Wedding Party
Sarah Falkenstine
Bride
Sarah is working at ELIC, an educational organization in Fort Collins, CO. She spends her free time watching movies with Dante and getting coffee with friends. While one of her favorite memories with Dante was getting engaged, another top memory was when Dante came to NYC to visit Sarah in March of 2022. She was excited to show Dante around the place she had come to love for the past year. Sarah is excited to now adventure with Dante to many more places together. She’s excited to have her friends and family be a part of the start of their adventure of marriage!
Dante Macy
Groom
Dante is working as a music teacher at Ridgeview Classical Schools, a K-12 charter school in Fort Collins. When not teaching, Dante spends his time reading, playing chess, or watching movies with Sarah. One of his favorite memories with Sarah is when they did an escape room together for the first time. He simply loved getting to work together with Sarah and explore something new side-by-side. Dante is thrilled to be marrying his best friend and for all the adventures in store for them both.
Anna Falkenstine
Maid of Honor
Anna is working in Highlands Ranch, CO as the Assistant Manager and the Kids and Baby Merchandiser at an Old Navy. She loves to spend time outside, going on hikes, traveling, and spending time with her friends, family and adorable dog Jesse. If you haven't met Jesse, he's wild...but he sure is cute. Anna is Sarah's younger sister. Because of this, there is basically a lifetime of memories to look back on. If she had to pick, some of her top memories are from when they would travel together to visit their grandparents in Georgia. They made this a yearly tradition for awhile and they both loved getting to spend that time together.
Benjamin Corneliusen
Best Man
Benjamin Corneliusen is Dante's best man. Everyone jokes about how intertwined their lives are: they both went to the same high school, they both graduated from UNC with the same major (music education), they were college roommates, and Benjamin married Dante's sister, Shaina, in June! Oh, and Dante was Benjamin's best man, just to top it off. Benjamin currently works as the Director of Bands at Eaton High School. He loves to hike, rock climb, spend time with my family, and check out new coffee shops and breweries with friends. Some of his favorite memories with Dante include their long talks sitting in the living room of their college house and the many games of chess that they've played over the years.
Rachel Volz
Bridesmaid
Rachel is working in Colorado Springs at Advisors Asset Management as a financial analyst. She loves spending time with her new husband (they got married on August 12!!) and family, as well as skiing and snowboarding during the winter and playing sand volleyball in the summer. Her dog, Bentley, is also the cutest dog you will ever meet. One of her favorite memories with Sarah was when they sang (very loudly) "Wouldn't Change a Thing" from Camp Rock 2 one evening in college while driving to get Ben & Jerry's from the local King Soopers. They should really record an album. A close second is visiting Sarah while she lived in NYC and exploring the city together!
Uzzi Macy
Groomsman
Uzzi currently works for the Garden City Police Department as a Digital Forensic Examiner. He works to support officers in data recovery and examination to aid in ongoing cases (and sports a very real, very dangerous wooden pistol). He loves being a husband to Chrissy and dad to their bundle of joy, Sienna. Music is and always will always be a passion too! He also makes the best brick-oven pizza you'll ever have. As Dante's older brother, he has many fond memories together from over the years. One of his favorite memories is going to Cubs games as a family. Another favorite memory is Christmas time at their house in Cary, Illinois.
Hannah Shade
Bridesmaid
Hannah is currently working at The Resource Center for Pregnancy and Personal Health. She works on Helpline and is the Volunteer Coordinator there. She loves to spend time with her family! Her and her husband have a son and are expecting their second baby in September. She also loves playing board games and spending time outside. One of her favorite memories with Sarah was from when they lived together their sophomore and junior year of college. They loved to have "sleepovers" in their living room, build blanket forts, drink margaritas, and watch movies together ("The Greatest Showman" was a favorite).
Ian Helmcke
Groomsman
Ian currently serves as a shift manager at the wildly popular (and tasty) Loyal Coffee in Colorado Springs. There he serves amazing lattes and cultivates community with his patrons. Ian's favorite hobbies include photography (he took Sarah and Dante's engagement photos!!!), videography and filmmaking, travel, and longboarding. Ian and Dante have been great friends since high school, and one of his favorite memories with Dante is their late night talks about art, creativity, and storytelling.
Shaina Corneliusen
Bridesmaid
Shaina recently graduated from UNC in May with a degree in Elementary Education and she is excited to be working at Ridgeview Classical Schools in Fort Collins as a third grade teacher starting this fall. Dante is looking forward to working at the same school with his sister!Shaina enjoys bullet journaling, hanging out with her family and spending too much time (and money haha) in coffee shops. Her favorite reoccurring memories with Sarah are all the times they laugh at Dante and Benjamin for being absolute nerds with chess, books, and music. Their double dates typically consist of time with all four of them together, and then time where the guys play chess or talk about chess while the girls talk about how silly the boys look talking about chess. They're excited for many more double dates and to be sisters!
Isaac Falkenstine
Groomsman
Isaac works as an Avionics Technician with the US Air Force, servicing cargo planes. He is currently stationed at the RAF Mildenhall air base in Suffolk, England, where he will be for the next three years. Before that, he spent some time working in Albuquerque serving the same planes as he is now. He has enjoyed getting to live in a few new places since leaving Colorado. His favorite pastimes are hiking, playing video games, and watching movies. Even though Isaac has lived out of Colorado for most of the time Sarah and Dante have dated, he's gotten to spend time with them as a couple and get to know the guy his sister will marry. One of his favorite memories with Dante is eating pizza in his apartment with Sarah and Anna while making jokes and laughing and enjoying each other's company.