Dave Goldstein Weddings Reviews
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Josh Sent on 10/20/2025Outstanding Officiant!!
Dave was a phenomenal officiant for our wedding in August, 2025. He is highly flexible and accommodating. He really took the time to get to know us, and even made the journey to Brooklyn to get dinner with us and hear our story. Dave is incredibly thoughtful and a pleasure to work with. Dave's passion for officiating is evident, and we recommend him highly. -
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Yaniv Sent on 10/20/2025Best combo of heartfelt, poignant, and funny
Dave was amazing to work with. He was hands-on, helped guide us in thoughtfully designing our ceremony, and kept things light and enjoyable.
We were so happy with how our ceremony turned out, and several guests came up to us afterward to say how much they loved it and how great they thought the officiant was!
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Juliana Sent on 09/15/2025Highly recommend wedding officiant
Dave was so personable and pleasant to work with from the start. We arranged a lunch to meet Dave and let him get to know us and about our relationship which made the experience more personable and memorable. Dave was very helpful with constructing the perfect ceremony tailored to our needs. Our guests enjoyed our ceremony so much and Dave was a huge reason for that! -
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Becki Sent on 12/08/2024The awesomest Officiant a couple could ask for!
I know everyone has their own preferences with absolutely everything, but I would advise everyone to use an ordained stand-up comedian as their officiant because it just made the whole ceremony even better. My mom went through people she knows and found Dave and he was awesome, all around, the best I could ever ask for. Our ceremony was a perfect blend of fun, funny, sentimental, and beautiful. I had so many people complimenting our ceremony and saying our officiant, DAVE, was excellent! His communication from day 1 was so good, making sure to get to know us and write funny, lovely things about us into his descriptions and throughout the ceremony. He covered everything we wanted and then some in the best way. I’ll admit, I was terrible with communication… the planning of things had been getting to me, but Dave was so helpful and understanding throughout the whole process. He arrived dressed very well, pleasant, personable and funny. We plan on attending his shows and hopefully getting some free drinks HAH! I truly could not have asked for a better officiant. I highly recommend Dave Goldstein! -
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Kelsey Sent on 09/16/2024Best Officiant!
We were looking for someone to officiate our wedding who also had a sense of humor and could entertain the audience. We found Dave and it was obvious from when we first spoke to him that he would be the perfect fit. Dave took the time to know us as a couple to execute the perfect ceremony reading. We really appreciated his responsiveness, flexibility and genuineness. Not to mention, he is extremely funny and talented. Thank you for everything Dave! -
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Griffin Sent on 09/11/2024Dave was kind, helpful, professional, and everything we could have asked for
Dave worked with us from day 1 to craft and incredible ceremony. He met with multiple friends of ours to get stories about us. We had a slightly unconventional format but he worked with us to make it happen. He truly went above and beyond. I could not recommend him enough! -
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Kevin Sent on 07/08/2024Hannah and Kevin
Dave is incredibly responsive, helpful and a pleasure to work with! 5 stars -
Craig Sent on 05/13/2024
Fantastic Officiant
We interviewed several officiants and knew right away that Dave was our person. He didn't have any preconceived notions about what our ceremony should be. He listened to what we wanted and then crafted a personalized template for us.
We met Dave before our wedding on a Sunday afternoon for brunch to get to know each other better. He listened carefully to the stories of how we met, what we wanted for our future and how we wanted our ceremony to unfold.
During the following weeks Dave delivered a draft ceremony which was exactly what we wanted. Dave even went above and beyond and gave my vows a quick once over and gave me some valuable feedback.
Dave also happens to a comedian and a great guy. We enjoyed getting to know him before our big day, appreciated the laughs before and during our ceremony, were happy to have a drink with him after the ceremony and have been waiting to attend a comedy show when he is performing locally.
Dave did a perfect job of listening to us, keeping things light and delivering on the serious parts of the day.
He is both a great officiant and a great guy and we highly recommend him for your big day! -
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Michael Sent on 05/03/2024Perfect from start to finish
Dave Goldstein added so much more to our wedding ceremony than just the officiating. From the beginning, Dave took great care in learning our story, our personalities, and what we wanted our ceremony to represent. He offered ideas and provided very helpful planning tools for all aspects of the ceremony and the vows. His humor and wit created levity, added engagement, and celebration to our happy day. We highly recommend working with Dave!! -
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Jared Sent on 09/05/2023
Dave Goldstein is the best!
Dave Goldstein is a fantastic person and officiant. He is extremely professional and very funny but sincere at the same time. He really took the time to get to know us as a couple which made the ceremony very personalized. I have been to many cookie cutter wedding ceremonies over the years and this was definitely not that. His humor, sincerity, and stage presence was exactly the recipe for a fantastic ceremony. -
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Sarah Sent on 04/15/2023Wonderful!!
Dave was wonderful! From the second that we connected via messaging and phone until after our wedding, Dave was friendly, easy going and kind. He accommodated our changing ever preferences for the ceremony and made our entire ceremony feel unique and special to us. We felt Dave’s warmth throughout our ceremony and so did our guests. You can tell that he genuinely wants to know you as a couple, and we hoping to meet up with him again if he ever comes through the Boston area :) Both my now husband and I couldn’t recommend him more! -
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Kaitlin Sent on 12/20/2022Dave MADE Our Wedding!!
Stop the search! You have found the perfect officiant!!
My husband and I wanted a non-religious officiant for our wedding since I am catholic and my husband is Jewish. We are so grateful to have found Dave! He is the nicest person and took the time to get to know us ahead of the wedding day. His sense of humor made the wedding planning process more fun and less stressful, and the ceremony he wrote was beautiful! Everyone who attended our wedding loved him. It was the perfect combination of romantic, lighthearted, sentimental and funny! If you’re looking for an officiant who will kick of the wedding with the best vibes possible - Dave is your man. I would recommend him to anyone in a heartbeat! And even post wedding, I would consider Dave to be a friend 😊 -
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Christine Sent on 11/05/2022Wedding day perfection
When we hired Dave to officiate our wedding we did not realize what we were getting. Thank you so much for making our day perfect!!. From the initial phone call to see if we were a good fit I knew he was the right choice. He is professional, funny, kind, and truly cares about his couples. He met up with my husband and I for dinner and truly got to know us. We laughed and shared stories. He is so easy to talk to and makes you feel like you’ve been friends forever! He was there every step of the way and checked in to see if there was anything we needed leading up to the wedding. He was more than a vendor he became our friend!
Guests at the wedding say it was executed perfectly. He made people cry and he made them laugh and that was 100% what we wanted. We couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony. We recommend everyone to hire Dave! : ) -
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Matthew Sent on 11/02/2022
The Perfect Choice for Officiating our Ceremony
We can't say enough good things about how our experience with Dave was. From the moment we reached out he was always super friendly, personable and most of all, genuinely excited for us. He went above and beyond in being flexible as we navigated Covid uncertainty and was super helpful in providing the right amount of structure for an interfaith ceremony (catholic and jewish).
Dave was a huge hit with all our guests and we continue to get comments about how well he balanced the seriousness of the wedding ceremony while also adding in his own brand of humor.
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Brittany Sent on 11/01/2022
One of a kind
Highly recommend Dave for your special day! Honestly you’re missing out if you choose anyone else. He was so flexible and responsive to all of our requests. He truly listened to us and tried to incorporate our unique story into the ceremony. He added an element of comedy that was done very well and allowed for an enjoyable and memorable ceremony for us and for our guests. I even forgot to collect my original vows from him after the ceremony and he immediately mailed them to us so we would be able to have them to look back on. -
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Kelsey Sent on 11/01/2022Thoughtful and Funny
We were recommended Dave by our wedding planner, and I am so glad we were led in his direction. He did a great job with officiating our wedding. We couldn’t have been happier. He met with us a couple of times just to get a feel for us as a couple and worked hard to personalize our special day. His final draft was traditional enough for the older crowd but Modern and lighthearted enough for the younger crowd.
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Tracy Sent on 10/31/2022Your search is over Goldstein weddings is all you need.
It was certainly a leap of faith to trust a name that I had found in the world of web surfing ~ to officiate my wedding ~ but that is exactly what I did. Dave made our wedding absolutely perfect. We are still receiving SO SO many comments on how personal our ceremony was to our personalities. Dave was warm, funny, professional, prompt, and dependable. He was fully prepared to guide us thought the ceremony, vows, paperwork and gave me lots of personal attention. We feel so fortunate to have found Dave to officiate our wedding and we HIGHLY recommend him to officiate at your wedding. Tracy and Barry -
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Lauren Sent on 11/24/2021Couldn't recommend Dave more!
Dave helped make our wedding so special! I couldn't recommend him more!! Not only was he professional, easy to work with and a great public speaker - he understood exactly what we wanted out of our ceremony and made it happen. Dave provided a great starting place for our ceremony and we worked through a couple of rounds of revisions to make it personal, meaningful, sweet and funny. He made sure we were stars of the show and fully delivered on our vision.
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Carly Sent on 10/31/2021
The best ceremony!
We can’t thank Dave enough for making our ceremony one of our favorite parts of the day! He was so easy to work with, made sure I as the bride was happy with the script for the ceremony in every step of the planning right up to the big day. He took all of my many requests and changes and made it so lighthearted, fun and special which was exactly what we wanted. Thank you Dave for everything!!! We would definitely recommend him to anyone! -
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Kelsey Sent on 08/31/2021Truly the best
Dave you are so amazing! First off, Dave is simply one of the nicest people you'll have the chance to meet. We had to postpone our wedding a few times due to the blessed Covid, and Dave was beyond accomodating. When the coast finally (sort of) cleared, we were all able to meet for a beer after nearly 2 years of "knowing" each other. We had an awesome time and knew instantly that we had made a perfect decision (which in wedding planning can be so hard to do!). When the day of the wedding came, Dave (bless him) stood in a humid 90-degree boathouse giving THE MOST heartfelt, sincere, thoughtful, and funny ceremony. He so perfectly captured not only our story but also our personality and his writing truly felt like us. All night people were actually coming up to us telling us how wonderful the ceremony was and were actually repeating lines and jokes Dave had said. How cool is that? Dave - we are forever grateful and we can't wait to see your show very soon. Cheers - Chris & Kelsey -
Danielle Sent on 08/12/2021
Funny and Incredibly Talented Officiant!
My husband and I are incredibly grateful to Dave for being such a big part of our special day! We contacted Dave through WeddingWire about 2 years ago when we were first planning our wedding (pre-Covid). Dave was responsive and asked intuitive questions to tease out our vision. He stayed in touch through our postponement and got right back to work once we were ready to resume our planning. It was incredibly important to us that we honored our families’ different religious traditions while staying true to who we are as a couple. Dave worked closely with us (in person and virtually) to gather our story and really listened as we shared our view of what we wanted included. Humor is a big part of our relationship and we also wanted that reflected in our ceremony. Dave sent us multiple drafts, revising on our request and also on his own after being inspired by one of our conversations. It was clear that he wanted our ceremony to be exactly what we envisioned. On the big day, Dave led an incredibly sentimental, thoughtful, and humorous ceremony. He presented our love story as if we’ve known each other for years and improvised seamlessly when we had an unexpected technical error. Most importantly, our guests couldn’t stop talking about our funny and talented officiant! Thanks so much, Dave!
-Danielle & Craig (The Links at Union Vale)
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Brianna Sent on 06/29/2021
Could not have found a better fit
We really wanted a non-religious wedding ceremony that incorporated Jewish tradition and we could not have found a better person. We couldn't believe our luck when Dave said he had done multiple similar weddings and could also read Hebrew. He really helped us to pick and choose what we wanted to include and allowed us to personalize things while also providing ideas. He was super on time, always willing to make changes and offer advice, and we received multiple compliments on our officiant after the ceremony. -
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Stephanie Sent on 01/19/2021
Professional and humorous!!
From the moment my husband and I met Dave we knew he would be an excellent officiant. He took the time to get to know us to ensure our vows were personal and special to us. Dave’s humor and kindness, yet professionalism was exactly what was needed during these uncertain times. Due to the pandemic we had to reschedule our wedding, however last minute we decided to elope - Dave jumped in and took the time out of his Monday morning to officiate our small ceremony without hesitation! We couldn’t have asked for a better person to officiate. -
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Lexi Sent on 08/21/2020
The perfect introduction to our new life
I had originally had planned for a friend to marry my husband and I, and when that fell through, I was lost. I ended up finding Daves profile and had a pretty good feeling about him. While he is an officiant, he is also a comedian and there is nothing more fitting for my husband and I. We spoke on the phone for about 30 minutes, he drafted up a ceremony and it was as simple as that. Its hard to find genuine people who are in it for the right reasons, rather than money, but I knew within minutes of our phone call what I had. Dave made it so much more special and he'll always be a part of the best day of our lives! -
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Courtney Sent on 08/16/2020One of A Kind!
After lots of calls and emails, we found Dave and we are so happy we did!
Dave did everything to make our ceremony one of a kind. He was funny, caring, very organized and kept everyone on schedule. Prior to the ceremony, Dave went above and beyond and we are so thankful to have him apart of our day. To add, all of our friends were so impressed and kept asking us where we found him.
For many, after your wedding providers collect their money you never hear from them again. That is NOT Dave. We have kept in touch and are truly grateful for his ongoing kindness and forever friendship.
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Angelica Sent on 12/30/2019Excellent Officiant
Dave Goldstein did a wonderful job officiating our wedding! His style was funny but appropriate to the occasion. He spoke loud and clear and had a great presence. He worked with us to customize our experience and we got exactly what we were looking for. Thank you Dave! -
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Meredith Sent on 11/11/2019Great wedding ceremony
Dave was a great officiant - my (now) husband and I were both nervous about the spotlight of a ceremony, but Dave's upbeat energy and humor made us both feel a lot more relaxed right before the ceremony and throughout. He was great about customizing the ceremony script to fit us and reading Hebrew for the Seven Blessings. Would recommend to any couple. -
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Ally Sent on 10/06/2019Wonderful ceremony, beyond our expectations!
Dave was absolutely wonderful! From the time we met to the ceremony he helped with readings, vows and all the other choices. Everything was customized for us. He is super reliable and responsive - he arrived early, was a truly calming presence on the ceremony, connected with guests very easily. The ceremony has just the right balance - engaging, funny, serious and romantic. We would recommend Dave to anyone! -
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Ben S. Sent on 09/15/2019Excellent all round; personal, heartfelt and fun.
Dave was an excellent officiant, we'd highly recommend him to any couple who're looking for their cermenoy to be personal, heartfelt and fun all at the same time - in his words "I'll make you laugh, I'll make you cry". The process was very straight-forward; one of the parts of planning our wedding that was completely stress free. We met up for him to get to know us and then he guided us through desiging and customizing the perfect ceremony as we got closer to the date. Last minute changes and updates were no issue. On the day, he arrived on time and talked me through the ceremony one last time, then executed it really well. Our guests loved it, as did we. -
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Bar Sent on 09/07/2019Custom Israeli/Jewish/American - Perfectly 'us' ceremony
We cannot recommend Dave enough - he was the perfect officiant at our wedding on July 2019.
Ill start from the end - our wedding ceremony was fantastic. Dave worked with us to have a custom Jewish ceremony that would be just right for us. Not too long, not too heavy, with some personal notes, some jokes to lighten up the mood, it had all the traditions we like from Jewish weddings, some of the American traditions we enjoy, and some Israeli ones too! The result was a perfectly fitting ceremony that our guests absolutely loved! Some of them even said that if they were to marry again, they would choose exactly the ceremony we had!
Before the wedding we met up with Dave for beers (why not :) ), we told him about our relationship as he cared to get to know us personally. Dave prepared a ceremony template for us to go through and amend according to our liking.
Dave kept in touch for the weeks before the ceremony going back and forth to make sure we felt comfortable and happy with the ceremony and as I mentioned before the result was perfectly us!
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Julie Sent on 08/12/2019Best Wedding Ceremony EVER.
Dave was by far one of our easiest selections and hires leading up to our wedding. He was so easy to talk to and get to know and made the ceremony process fun and enjoyable from beginning to end. Dave was open to completely customizing our wedding ceremony and helped us with every detail, even reading and offering suggestions with our personally written vows. Most importantly, the wedding ceremony itself was an absolute 10 out of 10. Dave managed to include bits of wit and humor in the most tasteful way that kept our guests between crying and laughing. He truly helped remove any remaining anxiety and stress by bringing us back to reality and making the ceremony not just serious, but also a lot of fun. We can't thank him enough for being such a pleasure to work with, so professional, and for being possibly the most likeable guy at our wedding! Everyone asked about him afterwards and I told them what I will tell you - HIRE HIM!!! You won't regret it!! -
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Adam Sent on 07/17/2019
Made an amazing day perfect
Dave not only presented a very well thought out wedding ceremony he created the perfect balance of light humor and seriousness we were looking for! One of my favorite parts of the process was providing Dave with details about our lives and what he put together was nothing short of perfect. I couldn't recommend his service enough! From the day we first spoke in regards to officiating our wedding up until the moment we said I do, we both have been so elated how everything was handled. -
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Rosy Sent on 07/07/2019Wonderful!
We are so glad we found Dave Goldstein to officiate our wedding. We wanted a non-traditional ceremony: short and funny! We love that he made this come to life in every way - he was attentive to our needs, added the perfect amount of humor, while still making it feel romantic and truly reflective of just US.
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Samantha Sent on 07/06/2019An absolute pleasure to work with - great officiant!
Dave was so professional and easy to work with from the very beginning. We had no idea where to start when looking for an officiant.. we just knew we wanted someone that made us and everyone around us feel comfortable, and Dave was just that guy! Not only is he super accommodating and flexible with everything and anything you would want for your ceremony but he is such a great guy and so funny! Everyone was raving about how wonderful our ceremony was and we feel so lucky to have come across Dave. -
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Kaitlyn Sent on 06/11/2019Original Plan Fell Through, Backup Plan Was So Much Better
My husband and I originally planned to be married by a friend of ours. To make a long story short, that plan fell through. We were both devastated and put off figuring out our plan B. Since having an officiant is kinda a big part of the whole getting married thing, I started to search around. I stumbled upon Dave on WeddingWire. I had never heard of hiring a comedian to officiate a wedding. Intrigued I reached out and after our phone call with Dave both me and my husband were sold. Hiring Dave was one of the best decisions we made. Our ceremony was exactly what we were going for and Dave was in constant contact with me. The ceremony was short, sweet, and to the point (which is what we asked for), but we still had all of our guests laughing and crying at just the right times. Thank you so much Dave! -
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Karissa Sent on 12/06/2018Best choice you'll make
Dave is hands down the best choice you'll make for wedding vendors. He was a terrific officiant and we owe him a lot. Our priest in the final week before our wedding cancelled!! Dave saved the day and really helped us out. My husband is very religious but ultimately even he was happier having Dave there than a priest. Everyone was so blown away with his humor and kind words. It was as if he knew us for a long time when he spoke. Everyone, just everyone, came up to us later and said who was he!? He was great!! I think they all thought he was a close, personal friend. I later found out to he helped my husband relax when getting my dress zippered delayed my arrival 45 minutes and he was starting to wonder if I changed my mind. =) The quick low down is he is great at communicating, booking is easy, payment is easy, the experience is terrific, he takes care of the paperwork, and it is all just so easy with Dave! -
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Ealeal Sent on 12/05/2018Exactly the ceremony we imagined, and so much more!
Where do we even begin? From our first meeting with Dave over beers at a local neighborhood Irish bar, it was clear there was a real "click". Dave walked us through all the official and technical aspects of how we could build a ceremony tailored to our preferences and backgrounds, taking into account as little or as much of our respective cultures as we wanted. This really helped us relax and stress less over all the typical questions that had been weighing on us. Moreover, Dave was friendly, funny as hell and listening to our story of how we met, began dating and started building a life together, we felt that he really "got" us. Communication was easy and quick over emails following our meeting, and by the time our wedding week rolled around, Dave had produced a charming, unique, hilarious and authentic ceremony that we felt was truly us, including a wonderful reading he did of a text we chose. Dave was also helpful in getting us to write our own vows that we could be proud of, as this is something we kinda stumbled with at first, unsure of the length we'd want. On the day of the ceremony, Dave showed up early and was a cheerful and calming presence, as the minutes leading up to guests arriving were understandably high-stress for us - we briefly ran through the lineup again, chose the witnesses we'd need for the ceremony, and were able to relax before things kicked off. Dave was a total trooper when we hit some snags like the heater failing to work in the middle of a very cold November day - the ceremony itself ended up being so engaging for our guests that no one even noticed the heat wasn't working! After the ceremony, all of our guests raved about his delivery and asked us if we knew Dave from before, which was awesome. We also kept a cool little drawing Dave made of us both, to add as a fun little keepsake in our wedding album. If you're looking for a unique ceremony that will keep your guests excited and focused on what is being celebrated (you two!), along with plenty of laughter and good vibes, we can't recommend Dave highly enough! -
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Dr. Sent on 11/27/2018Truly a warm heart who loves people
We can’t say enough about Dave. He came from NY to officiate our small VA mountain wedding. We were so nervous but Dave took our previous conversations and experiences and made the entire ceremony personal, warm, funny, loving and professional, all in the same moment. Our nervousness was gone. Our guests loved him and we have already recommended him to others. AND he does it all! He made wonderful suggestions during the planning phase, entertained the guests as they arrived, and oversaw so many details during and after the ceremony. We just couldn’t have chosen a better officiant. Thank you Dave for just being you. -
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Alex Sent on 11/27/2018Incredible, caring and fun guy to be around.
Choosing Dave to marry us was the best decision we had made. He took incredible care choosing his wording and working with us to make sure ceremonie was best possible. I wish I could get married a few more time and hire Dave. -
Rebecca Sent on 12/22/2017Super available via email and phone and gave us the exact ceremony we were hoping for...romantic yet funny and quick/to the point but long enough and heart felt!
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Carol Sent on 12/18/2017Dave was the perfect officiant for our wedding. When we were putting our wedding together, I knew I wanted someone funny and genuinely nice to be a part of our day. I saw that Dave was a comedian, and as someone who used to do stand-up, I of course looked up a set to make sure he was in fact a funny dude - and he absolutely was. To top it off, we put together our wedding in a week, and luckily he was available. He was great with communication, took the time to meet with us and get to know us, and throughout the process he was great with checking in with ideas and edits and ultimately gave us a wonderful and personalized ceremony. My family had a great laugh and my mom even asked for his info to give to her friends. It was a perfectly fun sweet little ceremony, and Dave was exactly what we were looking for.
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Jared Sent on 12/18/2017Dave was absolutely wonderful - he pulled our wedding ceremony together. A few hiccups starting the music at the beginning of our ceremony could have caused a state of anxiety to grip the room, but Dave’s quick wits gracefully relieved the room’s tension and brought the focus back in. Dave’s exceptional ability to control the room and handle any unexpected circumstances are what made him essential for our wedding, and why we whole-heartedly recommend him for yours.
Dave worked with us to create the ceremony that we wanted and were proud to share with our guests. He was completely amenable to our schedules and interests and took exceptional care in putting together a wonderful ceremony for us. Many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed the officiant, and were shocked to hear that he was so affordable in light of such high wedding expenses. Dave is a true professional, and a perfect fit as a wedding officiant!
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