Showing posts with label Los angeles wedding officiant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los angeles wedding officiant. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

On-Lookers Thought Wedding Officiator Was Kidnapped! - A True Wedding Story by Celebrity Wedding Officiator, Dr. Linda

Look Out - This “Will Call” Is The “No Show” That Sparks Wedzilla Rage!


September 11, 2013 - United States – Celebrity Wedding Officiator, Dr. Linda 

It is the Los Angeles concert of the century, and, there at the “Will Call”, a front row ticket miraculously comes available! You jump for joy, because you want it.  And, you will pay anything for the seat!  A little like that time, when waiting “on stand-by”, a first class airplane seat was released to you! Remember the jubilation as you chuckled all the way to the best seat in the house! These examples are both chance and choice opportunities.  But, what about that “Wedding Will Call” that ends with a “No Show”?

For 24 years, these “No Show” calls have migrated towards us. With the unsavory economy, it seems worse.  In my experience is the panicked voice of a bride, saying, “My officiator is not returning my calls, and I get married tomorrow! Help!” Also, in my recollection is the hotel catering manager and her 5 couples, each one stood up on their respective wedding days!  And, here is a intriguing one….

Convincingly Nabbed by Wedding Guests - To On-lookers, It appeared Like He Was Being Kidnapped!

As the true story goes… A Clergy Network and LegallyMarried wedding officiator just officiated his wedding ceremony. This officiator was the “real deal”, with about 4 years of legitimate college study and practical training as a clergy.  Dr. Linda, (Celebrity Wedding Officiator), actually was his college “Public Speech” professor. In any event, this joyful ceremonial occasion was conducted on the lawn bowl, near the Heisler Park Gazebo in Laguna Beach, Ca. All went well, and as the marriage officiant walked to his car, he was frantically approached. Those descending on him were so frantic and persuasive, that the incidence might have been misconstrued as a “kidnapping!”  Almost like an in-unison chant, the forceful crowd screamed, “We just saw you marry those people….Come quickly our wedding guy didn’t show up!” Now, with the puzzle-pieces in place, our Clergy Network & LegallyMarried wedding officiator was seeing the picture. And, with his usual calming influence, agreed to step-in for the “missing officiator guy (As they put it)!”   In this “Happily –Ever-After”, it worked out best for the jilted marrying couple, as our wedding officiator didn’t charge them a thin dime! Best of all, according to the bride and groom, our ceremony wording was much nicer, and, they liked our wedding guy better!

Even With A “No Shows”, There Can Be The Start of “Happily –Ever-After”



Finally, this is one of many wedding rescue stories from Dr. Linda and The Clergy Network. For over 2 decades, we are honoured to be at the start of many a couple’s “Happily – Ever- After”.  When the engaged finds us, even after a horrible “jilting” ordeal, they think themselves lucky! - Lucky, because they were not stranded without someone to “Tie – The – Knot”. – The Clergy Network is set up with an “Emergency Backup presence on any given weekend. - Lucky, because, our officiants and ceremony words are far superior to the couple’s original choice.

Wedding Professionals Help With 
“Happily –Ever- After”

A Posh Orange County Hotel Keeps Our Telephone Number Programmed In Catering's Phone


Call a bride and groom marrying in Southern California, and suggest that they be “contracted” with The Clergy Network Wedding Officiator.  Most likely, the wedding couple will not have a “contract” with an experienced officiator.  In fact, they probably won’t have one at all!  And, if they do, there will be no written guarantee of “Emergency Backup” in the event of injury, illness or death of their promised officiator. With that said, ask them to call us anyway.  At least, if they continue with their original marriage officiator choice, they will be “asleep with their eyes open”!  And, most importantly, because, like the Laguna Beach bride and groom of our story, they too might need us in a pinch! …..Tell the marrying couple to programme our Emergency Wedding Officiator telephone number in their phones. For this, on the wedding day, they might thank you! (C2013Dr.L)


TO BE CONTINUED – DR. LINDA (Words and Images - All Content - Copyright 2013 - Dr. Linda)

Dr. Linda Wainwright Trott - The Clergy Network & LegallyMarried is a Celebrity Wedding Officiator, Writer, Blogger & Educator, and has written and presided marriages for 24 years.  With multiple academic degrees, she was also a professor and president of a university. From The Food Network Star Chef’s Wedding to The Real Housewives of Orange County Bravo T.V. Wedding to the bride on a budget, Dr. Linda is a “Wedding Values” writer. Dr. Linda encourages what is really important about “getting married”.  Starting with absolute values first, helps a bride make the best and most memorable wedding planning decisions.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The White Road to The Wedding Ceremony Altar, Gazebo, Capella... By California Wedding Officiators - Ask Dr. Linda - Celebrity Wedding Officiator


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March 25, 2011 -  California -  - Bride Story Teller Series on Wedding Customs - Celebrity Wedding Officiator Article By Dr. Linda Wainwright Trott (Revised June 30 2013)

The Meaning of The White Aisle Runner -  On one hand, it is said that “Customs form us all - Our thoughts,  feelings, morals, and other most fixed beliefs……” On the other hand, a person holding an alternative idea of "Customs", would view this suggested definition as somewhat backwards. In actual fact,  perhaps customs are really "the outward expressions of our thoughts, morals, feelings, and other most fixed beliefs." In any event, weddings are replete with the honouring of “Custom”. Whether symbolic and/or practical in observance, “Custom” finds a happy home from generation to generation.

A Wedding Custom – Meaning Of The White Aisle Runner 
  • One custom suggests that the “White Aisle Runner” is a visual symbolism of the bride’s life from birth to that moment of marriage.
  • In yet another tradition, the “White Aisle Runner“, has as its symbolism, that of walking on holy ground - Because marriage is a covenant made not merely between two people and their witnesses. - It is given in the presence of God and He is actively involved in the agreement. The “White Aisle Runner”, then, is the optical statement of the sacredness of marriage, and God’s participation in the solemnization of the marriage ceremony.
  • I have thought about it too, adding my own meaning...., the "White Aisle Runner" represents the virtues of Marriage. Like faithfulness, commitment, love, respect, etc. 
  • I have thought about it too, adding my own meaning......, the "White Aisle Runner" signifies the "clean slate" which starts with this most esteemed relationship of marriage. The relationship begins anew with exclusivity.
  • There are other original explanations of the "White Aisle Runner" used in our custom written marriage ceremonies, here at The Clergy Network of Southern California. 

Be A Bride Story Teller - Tell Your Wedding Guests About The White Aisle Runner Custom


There is nothing like a story well told!  My father, a pioneer in the Television Industry,  was the best Story Teller, and he did this through the eyes of a camera. - Coupled with his amazing natural creativity, his contributions to generations brought influence and enjoyment.  We are all "Story Tellers" in some way. On your wedding day, you are a "Story Teller" too. Your wedding guests will enjoy, the "back story" of the customs included in your ceremony celebration. So, tell all about! It is your day to showcase what is meaningful to you and your marriage partner.  On a wedding day, a bride and groom are "telling the story" of their past, present and future together. And, in the presence of those who care the most.  Make it a real "Story Book Wedding", by taking time to select meaningful customs choices for yourselves, family and friends to enjoy.

  • Ask the Wedding Officiator  to integrate the sentiment of your version of the  "White Aisle Runner" story into your marriage ceremony text. As a Southern California Wedding Officiator, I custom write each ceremony presided. My materials are original, and so are my individual adaptations of traditional and modern wedding ceremony customs. 
  • Ask the D.J or Master of Ceremony to include the historical, or your personal rendition of the "White Aisle Runner" story into your marriage ceremony or reception. 
  • Include a Statement About the History, or Your Rendition of the "White Aisle Runner" into your marriage program.
  • Record your "Customs Selections Story", to be played during your wedding ceremony celebration - Reception or Wedding Ceremony.

Copyright 2011 to Present - Dr. Linda Wainwright Trott

 About The Clergy Network California Wedding Officiants


http://www.theclergynetwork.com/ – The Clergy Network of Southern California has a membership of  Wedding Officiants which travel to many south land locations. We preside civil or religious marriage ceremonies. We have performed many ceremonies at Wedding Venue locations in Southern California, and are happy to consult via phone an in-person about your Southern California wedding ceremony. To learn more about having a custom written marriage ceremony, private marriage license issuance and a degreed, background checked. Southern California Wedding Officiant contact – info@theclergynetwork.com  - Main Office at 714 970 8839

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About Dr. Linda - With 6 academic degrees, and years of additional coursework, Dr. Linda is a national expert on "things ceremony", and "things official". As a celebrant, writer, industry innovator, former professor and president of a University, Dr. Linda has a lot of information to provide on "Life Celebrations".