Skylar Little and Christopher Meinhardt Are Married at the Firestone Vineyard Richard and Paulette Little of Pacific Palisades are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Skylar Martine Little, to Ryan Christopher Meinhardt. The wedding was a sunset ceremony on October 8, 2004, at the Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos. The bride, 27, is a Palisades native, having attended Palisades Elementary, St. Matthew’s, Marymount High School, and graduated from UCLA. She played three years in the women’s professional soccer league (Washington Freedom), and currently works for Show the Love, a jewelry design company in the Palisades. The bridegroom, 30, was born and reared in Jefferson City, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Kansas. He is director of marketing for G.A. Gertmenian and plans to return to school in the fall for an MBA. The couple honeymooned in Tahiti and now reside in their first home in Westchester with their two dogs. Craven and Silverman Plan July 17 Wedding Kimberly Craven, formerly of Pacific Palisades, and Ryan Silverman are engaged and will be married at the Bel-Air Bay Club on July 17. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Linda McCann and step-daughter of Joseph J. McCann, Jr. She was born in New York City and moved to Pacific Palisades with her parents in 1979. She attended St. Matthew’s and studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City after graduating from Westlake School for Girls in Bel-Air. She was presented in the National Charity League’s Debutante Ball in 1985. After the School of American Ballet, she joined the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. A dancer, singer and actress, she has performed in four Broadway shows and had leading roles in ‘Swing,’ ‘Mama Mia’ and ‘Movin’ Out’ in Los Angeles. The bridegroom, son of Glenda and Gary Silverman, was born in Grande Prairie, Canada. He attended Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, for his theatre arts degree and North American Institute of Technology in Edmonton, where he studied radio broadcasting. An actor and singer, he has performed extensively in Vancouver, had the lead role of Sky in the U.S. tour of ‘Mama Mia’ and played Tony in the European tour of ‘West Side Story.’ He is currently the lead in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ and will be the understudy for the lead role in ‘Wicked’ in Chicago. The couple will live in New York City after their marriage. Patrick Hasselbach, Christine Strom Plan August Wedding in Colorado Bill and Gale Hasselbach, formerly of Pacific Palisades and now living in Monument, Colorado, announced the engagement of their son, Patrick, to Christine Strom. Daughter of Richard and Kathleen Strom, also of Monument, the bride-to-be received a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Colorado at Boulder and works at the University Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The bridegroom attended Palisades High and graduated from UC Berkeley. He a computer consultant at Entersolve Solutions in Boulder, Colorado. The couple will be married on August 13 in Breckenridge, Colorado and will reside in Denver. Scott Rognlien and Maia Peters Exchange Vows at Descanso Gardens Scott Rognlien, son of Bruce and Marleen Rognlien of Pacific Palisades, and Maia Peters, daughter of Holly and Jim Peters of Texas, were married on May 29 at Decanso Gardens in La Ca’ada. The bridegroom grew up in the Palisades, attended Canyon Elementary School, Brentwood School, and graduated in June 1993 from Northwestern with a bachelor’s degree in performance studies. In 1997, he studied for a year abroad in London and at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. He returned to England after college and completed a graduate program in acting at the Webber Douglas Dramatic Academy in London. He returned to Los Angeles in the fall of 2000 and met Maia soon after that at a mutual friend’s Halloween party. Scott choose to propose to Maia on the Palisades bluffs overlooking the ocean, one of his favorite spots. Maia Peters grew up in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from USC with a bachelor’s degree in theater and acting. Both have been very active in L.A. Theater, while maintaining regular (day) jobs. Together, with some other fellow actors, they have launched a new theater company called The Next Arena.
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