BAY AREA CEREMONIES
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Dr. Richard A. Kaplowitz, Officiant
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Bay Area Ceremonies
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Videos - Rick Ceremonies
Some VIDEOS of RICK'S CEREMONIES
Scroll down, and click on the pictures, to see various wedding segments
[ They're even better if you watch them full-screen ]
From the REHEARSAL
to the CEREMONY
This video alternates
between segments of a rehearsal
and parts of the actual wedding,
showing the evolution
from the rough first stages
to the polished ceremony.
A Short-Notice Wedding
Under the
Pear Tree
This video shows Rick conducting
a short-notice ceremony,
needed because the groom
had orders to report
for his military assignment.
HUGS AND KISSES
on the BEACH
at the
Santa Cruz
Lighthouse
These two were high school sweethearts who reconnected 20 years later, and were married by Rick on the beach in Santa Cruz.
DESTINATION WEDDING:
San Francisco
Rick united this great couple,
who came from Indiana
to get married in
San Francisco's
Sutro Park,
overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
See and hear their Story.
The EXPRESSION
of INTENT
This is where Rick makes sure
that they
really, really
want to go through with it ...
TRADITION:
Breaking the Glass
Honoring a centuries-old
family wedding ritual
TRADITION:
Classic Wedding Vows
This couple asked Rick
to marry them
using the same vows
the groom's grandparents
had taken
73 years earlier
REHEARSAL, beneath
some
REDWOOD TREES
The rehearsal
for this California couple
included family members
of
all
ages, many of whom
who had flown in that morning
-- from Tokyo --
to be at the wedding