Australian Civil Marriage Celebrant officiating at weddings in Brisbane and Moreton Bay Regional Council, incorporating Caboolture, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe.Wedding and Baby Naming celebrant performs ceremonies any day of the week, and will arrange an appointment location convenient for you, at no extra charge.Telephone: (07) 3283 8567, Mobile: 0415 324 982PO Box 394, Redcliffe. Qld, 4020.Email: vlady_celebrant@ yahoo.com.au |
Authorised Marriage Celebrant, Registration Number A.888, Vlady M Peters |
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Sand Blending Wedding Ceremony
Increasingly popular both indoors and outdoors, sand blending ceremony is often used as a substitute for unity candle ceremony. In enacting the sand blending ceremony, the bride and groom will use one large container as the unity or family container, and two smaller containers as the individual containers. When the ceremony takes place on the beach, the favoured containers are a large sea shell as the family container, and smaller seashells containing the sands used by the bride and groom. The sea shells are not as easy to find as they should be, and many bride and groom use such substitute containers as transparent glasses, vases and vials for the blending of sand ceremony. To be most effective, the large family container is placed in the middle of a small table, with the smaller containers on each side. When the ceremony is being conducted the couple stand behind the table so that all the guests can see the pouring of the sands. The sands might be plain, or they might consist of coloured sand for greater effect after being poured into the family container. When children are involved in the sand-blending ceremony, the sands might be poured by the bride and groom and the children together. When there are several children from each side of the family, the sand might be first poured in by the bride and groom, then by the groom's children, and then by the bride's children. The pouring of sand should be done unhurriedly, and the action could be backed by appropriate background music. Some practicalities to watch is that the openings of all containers are not too narrow. If the ceremony is out of doors, also watch the strength of the wind so that the sand isn't diverted before it gets into the family container. Apart from using the local sand, there are also numerous colours which can be chosen to add greater visual impact. Or if coloured sands are not readily available, the containers themselves could be chosen for their colour. One colour for the bride and groom, other colours for the children. Apart from adding to the effect of the sand pouring ceremony, the containers can be chosen as a memento of the wedding day. Here are some sand pouring ceremony samples
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Weddings Performed by the CelebrantWeddings with Children
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