Philip Greentree:- Marriage Celebrant performing, conventional Australian wedding ceremonies

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What does Philip Provide?
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Very serious PA system.
6 wireless hand mikes
2 wireless head mikes
1 corded mike
Entirely battery powered
Every word is heard

Small table with chair and table cloths

Wind-proof candle holders

Portable lectern

wedding manual
400 pages

FREE name change kit

Full Support

Sense of Humour

Choice

Conventional Ceremonies

"All it takes is a little imagination"

Many celebrants offer ONLY fixed ceremonies and LIMITED options. I offer you whatever you want.... a very wide-range of ceremony formats and rituals. I have often said, you could go to 50 Australian weddings in a row and the only thing that changes are the bridal couple and the celebrant.

I recognise that not everyone wants a Scottish, Celtic, an Orthodox, Buddhist, or Chinese ceremony. But I still encourage my brides to be adventurous, to break out of the square of boring convention, to be different and let me work with you to create a ceremony that their friends will talk about... "Wow, why didn't I have that?"

What is a Conventional Ceremony?
By definition, a conventional ceremony is one that is English oriented throughout, but, in reality is quite boring compared a ceremony with the various rituals that have come to us from the other cultures. Expand your horizons and have a ceremony that represents the wonderful culture Australia has become.

So, how do you take a conventional ceremony and make it different? .. Read on!

The structure of a typical Philip Greentree conventional ceremony & its many wonderful optional rituals
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Celebrant's Dress
You dress Celebrant Philip
Bridal Entry
Bridal Entry
Pre-betrothal stage with Optional Items
The Celebrant's Challenge© with
Parental Blessing
Ceremony Introduction & Monitum Part 1
Some of the many options you have available to you follow:
Ring Warming Optional
Candle ceremonies Optional
Caim Optional
The Lovelock Ritual Optional
Sand ceremonies Optional
Pebble ceremony Optional
Skipping Stones Optional
Special Readings Optional
Wine sharing - Complex format Optional
Rose ceremony Optional
Cake & Ale etc Optional
and many others
Betrothal Stage
2nd part of the Monitum
Cleansing & Blessing of the Rings©
Combined Asking & Ring exchange
Alternate sword & chalice asking format Optional
Anamchara (soul friends) Optional
Handfasting (act of spiritual marriage) Optional
Your Vows (act of legal marriage)
Setting in Stone of Your Vows© Optional
Joining of Man & Woman and Blessing of their Hands
Post-Betrothal Stage
Couple's toast to each other Optional
Butterfly release Optional
Dove release Optional
Pinning the Tartan Optional
Other cultural rituals relavent to your marriageOptional
Declaration & Signing
Sealing the Covenant of Marriage©
Declaration of Marriage
The Signing
Presentation of married couple
And, when the day is done!

Can I use items from other cultures?
Of course you can. I often have brides, when reading my comprehensive wedding manual ask if they can use some of the vows from the Buddhist ceremony in their conventional ceremony. Of course they can. The same applies to every ceremony covered. It's your ceremony, you have it the way you want it.

Maybe you read something in the Celtic, or Scottish ceremonies you liked. It's your day, so include them in you ceremony.

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Wonderful range of rituals to choose from
Daniel and Carmelina included both handfasting and the setting in stone of their vows in their ceremony

With a Philip Greentree wedding, you have a wide-range of rituals available. At last, you can develop a ceremony that has class, distinction, and true meaning.

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Being Different is easy
At a time when all is the same, all it takes for the celebrant is an understanding of the Marriage Act 1961 and "a little imagination!"

Bring those two elements together and you have a celebrant who can work with you to produce a ceremony that has real content, real symbolism, and is unique - definitely unlike the others.

Proficient delivery essential
As essential as having "a little imagination", is the need for the celebrant to be able to deliver the ceremony.

	Philip Greentree is professionally trained in public speaking.
	His PA system is one of the best around
	His experience & professionalism is your assurance of success.