Kristine Hojnicki - Maid of Honor

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Kristine is Mel's other half. They met when friends introduced them at the end of Freshman year of college and proceeded to live together for the next two years. They spent a summer living at a fraternity house together, amongst numerous other adventures. Even though Kristine is now many miles away, they are still inseparable. Mel was a bridesmaid at Kristine's wedding in May 2009, and Kristine will now be the maid of honor for Mel's wedding in July 2010.

Christopher DiBiasio - Best Man

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Christopher is Kevin's older brother.  As children, Kevin and Christopher enjoyed dressing alike and sharing the duty of washing the kitchen floor.  Now that they are grown up and Chris will stand by Kevin's side on his wedding day, nothing will change, except he will wash Kevin's kitchen floor.

Madison- Flower Girl

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Madison is Mel's 3-year-old cousin, and is the twin of Jackson, the ring bearer. She likes kitties and anything pink. She is very excited to be a flower girl at the wedding, although she's apprehensive to rip the petals off of flowers to throw them along the aisle, because they are so pretty.

Emily- Flower Girl

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Emily is Kevin's 5-year-old cousin. When she grows up, she wants to be a Disney princess. She will be a flower girl at the wedding.

Jackson- Ring Bearer

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Jackson is Melanie's 3-year-old cousin, and is the twin of Madison, one of the flower girls. Jack likes Thomas the train and playing catch. He is very excited to be the ring bearer in the wedding and plans to practice all year.

Stephanie Paiva - Bridesmaid

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Steph and Mel have been best friends since high school, and were once known to be married. They enjoy such activities together as cheering on the Red Sox and Patriots, tropical mist fighting, and drinking Riesling.

Kristen Scanlon - Bridesmaid

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Kristen is Mel's cousin and has been a best friend since she was born. Kristen has been as close to a sister as Mel has ever had, due to their closeness in age and the strength of the family's bond. After years of playing together and running around each other's houses, Kristen is excited to be a bridesmaid in Mel's wedding as they embark on the next phase of their lives together.

Sarah Brennan - Bridesmaid

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Sarah was one of Mel's best friends throughout their years at Boston University. Sarah and Mel lived together not only sophomore year of college, but also spent the first half of Junior year living together in the beautiful city of London. Sarah and Mel traveled together throughout Europe and forged an everlasting friendship.

Dan Read - Groomsman

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As a man with ninja turtle sheets, Dan Read is actually responsible for introducing Melanie and Kevin. After a cameo in high school as Melanie's boyfriend, once Dan went to school at URI, he kept in touch with Melanie and also met Kevin through joining ZBT together. Dan and Kevin lived together in college, and as Melanie went over to visit Dan, she became quite intrigued by this "Deebs" character he was friends with. The rest was history.

Granger Kenly III - Groomsman

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Straight from Chicago, Granger was Kevin's roommate for two years while attending URI.  They lived at the infamous "Sandy Bottom" house with Dan Read where they became close friends.  Despite coping with another year where the Cubs do not win the World Series, Granger is eager and excited to be a groomsman for the wedding.

Joseph McCarthy - Groomsman

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Joe and Kevin became friends after living the summer of 2006 at 25 Fortin.  They have both been involved in numerous adventures together and have kept in touch since graduating college.  Joe is anticipating Kevin and Melanie's first dance, hoping that it is better than Kevin dancing with a mop.