#MeetTheMartins

Dear Friends and Family: We are eager to celebrate with you on our wedding day, but we want to do so safely. To continue mitigating the spread of COVID-19, we ask that each wedding guest ONLY attend if they are free of any cold or flu-like symptoms. We also ask you all to wear a face-covering for all of the wedding festivities. Thank you all for sharing this unforgettable moment with us. With Love, Calvin & Arquillia

It all started in 2009 in Pine Bluff Arkansas when Calvin stepped foot on to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (U.A.P.B.). Calvin always had a strong passion for drums, and it was a marching band scholarship that led him to Arkansas. Unbeknownst to Calvin, he would find another amazing drummer from the south side of Chicago by the name of Jonathan Burks. Jonathan served as a mentor to Calvin by showing him the ropes of the music industry and being a constant source of inspiration on and off of the drums. The two became very close during Calvin's tenure at U.A.P.B. All the while, Calvin had no idea that Jonathan had a little sister. Now, let's fast forward to late August 2015. Calvin was scrolling through Facebook and saw a beautiful woman with the same last name as Jonathan and immediately texted him to figure out who she was. Jonathan replied, "That's my sister, bro, I'll tell her you said what's up." Calvin thought to himself... "There is no way he's going to introduce me to his little sister after all these years of not knowing she existed." But, Calvin was wrong. The next day Calvin received a text from Jonathan with Arquillia's number saying, "She thinks you're handsome bro hit her up." They immediately hit it off and went on a handful of dates all over Chicago. Meanwhile, Calvin was planning to move to California to follow his dreams of playing music professionally. After a couple of dates, they decided to remain, friends, as Calvin relocated to Los Angeles. Fast forward to March 2017, Calvin came home for a P.E.A.C.E. Band performance, and Arquillia was in attendance. That night they picked up right where they left off and have been inseparable ever since. Calvin and Arquillia are unexplainably excited about this next level of their relationship. With God as their guide, the couple eagerly awaits the fulfillment of his promises through marriage.