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Ceremony Types Available:
Civil Marriage Ceremonies
Spiritual Ceremonies
Bilingual & French Ceremonies
Backyard & Home Weddings
Ceremonies Involving Children
Elopement Ceremonies
Casual & Cottage Type Ceremonies
Same Sex Marriages
Quebec Ceremonies
Theme Weddings
Co-Officiated Ceremonies
Second & Third Marriages
Destination & Cruise Weddings
High Profile Weddings
Baptisms & Naming Ceremonies
Renewal of Vows Ceremonies
Memorial Services

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Planning Your Wedding
Your Ceremony Venue
Your Planning Session
Your Wedding Budget
Ontario Marriage Licences
Wedding Advisory Services
Your Wedding Rehearsal
Your Ceremony
Using Wedding Planners

Designing Your Ceremony
Writing Your Own Wedding Vows
Using Music Effectively
Entering with Flowers
Presenting Flowers
Involving Readers in Your Ceremony
Sample Readings to Consider
Including Parental Vows
Ceremonial Certificates
Using Bubbles and Flower Petals
Lighting aUnity Candle
Blending Sand Crystals
Wine Sharing
Including the 2nd Kiss
Taking Vows By Candlelight
Doves and Butterflies
Telling Your Story
The Wedding Tree

Ceremony Advice & How To’s:
The Top 5 Considerations
Why Most Wedding Ceremonies Fail
Introducing Innovation in Your Ceremony
Facing Your Guests
Signing Documents
Using Ushers and Escorts Effectively
Escorting the Bride
Using a Limousine
Arriving by Boat
Using a Carriage
Using an Aisle Runner
Promoting Your Wedding

Ceremony Considerations:
Effective Seating
Environmental Issues
Protecting Your Entrance
Honouring Your Culture
Creativity and Style
Remembering Loved Ones
Helping Your Photographers
Making the Most of Lighting
The Ceremony Order of Events
Making Your Ceremony Program

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Believe it or not, the marriage paperwork is really the key to making a wedding legal and not the ceremony itself. While completing all of the associated paperwork for a marriage usually takes far longer than the ceremony itself, we do try to make it less overwhelming. Once we receive your marriage license from you, we can prepare most of the documentation prior to the actual ceremony at which we usually will need to sit you and your witnesses down, briefly or optionally you can stand as shown below.

The signing actually provides a welcome break in proceedings when everybody can relax somewhat while the various signatures are obtained before ceremony concludes. SInce this is also a traditional photo time, you can prepare your venue to maximize this opportunity during your ceremony. If you have musicians or CD music, this is a good time for a musical interlude.

We will guide you and your witnesses through the different places where your signatures and other information must be collected. We'll even back off so that your photographers won't have to pose us into your shots. Relax and ham it up a bit. It will be fun for everyone.

We can even produce souvenir certificates for signature and retention by children participating in the ceremony so that their involvement helps solidify their buy-in to the marriage as well as provide a warm visual expression for all of your other guests.

For ceremonies that will be later enacted outside of Ontario, such as western Quebec or Destination Weddings in the Caribbean or Mexico, it essential that all of the legal documents be first signed while you are physically still inside Ontario. We will guide you through the process that has been successfully applied for decades to ensure that all legal requirements are observed.