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12/08/2013

Young Bride Has 80 Bridesmaids For Her Wedding

A dance teacher from Harwich, Essex, has tied the knot to her fiancé – with 80 bridesmaids in attendance.

According to the Daily Mail, 26-year-old Katie Dalby said her pupils at Katie's Boogie Shoes Dance Academy were excited when they heard she was getting married, but she was unable to choose who should play a part in her big day.

She then made the decision to allow all of her pupils, as well her three sisters-in-law, a niece, a cousin and her best friend to share in her wedding.

She explained: "The children were all very excited when I told them I was getting married – some of them had been asking me for more than a year.

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"It just couldn't have been fair to choose two of three of them so the only solution was to invite 74 of them – I didn't want to exclude anyone.

"I also invited my three sisters-in-law, a niece, a cousin and my best friend to be bridesmaids and it made my special day even more special.

"We chose the colour of their dresses and the mums did a brilliant job of dressing the children."

The bridesmaids, who wore identical pink dresses for the occasion, were aged between two and 17.

On Saturday, when Katie tied the knot with her fireman husband, 37-year-old Norman Gooch, there were so many attendants, that the road outside the town's St Nicholas Church had to be closed off so the procession could line-up before filing into the church.

Following the ceremony, the guests - including the bridesmaids and many of their parents - went to a local seafront hotel for the reception.

(JP/CD)

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"A dance teacher from Harwich, Essex, has tied the knot to her fiancé – with 80 bridesmaids in attendance."