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This was a first for me… I married Megan and Tyler in a surprise wedding. They invited their friends and family to their new home for a housewarming party and surprised everyone by getting married as well!  

Megan and Tyler’s Surprise Wedding

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  Thank you Kaitlin and Jeff for writing this glowing and very sweet review for me on both The Knot and Wedding Wire. “Pat was truly wonderful to work with! Throughout the process, we were able to meet with her face to face to discuss exactly what we wanted our ceremony to look like. She was also very […]

A Review by Kaitlin and Jeff

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There are some classic and also some new rituals I hadn’t heard of before in this article by Martha Stewart Weddings… These special rituals will make your wedding ceremony even more poignant.  

25 Creative Wedding Rituals

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This is what Caitlin Stemper from Caynayphoto wrote.  I couldn’t have said it better myself:  “What. A. DAY! My first official wedding of the 2020 season & if these two are any indication for how the season is going to go… Well let’s just say, it’s going to be a GOOD year (I mean, I’m not surprised. Everyone I […]

Katlin and Jeff – Jan. 18, 2020

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  It’s hard to believe that it has been 15 years since I started Koru Ceremony. The first year I had 3 weddings.  I recently read through my very first ceremony and I see a rookie trying to figure out how to have a thoughtful and meaningful ceremony. But the words now feel clunky to […]

Koru Ceremony Turns 15

About Koru Ceremony

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  Woo Hoo! We won the Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award again for the 7th year in a row. Only the top 5% wedding vendors nationwide win this award. The Couples’ Choice Award recognizes our “commitment to quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism.” ​We are so grateful to the wonderful and amazing couples we worked with in […]

Winner of the Couples’ Choice Award

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Larissa and Tim were married at The University Club on Dec. 28, 2019. It was a beautiful ceremony celebrating this couple’s love for each other. Thank you to the both of them for the honor of officiating their ceremony and assisting in making their dream wedding come true. I am so happy for the both of them. […]

Tim and Larissa 12/28/19

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  Here is a good article that explains what Wedding Officiants Cost:  At WeddingOfficiants.com – The Wedding Officiant Directory, we’ve been connecting engaged couples with wedding officiants for more than 15 years and one of the most frequent questions we get asked is “how much does a wedding officiant cost?” This is a simple question with a […]

What Wedding Officiants Cost

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Thank you Michael Cullen Photography for sharing these wonderful photos from Ben and Amy’s wedding last fall at the Horticulture Hall in Lake Geneva.  I really enjoyed officiating this fantastic couple’s ceremony.  Here is the heartfelt review Ben wrote for me on Wedding Wire and The Knot: Where do I begin; If there were more stars to give […]

Amy and Ben marry at Horticulture Hall, Lake Geneva

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At Koru Ceremony we are deeply honored to win The Knot Best of Weddings 2020 again for the 6th year in a row. Only 5% of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals listed on The Knot receive this distinguished award. To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed millions of user reviews across various vendor […]

Winner of The Knot Best of Weddings

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What does Koru mean?

KORU (kor-roo) is the Maori word for “loop.” For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the koru spiral represents a fern frond beginning to unfurl. The koru symbol embodies new beginnings, a new phase of life, renewal, hope for the future, positive change, personal growth, working in harmony, bringing people together, and being mindful of the good things in life.

At Koru Ceremony, we strive to personify these ideals and celebrate a new beginning through ceremony and ritual.

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