Description
Everyone came for the ceremony. It usually lasts less than half an hour, and it is the part guests talk about for years. Yet it is often the last thing planned, borrowed wholesale from a template script, and undone on the day by a microphone nobody tested.
This guide, drawn from The Wedding Academy’s planning training, covers both halves of the job: the creative choices that make a ceremony feel true to the couple, and the practical work that protects it.
Inside you will find:
- How to choose the feeling first, and separate the non negotiable elements from the free ones
- A twelve step running order from guest arrival through to the exit moment
- How to write and deliver personal vows, including the rules to agree in advance
- Fourteen ideas for a memorable ceremony: unity rituals, involving loved ones, meaningful music, honouring heritage, remembering those who are absent, group participation, letter boxes and more
- The practical details that protect the moment: sound, sightlines, comfort and briefing everyone with a job
- A twenty point run sheet checklist covering legal paperwork, microphones, music cues, witnesses and the exit
- A planning page for officiant, readings, music, rituals and run time
It is written for couples shaping their own ceremony and for planners, celebrants and coordinators who want a clear document to work through with clients.
After using it, the ceremony stops being the vague bit in the middle of the schedule. You know the order, the timings, who is doing what, and which two or three personal touches will make it unmistakably theirs. Nothing is left to be remembered under pressure.
Print it, work through it together, and take the run sheet checks to the rehearsal.
What’s inside
- Choosing the feeling before the details
- Twelve step ceremony running order
- How to write and deliver personal vows
- Fourteen ideas for a personal ceremony
- Sound, sightlines and comfort guidance
- Twenty point run sheet checklist
- Ceremony planning page to fill in
- Reminders for the rehearsal
