23/02/2025
Venues I Love- Part 1
Recently, a cele-friend asked me what my favourite wedding venue has been so far.
I've always said I'm so glad I got married before becoming a wedding celebrant because the choice would be near impossible - we are so lucky in the Hunter Valley to have so many down-right stunning and awesome venues, such an array of natural surroundings to choose from and modern backdrops; and one of my favourite things of this gig is seeing a couple's personalities come through by the venue they choose!
I hope that wherever couples choose to hold their big day is perfect to them...
But my personal favourite venue?
The family backyard.
There's just something so warming, so special and so personal to be able to make your wonderful commitment to each other in front of all your family and friends, at home. It's a place with so much connection - not just to the couple but to many of the guests also. It adds to the tapestry of the collective memories it houses.
Brian and Kezron were married last April at Brian's family home: once the home of his grandparents, his own parents moving down the road, and now the home of his nephew and his family. It was such a joy to witness the buzzing, joyful chaos of all hands on deck the day before the wedding to bring the day together (and after a massive flooding storm too! 🫣).
And speaking of deck... It was a stunning place for us to stand, in front of the arbour*, near to the hanging photographs of Brian and Kez's parents wedding days, overlooking the back yard and seeing all the smiling faces of their loved ones gathered from not just down the road but from literally ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
And the cheers they all gave! My goodness!!
I suspect they resonated all around the world too! 🥰 🌎
(*I mention the arbour for my own amusement as Brian's first description to me of their ideal wedding was: No arbour, No ABBA, No aisle. 😆 Not sure if they also caved and had a Dancing Queen moment later that night 😂)
