Contact 1 — Country Wed Celebrant

Wedding Date

Ceremony Location

Describe the vibe you're hoping to create for your ceremony

Any housekeeping points?

Unplugged? Location of group photo? Drinks after the ceremony etc etc

Would you prefer a traditional ring exchange or a more relaxed version?

Let me know your thoughts on the ring exchange - if you want to go traditional or a more relaxed version. Examples of the options are, for the more traditional – I give you this ring as a token of my promise. Wear it, think of me, and know that I love you OR With this ring, I marry you and bind my life to yours. It is a symbol of my eternal love and everlasting friendship. The less formal ring exchange is where you both put the rings on each other’s fingers in your own time whilst I say something like – This is the point in the ceremony where people talk about the wedding bands being a perfect circle, with no beginning and no end… but that’s just a cliché which makes marriage sound easy. So, as you put the ring on each other’s fingers, consider this. These rings do have a beginning. Rock is dug up from the earth. Metal is liquefied in a furnace at a thousand degrees, then moulded, cooled, and painstakingly polished, becoming something beautiful made from raw elements. It takes time and it's hot, dirty work. That’s what love and marriage are. It’s something remarkable where there was once nothing at all. It’s about two imperfect beings coming together, who between them create something much more than the sum of their individual parts. OR… a blend: These rings have been through a lot to become what they are. Rock is dug up from the earth. Metal is liquefied in a furnace at a thousand degrees, then moulded, cooled, and painstakingly polished, becoming something beautiful made from raw elements. It takes time and it's hot, dirty work. That’s what love and marriage are. It’s something remarkable where there was once nothing at all. It’s about two imperfect beings coming together, who between them create something much more than the sum of their individual parts. Ernie, as you place this ring on Bert’s finger, please repeat after me: You are the love of my life. / With this ring, / I’m making it official. Bert, as you place this ring on Ernie’s finger, please repeat after me: With this ring, / you’ll have a reminder close by / that you’re always in my heart.

Processional Song

The walking down the aisle song

Signing Songs

Two songs for while we sign the register

Processional Song

Make sure you end on a high!

What are the key dates of your relationship?

E.g. meeting, first kiss, becoming engaged, moving in together, buying a home, travelling together?

How and When did you meet?

What was your first impression when you first met?

Go on - give me the good details

When did you realise you were in love? What made you fall in love with them?

How long have you been engaged? Who proposed and is there a funny/romantic story that goes along with it?

What is something that they do that is funny/annoying/generally puzzling or quirky?

Go nuts!

Describe one of your most significant memories of being with your partner.

What do you most enjoy doing together?

Tell me about the people you asked to be in your wedding party and why it was important to have them by your side on your wedding day?

Is there anyone who cannot be at your Ceremony who you’d like me to mention? Either who cannot make it or those who have passed.

Anything else you'd like to tell me?

Lovers’ Questionnaire