Wedding Party
Kina
Bridesmaid
Sister of the bride, ceramic artist, glass fusion artist, an amazing chef of the most delicious things, loves live concerts and dancing, hiking and backpacking, mother of two very talented creative younglings, River and Hunter. Kina works at festivals, from PA for a Humboldt rave festival, to designing art lounges, shaping brand hospitality, and build phase of backstages and decor setting.
Moriah
Bridesmaid
Sister of the bride, mother to Matisse, Soren and Emi; spouse is Philip Buckley. Moriah teaches Spanish, runs faster and longer distances than most, dances swing and salsa, and is an expert taster of sweet baked goods. Conversation with Moriah usually includes open-ended questions, often leading to your own fresh perspective.
Natalie
Maid of Honor
Natalie and Rainbow are friends since 2013. Rainbow was in the wedding party in Natalie and Mario's wedding in 2017. Natalie is an Animation School graduate, holds a MFT degree from Pepperdine, and is a practicing Therapist, AMFT/APCC, EMDR and Family Systems. She owns a cat Dumbledore, plays piano, paints, and loves hiking and playing on aerial silk. She has written a children's book, www.scooterinprint.com
Jennifer
Bridesmaid
Jen and Rainbow met at work, in Century City. She is the mother of Alma and Taigo, is a painter, has a BFA in Fine Art from UC Santa Cruz, has an MBA, a degree in sports fitness, a yoga instructor certificate, is a pilates instructor, is the owner of three adorable puppies. Ask her about the LA Marathon, or her epic hike with Rainbow in Yosemite!
Anna
Bridesmaid
Anna and Rainbow have sung and danced through the ups and downs of life together, and Anna is one of those amazing people who can operate expertly in the creative and the numbers sides of things- she has a law degree and knows alot about music- from music recording, song writing, to DJ'ing. Anna is mother of two of the coolest youngsters, Max and Bodhi. Ask Anna about: Electric Daisy Carnival, her Home Garden, Cooking Shows, and music making.
Erin
Bridesmaid
Adventure Buddy extraordinaire, fellow CalArts alum (CalArts Music School), queen of many instruments including xylophone and marimba, and Harry Partch music performer, specializing in the complex diamond marimba (for which she has been awarded a Grammy, and toured with the Harry Partch Ensemble to places including Korea and the San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall). Erin is an avid cyclist and is Iyengar yoga certified. Erin and Rainbow can regale you with tales of their backpacking and bicycling adventures.
Hunter
Ring Bearer
Hunter is amazing at the artistic and technical things, including filling up and hosting a booth of handdrawn and handmade items at the local Anime convention. Often seen in graphic tees that obliquely reference animation universes like Adventure Time, Studio Ghibli, Gravity Falls and more, this youngling has graduated the Jedi Training camp at Disneyland, mastered Animal Crossing on Nintendo Switch, and is strong for hiking adventures and always down for a good laugh- if it is actually genuinely funny. ;)
Emilia
Flower Girl
Emilia is Rainbow's niece, a strong and flexible gymnast, lacrosse, and volleyball player, who plays euphonium, makes delicious cookies and the cutest earrings, soaps, friendship bracelets... and more! She is the happy caregiver to a sweet bunny rabbit. If you find her asking you very detailed questions, it's out of her precocious curiosity for all things and people.
Hugo
Officiant
Vocals-theremin, 1996-present) The groom met Hugo after Hugo's muddy visceral performance in a play, Carrots For Hare, at CalArts, their alma mater. A participant in the summer of '96 sing-a-longs at CalArts' Chouinard dormitories, Hugo later played Theremin and sang with Cody's band, Trainables, circa the album: Heavy Metal Summer. Hugo was the guardian angel and handler of the groom one weekend in May (after the groom parked the bride's car dangling off the curb), taking the groom to a breakfast power-up before the May 7th wedding, and providing emotional support and funereal resource help that Monday. (Bill Cameron, Cody's dad, Rest in Peace, died of an anuerysm after arriving at Santa Rosa Airport, May 6th, for the wedding that weekend.) Hugo played ‘Lennie’ in Cody's film adaptation of Of Mice and Men, Them Rabbits.
Dave
Groomsman
(Keys-Bells-Vocals 1994-present) Dave, a tank-top influencer and inspirational piano player, a fellow CalArts Character Animation alum, has been a close friend of Cody's since '95, and worked on Shrek 2 with Cody on the Storyboard team where they battled during lunch hours playing Simpson's Road Rage. co-owner with Cody of the Jingle Store. Cody has played bass in numerous Dave Smith musical projects, including: The Dave Smith Show, Dave Smith Rock Show, Dave Smith’s Brown Christmas, and hopefully any future self-titled Dave Smith projects to come. Dave played bells in Cody's music and live-sync animation project, Tree Peeps, and performed ‘George’ in Them Rabbits.
Andy
Groomsman
(Guitar-Vocals 1996-present) Andy, a CalArts Theater alum, met and started their song writing partnership at the Cal Arts Chouinard stow-away summer camp of '96, (where the two were ‘roommates’ with James King) Andy and Cody played and wrote songs in the bands Emm’t Swank and Trainables. Andy played ‘Curley’ in Them Rabbits.
Bob
Groomsman
(Vocals-Surfing 1994-present) Bob and Cody share Southern CA Pacific Ocean childhoods in common. Bob and Cody share their alma mater school of Character Animation at CalArts, and met at CalArts in the Earthquake Year of 1994. Since their Storyboarding time on Shrek 2, they have collaborated on many film projects. Bob will always be 2 weeks older than the groom. Always.
Will
Groomsman
(Drums-Brushes 2007-present) Will and Cody met working in the Storyboard team for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Will and Cody have been the rhythm section in the bands Dog President, Dave Smith’s Brown Christmas, and Tree Peeps.
Dayla
Groomswoman
(Vocals-Band Manager 1996-present) Dayla and Cody met at his other stow-away summer camp location of '96, the apartment she shared with Bob and Paul. They provided a Coldwater Canyon couch for the groom to surf on when he wasn’t at CalArts. A Writer, Director, and Producer, Dayla has been a main collaborator with the groom, producing all of his independent film projects since and including Them Rabbits.
Marcus
Groomsman
(Drums-congas-vocals 1997-present) Marcus and Cody met after they both had graduated from CalArts. Marcus was auditioning for drummer in the newly formed band, Emm't Swank. Marcus and Cody formed the rhythm section for the bands Emm’t Swank and Trainables. Marcus played ‘Dumbs’ in Them Rabbits.
Mandy
Groomswoman
(Vocals-washboard-bike horn 1997-present) Mandy and Cody met at CalArts, and Cody, having grown up on the ‘Our Gang’ shorts, saw a resemblance between Mandy and the also freckle-faced Alfalfa. This influenced and changed the writing and character interpretation of Candy in Of Mice and Men, to Kid Candy in Them Rabbits. Rainbow's love for Mandy and respect for her formidable talent also began during CalArts' days, and continued after- to know Mandy is to not only love her, but feel compelled to cater a character to highlight her skills and add her participation and presence to any project.
Bill
Groomsman
(Vocals-ocarina 1973-present) Bill and Cody met when still in diapers, and Cody hopes that they both live long enough to come full circle. Bill and Cody began storyboarding together at the round table at his parents house, when Bill and the groom would shoot 8mm Molecule Man films with friends Ed Sidawi (borrowing his family’s 8mm), and Ed 'Shiner' Sheinbach, on Babb St in the early 80’s. Bill played ‘Rat Trainer’ in Cody's film adaptation of Of Mice and Men, Them Rabbits.
Dan Cantrell
Band Leader
Meet our friend Dan Cantrell, band leader and accordion player extraordinaire, who will be leading some excellent musics for the big shindig! It so happens we know him since school days at our alma mater, CalArts. Here is one of his bands Inspector Gadje, https://www.inspectorgadje.com/ - and this same weekend he and his lady Liz will be performing at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. For an idea of what is in store for us to cut a rug to: https://www.kugelplex.com/