Wednesday April 1W6 Traditional weddings in style for those getting hitched Marriage contracts a good idea v be worth your while to find out about contracts before Traditional weddings arc back In style Georgetown Knox Presbyterian Church minister Peter Barrow soys the traditional wedding service has been very popular with couples over the past three years For a while there it had been guitars and groups singing the bride down the aisle Rev Barrow said Now the girls seem to want their fathers marching them down the sic with organ music things like that Performing in average to jO weddings a year Harrow said he always asks the couple if I hey want anything special in their ceremony Moat them say no he said How many limes do you get mar You dont really know what to do Most of those who want to do their own service haven I the fog idea how to do it VfcllYPHlMINAI Having compared religious vices of the various churches Barrow said most are very similar There are prayers some sen plural readings ind music The only difference is in the organization one have scrip lural readings at tin beginning whereas another ma turn them it of Ihi service I think a should be very person and people taking part in it should remember it It should I a high spot in their luc thev can remember for years lo come Barrow said One wedding thai really out in his mind besides his own wis one in which 12 candles were tit by the ushers and bridesmaids ex pressing a wish for Ihc future of the AILS It was so complicated It hid to be done precisely and took us three hours the evening before to rehearse it he said knew it could either go over like a lead balloon or it could look good it went over beautifully When couples want lo do their own thing It means extra work for minister who has lo make sure that the couple is proposing is per and within the limits of the theology At Georges in Georgetown per eenl wed ding ceremonies arc done to the new rite which was in five years ago Church of Jim Boyle lamed it the new unci itcd til language and revised parts I the traditional ivcrbook III tor loiifcir d minister this worn to lie lilts man Insli the parens ire if tilt thttr blessings the vminf loupli w iliniuiiU iric that the bride is a en lis tin per ind less couples iIixkc to service Ml said Ikcause up lew of the mimed hive conned ions except through their parents or irints lack the background about vvh it IK church is all about and lin I it use In new rite if writing llinrownvows When the in little an I alttnti li tin sir vice It has mueh rt mt for them Bev lloylcs said Often couples are much more interested in the photos the afterwards urns Most often ask pla whilatr us 1 to pi for weddings or tridi lionil wedding marches repeals thi Imi for them Thais not Bev Boy Its said ll s just done bride and groom 1 nervous It unusual that the two vows to each without prompting list Church minister sud are still writing their own vows to them more real using We hid a wedding last year where the groom sang to the was very beautiful and very iffec live Ha Mitchell said was a spiritual of personal commit meat In r Get a professional when it conies to photos The advice from wedding photographers is not treat good wedding photography too light ly say not leaving it than six months before the wed ding like to have the bride and groom In ogam about a month before the wedding Georgetown Jim said I do a preview take a few pic turcs from different angles and that gives me the opportunity to get lo know them a bit and see how they react when having their picture taken Many people believe they photogenic but Mr Fish bock said everybody has a good aide in photography and up to the sun the picture taking doesn im pose on the sanctity of the lee If we can out happen in a ceremony wt cm prepare fori Mr Things take place so fast a icr loin action can easily be missed if you re not ready and it can be repeated While photographers have con si dor protocol of the wedding ser vice wedding guests should be mindful of the photogruphcr Armed with variety of cameras guests flock at the earliest op portunity to photograph the bride and groom But photographers suggest they give leeway lo the gentleman who has been hired by Ihc couple lo lake the official pictorial account of the ceremony Personality is a large part of the photographer profession His charm and patience must be main tallied working with large and ex as one might find at a wedding It may the big day Although they are still not very those who arc coming around for their seriously looking into them Georgetown lawyer David said he docs about six a year which very many compared to the number of separation agreements his It seem to have caught on although if maybe il had there would be so mueh of the other separation agreements and negotiated battles Mr said Separation agreements are a major part of my business US prior to the day a mamagi is re ilistie look at the each party is bringing the marriage and defines hap pens to those ousels in Ihc case of separation Nut a pleasant way to start a muriate perhaps but it prevent the expense of kgal bills costs when there Isn such an agree merit Mr Ashbcecalledit really made for people who they re bringing inlo the II not irly as important for people who are starting out and have nu assets Mr said It ready made for people who are into second marriages who have kids from their first marriage want to make sure bench from Ihcir assets when die CLAIMS By signing a marriage contract a couple is exempting themselves from the Ontario Law Reform Act which says thai family Is things used and enjoyed by the Family are be divided In the case of separation Of course ihe Ontario is making an assumption which can be rebutted either party who feels they n ivc inori than per cent assets Mr Ashbeesaid I am contract a marriage agreement has ean vary depending on the individual If there said it silly for a couple lo mike up their clauses which g dollars in Mr igreement without If both parties dont have personal it be argued later one of them have legal representation ind was intimidated into signing contract s a v and binding thing just that it so easy for a lawyer to mm iround and make a case out of il Mr said And you haven I sand the expense of FABULOUS SWEEPSTAKES Win One Week Cruise lor Two on Hie Luxurious Ciuiso Line By Appointment Only 18239622 A Beautiful Beginning Can Be Enhanced By Good Planning The Following Will Pay Personal Attention To All Your Wedding Needs it Social Caleimg Lid RECEPTION HALLS AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHY 65 KING STREET 8772322