Power couple Beyonce Knowles and Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter created a stir with news agencies all over the world speculating whether a secret wedding ceremony on April 4 had taken place.

They had been dating for six years. Few details of the wedding ceremony and all-night after party have trickled down the grapevine, but Trinidadian Colin Abraham, president of the event organising company, Pollen Nation, gave Sunday Newsday a full description of the couple’s magical night.

Abraham’s job was to take care of the decor at Jay-Z’s Manhattan apartment, the wedding’s venue.

Abraham, an event planner, grew up in Barataria. He was a student at the Barataria Senior Comprehensive school and after that he entered the Prison Service and then to the Police Service before leaving the country in 1998 to pursue a course in sound engineering in New York.

While studying he worked part time as a floral decorator at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel before launching Pollen Nation in 1999. One of his first major clients was hip-hop mogul Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs when he started decorating for his famous annual “White Party” at his home in the East Hamptons. “I have been working with Diddy for seven years now and with that I have been introduced to many people in the music industry and through him Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter saw my work and he also became a client,” he explained.

Working with Jay-Z, Abraham learned that the entrepreneur likes to live a very private life.

“That is why the wedding was so hush hush, no one knew when it was going to happen, what or who was involved,” he said.

He revealed he only saw Jay-Z twice throughout all the planning because he was still on tour with fellow artiste Mary J Blige.

“Beyonce worked hands on with me on everything, from the type of flowers to the colour theme we would use at Jay-Z’s penthouse in Manhattan,” the 39-year-old said.

Beyonce’s choice for the colour theme was ivory and cream with whites and greens.

“Her choice for flowers were orchids and what I did was set up foot long garlands from the floor to the ceiling, then there were columns of branches with crystals at the end,” he revealed.

He touched on the internet reports that said that Asian florist, Amy Vongpitaka was the one responsible for the wedding’s floral decor.

“That woman is just a wholesaler, I ordered 100,000 orchids from her and she sent it down to me. She did not even know what or who the flowers were for,” Abraham explained.

To make sure everything went smoothly Abraham and his staff of 12 worked nights three days before the big day.

Abraham described the entire wedding as “very simple and intimate.”

“Less is more and when we were done, we transformed the whole place and it was magnificent. Beyonce was really happy she could not stop kissing me,” he said.

The wedding began at 8 pm on Friday when Beyonce walked down the aisle accompanied by her father Matthew Knowles without any bridesmaids. After the ceremony the newlyweds celebrated their nuptials until six the next morning.

The 40 invited guests, which included Gwyneth Paltrow and former members of Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, dined on “soul food” which included chicken, shrimp and “gumbo” a dish popular in southern states and had the choice of champagne or tequila shots.

“After they had dinner they transformed the dining area into a dance floor and everybody had a good time,” he revealed. In 2006 Abraham planned more than 150 events and has worked with LA Reid and Warner Music.

Abraham who recently married last year is a father of three with one on the way.

His business has branches in Manhattan, Brooklyn. He hopes to open one in New Jersey. His clientele ranges from President George Bush to Queen Latifah.