Love at first sight can be thought of as a terrible cliché. But for Marcela Telles, a Recife, Brazil, senior, meeting and falling in love with her fiancé, Elias Cabus, was just that simple.
The couple met in July 2006 when Marcela was home in Brazil for winter break. Elias was in Brazil working as a DJ. Returning to Lawrence after spending an entire month falling for one another, Marcela was forced to wait until the following March to see him.
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The couple met up in Miami for the Ultra Music Festival in March. "It was as if it were the next day," she says. Each year, the festival showcases some of the world's best electronic and dance music, which both Marcela and Elias love.
So there, in the middle of the festival, Elias got down on one knee and proposed.
"We didn't have a relationship," Marcela says."We just got engaged."
Since then, Elias has lived in both New York and Brazil while Marcela was in Kansas going to school. When he was in the country, Marcela would fly out every other weekend to see him. But finally, Marcela says, Elias decided that he needed to be closer. As of this summer, the
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The couple was engaged on March 21, 2007, and will dance their way to the aisle December 27.
couple lives together in Lawrence.
Looking to the future, the two Brazilians have quite a year ahead of them. Marcela graduates in May and the wedding is set for December 27.
Elliot Kort
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