Pete Jannings and Ivy Selejko
Date: March 15, 1985
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Wedding Party: maid of honor-Melissa
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Pre-Wedding Events: Pete married Ivy because she was pregnant with his child, although he was still in love with Melissa.
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Madeline
Rutherford and Eugene Bradford
Date: April 16, 1985
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Pre-Wedding Events: she was his fourth wife
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Date: May 23, 1985
Location: The Cotswolds, England
Wedding Party: Maid of Honor--Melissa Anderson; Bridesmaids--Marlena Evans, Kimberly Brady; Best Man--Abe (in place of Roman); Groomsmen--Howie Hofstedder, Shane Donovan; Flower Girl--Carrie Brady; Tom Horton walked his granddaughter down the aisle
Wedding Attire:Hope wore a $35,000 dress. Lee Smith -- who was the designer at that time -- flew to Paris to buy the material. The dress was all hand done, and hand beaded.
Pre-Wedding Events: As a reward for apprehending The Dragon, Bo and Hope were treated to an all-expenses-paid wedding by a British royal. As friends and family arrived in England for the ceremony, Bo and Hope were detained for debriefing by the authorities. Concerned that they wouldn't make it to their own wedding on time, Bo stole a milk wagon for the two to travel back to Shane's estate in. On the way to the church and running late, Bo's limo was stopped for a traffic violation. Unfortunately, the officer recognized Bo as the milk wagon thief and arrested him. Handcuffed, Bo escaped and "borrowed" a horse. By the skin of his teeth, he arrived in time to marry and serenade his beloved "fancy face". On the day of the wedding, Hope wrote a letter to Bo.
The Ceremony: Bo sang "Love Between Us" to Hope. They recited this wedding poem, which they also said during their symbolic Oak Alley wedding. They also recited these vows
Reception: Bo and Hope missed their reception, because Emma (under hypnosis of the Dragon) attempted to kill Bo and Hope.
Honeymoon: They were arrested in their hotel room as Bo was about to carry Hope over the threshold and they spent their wedding night in adjoining jail cells. Turns out Bo had stolen a milk truck to get him to the church on time.
Status: The pair remained married until Hope's "death" in 1990. After it was revealed that she was alive, Bo asked her for a divorce, since he loved Billie. The pair was divorced in late 1994 or early 1995.
Tony
DiMera and Anna Fredericks
Date: August 1985
Location: Tony's penthouse
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Pre-Wedding Events: Anna and Tony/Andre had an on again-off again relationship. After Tony fell in and out of love with island ape Jasmine, he realized that he loved Anna after all. With the help of Eugene & Calliope they got back together and remarried at his penthouse.
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Honeymoon: Paris
Status: Shortly thereafter, Anna was accused of murder.
Tony left town in search of clues, but instead of returning, he
mailed her divorce papers!
Calliope Jones and Eugene Bradford
Date: December 31, 1985
Location: University Park
Wedding Party: Marlena was best man, Anna was maid of honor, Carrie was flower girl
Wedding Attire: Calliope wore a dress that was covered with white Christmas lights, that lit up as she walked down the aisled, while Eugene wore a white fur coat
Pre-Wedding Events: Calliope tried to get out of taking her blood test by having relpacing her blood with animal's blood. Alex & Emma tried to ruin the wedding and take their place
The Ceremony: Calliope walked down the aisle to "When You Wish Upon A Star" as her dress lit up. Everyone held candles.
Reception: Salem Inn--Anna caught Calliope's bouquet.
Honeymoon: Finland
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Alex Marshall and Emma Donovan
Date: December 31, 1985
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Pre-Wedding Events: She married him so she could stay in the United States. Emma and Alex knew that they wouldn't have any wedding guests, the wedding was planned at the same day and time as Eugene and Calliope's so they convinced everyone that Eugene and Calliope's wedding was at the chapel where they were to be married leaving Eugene and Calliope alone, briefly. As soon as everyone realized that they were at the wrong wedding, courtesy be damned...they walked out and attended Euge and Calliope's wedding.
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Melissa Anderson and Pete Jannings, Maggie and Mickey Horton
Date: February 14, 1986
Location: St. Luke's Catholic Church, Salem
Wedding Party: Pete's best man was Chris; Maggie's maid of honor was Marlena; Melissa's maid of honor was supposed to be Hope, but she was stuck in Stockholm helping Bo, so Jennifer took her place
Wedding Attire: Since it was Valentine's Day, the Grooms were dressed in white tuxedos with red bow ties and cumberbunds.
Pre-Wedding Events: Mickey and Maggie shared this lovely Valentine's Day ceremony with their adopted daughter, Melissa and Pete Jannings. It was the third time since 1974 that Mickey and Maggie had exchanged vows.
The Ceremony:
Reception: Blondies
Honeymoon: on their wedding night, in the honeymoon suite, Pete was knocked unconscious and Melissa was almost attacked by the hospital rapist, Ian Griffith. Maggie and Mickey had no honeymoon. They stayed in Salem because Maggie got hives and Mickey had the flu.
Status: The couple divorced in 1987
because Melissa fell in love with Lars and Pete still had feelings
for his ex, Ivy.
Mitch Kaufman and Robin Jacobs
Date: 1986
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Status: The couple's marriage was
annulled in 1987 because Robin was in love with Mike.
Marlena
Evans and Roman Brady (John Black)
Date: August 22, 1986
Location: St. Luke's Catholic Church, Salem (it had just been remodeled)
Wedding Party: Maid of Honor--Maggie Horton; Bridesmaids--Kimberly and Kayla Brady; Best Man--Abe Carver; Groomsmen--Chris Kositchek and Shane Donovan; Flower Girl--Carrie Brady; Eric and Sami--part of the procession, yet not actually members of the wedding party. No one walked Marlena down the aisle. She made the trip on her own.
Wedding Attire: Marlena wore a dress that has never since been matched--some call it the "Statue of Liberty Dress" because of the fringes that shot out of the head piece. It was a stunning gown for a beautiful lady. Calliope made the gown. The bridesmaid's dresses were purple. They were shorter in front and longer in the back with a bit of a train. In front, they had a V-shaped area of silver sparkles in the center, by the bustline and in the middle of the front of their skirts. It also had a shawl attached around the back around the shoulders. Kim and Kayla wore pearl necklaces and white flowers in their hair. Maggie wore a pale blue dress with vertical shirring along w/ flowers in her hair
Pre-Wedding Events: Marlena was trying to talk a drug addict off a ledge when she toppled out of the building. After she awoke from a month-long coma, Roman proposed to her in the hospital and they were wed later that week. Just before the cermony, Gregory, from Stockholm called Roman for a meeting, delaying him.
The Ceremony: Eric and Sami were afraid to come down the aisle with everyone else looking on, so Roman went down the aisle and walked them down it, holding their hands. When Marlena arrived at the altar, Roman tenderly kissed her, but the priest said "Not yet, John." Everyone laughed. Marilyn McCoo, as Tamara Price, an old friend of Marlena's, sang "Up Where We Belong" to the couple, after Liz Curtis was unavailable to sing. They had flashbacks while Tamara sang, showing when a bandaged John first saw Marlena, they were first introduced with the bandages off his face, she saw the tattoo on his back, they battled the waters in West Virginia, she realized he was Roman, embracing him for the first time after realizing that, and to him proposing to her in the hospital. They repeated the poem "This is the true season of love," which was recited at their first wedding (Roman and Marlena). They recited these vows At the end of the ceremony, the priest said "There were two, but are now united as one." When they reached the back of the church after being pronounced husband and wife, Roman kissed Marlena, then said "Hang on, Doc! This is just the beginning and there's no stopping us now baby!" and they kissed passionately again.
Reception: Blondie's--Following the wedding, the limo stopped at the pier where Roman found Gregory's body in the water. For this reason, they were delayed in getting to the reception, and they left early.
Honeymoon:Mazatlan, Mexico--Roman became pre-occupied with dealing with Gregory's death and the mystery surrounding him, thus putting off their honeymoon. Instead they went back to West Virginia to try to solve the mystery.
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Tony and Anna DiMera
Date: 1985
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The Ceremony: Alex put together the wedding and hired an actor, not a minister, to perform the ceremony, so it was invalid.
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Honeymoon: Bangkok, where they discovered they were still single. Calliope and Eugene joined them and planned to witness the wedding, but Anna was kidnapped.
Status: While honeymooning in the Far East, the newlyweds learned that their minister had actually been an actor hired by Anna's co-hort, Alex Marshall.
There is still a lot more to add to this page and many weddings I haven't yet included. If you would like to help fill in the blanks, please send an email to: beth@bethsdayspage.com with "weddings" in the subject. You will receive credit for anything you contribute.
All pictures on this page were scanned in by me from Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Update, and Daytime TV specials, such as Inside Days of Our Lives. Thanks to Stacy Krugman for lots of information. Some info came from SOU and SOD.
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