MARIAH & JUSTIN • 10.10.26
Your day at a glance. Shenanigans are optional; enjoying the BBQ counts.
Spring Lake Township Town HallStaying at Holiday Inn Express Shakopee and taking the shuttle to the wedding? Reserve your hotel-to-venue seat for 2:35 PM or 3:15 PM. Reservations are required for these outbound trips.
Reserve Hotel Shuttle SeatsDriving yourself or coming from somewhere else? No shuttle signup needed. Return shuttles do not require reservations.
Pickup, return times & accessibilityCeremony status
If the weather changes, we’ll move the ceremony inside Spring Lake Township Town Hall.
Unplugged ceremony: We’ll give everyone a quick photo minute at the beginning. After that, please put phones and cameras away so you can be fully present with us. Our photographer has the rest covered.
October 10, 2026 · 3:00–11:00 PM · Prior Lake / 55372 · Central time
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Please add your photos to our shared album before or after the ceremony. We want the good ones, the blurry ones, and the weird ones.
Add photos to our albumESSENTIAL
Complimentary for Holiday Inn Express Shakopee guests.
Ride time is about 20 minutes: arrivals around 2:55 PM and 3:35 PM. Use the prominent signup above for hotel-to-venue reservations.Reserve your group and check live availability.
Pickup point: Holiday Inn Express Shakopee
Pickup point: Will be posted with the final shuttle schedule.
Please arrive a few minutes early. The shuttle is never gonna give you up or let you down, but it will depart on time.
Open hotel in MapsAccessibility: The hotel shuttle is not wheelchair accessible. If you need an accessible ride, please coordinate with Mariah or Alex before wedding day.
Immediate next step
Ope! The shuttle already left. Please arrange a rideshare or another ride to Spring Lake Township Town Hall. For hotel or shuttle questions, call the Holiday Inn Express Shakopee front desk at 952-445-2244 and dial 0.
Parking is available in the Spring Lake Township Town Hall parking lot.
Please park only in designated parking-lot areas.
Do not park on the grass or sidewalks.
October 10, 2026
4:00 PM · Spring Lake Township Town Hall
Family Seating & Groom’s Entrance
“Wasteland, Baby!” by Hozier
Acoustic guitar performed by Mike Hongslo
Wedding-party processional
“Teardrop” by Massive Attack
Acoustic guitar performed by Mike Hongslo
Bride’s Entrance
“Dreams” by The Cranberries
Acoustic guitar performed by Mike Hongslo
Musical duet
“All I’ve Ever Known” from Hadestown, music and lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell
Performed by Mary Kathryn Dorr and Scipi Dorr
Dinner follows the schedule above; please wait for Mike to call your table.
Buffet: Find it in the long tiled hallway.
On the buffet
Dietary accommodations submitted with RSVPs are coordinated with catering. If you need help finding yours on the wedding day, please ask a wedding helper.
Cake will make an appearance later in the evening.
Your table arrived with a number. It does not have to leave with one.
Select your table's number below and talk amongst yourselves to come up with a ridiculous PG-13 identity. One diplomat should submit it for the table after at least a token attempt at consensus. Mike will use the names when he calls tables to the buffet.
Prefer Table 7? Classic. Understated. Very demure, very mindful.
FUN = OPTIONAL
Everything below is optional. Participate wildly, observe from a safe distance, dance, sit and gossip, or pursue your own side quest.
Head to the lakeside covered awning and locate the canoe.
Open canoe event! Please paddle to the covered patio to acquire a beverage.
Hydrate, then libate.
Consider this the opening number.
The Head Table and seats or tables marked Reserved are reserved. All other seating is open.
Sit with old friends, new friends, or whoever looks willing to share the cornbread.
You’ll find Trivial Pursuit cards at the tables if you feel like using them.
Think you can predict the chaos? Excellent. Put that confidence somewhere measurable.
Play online: enter your first and last name and all eight predictions. One entry per guest. No money, no stakes—just wildly serious bragging rights.
Predictions close Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM Central. Check back throughout the night as Alex reveals the results!
Need fresh air and mild competition? Head outside for Kubb (Viking Chess), Yard Yahtzee, Yard Jenga, Bocce, Ladder Ball and Beanbags. Play a round, teach someone the rules, or supervise from the sidelines with a beverage. Participation is optional.
Order of Reception
When we call it, stand up if you want to play. If standing isn’t comfortable, you can play seated too.
Justin: both hands on your head
Mariah: jazz hands straight out in front
Lock in your answer before the reveal. Guess wrong and you’re out.
The last guest remaining wins a bottle of wine.
If our champion is under 21, they keep the victory and bragging rights, and the wine goes to a 21+ adult at their table.
Pizza will make its entrance later in the evening. Consider it the encore.
The photo booth and printer will be ready for serious ones, ridiculous ones, whole-table ones, or recreating an old photo. If you need ideas:
Does your phone need a reception of its own?
Give it a little recharge at the charging station by the photo booth and printer table.
Typos are permanent. So is marriage.
Leave us a memory, prediction, confession, terrible advice, or sentence that will make perfect sense tonight and absolutely none in 2046.
Add something worth preserving to The Collected Nonsense of Mariah & Justin. Follow the instructions on the opening page of the book.
Feeling brave and a little theatrical?
There’s an optional Kiss Demonstrator signup near the guestbook. If your names are drawn, you demonstrate a kiss and we’ll try to copy it.
Both people must agree before their names go in the jar. Both people get a final veto. Use this power with enthusiasm and consent.
Join us when Mike calls it if you’d like a quick dance.
Cash or Venmo welcome. Participation, as always, is entirely optional.
SECRET = BONUS
Some guests are carrying classified information. Follow a clue. Find someone who fits. Then ask: “Are you carrying classified information?”
If you’ve found the right person, they’ll know what you mean.
Mariah and Justin don’t count, even if they fit a clue.
Obtain the password. Enter it below. See what you’ve unlocked.
Try it here. Something may happen.
CLUE 1: There are an inordinate number of Alexes at this wedding. Some know more than others. Find an Alex and ask: “Are you carrying classified information?”
CLUE 2: Some people who've known Mariah or Justin for over 10 years are carrying classified information. Find one of those people and ask: “Are you carrying classified information?”
CLUE 3: Some people who've performed on a stage this year are carrying classified information. Find one of those people and ask: “Are you carrying classified information?”
CLUE 4: Two guests here make a living putting stories into people’s hands. Find the bookstore owners and ask: “Are you carrying classified information?”
HELPFUL STUFF
The essentials, all in one place. Very organized of us.
Restrooms are in the long tiled hallway, across from the buffet.
No side quest required.
Beverages: Secure Provisions · Hotel shuttle details · Shared photo album
The Town Hall and outdoor ceremony area are wheelchair accessible. The outdoor ceremony is on grass; accessible seating is available.
The hotel shuttle is not wheelchair accessible. If you need an accessible ride, please coordinate with Justin or Mariah before wedding day.
Cocktail Attire
Suits, dress shirts with ties, cocktail dresses, long dresses, dressy jumpsuits, and similar attire are appropriate.
The ceremony will be outdoors on grass near the lake. Grass-friendly footwear recommended. Your ankles will thank you, and so will the lawn. October by the lake can be chilly, so consider bringing a layer.
This is the pocket-sized day-of edition. Joy has the extended cut, including travel information and the rest of the lore.
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