Northcote Celebrant - Lise Rodgers

This weeks featured celebrant is Lise Rodgers from Northcote, Melbourne VIC.

It was in 2006 that I first contemplated becoming a civil celebrant. That year it seemed as though every one I knew was either getting married, having children, or losing a loved one. I’d never been to so many weddings in one year and apart from the pleasure of sharing the celebrations, I found myself beginning to compare the occasions.

Why did one ceremony stand out more than another? Did I as a guest enjoy and relate to what I was watching and hearing?

An odd approach you might think, but then my background is as a professional performer. With a couple of stand out exceptions, some of the ceremonies were ok and the rest were uninspiring. The couples concerned were people that I knew well, yet the ceremony seemed to have nothing to do with them - rather they were long winded, full of generalised clichés, poorly delivered and not engaging.

Read more about Lise.