Alana & Camden
Wedding Party
Alana Stickels
Bride
Alana is a self described crazy cat lady. If Camden would let her have more cats, she would collect them all like Pokémon. Alana is a competitive equestrian and has been riding for 21 years. Her horse, Olive, is the sweetest girl ever and loves anyone who gives her treats. When Alana is not working at Paylocity as a Team Lead, you can usually find her hanging out with her mini me, Sydney, at the barn, or in bed watching cringeworthy reality TV. Her favorite food is pickles and she has mild obsession with chapstick.
Camden Brown
Groom
Camden's aliases include Karaoke Jesus, the Medieval Maestro, Gambit, Cambo, and Kwame, (as well as Cameron for those who lack attention to detail). Originally an aspiring actor from New Hampshire, he has now found his true calling as a Knight of the Realm at Medieval Times. Without his catchy knight photo on Tinder, who knows if Alana would have ever swiped right. Camden enjoys bicycling outdoors in all weather, seeing movies at the theater, and reading whatever books Joe Rogan's podcast guests have written. He is a proud cat-father and step-father.
Theresa Cross
Matron of Honor
Theresa and Alana met in 2008, freshmen year during move in weekend at Northern Illinois University. They got invited to a party by an upperclassmen, where they danced and had a blast, but also learned how creepy college boys can be, so they left arm in arm. Throughout college, they laughed together, cried together, and lived together. Alana and Theresa supported each other through the highest highs and lowest lows. Often found on their couch binge watching Gossip Girl, these two made quite the pair. Even through passive aggressive post it note fights over crumbs on the counter, nothing could break them apart. They are each others soul mates, the others person, the Meredith to the others Christina. Theresa is a lawyer and lives with her husband Jeff and their adorable pups Sadie and Emmy.
Jacob Brown
Best Man
Jacob and Camden met in 1991 when Jacob arrived home from the hospital. After a brief stare-off, they accepted each other's presence and decided to make the best of now having to share their parent's attention. Over 28 years they have fought, cried, laughed, wrestled, bought last minute Christmas gifts for mom and dad, gotten stuck in low tide mud while canoeing, adventured, and seen each other become grown men. Jacob has lived in Nashville, Boston and now Seattle. He can be seen hiking in the wilderness with his lovely wife Kayley, or working at home surrounded by his cat children. He is also an amazing guitarist and singer, and has some crazy laughs (which Camden and he have both inherited from their father).
Monica Gorajski
Bridesmaid
Monica and Alana met working at Paylocity in 2018. On her first day, Monica shadowed Alana, who pretended like she knew what she was doing. They instantly clicked while talking about tattoos and their men (Camden and Monica’s husband Luke). Now Monica and Alana sit next to each other at work, which is just trouble waiting to happen. They keep each other sane in an environment where they placate crazy clients and wonder if the windows to the 16th floor open. These two likely would not survive if they did not have each other. Spending 40+ hours a week together has built a very strong bond between the two. Alana and Monica have determined that they are the same person; strong willed, firey sasstronauts, who are also kind of a hot mess. But at least they have each other.
Edward Maciejczyk
Groomsman
Eddie and Camden first saw each other in May of 2012 when Camden attended a Medieval Times performance in Schaumburg, Illinois. Eddie was the Yellow Knight and died after only one fight. 7 years later, he is now the Head Knight at the recently opened Medieval Times in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he recently relocated to with his wife Kirsten. Throughout the years, Eddie has taught Camden so much about horse riding and staged combat, as well as an attempted lesson at driving manual transmission. Eddie has left his mark both mentally and physically (ask Camden to show you his two scars he received while fighting Eddie, which were both mostly Camden's fault). Eddie is one of the hardest working and most lovable people you will ever meet.
Lexi Waarich
Bridesmaid
Lexi and Alana met at work when Lexi got a promotion and became Alana’s boss. It was no secret that Alana did NOT like this chick when she first started. She thought that this tiny human would have no idea how to run a complex department with little to no knowledge of how they operated. But it only took a week for Lexi to win Alana over with her infectious and bubbly attitude and her tenacity toward learning everything she could. Lexi became Alana’s biggest cheerleader and helped her get a promotion to become Lexi’s counterpart on the team. They became inseparable, each other’s other halves, balancing each other out to perfection. The ray of sunshine and the prickly one. Even though Lexi pursued another professional opportunity, they remain super close and rarely go a day without talking.
Marko Petkov
Groomsman
Marko and Camden met in 2015 while working at Medieval Times. Marko is one of the wisest and hardest working people that Camden has ever met. These two have spent many an hour watching old movies from the library, eating at Asian Noodle, and singing karaoke. Many a dance floor has been cleared while these two show off their wild dance moves. A favorite memory of Marko is when he danced in a speedo while on a boat on the Chicago river in downtown Chicago. Marko has been a huge fan of Alana ever since Camden brought her out to karaoke at Lamplighter's. In his free time you'll find Marko using his smooth vocals in voice-overs and singing videos.
Keri Dahm
Bridesmaid
Keri and Alana met at work where they dealt with the chaos that is their jobs together. Over the course of many wine nights with their group of girls, Alana and Keri forged a strong bond together. They have daily vent sessions to keep each other sane. Keri and Alana always provide each other with sound advice and tough love when needed. They are often seen finishing each other’s sentences and having to say “jinx!” when they’re talking together. Keri has one of the biggest hearts and brings out the warm fuzzy side of Alana. Keri has been dancing since she was a little girl and also has the most adorable (and plump) pup, Porkchop.
Alex Seeley
Groomsman
Alex and Camden met online in 2008 via Facebook connecting with future Theatre School classmates. During their 4 years at TTS they laughed, partied, argued, and ate so many late night meals. Some of Camden's favorite memories with Alex, aka Seeley: performing in their last TTS show together, the Golden Pass at Universal Studios for Alex's 21st birthday, running around in their underwear for the 4th of July, running around in a torrential rainstorm, braving the snowpacolypse of 2011, seeing How to Train your Dragon, Seeley's guest star appearance at Bing Fling 2011, and of course the Puma story. Alex has taught Camden a lot about empathy, passion, and determination. He is currently living in NYC kicking butt at a Public Relations Agency, and he has met Ashley I from the Bachelor!
Sydney Whitt
Flower Girl
Sydney is Alana’s spirited and sassy six year old daughter. She is the friendliest little critter and will make you her best friend in about three minutes. Sydney loves cats, unicorns, dancing, and playing outside. It has been such a joy to watch her relationship with Camden grow over the past few years. Things started slow with them, but now those two are best friends. Sydney loves when Camden sings her to sleep at night, and even has Alana play her a recording of him singing on the nights that he works late. At Alana and Camden’s wedding, you’ll be sure to find Sydney on the dance floor all night.
Joseph Woolford
Officiant
Joe and Alana met in 2011 at a restaurant that Alana worked at. They bonded over mutual weirdness and became fast friends. Alana and Joe had many “girls nights” where they would hang out and talk about drama involving the opposite sexes. One day while swiping through dating apps together, Alana came upon a knight in shining armor (Camden). Joe assisted with Alana’s “game”. After some witty banter was exchanged, Alana learned that Camden did not meet her (petty) requirement of being 6’ tall. She almost stopped talking to him when Joe reminded her that he was funny and charming and “HE RIDES A DAMN HORSE!” So Joe forcefully encouraged Alana to give it a shot, it’s just one date after all. If it weren’t for Joe, this fairy tale love story between Alana and Camden would have never happened.