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ALIX CHRISTINE MAUD RASPÉ & ERIK DANIEL GRAY
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1 Erik and Alix exit Dorset Church in a sea of pink peony petals 2 Dorset Church 3 Herman Raspé escorts his daughter Alix down the aisle 4 The newlyweds making music together 5 The wedding party 6 Benjamin Parkhurst, J. Alexander Gray, James, Esther and Erik Gray, Alix, Herman, Adele and Peter Raspé, Nina and Kyle Gray 7 Stealing one more kiss greenwichmag.com
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDY DUBACK AT DUBACK PHOTOGRAPHY
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et in an idyllic, Thornton Wilder-esque town in Vermont, the love story of Alix and Erik is a classic boy-meets-girl tale. On a snowy evening, Alix attended her parents’ holiday party where she met and fell in love with a minister’s son. The pair had actually met many years earlier but had not seen each other since—on that night, at that party, in that town, the stars aligned. Two years later, Erik proposed to Alix at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. He had commissioned a painting from his artist brother that depicted the exact moment they met at the party. The groom’s father, Rev. Dr. James H. Gray, officiated at the ceremony in a church situated in between the families’ homes. Alix and Erik’s miniature Australian shepherd, Ollie, also blessed the union. The reception was held at the Hildene, the historic home of President Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert and wife Mary Eunice, in Manchester, Vermont. The bride, daughter of Herman and Adele Raspé of Greenwich, graduated from Greenwich High School, Juilliard Pre-College, New York University and the New England Conservatory. Alix is a professional harpist in Columbus, Ohio. The groom, son of James and Esther Gray, graduated from Burr and Burton Academy, Drew University and the University of New Hampshire. Erik is a marriage and family therapist in Columbus. The Grays honeymooned in St. Lucia. They call Columbus, Ohio, home. G