Maureen and Brad at the CAC

Hello All,
Wow! What a great wedding this past weekend at the Contemporary Art Center. This was my first wedding that I performed at this location. The ceremony was held in the lower "L" shaped hall with the guest's chairs in either side of the "L".

The Bride and Groom had created an arbor made of willow branches painted gold with individual votive lights hanging from the branches. It was a really cool looking and some what magical.

Maureen and Brad did not have traditional attendants but they did have four very cute Flower Girls who were all dressed in matching white long dresses. The Bride wore a very simple but very elegant gown and the Groom was in formal black. The simplicity of their attire allowed the guests to focus on the joy of the day and the brilliance of their love for one another.

The banquet hall is the performance hall in the Center. The walls are all black but, with the white and gold linens and individual spot lights on the tables it seemed as if the tables were afloat on a sea of black.

This was a great wedding and another happy couple off to a perfect start of their lives together.

Good luck and God Bless.... Rev. BB

Wedding Links - Readings, Vows and More

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Hello All,

It was a great weekend for weddings! I had one at the Norman Chapel in Springrove Cemetery and then another today in my home. The chapel is a perfect spot for an intimate close wedding. The Norman was decorated with red and white bows on the pews and there were several dozen roses on the alter.

Denise's dress was white - trimmed in red with a red sash around the waist and red trim with embroidered red roses on the veil. The girls were also in a lighter red color and all carried white roses. William and the guys were in black formal attire with red vest and long ties and both of the Moms also wore red.

The music was wonderful with a vocalist and single violin playing the traditional tunes. The song, as the guests were being seated, was "At Last" and with the exceptional acoustics in the chapel it was like being in a concert hall.

My second wedding was today in my living room. This couple wanted to be married with as little "fan fair" as possible and that is exactly what they got. They brought several friends with them to share in the day and in a matter of minutes they were off on the first day of their lives as a married couple!

It really does not matter where you get married - in a chapel, cathedral, city park, or in my living room - it matters that you are getting married where and when you want.

Good luck and God Bless..... Rev. BB

Butterfly Productions

Hello Everyone,

Again I have a vendor that is great. Butterfly Productions is by far the best video company that you could engage to do your wedding video. Mike Mason and his wife Barb Mason are two of the easiest people to work with. I have performed several weddings where they were taping the video and you do not even know that they are in the room!

Every move they make has had careful consideration and is choreographed to optimize your video experience. Both Mike and Barb are professionals who know how to get you the best product.

So if you are considering a video at your wedding please call Butterfly Productions. Just click on the title and it will take you to their site.

Good luck and God Bless......Rev. BB

http://www.butterflyproductions.tv/index.htm

Your Dream Day

Hello All,

Just a quick note to give you the link for Your Dream Day Wedding Planners. Let Kathy take all of your stress away and you can enjoy the day.

Good luck and God Bless............ Rev. BB

http://www.yourdreamday.com/

Cox Arboretum Wedding

Hello All,

I did a really great wedding today the Cox Arboretum in Dayton, OHIO. David and Puyh Lai tied the knot in front of the fireplace in the 5/3 Pavilion next to the lake.

Kathy with "Your Dream Day" wedding planners saw to all of the details from the flowers to the orange colored drape that adorned the unity candle table. Kathy is a real professional and the quality of her events is very evident.

The couple are madly in love and when the Bride entered the room the Groom looked as if his heart would jump out of his chest. It was a small wedding party with a Best Man and Maid of Honor but there were two Junior Bridesmaids who pulled a wagon with the couples 10 month old son on board. There was an adorable Flower Girl and a very handsome Ring Bearer.

The reading today was poem by Maya Angelou which spoke of love. Here is a copy of it.

TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL

Maya Angelou

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from deight, live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies, old memories of pleasure, ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity

In the flush of Love's light we dare be brave

And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be.

Yet it is only love which sets us free.

Good luck and God Bless.......Rev BB

Hello Everyone,

This year I will be doing weddings at the Ohio Renaissance Fair in Harveysburg Ohio. It is really a great place for a theme wedding.
The Bride and Groom, as well as everyone else, are in Elizabethan costume and when you enter through the front gate suddenly you are in and Old English town.
The weddings are held in the chapel which is a stone building perched on a hill over looking the village.
If you are interested in this type of wedding please take a look at the wedding page from their web site. http://www.renfestival.com/weddings.html

Good Luck and God Bless.......Rev. BB

March Madness

Hello Everyone,

March is "blowing" through and I have some weddings to perform this month.

Scott and Phyllis last weekend

3-10-07 at the Cox Arboretum In Dayton Ohio

3-17-07 at the Norman Chapel at Spring Grove in Cincinnati

• 3-24-07 at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati


• 3-31-07 at the Museum Center in Cincinnati
  

I have not performed a wedding yet at either the Contemporary Arts Center or at the Museum Center. The CAC is a new ultra modern building that is really cool to visit. They have stairs that are not quite right - kind of "off kilter" but interesting and lots of glass on the first floor.

The Museum Center is in the Old Union Terminal which was the large train station in Cincinnati. It was built in the depression times and was an active station until the 1970's. When I was a kid (about 6 million years ago) my Mom took my sisters and I on a trip on the train to Washington DC. We got to ride in a sleeper car which was really cool thing for us kids to do. We left from the Union Terminal. Now the terminal is the Museum Center with the Museum of Natural History and the Cincinnati Historical Society - both housed in the massive building. There are mosaics on the dome of the terminal that depicts life in Cincinnati through the years. Some of the mosaics were moved to the Greater Cincinnati International Airport in the three main terminals.

So, I am excited about the two new venues. I have included some links to these sites and of course the pictures at the top.

God Bless........................................................Rev BB

http://www.cincymuseum.org/


http://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/

Hello Everyone,

I had the privilege of performing a really cool wedding over the weekend. Scott and Phyllis decided to get married at their high rise apartment home in Hamilton. They are both mature and are so much in love. Their love radiated from around them and was evident to their family and friends who were in attendance on Saturday.

The room was rather plain but it required NO decorations because of the warm feeling of the two people who were getting married. It seemed as it there was a bright light radiating around the two of them as they said their vows to one another. The Bride wore a really nice sequined top and dark skirt and the Groom was decked out in a blue/grey suit.

Their cake was really cool also. It was one layer covered in a very "fluffy" icing that gave you the impression that it was covered in drifting snow. It was also adorned with red roses and a cake topper of the bride and groom.

The "I DO'S" said and the formalities out of the way they kissed and their relatives and friends applauded!

Good luck Scott and Phyllis and God Bless.........Rev. BB