Foster-Shaw Allison Jean Foster of Costa Mesa...

Foster-Shaw

Allison Jean Foster of Costa Mesa and Todd Allen Shaw of Costa

Mesa will exchange wedding vows on July 26 at St. John Vianney Chapel

on Balboa Island.

The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Foster Jr. of Costa

Mesa, will wear a white satin strapless gown with a shoulder-length

trimmed satin veil. Her maid of honor is Teresa Manning and her

bridesmaids are Nicole Collier, Kate Foster and Stephanie Castro.

The bridegroom is the son of Sandra Shaw of Palm Springs. His best

man is Todd Sheets, and his groomsmen are Justin Foster and

Christopher Foster.

The bride graduated from Cal State Fullerton and received her

teaching credential from UC Irvine. She is an elementary school

teacher in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.

The groom graduated from San Diego State and owns a computer

business in Huntington Beach.

After the ceremony, a reception with 60 guests will be held at the

Newport Beach Country Club.

The couple plans to reside in Costa Mesa, after a wedding trip to

Napa Valley.

Moore-Alvarado

Roger and Karen Moore of Newport Beach announce the engagement of

their daughter, Alden Julia Moore of Irvine, to Damien Isaias

Alvarado of Irvine.

The bride-elect graduated from Newport Harbor High School and UC

Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s in history. She is enrolled in the

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.

The future bridegroom, son of Cesar and Patty Alvarado of Costa

Mesa, graduated from Newport Harbor High School and Cal Poly San Luis

Obispo with a bachelor’s in computer engineering.

An Aug. 23 wedding is planned on the Phoenix in Newport Harbor.

* WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS run Saturdays. For a form, please call

Coral Wilson at (949) 574-4298.