Meet your Wedding Officiant, Paul Costanzo:
My purpose is to create WITH you and become sort of the director of a short performance with the two of you in the leading roles with me gently leading you through the ceremony. Your wedding day is a day of respect and dignity where family and friends gather out of the love that they have for you – and sometimes for the love that they have for your parents as well. You want the ceremony to be presented with poise in the structure – and with your consent – adding bit of charm and levity and personality magically sprinkled into the celebration. Talk about smiles and misty eyes – especially in that front row about 10 feet from the two of you. I have worked with wedding couples since the 1990s and have officiated over 1500 weddings with no two being the same – well, because of the differences in choices in the creative process (oh, do I have ideas and suggestions) and most of all because everyone is different. And whether you get married at Miller Park or your own decorated back yard the effort will be the same. The three of us will carefully choose the ingredients that will make the ceremony memorable. The energy that I have for what I can do is limitless yet I know when to put on the brakes and temper that enthusiasm.
Once you inquire about your wedding date I will check my schedule and if available I will ask for one visit so that I can hear your thoughts on the type of ceremony you would like and give you suggestions that best fit that direction (traditional – spiritual – contemporary). These meetings are typically an hour. I would very much like to hear how you met – what you do that keeps the relationship ticking – and whatever you would like to share so that I might incorporate some ideas into your personal ceremony. I take all sorts of notes and if you choose to have me officiate I will create a contract to secure my services and then send you a Ceremony Template based on that one meeting to get you started with the personal ceremony. I will continue then to assist all the way to your wedding day by email or phone calls. The ceremony will be created by the THREE of us – it's a team effort. I promise you that it will be done properly and presented in a way that you will be proud to present to all of your guests.
In closing let me share a bit about me – the person who will officiate. I grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Graduated from UW-Parkside after studying filmmaking in the late 1970s. I then moved to the Milwaukee area and became a GEEK (before Best Buy labeled them) in the late 1980s videotaping weddings with Super-VHS equipment (that's what they called it). I then moved to wedding photography in the 1990s and met a gentleman from behind my lens, Reverend Dennis, while I was doing photography – and while he was officiating. Began a friendship with Dennis and he sold me his officiating business when he moved to Phoenix (thus the revdennis website). I enjoy it so much. My wife, Barb, and my daughters, Katie and Megan, usually know where I'll be found during the Spring, Summer and Fall Fridays and Saturday afternoons – doing what I enjoy doing. And when I'm there for you at the wedding I'm not only officiating a wedding but communicating with the photographer, the DJ and the venue coordinator before the ceremony so that as a team our couple will have the best day possible through our blended services. That is what should be expected by our couple and that is what they will have on their most important day.
Thank you for your consideration.
My purpose is to create WITH you and become sort of the director of a short performance with the two of you in the leading roles with me gently leading you through the ceremony. Your wedding day is a day of respect and dignity where family and friends gather out of the love that they have for you – and sometimes for the love that they have for your parents as well. You want the ceremony to be presented with poise in the structure – and with your consent – adding bit of charm and levity and personality magically sprinkled into the celebration. Talk about smiles and misty eyes – especially in that front row about 10 feet from the two of you. I have worked with wedding couples since the 1990s and have officiated over 1500 weddings with no two being the same – well, because of the differences in choices in the creative process (oh, do I have ideas and suggestions) and most of all because everyone is different. And whether you get married at Miller Park or your own decorated back yard the effort will be the same. The three of us will carefully choose the ingredients that will make the ceremony memorable. The energy that I have for what I can do is limitless yet I know when to put on the brakes and temper that enthusiasm.
Once you inquire about your wedding date I will check my schedule and if available I will ask for one visit so that I can hear your thoughts on the type of ceremony you would like and give you suggestions that best fit that direction (traditional – spiritual – contemporary). These meetings are typically an hour. I would very much like to hear how you met – what you do that keeps the relationship ticking – and whatever you would like to share so that I might incorporate some ideas into your personal ceremony. I take all sorts of notes and if you choose to have me officiate I will create a contract to secure my services and then send you a Ceremony Template based on that one meeting to get you started with the personal ceremony. I will continue then to assist all the way to your wedding day by email or phone calls. The ceremony will be created by the THREE of us – it's a team effort. I promise you that it will be done properly and presented in a way that you will be proud to present to all of your guests.
In closing let me share a bit about me – the person who will officiate. I grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Graduated from UW-Parkside after studying filmmaking in the late 1970s. I then moved to the Milwaukee area and became a GEEK (before Best Buy labeled them) in the late 1980s videotaping weddings with Super-VHS equipment (that's what they called it). I then moved to wedding photography in the 1990s and met a gentleman from behind my lens, Reverend Dennis, while I was doing photography – and while he was officiating. Began a friendship with Dennis and he sold me his officiating business when he moved to Phoenix (thus the revdennis website). I enjoy it so much. My wife, Barb, and my daughters, Katie and Megan, usually know where I'll be found during the Spring, Summer and Fall Fridays and Saturday afternoons – doing what I enjoy doing. And when I'm there for you at the wedding I'm not only officiating a wedding but communicating with the photographer, the DJ and the venue coordinator before the ceremony so that as a team our couple will have the best day possible through our blended services. That is what should be expected by our couple and that is what they will have on their most important day.
Thank you for your consideration.
- Paul
- Paul Costanzo
- (and even Rev. Paul Costanzo to some)
