Wedding Party
Blair Troop
Groom
He should look familiar to at least half of you.
Melanie Conway
Bride
She should look familiar to at least the other half of you.
Sean Dixon
Best Man
Sean and Blair met in college at UCF. Even though they were fraternity brothers, sibling rivalry was much stronger than sibling love. When neither of them were successful in the pursuit of the official role they were competing for, they decided that they liked being friends much more than rivals. Sean and Blair have been with each other through many difficult times in each others' lives. Also Sean really loves hot sauce.
Kathryn Joy Banday
Maid of Honor
KJ and Melanie met in college at University of Hawaii when they were assigned as roommates. Far from being the stereotype of not getting along, they quickly bonded over their love of all things milk tea, K-pop, and Disney. Even though they're both quite small, they've survived traveling overseas together, survived the Disney College Program together, and survived walking up every hill in San Francisco in search of Ghirardelli chocolate together (don't worry, they found it). KJ has a turtle named KC.
Andy Birmingham
Groomsman
Blair and Andy met in college (through Nick, who can be conveniently located below) and bonded over paintballing, motorcycles, and planes. They both love flying and can still to this day spend hours talking about all things aviation. They communicate almost exclusively in memes.
Ashlyn Dixon
Bridesmaid
Melanie met Ashlyn in 2014 during their Disney College Program here in Florida. They were both relegated to the far reaches of space in Tomorrowland, where they listened to Shake It Off at the #IncrediblesSuperDanceParty more times in a week than most will in their lives. They both were enjoying the DCP life so much that they decided to put off going home and become roommates for the next six months in an apartment named Dylan O'Fine. (Affectionately known as DOF.) A few years later, after separate adventures, they would be reunited in Orlando. When you see her, be sure to shout, "IT'S THE CHICKEN!" She'll know.
Nick Gregoire
Groomsman
Blair met Nick in middle school when they were tasked with building something out of papier mache and they picked a tank. They have spent the past nearly 20 years playing video games, hitting each other with paintballs, sports, and talking about aviation (since they're both pilots) and motorcycles. They also communicate almost exclusively in memes.
Steven Blum
Bridesman
Melanie met Steve during 2014 during their Disney College Program, where they spent many hours as Space Rangers, honorary citizens of Monstropolis, and staring off into a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. They bonded over Christmas with Angie, wanting to try all of the weird/fun looking new foods, and Dopey dropping gems. Through adventures on cave trains in California to Friendlys (IT'S A REAL PLACE?) and wearing pink on Wednesdays in New York, they maintained their friendship and were eventually reunited in Orlando once more. Fact: Steve is an expert on mountain lion safety.
Matthew McKay
Groomsman
Blair originally met Matt through Melanie (Matt and Melanie used to be safari drivers together, a totally normal profession, and bonded over shared giraffe trauma). Through the pandemic, they became friends, and through Matt being a stereotypical Canadian and playing hockey, they became teammates. Even though their NHL teams are rivals, they can still peacefully watch games together. They have an unshakable loyalty to Papa John's (mostly because of their great discounts) and they are often mistaken as brothers, even though they aren't related at all. Fun fact: that's Matt's wife Jenna to the right. -->
Jenna McKay
Bridesmaid
Melanie actually met Jenna through her husband, Matt (for the record, you can actually find him just to the left of here; they don't coincidentally have the same last name... like Sean and Ashlyn do). They bonded over how similar their significant others are- and what heroes they are for putting up with it, honestly- and a love for all things Disney, Target holiday birds, Starbucks mugs, and board games. They've learned over the years that playing Overcooked is much more pleasant when they don't have to play with Blair and Matt and that they're really good at it when their opponents don't cheat.
Chris Morelli
Groomsman
Blair and Chris met in college at UCF where they found out they were long lost brothers (just kidding, they became fraternity brothers). They bonded over reviving and building their fraternity, and Blair would like it to be known that he very heroically saved Chris' cooler once. Fun fact: Chris is dj.
Victoria Cruz
Bridesmaid
Melanie and Victoria were actually assigned as roommates at Disney and overcame the stereotype that you never get along with roommates. Far from it, they spent a lot of time together listening to "Stressed Out" (for no particular reason whatsoever, they promise), wondering why no one seemed to know how to clean a dish in under a week, copywriting what a seeing eye human is, catching all the beads at Mardi Gras over children's heads, celebrating that It Is Wednesday My Dudes, and picking out new shirts for Victoria because scareactors made her spill drinks on herself at HHN. Victoria also goes by Carly.