A VAMPIRE power couple have sunk their fangs into a new event-planning business that specialises in ‘outside the box’ celebrations. Logan and Daley South, who previously received media attention for their polyamorous vampire lifestyle, have carved out a niche with their unique Austin, Texas-based business. They’ve already thrown a ‘nerd-themed’ wedding with a ‘Star Wars’ cake and a Miami blowout featuring a giant dancing robot. Daley, 32, told Love Don't Judge: “No request is too weird for us. Anything that’s different from the norm is our specialty." The business itself is split between ‘Dead South’ which specialises in the goth and vampire elements, and ‘South Weddings and Events’ which focuses on more traditional event-planning. Logan and Daley recently threw a wedding for their friend, fellow vamp, and court member Roxanne and her partner Ian. The last-minute ceremony, officiated by Logan himself, was held at Austin’s historic Neil Cochran House Museum where VIP members of the Vampire Court gathered to watch Ian and Roxanne tie the knot.
00:00Being a vampire isn't something that you can just choose.
00:03It is something you are born with.
00:05My name is Logan South, and I am the king of the Vampire Court of Austin.
00:08My name is Daly South, and I am the queen of the Vampire Court of Austin.
00:12We are specialized wedding planners.
00:14And we also happen to be vampires.
00:16Today, our good friends and court members, Roxanne and Ian, are actually tying the knot.
00:21I've been waiting a long time to spend the rest of my life with this guy.
00:24Oh, yes!
00:25This is definitely the most last-minute wedding that we've ever done.
00:30When the stakes are so high, it's really important that you don't crumble under pressure.
00:33I'm not okay with that.
00:35You're gonna live.
00:36No, I'm not!
00:37Wait, I'm the officiant?
00:39Yeah.
00:39No one told me that I was the officiant.
00:40Yeah.
00:41First time I ever met Daly, I had an immediate connection with her.
00:45We went on a date.
00:46We were sitting at the table, and he reached out, and he touched my hand, and it was like this electricity.
00:50And we've now been married for three years.
00:52Three years.
00:53The Vampire Court of Austin is basically the vampire town hall for all of the vampires within the communities and territories of Austin.
01:02We started in 2012.
01:03He was already running a couple of smaller-scale vampire events just to kind of bring the community together.
01:09And people saw what we were doing, and pretty soon people were coming to us saying, can you do weddings?
01:13Today, our good friends and court members, Roxanne and Ian, are actually tying the knot.
01:21We really wanted Loden Daly to organize this wedding, because if anyone knows us better than even our own family, it would be those two.
01:28Hello, darling.
01:29Thank you so much.
01:30Of course, come in, please.
01:31So it's really important to us that this wedding goes off without a hitch.
01:34I'm just really freaking out about getting there on time, having time to set up, and getting all this done and over with in three hours.
01:41Jen!
01:44Come here.
01:45We have a live-in assistant named Jennifer.
01:47She has been with us for four and a half, almost five years, I think, now.
01:51It's like being an assistant to Loden and Daly is fantastic.
01:54I love them so much.
01:56The venue just informed me they don't have any sort of tablecloths or anything like that.
02:00Do we have any type of fabric?
02:01She helps us with pretty much everything, day-to-day tasks.
02:05Obviously, I'm not going to be too picky, because it's so last minute.
02:07This looks like a mostly cloth.
02:09This is definitely the most last-minute wedding that we've ever done.
02:14Working with Logan on these events is absolutely amazing, but sometimes he's a little too laid back with the events.
02:19I'm also officiating the wedding tonight, so I'll tack that on to the other hundred things that I've got to do.
02:26I think I'm going to call Logan to come and give his opinion, too, because, like, I just, this is a lot right now.
02:33Logan!
02:34Almost there.
02:35Tail it out.
02:36Make yourself look a little more undead than usual.
02:39A vampire is someone that, for one reason or another, needs to take in human energy in the form of blood or psychic energy to keep themselves healthy.
02:49I drink human blood from a donor once a month.
02:53I do it because I have to.
02:55The majority of vampires commonly awaken during puberty.
02:58I remember sitting in my English class, and I started to feel this intense thirst that I'd never felt before.
03:04I ran to the first water fountain I could find, and I just started gulping down the water.
03:08I didn't feel any less thirsty.
03:10And at that point, you know, I happened to run into one of my friends in the hallway that had been helping me through my awakening.
03:14And they said, oh, this is what you're experiencing. Let's go find your donor.
03:17So we found my friend, and they pulled out a lancet, and I drank from them, and it was immediately gone.
03:23I don't like the way blood tastes. I find it inconvenient to have to do regularly.
03:27I'm someone that needs it, but I'm not a big fan of it.
03:30For me, it was like a switch flipped on.
03:33And suddenly there was this kind of change in my perception of the world.
03:38There's this almost predatory instinct for the world around me.
03:41I heightened all of my senses and sensations.
03:47A rush.
03:50Daly and I are definitely the perfect pair.
03:53She is the meticulous, nearly neurotic.
03:57I'm not okay with being unprofessional with this.
04:01It's fine.
04:02I am the calm, logical one who maybe at times can be a little too flippant.
04:10Relax. I'm not okay with that.
04:13I think you're gonna live.
04:14No, I'm not!
04:15The energies between the two of us, they come together, and we're unstoppable.
04:22I love you.
04:23Love you.
04:24Let's do this.
04:25Aren't you supposed to be upstairs being blind?
04:27Nobody throws an event like they do, and we knew they'd be able to pull it off in a short amount of time.
04:32Welcome!
04:33The upstairs is kind of like a haunted museum, so feel free to walk around.
04:38I think the hardest part about the job of being someone's wedding planner is that we are someone's wedding planner.
04:44It's their big day. I really want it to be smooth and for everything to just go absolutely correctly timed.
04:51We are in charge of the biggest, most important day of their lives.
04:55And being responsible for that.
04:56That's a lot of pressure.
04:58Oh yeah, they're in here. They're good. They're dressed.
04:59I'm very nervous about the ceremony tonight, but I'm also extremely excited.
05:04Could I, like, borrow them? Just the candles.
05:07Oh, they don't come out very electric.
05:08Oh, are they?
05:09Yeah.
05:09Do you have the rings, best man?
05:11So Daley and I have always had a polyamorous relationship since we got together.
05:15We just had that conversation, and we realized that that was what we wanted to do.
05:19We both felt this way. We felt there was room for more love in our lives.
05:23So apparently I'm the maid of honor.
05:25My girlfriend is named Mariluna. Mariluna Sondra.
05:29It was more than, like, physical attraction. It was, like, something pulling us together.
05:32I am on the asexual spectrum, so I'm not a very sexual person.
05:36And I'm very specific about people that I date.
05:39Yeah, I love the ceremony.
05:40Yeah, I love the ceremony.
05:41Yeah.
05:41The closer it gets to the actual ceremony, which is, like, what, in 20 minutes, I'm a little shaky.
05:51I'm a little nervous, but also the more excited I am.
05:53I have, unfortunately, chomped most of my fingers to the nub, and I'm just trying to keep myself from making an absolute fool out of myself, which reflects on her and the extent of the vampire community.
06:09Oh, you got this, you got this, you got this.
06:11Anything that goes wrong, you know, you never know if that's going to be something that just destroys her whole day.
06:28We are prepared, but we are not yet starting.
06:30Correct.
06:30Okay.
06:32You know, I caught them kind of in here, and it looked like Ian was getting kind of emotional.
06:36Don't stammer yourself. Don't stop yourself. Don't think of it as work.
06:40Go grab a drink and set the fuck down.
06:41Okay.
06:43The table match is a real mess, I don't know.
06:47Look at me.
06:47Ian is, he's just a very emotional person.
06:52I've been waiting a long time to spend the rest of my life with this guy.
06:55I'm definitely a little nervous about it.
06:58Oh, yes!
07:00We ask that you join us this evening in witnessing the union of Roxanne and Ian.
07:06Like the circle, true love itself is infinite.
07:10With these rings exchanged, your bond is made finite.
07:15You may kiss your partner.
07:16It feels great to be married.
07:26I couldn't be more thrilled with how everything came together.
07:31Who picked the rings?
07:32We picked them together.
07:33We wanted something that symbolized the fire because of the twin flame connection that we have.
07:39And it sparkles like a star.
07:42I think the ceremony went absolutely amazing.
07:44I was actually extremely surprised by how smooth and how absolutely beautiful everything went.
07:50You know what?
07:51All things considered, I guess we pulled it off because we're just suckers for love.
