The Ceremony: The Centerpiece of Your Beautiful Day

Thank you for these lovely photos Julia Cumes, Bruce Spero, Martha Vozos,

Elizabeth and Darren Wed at Highfield Hall- photos by Bruce Spero

 Elizabeth silhouetted in the window of Highfield Hall prior to being wed.

Update on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 5:37PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

The transformation a couple experiences while going through the planning crystalis of being wed never fails to amaze me. There are so many caterpillar like tasks to be undertaken before the butterfly emerges.

This was the garb I found Darren in when I arrived at Highfield Hall. Meanwhile Liz was off getting ready with her mother .  Darren was a bit anxious  but he was one of those really nice nervous grooms wanting everything to be perfect for his bride. Liz as shown in this photo is a calm almost serene person although she would probably deny that.  

As Summer Sun gives way to September- South Cape Beach to Chequessett

As the sunsplashed days of summer gives way to September I have had the pleasure to work at some beautiful venues. Captain Linnell House in Orleans is the perfect secret garden setting for the poem Country of Marriage by Wendell Berry. The boathouse beach at Chequessett offers a seascape and rustic nautical atmosphere for Gift from the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindberg.

I have also discovered some lovely small places like The Meadow on the Cove in Orleans overlooking the Orleans Yacht Club where of theme of  marriage as a safe harbor emerges. At that wedding we did a fisherman's knot tying ritual as part of a wedding ceremony.  I wrote an original poem for the couple bringing in this nautical theme of making fast the ties that bind. My husband, David, who was in the Coast Guard, gave me some great wording about how the ropes must be of equal strength to make the knot hold under pressure. 

As the pictures come in from the wonderful photographers with whom I have worked such as, Julia Cumes I will post pictures. Also, I want to give a shout out to DJ Scott Rosenthal of Cape Tunes with whom I worked at Popponnessett Inn another wonderful venue just last Friday. I loved the Love Shack recessional !

 Below is a picture of Abigail and Cliff at Chequessett from last September -Happy Anniversary! 

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Lauren and Steve wed at Chatham Bars Inn Boathouse

Update on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 11:30AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Update on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 11:03AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Indeed a poem-worthy couple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from floods to life-saving her dog, to a poker night proposal -

amazing material for the bardically- inclined wedding officiant!

A Wychmere Harbor Wedding for Nina and Hong