system charge, make sure you let your DJ
know that they do not have to bring in a sound system. They may charge give
you a break on the price.
* Wedding Package prices Do Not Include 7 % Maine Sales Tax or use of our Sound System which is extra and optional.
Be sure to read about our
Early Bird Discount to SAVE 20%!
There are no cookie-cutter weddings at SMAC!
Every wedding is customized for the bride and groom based on their dreams and their budget.
Select any wedding link below to view a sampling of our
Maine Country Weddings ...
Call us at 1-207-935-7292
to discuss your wedding plans
and schedule a visit.
Our party is always inside, but there are two great outdoor spaces for
ceremonies right here in town
Tim and Laura's: Just a buggy ride up the road...a no frills place to
have your ceremony complete with open fields, stone walls, and mountain
vistas. There is no parking available, so this would require a shuttle service
up to the property. This is also where Maggie, Donna and the horse and
buggy live!
Chamberlain Farm: This is about 10 minutes away...as you pass a Christmas
Tree Farm you will come upon a beautiful compound of barns and out
buildings. Flat fields, stone walls, and mountains surrounding, this property
has ample parking and will provide some seating and a wedding trellis.
*And if the weather is bad, we are always prepared to do the ceremony
here.!
*And we do not recommend outdoors ceremonies during black fly season!!
Rehearsal: If we do not have an event the night before your wedding, you
are welcome to do a rehearsal in the Maine Hall. If there is an event please
plan on rehearsing earlier in the day or earlier in the week. And if you are
interested in a place to do a rehearsal dinner, we have the following option:
Rehearsal Dinner...dates permitting, we can do a rehearsal dinner in the
Quisisana Barn for a minimum of 30 people for 15.00 a head, which includes
an informal gourmet pizza and salad buffet and apple crisp for dessert. A
very loose kind of night before way to have sustenance and libation
conveniently located right here at SMAC.*Curfew for rehearsal dinner: 9:00
(we gotta get ready for your wedding ya know!)
The Food:
We refer to our food as Gourmet Comfort Food.....if you want popovers
and Wellington, we are probably not the place for you....but if you want some
simple, fun, yummy, really pretty, fresh food we are really good at that. We
are all about color and taste...we will not stand a crustacean on a plate to
look back at you. But the platter of food that comes out will definitely make
you smile. The entrees are usually fish or chicken or a fish and a pork.
Expensive seafood or meats would be an additional charge...But let's
talk.....nothing is written in stone. Please contact us for our menu ideas, and
we are always open to yours, but here is a sample from a recent wedding:
Appetizers:
*Warm Artichoke Dip and Bruchetta with Crostini
*Mediterranean Platter, humus, black olives, feta cheese, roasted
peppers, and raw veggies.
*Cheese and Fruit with cracker basket
*Choice of
Maple Glazed Scallops and Bacon with chili sauce OR Cocktail Shrimp.
Dinner Buffet served with lots of pottery and color. It does not look
like those big banquet room buffets..its, humble, pretty, and
bountiful. Here are some sample below, but really want to hear from
you what you like..what you hate....and then design a wedding menu
just for you.
Choice of two main courses....here is just a few samples of some wedding
requested dishes.
* Garlicky Steak Tips served with a side of Horseradish Cream (guys love
these tips)
* Atlantic Salmon with Carols maple mustard creme (an artist favorite)
* Chicken Kabobs with Sweet Potatoes, rainbow peppers and creamy pesto
sauce
* Roasted Salmon with a seasonal salsa
* Pork Tenderloin with maple bourbon sauce
* Pesto and spinach stuffed chicken with a lemon butter sauce
Gotta lot of Vegetarians?
*Laurens famous Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna
The Rest of the Buffet....
* Red Potatoes
* Roasted Garden Veggie Platter
* Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato and Basil Platter
* Fresh Salad Greens with bowls of salad fixins like, goat cheese, blue cheese, glazed pecans,
cukes, tomatoes, berries etc.
* Corn bread
And lastly....we are Irish..we will never run out of food!!!!
Alcohol...
For your open bar our house wines and our beer list will be available.
Top shelf wines for the open bar or the table maybe be added at an extra
charge. We provide a hefty time for this too, with plenty of staff...no one
will wait for a drink....and the “one hour open bar” is a loose term. Usually
we keep it going until you come into dinner....which can take longer than an
hour, between photos and such. Not to worry..we won;t throw the cash
register up in the middle of your cocktail hour.
Stone Mountain Arts Center is licensed to only serve beer and wine. There is
no outside liquor may be brought in or leave the premises. Drinking outside
the building or in your vehicles is a no-no. Please keep the party inside.
In other words we want you to have a good time, but not at the cost of
your loved ones and our license. All Maine laws still apply.....even in the
country, especially in the country. Our country roads are a challenge as it is.
It is our strong suggestion that you hire shuttles or arrange for designated
drivers so that all of you can enjoy your special day safely. If you have
underagers please let them know they can ruin your night by drinking
illegally.....and if you have guests who look young, make sure they bring
ID's... everyone looks ten to me now! Basically it is your job to inform your
guests of our policies, so the day goes off without a hitch......except of
course for you gettin' hitched!
Photography:
We recommend Anne Skidmore. She is a local gal, and
we think she is great. She has done a lot of weddings here and is highly
recommended. She knows the area, knows the ins and outs of our venue, and
knows how to be get a great shot without being a distraction. You will barely
know she is there...and she takes a beautiful photo. But book her early...she is
very popular! Email Anne or call her at 603.502.0835. Visit our sample wedding links for a sample of Anne's work.
The Flowers:
Our In House Florist,
Jackie Gardner of Moonset Farms, is one terrific florist. She also happens
to be one of our most lovable and valuable employees, That makes her a
unique addition to your wedding planning. She can beat anyone’s prices, and
she will be with you when you plan your flowers at the beginning till you take
them home at the end of the night. And guys, she will even help you pin that
rose on! Not many florists will be with you for the entire wedding process,
but as Jackie pours you a glass of champagne, she might just lean down and
straighten your boutonniere!
Call her anytime to chat about your flowers for your deluxe package and
beyond. 207-625-7733. You can’t beat her prices and personality!
April Cornell:
They have an outlet store North Conway, NH....if you want a lot of unique table linens, they give us a huge discount....let's talk!
Their stuff is gorgeous and we use a lot of their linens here. A nice cafe cloth could be a nice statement draped over a traditional white.
Pianist - Sonny Barbato:
Sonny plays in my band..he is an amazing pianist and accordion player. He played for years in the Copley Plaza Hotel piano bar. ..very old school but he can interpret any song for a ceremony and is great for the dinner hour. He is also an amazing accordion player....he will even stroll. I know again, kinda old school, but I think he is awesome.
617-924-6765
JP/Minister::
Mary Edes is the minister for a local UU Church. But whether you are religious or defiitely not, Mary just does the best certemonies..she’s funny, sweet, really gets the couples she works with and can always taylor the ceremony for your style and philosophies.
Looking for an Alternative to a DJ?
Some couples we have found did not want to hire a full blown DJ. So we have an option that might be a good fit..Disclaimer: This is an option that is not for everyone, and really depends on you and one of your guests being interactive. Ipods are great for cocktail music and dinner music but for the dancing part of your wedding, you want the music to sound good, flow well, and be chosen to keep the party going. That's what DJ's are good at and why people hire them. But if you do not want to go that way....
Our engineer is available to mix your play list with some limitations.
He can actually use a nice DJ program loaded with the music you request. He will acquire the music for your list if he does not already have it, so the quality for the download is good. Please keep your list of dance music to a reasonable number (50).
Here is the catch...Our engineer is a pro engineer, mixing acts like Robert Cray and Rosanne Cash, so any of your music will sound really great. But...he is not a DJ....so he will not partake in any of the traditional wedding chatter. If there are logistical announcements to be made, our staff can take care of the basics...like "its dinner time" kinda thing. But if you use our enginner to play your list for the dancing portion of your night, you must designate a person who is assigned to him from the wedding. This person will choose the music from your list to basically get the party going and everyone dancing, and to keep it going. Pick someone fun, and animated who knows what you like, and is not afraid to use a microphone , because they might have to say things like"okay, its time for the first dance" or "now introducing for the first time, mr and mrs" kinda thing. This person should take care of any personal announcements like that.
Our engineer charges 375.00 for this service.....it can be a nice option and a lot less than a DJ or band...BUT... it is pretty crucial to have someone from your wedding to make it work and be fun. So think it out.
Finances:
Deposit: There is $1,000. deposit required to reserve the date which will be
applied towards your total bill.
Sales Tax: Package prices do not include Maine 7% Sales Tax
Early Bird Special: Prepay the estimated cost of your wedding in full
when you book, and receive a 20% discount...WOW!!!...call us at 1-207-935-7292 for details! This is a great discount for you and helps our
cash flow towards our never ending list of projects and Honey-Do lists!
Final Payment: Balance due for the event, preferably by check or cash, is to be settled at
the end of the event.
Vintage Baking Company
Flowers by Jackie Gardner
our in-house florist
While we are in the Music business, not the wedding business, we are all about the ceremony.
The Stone
Mountain Arts Center is a very special place to have a fun casual wedding.
Lots of big stars have graced our stage. Now it is your turn!!!
Call 1-207-935-7292 or send us an email to set up an appointment to see if
we are a good fit. I'm auditioning you too ya know!!! That might sound funny,
but I really want this to be a good experience for you. If I sense that we
couldn't make you happy, I will not take your hard earned money. Frankly I
think you should all elope, save your money and put a down payment on a
house.!!!! But I guess if you're reading this, that is already out of the
question.
Sooo, hope to hear from you and best wishes for a new future together.
Carol Noonan
Schedule an Appointment: Call 1-207-935-7292 or
send us an e-mail.
Thank you Anne Skidmore, Jason and Erin for use of your wedding photos.
is because Carol has a unique talent for
presenting a very special event in a very special way. 
