CHRISTINE O'MALLEY
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Your wedding day will be full of emotion as you create many happy memories and as a couple pledge yourselves to creating a future together. Don't worry if everything gets a little too much for it is good luck for a bride to cry on her wedding day as it symbolises that she has shed all her tears and will not shed more during her marriage.
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In the Middle Ages it was considered a bad omen for the newly married couple to meet a cat, dog, lizard, snake or rabbit as they left the church. However, meeting a wolf, spider or toad was extremely good. In Italy many newlyweds smash a vase or glass at their wedding. The idea is that each fragment of the glass represents a year. Therefore the more pieces the glass smashes into the longer the marriage will last. Bells are traditionally rung to keep evil spirits away and ensure harmony. It is an Irish tradition to also include bells within the bouquet as a reminder of the vows that have been made. As a firm believer in celebrating life's important milestones with family and friends I feel I can help couples and families create a memorable occassdion. I do this by making each ceremony a truly unique and memorable occasion tailored to my clients brief. Using my professional experience I can also provide additional ideas and practical advice, so that your event can be everything you dream it might be. I offer a free initial consultation, so that we can meet informally to talk about your plans, as I understand that getting the right person for your important day is a top priority. Following my retirement, from a varied teaching career spanning forty years, I trained to become a qualified Independent Civil Celebrant. I specialises in Couples and family ceremonies. When I retired I was looking for a new challenge and I felt that the role of an Independent Celebrant matched many of the skills I had developed over my years in teaching. I create and conduct unique ceremonies based on my client’s requirements. Each ceremony is carefully crafted to reflect the brief I have been given. In additon to creating and conducting ceremonies I also work as a tutor on the professional qualiffication course for Independant Celebrants - the NVQ Naming and Couples Celebrancy. The beauty of a Celebrant led ceremony is that you can have your celebration anywhere. You can book any venue that hires out their space for events. This could include a hotel, a museum, a gallery, woodland, a beach, a field, your old school, a night club, your garden, a tea room, the place where you first met. Why not consider making it a Festival weekend and invite friends and family to join you ? It makes no difference to a Celebrant how many times someone has been married or what the circumstances were. A Celebrant only cares about your wedding and will be committed to delivering something memorable. If you have children you may wish to include them in some way within the ceremony, may be as readers, or by making promises to them or by lighting candles together. It is your ceremony and can include all you wish. No, the legal bit has to be done in a registry office; it takes less than 10 minutes and costs around £100 in total. Many couples do this in jeans and t-shirts and they save the dressing up for the wedding ceremony. However, in the future, if a law which is currently passing through Parliament goes on to the Statute books then this may be possible. If you choose an Independent Celebrant then you can include religious content in your celebration. The same would apply for those couples who want no reference to religion. Each ceremony is created for you and so no two ceremonies are the same. |
AuthorChoosing a Celebrant to help you create that special ceremony is an important step towards making your occasion a really memorable one. Why not take advantage of the free initial meeting I offer ? I believe it is important to meet informally to discuss your ideas and what I can offer. Meeting also gives us an opportunity to explore the type of ceremony that would best suit your needs. Archives
August 2024
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