Moira de Swardt, Marriage Officer

22/01/2022

Online shopping is so interesting. Look at the disparity here FOR THE IDENTICAL product.

I suspect one of the companies is a rip-off business. Even if a 1 got missed or added by mistake. But judging by other prices I suspect there are no errors.

04/01/2022

Today I am for glorious weather. Summer days can be fabulous.

I am for social media that keeps me connected. I love your posts.

And I am grateful for good wool that I am crocheting up for .

14/10/2021

World Sight Day.

This took on particular meaning for me in April 2017 when I became blind.

The wonderful medical team at St John Eye Hospital worked several medical miracles, including cataract surgery, and I recovered some sight in one eye.

I can't drive, and close work is increasingly difficult, but I can see enough not to bump into walls and people. It gives me some independence.

I can still "see" theatre and mostly manage my phone.

Today is a great day to make an appoontment for an eye checkup.

for the sight I do have.

28/03/2017

Quite interesting viewing the changing fashions

07/11/2016

I did the legal side of this marriage some time back and the church wedding side more recently.

06/09/2016

The dress is important, but not as important as the legal side of your marriage and getting it registered at the Department of Home Affairs.

Moira de Swardt, Marriage Officer South Africa, Mobile Phone 082 553 2457, E-mail [email protected] Note: I do marriages of Chinese nationals to South African citizens. Chinese brides don’t …

30/08/2016

The ring ceremony is an important part of the total marriage ceremony.

Moira de Swardt. Marriage Officer, South Africa. Cell: 082 553 2457 E-mail: [email protected] Rings. A true status symbol. They are a symbol of your marital status. The words used when exchangin…

22/06/2015

Making marriage compulsory: In ancient Greece, Solon (638-538 B.C.) once contemplated making marriage compulsory. In Athens under Pericles (495-429 B.C.), bachelors were excluded from certain public positions. In Sparta, single and childless men were treated with scorn. In ancient Rome, Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) passed drastic laws compelling people to marry and penalized those who remained single. So what do you think about that?

15/01/2015

Mehndi is a ceremonial art form which originated in India and Pakistan whereby intricate patterns are painted on the hands and sometimes feet of brides before wedding ceremonies.

These beautiful patterns are painted in henna, and Mehndi nights are often held for the bride and her friends (similar to our kitchen tea or bachelorette parties). Henna is regarded as a symbol of health and sensuality.

04/01/2015

Jan 5th 1531 - Pope Clemens VII forbids English King Henry VIII to re-marry. We all know how that ended. :)

28/04/2013

May Shaun and Riki always be as happy as they are today.

01/04/2013

One of the best known pieces of music is Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March in C major, Opus 61, composed in 1842 to be used as incidental music to Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It is apparently first used at a wedding when Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel married on 2 June 1847, when it was played by organist Samuel Reay. It was Princess Victoria's (daughter of Queen Victoria) marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858 which made it a popular piece for weddings, particularly for recessionals (when the bride and groom leave the church).
Franz Liszt and Vladimir Horowitz both transcribed this Wedding March into virtuouso showpieces for piano, and Horowitz frequently used it as an encore piece.

Felix Mendelssohn himself played this work at St Ann's Church in Tottenham.