Do you need both your Wedding Coordinator and your Officiant at the Rehearsal?
by Guest Blogger and Wedding Professional
Jessica Carpenter - Creating Your Moments
Photo by DreamShots Photography
The answer is YES. Weddings are a time of celebrating two people pledging their
lives to each other. What could possibly be stressful about that? One of the
easiest ways to calm your nerves about the wedding is to practice the ceremony.
While your Director can show you all of your parts of the wedding, it is highly
recommended to also have the Officiant there. Directors and Officiants can work
hand in hand to create a seamless ceremony because they have different
functions in the process. Many couples think they can have the rehearsal with
only one present. Let me show you how
you can have a better experience with both.
As a Director, I can show you where to stand and how to get
there. We can practice where you come in from and how fast you walk to get
there. I can also show you how it will look the day of your wedding! All
aesthetics questions can be answered by your Director. We can make sure you are confident in the
look of the ceremony for the day of your wedding. Many couples feel this is
good enough. I do not share that opinion and here is why.
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| Officiant Danielle M Baker and Me |
Your Officiant plans every part of your ceremony. Some
Officiants will customize a ceremony just for you. When they do this, it is
with the thought of your personality and what will make your ceremony special.
As the Director, we do not know how the Officiant will move between each part
of your ceremony. The day of the wedding, your director will not be in the
front with you to tell you how to how to get where you need to go. Your
Officiant will be the only one to guide you and they don’t know what you have
practiced and what you are surprised by if they weren’t at the rehearsal. They
also can prepare the family for the recessional and make it seamless the day of
the wedding!
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| Photos by Seasons Photography |
When the Director and the Officiant
are both present, you will be completely prepared for your ceremony. One will
show you how to get there and one will show you when to move throughout the
ceremony. It may be more expensive to have both present but I promise you will
not regret it!
Jessica Carpenter
Creating Your Moments
Happy Rehearsing! Danielle M Baker - www.TheWeddingLady.us
Congrats to the couple! May you have many, many wonderful years together and be blessed with as many happy, healthy children as you desire. You both are truly blessed to find each other.
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