Technology Trend in Darwin Weddings
August 28, 2009 by Nancy · Leave a Comment
A new phenomenon appears to be gaining popularity in Darwin for ceremonies.
I have used Skype regularly for a couple of years not just to touch base with both potential clients, but also clients particularly from overseas, planning a holiday and their wedding in Darwin.
During this past wedding season however, I have been fortunate enough to hold four ceremonies where the bride and groom ‘skyped’ in overseas guests who could not attend their wedding. In one instance, the bride and groom has their parents present, but the bride’s sister was in the UK. There was a party going on over there, and everyone had dressed up for the wedding (despite the early hour, considering the time differences between the UK and Australia). What a delight though to have an international audience, and to have the sister so involved in the big day.
We certainly live in an interesting world where we can use the technology for ceremonies in that way…
What a delightful ceremony I had last weekend
August 26, 2009 by Nancy · 1 Comment
Baby Hunter, 9 months old and with triple folds on his chubby little legs, was officially named. His mother Bronnie and father River had been trying for quite some time to have Hunter, but on the eve of their first IVF appointment, Bronnie discovered that she was pregnant. It was a pregnancy fraught with anxiety however, and while Hunter’s birth was also an interesting one, where he had to spend some three weeks in hospital, he is now completely happy with his life, and a contented, happy, chuckling little man.
As with all occasions however, Bronnie, River and their family and friends were racing around prior to the ceremony, so there was a touch of stress ensuring that everything was ready. Hunter would not settle, and just as he was dressed in his beautiful Naming clothes, not only did he send his last feed out in a spectacular fashion, but poor little boy…. well…. He filled his pants in an also spectacular fashion, to the point that there was…. well… ‘leakage’ on the new clothes.
He obviously felt much better after that, but there was now consternation that the beautiful new clothes were no longer suitable for his Naming Ceremony. In the end, Hunter was named officially in a Thomas the Tank Engine T-shirt, a pair of baby jeans and his lovely new baby shoes. He obviously also found the whole experience to be hilarious. As he was officially named, he burst out laughing and got a quizzical look on his face, as if to ask ‘Are you joking? Are you seriously naming me Hunter?’.
But what a wonderful ceremony! Family and friends stayed on to celebrate Hunter’s joyous arrival into the lives of his doting parents, and to enjoy a ceremony that has its roots in traditions going back through time. Thank you to Bronnie and River for allowing me to share Hunter’s big day.
Welcome
August 25, 2009 by Nancy · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the new, revised, wonderfully elegant, brilliantly beautiful new website and blog of NT Celebrants.
We are a group of four celebrants who met during our training to become civil marriage celebrants, and after a week of uproarious laughter, serious discussion and opportunities to find common ground, a friendship developed between Bilawara Lee, Marika McKenzie, Yvonne Falckh and Nancy Batenburg. We operate as part of a collective, meaning that collectively we develop our own resources (including the new, improved and stunning website), but also additional resources such as publications and flyers. However, we each operate our own separate businesses, so if you wish to contact us, either check out each celebrant’s web pages, or send an email with ‘attention to’ the celebrant of your choice.
We are professional women, but more to the point, we LOVE being civil celebrants. Whether it is a marriage ceremony, or a Naming of a Baby, or the more unknown ceremonies such as Croning or Saging ceremonies, we love being involved in people’s lives, and making the ceremony just exactly what clients want.
So welcome to this new, improved, absolutely gorgeous website and this blog. We hope you keep touching base with us, and if we can help you with a ceremony, please let us know.