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CELEBRATIONS ARE A
have the ceremony and the wedding
SPECIAL TIME FOR.
in one place and not have to worry
about transportation. I didn't want to
lose the importance of the ceremony
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by having everyone leave and have
to find their way to the next location."
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Rabbi Norman Roman
of Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield
officiants:
and Rabbinic Associate Keren Alpert,
INTRODUCING A NEW GIFT
a close family friend, of Temple Beth
El in Bloomfield Towhship, where
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Melissa's mom is the principal of the
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religious school.
music: ceremony music by
Panache; reception music by 1980s
cover band M80's and a DJ through
Tangerine Moon Productions
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first dance:
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a choreographed
dance to a mix of Michael Buble's
"Everything" and Depeche Mode's
"Just Can't Get Enough." "We prac-
BRIDAL REGISTRY
ticed and had lessons; and the night
when it really counted, we were a
mess but had fun doing it!"
GIFTS FOR
EVERY OCCASION
cake:
chocolate cake with white
chocolate mousse from Sweet
Dreams, West Bloomfield
CUSTOM INVITATIONS
Appetizers: mini potato pan-
cakes with caviar and sour cream,
food:
STATIONERY
baby New Zealand lamb chops with
balsamic mint demi glace, miniature
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kobe beef sliders with french fries
in paper cones. Dinner: spinach
and boursin chicken roulade with
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whipped potatoes and tarragon
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FIRST 100 ENVELOPES
MACHINE ADDRESSED
AT NO CHARGE,
WITH ALL BRIDAL AND
BAR/BAT MITZVAH
INVITATION ORDERS.
Above, top to bottom: Jeremy and
mushroom sauce and portabello
Melissa (in a Proenza Schouler purple
mushroom ravioli. Dessert: Yoz
silk dress) stroll through Royal Oak,
Yogurt, West Bloomfield. "I used to
where they first met, on their way to
go there all the time prior to meet-
their rehearsal dinner at Peking House.
ing Jeremy and then was ecstatic
The bridal party poses on the Detroit
when I found out his mom and step-
Riverfront. The bridal party joins for
the hora before Melissa's father, Paul
Keller, is lifted in the air. Right: Melissa
poses with her mom, Arlene Keller.
Below right: Silk blooms and ribbon
adorn Melissa's Vera Wang Mikado silk
strapless trumpet gown. The full skirt
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dad owned it," says Melissa. "So
we arranged to have a soft-serve
machine and brought in Yoz Yogurt
with toppings served in martini
glasses." Also on hand: an assort-
ment of six mini cakes for each table
is detachable, so the gown can trans-
to share, plus a sweet table with
form into a cocktail dress. Below left:
assorted French pastries, chocolate-
Assorted cheesecake lollipops beckon
covered pretzels, mini dessert shots.
from the sweet table.
Late-night snack: coney dogs.
honeymoon:
three days at the
St. Regis in Singapore; 10 days at
the Conrad Rangali Island in the
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Maldives, a group of islands in the
Indian Ocean. "We wanted to find a
place we might not have the opportu-
nity to go to in the future."
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