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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

AND HOME BOUTIQUE

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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