Burns and Edwardes Wed at Light

Gregory Alvin Burns and Kelsey Rebecca Edwardes were married on Sept. 17 at the Montauk Lighthouse, in an intimate ceremony for family and close friends. Their friend Christian Karolus officiated. 

Mr. Burns is a son of Richard and Sharon Burns of Springs. The bride’s parents are Rebecca and Thomas Edwardes of Montauk. 

The bride wore a vintage 1950s handmade lace and tulle gown and vintage-inspired cobalt peep-toes as her “something blue,” and then changed into a tea-length strapless Allison Paris dress with a full tulle skirt for the reception. 

She was attended by her daughter, Skylar Hand, as the ring bearer and maid of honor. Her best friend, Melissa Drumm-Flaherty of Springs, was another maid of honor, and her niece, Lila Edwardes, was the flower girl. Skylar and Lila wore matching white dresses with blush sashes; Ms. Drumm-Flaherty wore a blush maxi-dress.

Mr. Burns’s best men were his brothers, Ryan and Matthew Burns of Springs. The groom and groomsmen wore navy pants with navy suspenders, blue button-down shirts with blush and navy-checked bowties, and Sperry sneakers: blush for the groom and gray and navy for his brothers.

The site of the wedding holds special significance for the bride, whose family has been in Montauk since the 1930s. Many family photographs are displayed in the museum there. 

Before exchanging their vows, the couple made vows to the bride’s daughter, “promising to love and cherish her and to create a home for her filled with love, guidance, friendship, and laughter.”

Kate Hirschman of Sag Harbor played Beatles songs on acoustic guitar. The wedding party walked to “And I Love Her,” and the bride walked down the aisle with her father to “Here, There, and Everywhere.” 

Dinner followed at a private residence on Lake Montauk, where guests were able to watch the harvest moon rise. The wedding cake was prepared by Ms. Drumm-Flaherty, who runs Sweet Melissa’s. 

Mr. Burns graduated from Ithaca College in 2004 with a degree in communications. He is a real estate agent for Compass in East Hampton. She earned a degree in speech language pathology from St. Joseph’s College in 2014 and is pursing a master’s degree in the same while working as the indoor membership director at East Hampton Indoor Tennis. 

The two had many mutual friends but finally met and began dating in Montauk over Memorial Day weekend 2014, after Mr. Burns had moved back to the South Fork from New York City. 

They live in East Hampton and are planning a honeymoon in the spring.