ceremony & reception

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bridal party

Did you ever wonder why its called a bridal party? Because you better believe it's an awful lot of work put a wedding together. Heres some of the indispensible people that have been helping Beth and Dave keep their sanity over the last few months...

the officiant

Pastor David Bibbee has known Dave for quite some time. The Gilliland's are regular members of the new Creekside Church of the Brethren of which he is the minister. When not preaching, Pastor David has been known to play a song or two on his electric guitar or take off to the north for a long fishing excursion.

the ringbearer

Evan Hickman and Beth go way back. Or at least five years ago, when Evan was born. Although his dad is technically the director of the drum corps that Beth works for, Evan would have you believe he's really the one in charge. Even though he's just starting kindergarten (next stop: graduate school), Evan would be thrilled to mow your lawn or fix anything around the house using his tool belt.

the best man

Jeremy
Jeremy Brunk and Dave have lived practically identical lives ever since their days at Goshen High School. An excellent calculus tutor, Jeremy withstood the same onslaught of musical ensembles, wacky friends (see the Hubbard Clan) and taste in women as Dave. Jeremy has aspirations of becoming a doctor - however, like Dave, a mere academic doctor of music. He currently teaches percussion, theory and composition at Millikin University (his undergraduate school) and, for the first time ever, will room with Dave this summer at Interlochen...

the maid of honor

Jen_&_Beth
Jen Dunlap has been standing beside Beth for several years as an assistant souvie manager with the GLASSMEN. So far, she has been the only other person besides Dave to keep Beth calm in a moment of panic, which is why she got the job in the first place. Jen can usually be found in the souvie booth, at a guard practice, in a swimming pool, in front of her computer, and mostly, at her day care job with her favorite kids. Jen will also be appearing this summer with Beth somewhere over the atmosphere in the vicinity of Orlando, Florida - you can ask them about that later...