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A family affair

The wedding of Ted Knight's daughter, Jennifer, at the Sheraton Bal Harbour in Miami Beach, was scheduled for October 22, 2005, the same day Hurricane Wilma threatened to come ashore. Some last-minute scrambling moved the wedding to the 21st, and saved the day.

Arthur Abney's string trio played for the wedding ceremony and for the cocktail hour that followed.

A private family ceremony was held on the beach the night before. The bride was barefoot, and very much in love with her new husband, Phillip, a lieutenant in the US Navy.

Harpist Yumiko Endo and cellist Oliver Schlaffer played for a dinner held following the beach ceremony.

At a reception the following night, Evelyn Russell sang “At Last” for the bride and groom's first dance. Tom Willis rocked the house with "All Right, Okay, You Win," and later joined Evelyn for a smoldering version of "Let's Get It On."

The band was led by saxophonist Paul Magersuppe while Ted enjoyed his role as father of the bride. He danced with his daughter to "Jennifer Juniper," a Donovan number that he used to sing to her when she was a little girl.

Later, Ted joined the band to sing the song himself, which brought the bride and groom and their friends to the floor for a kind of trippy hippie dance.

Ted couldn't resist staying on to do "Jailhouse Rock," which packed the dance floor. Drummer Kevin Campfield sang Sinatra's "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "Boogie Shoes" from KC and the Sunshine Band.

Tom Pizzi did a fine job on keyboard in Ted's place. It was Dave Gibble on trumpet, Harry James on guitar, and Dave Wertman on bass. Glen Rovinelli handled sound. Later, Jen told her dad that her friends called it a great band and said they had a lot of fun dancing.