Top Tips for Celebrants – 6
10 February 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Speaking And Singing – Are They the Same Voice? And the answer is… drum roll!… YES YES? So, this could be a brief blog – but it won’t be. The speaking and […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 5
28 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) In Top Tips for Celebrants – 4, I wrote “Next time, I’m going to dip into a bit of voice work from a couple of different angles; and I’ll mention nudging (yes!) […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 4
22 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) In Top Tips for Celebrants – 3, I suggested you record yourself reminiscing about a pleasant memory for a minute or two; and to imagine that you’re sharing this recollection with a […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 3
19 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Your Sunday-Best voice. Just about everybody has one. There’s nothing wrong with that as long as it just means you’re being a bit more careful than usual when you speak that way. […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 2
14 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Well, fancy meeting you here! If you haven’t looked at Top Tips for Celebrants – 1, there’s a link at the end of this. I’m trying to give these tips a semblance […]
Read more →Top Tips For Celebrants -1
12 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) I’d thought about writing a blog called something like Ten Top Tips for Celebrants; but a lot of tips aren’t worth sharing unless there’s an explanation to go with them. And that […]
Read more →Confessions of a Santa Claus
18 December 2024
(Not for the eyes of those who still believe!) I first put this blog up a couple of years ago – but somehow I deleted it: so here we go again! My first confession is that I wasn’t the real Santa, although I did a pretty fair impression. Mind you, I had plenty of practice! […]
Read more →MCs and Celebrants
16 October 2024
In my mind, MC stands for Master Communicator. I’ve known one for a few years. And there’s no hammer about this MC. He’s a warm, friendly, gentle soul. Let’s call him Mr W – he’d probably blush if I shared his name. Guess what! Mr W is my dentist! Well, not just mine. That’s the […]
Read more →Celebrant Success
2 October 2024
Not many celebrants or ministers are lucky enough to have professional voice-and-communication coaching as part of their training. I’d have thought that would be a basic part of what they’re taught, but apparently not. Having a pleasant-sounding voice will give you an edge over most of the celebrants (and ministers) working these days. But an […]
Read more →My Evolution as a Voice Coach
10 April 2024
Looking back at when I started working with celebrants and trainee celebrants, it seems like aeons ago; and, in comparison to now, I was like a one-cell amoeba floating around in a primordial celebrant soup. Recently I put up a blog about how it’s possible to have your eyes opened to new methods and thoughts […]
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