Planning and Directing a Wedding: Guidelines for a Bride, Mother, and Director (Paperback)

~ Dorothy Burdashaw Parrish (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 59 pages
• Publisher: DOT Pub. (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965633101
• ISBN-13: 978-0965633109
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #623,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars May be helpful if you direct weddings for your church, August 18, 2001

By	P. Heaphy (West Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I purchased this book because we were conducting the wedding ceremony ourselves, without the help of a consultant or wedding director. Although this little book does offer brief advice on many aspects of planning a wedding, it focuses mostly on the arrangements of bridal party and the formal church wedding ceremony. Any bride who has purchased a wedding planning book will have all this information, and in more detail. In the Author's Note's, she describes one purpose of the book as "[to] give a wedding committee member a method on how to direct". That might be the most useful purpose for this book.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat helpful, March 8, 2004

By	Victoria Rivera (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

It wasnt exaclty what I was looking for to start my own wedding consultant business, but I did like the organization skills it teaches you. I liked the examples they used for keeping track of everything, I wouldnt have thought about that myself. It is very good if you are planning your own wedding.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Helpful if you've never directed a wedding, April 27, 2006

By	Weddings From The Heart ~ Jean A. Neuhart (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This book is geared more for the director of traditional Christian church weddings. If you are church wedding director and unfamiliar with directing a wedding, then this is a great book for you. However, if you are a bride who wants to a unique, personalized, non-cookie cutter wedding, then pass this one by. We live in the 21st century, and these days there are so many options to planning a beautiful wedding. The author holds fast to several outdated traditions and uses too many "shoulds". Also, what about the groom? It's HIS wedding, not the mother of the bride's. There are several wedding planning books available that will help you in planning a lovely, elegant ceremony.