Writing Wedding Vows-Can You Hear Me Now?

When you’ve taken time to get clear about the dream you have for your life together and promise what you will do to keep it alive by writing your own personal wedding vows, you want people to hear you when you read and pledge those vows to each other at your ceremony.

When your guests can hear everything that takes place at your ceremony they can be present in a way that most guests aren’t. Most people are not fully present because THEY CANNOT HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON!

Here is what I want you to do so everyone, including you and your partner, get the most out of your ceremony, your vows, and your entire wedding:

GET A MICROPHONE.

One for the minister or officiant and a free standing one for you as a couple. Three would actually be perfect, those little clip on things. That way even someone in the back row would not miss a thing.

Here was my rationing: When I was performing weddings I used to tell my couples that they were putting on a show and their guests deserved to heard!

These guests would pay good money to attend. They would buy gifts or give money, purchase new clothes and travel to attend, some long distances that would require airplanes and hotel stays.

All these people deserved the greatest experience possible.

When you fully include your guests in your ceremony you are saying ‘thank you.’ You are acknowledging their presence and letting them know that they are appreciated and honored.

If you are outside it’s even more important because there are no walls for your voices to bounce off. Sounds get absorbed and diluted by trees, grass, the great outside. Even people right in front won’t hear.

(My favorite wedding was on the top of a hill at an old country inn in Massachusetts. It was summer and the garden was in full bloom. One of those wonderful old rock fences you find in New England encircled the garden. The ceremony took place in the garden in front of one of those rock fences.

Just as the ceremony ended and the balloons were set off, the sun set in a glorious panorama of pinks and oranges right behind the rock wall where the bride and groom were standing. They were literally framed in color. We all cried a little over that!)

Adding microphones to your service is one of the most fundamentally important and easily attended to actions you can take to make your wedding or commitment service and vows the ultimate memorable event.

You can read more about my innovative and unique approach to writing wedding vows as well as the Ebook, THE SECRET LIFE OF VOWS-How to Write Vows That Create Powerful Relationships by following this link.

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Love, light and laughter,

Rev. Linda Bardes, The Wedding Vow Coach

Helping couples write down the dream and then live it!