Weddings ($435*)

traditional but modern
Friday night/Saturday afternoon/whenever
garden or indoors
ten to a hundred and ten guests;
princess and her prince
a bloke and the missus
bells and whistles or pretty straight forward
but definitely relaxed, casual and respectful


If the wedding of your dreams fits into any of the above categories, or if you have something completely different in mind, this is the one for you!

The way each of us picture our wedding is individual. I will be delighted to assist you to translate your wishes into reality and make them happen.  It is not important to me whether you want a wedding in which you wear a traditional, floaty white wedding dress or jeans and bare feet.  It is only your commitment to each other and your marriage which matters and I will support you whatever you want to wear and whatever style of ceremony you choose.

Much as we would like it to, magic just doesn’t happen all on its own.  We have to be creative and put plans into the background of the ceremony to give the magic wand every opportunity to appear at just the right moment and turn your dreams into reality..

After performing around seven hundred weddings, through my extensive celebrancy experience plus a flair for creativity and extensive knowledge of life in general, I’ve developed and perfected many unique and wonderful ways to make your wedding truly happy without having to resort to the tired old rituals, most of which are now inappropriate and meaningless, or giving the usual lecture about what marriage is or isn’t. 

I am not the right celebrant for you if would prefer a very ordinary, same-old, boring, traditional, impersonal, lacklustre, lecturing, meaningless, humourless ceremony – please don’t ring me as I’ll be busy!

However, if you would prefer something that
•    features you and makes you the highlight of the day
•    includes interest, light-heartedness and is appropriately meaningful
•    carries a relaxed and informal ambiance
•    includes and acknowledges the significant people in your life
•    gives you the confidence that I will carry the ceremony for you so that you can relax and enjoy it too
•    and above all, ensures that you are legally married – a fairly important feature of the day,
 then please give me a ring on Ph: 5342 4113. 

If you ring me, I promise that I will only talk with you long enough to establish that we are on the ‘same train line’.  I will not try and talk you into meaningless, boring rituals; religious inclusions; or bore you silly and waste your time, nor try to talk you into booking me!  Let’s just have a chat and see where we go with it all.

* There are a couple of local venues where I am willing to perform the ceremony but the full, comprehensive and transferrable rehearsal takes place at my home/office or central Ballarat. This can be ascertained in the initial phone call.

*  A reasonable additional charge may apply depending on the time or date  of the ceremony (eg evening or Christmas Day) or where the location of the ceremony requires me
to travel beyond my normal area of operation.
 
Please phone me on 03 5342 4113 to discuss your individual requirements.



Summerfield Winery, Moonambel
Mark and Masako were happily married by Julie Dober Ballarat Marriage Celebrant at Summerfield Winery, Moonambel near Ballarat, May 2008.Julie Dober was recommended to us as a marriage celebrant for our wedding on 10th May 2008. Our wedding was a little different as my wife Masako is Japanese and had some special requirements because of culture. We could not have wished for a better person to have joined our lives together, Julie catered for all of Masako’s and my needs, and we could not have been happier. Julie’s professionalism toward our marriage was everything that we could have asked for, a first time for both of us, we were both a little nervous and Julie was able to make everything flow as it should. The best day of our lives, the next is to come is December when our first child is born. - Mark and Masako.



Julie Dober Ballarat Civil Celebrant
for weddings, commitments, namings, renewal of vows, funerals in
Ballarat and surrounds including Buninyong, Daylesford, Beaufort, Dereel and Elaine
Phone: 03 5342 4113    Mobile: 0428 567 218  |  Email:  karajule {at } tpg.com.au

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