Canada is now the fourth country to recognize same-sex marriage rights, and yesterday, after Royal Assent was given to the new legislation, Alberta’s first gay couple received their marriage license…you can read the full article here: Edmonton men first gay couple in Alberta to get marriage licence

Nuance Occasions is already meeting with same sex couples who need assistance in planning their Edmonton and area wedding, and although we do not suggest getting your marriage license until the law is fully recognized, same-sex couples can for the first time plan for a legal marriage rather than a committment ceremony.

When packing your wedding day emergency kit, remember to grab a stick of white chalk…why? you may ask???

Chalk is the perfect accessory to quickly cover deep dark stains. Use it to cover grass stains on the dress or train after your photo session, use it to cover red wine splashes, or any other stain that needs a quick ‘cover up’.

It won’t eliminate the stain, and you’ll still be able to see the stain when close up or looking for it, but for the guests and those taking pictures, it will cover it enough…

This is one item that is always in my emergency kit for any weddings I coordinate…

Once again, TLC is on the search for video footage for their series, ‘Wild Weddings’. Please read through the following request and feel free to contact them if your footage fits their needs….

Oh, and don’t forget to share your ‘Wild Wedding’ stories in my comments…I know we can all appreciate a little humor after the fact…

The Learning Channel (TLC) is doing a new show entitled “Wild Weddings.” We are producing six one-hour episodes of the program, which will begin airing this November. I appreciate any help you can give us with our project.

This show features a wide range of wedding videos, including funny wedding moments, wedding disasters or things going wrong, unusual weddings and any other material that could fall under the “wedding” umbrella (proposals, bachelor and/or bachelorette parties, vendor problems caught on tape). This could include cake fights, people having too much to drink, accidents and falls during the ceremony or any other crazy moments caught on video.

We are contacting wedding professionals around the world to solicit videotapes for our show. We are paying competitive licensing fees for the videos. We will pay a license fee to the owner to use it in our program and we will also pay the bride and groom for their cooperation i n the story.

In short, we have money to spend and we’re looking for material. We need approximately 300 videos by the end of August in order to produce our shows, so we’d like to hear from people as soon as possible. We are seeking worldwide, all media rights in perpetuity for the material as it is used in our show. I urge your couples to call me with any questions or for more
information.
Any screening tapes can be sent to my attention at:

Steven Ireland
Wild Weddings
4928 Riverton Avenue
North
Hollywood, CA 91601

You may contact me with any questions at (818) 509-2637 or on my cell phone at (818) 370-8202. You may also email me at slivideo@pacbell.net. My fax number is (818) 762-6383. I look forward to hearing from your couples.

Thank you for all of your help!”
Sincerely,
Steven
Ireland
Supervising Producer
TLC’s “Wild Weddings”